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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I just read in Wikipedia that Valve is privately helded.

There must be something magical in the fact that they don't need to feed their shareholders with mountains of cash every quarter, and actually focus on their customers, as happened in this post.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Fun fact, they used to be public but Gabe took it back private after realizing how shitty it was having to answer to shareholders.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And the fact is they still make a mountain of cash every quarter, just by focusing on their customers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don’t know about that. They run one of the most predatory examples of gambling in gaming.

The new EU ruling really brought to light how big of a problem the CS:GO gambling is.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is gambling really that bad though? It's voluntary. Valve isn't forcing you to buy keys or cases if you don't want them

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It's addictive. We regulate other addictive things like cigarettes, no reason we shouldn't put guard rails on gambling. We already do, but I think we've got to the end regs in a few areas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Wow, when they were practically giving those away, I figured they were washing their hands of it. It's amazing that it's still being supported.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I bought one during the clearance sale for the price of shipping, assuming that it would be abandoned but maybe still useful as a low-power linux server. I guess I ought to set it up and take advantage of it.

Thanks, Valve, for not letting these things become instant e-waste.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Maybe the Steam Link and Controller weren’t as popular as Valve hoped they would be, but damn everyone who still has them seems to love them. Maybe I’m biased because I still have my controller and love it, and I gave away my Steam link because my Deck can do that too, but my friend who received the link is loving it.