nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agoValve doesn't sell ad space on Steam so it can make room for surprise hits: 'We don't think Steam should be pay-to-win'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up11.1Karrow-down116
arrow-up11.08Karrow-down1external-linkValve doesn't sell ad space on Steam so it can make room for surprise hits: 'We don't think Steam should be pay-to-win'www.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square161fedilink
minus-squaredangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·9 months agoEven if Valve was public, Steam makes so much goddamn money that putting ads on the platform would only cheapen it.
minus-squarenotepass@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·9 months agoGood joke. Investors will see wasted financial potential and make valve do it. When you have external money you now also have away part of a platform. And the investors don’t care. Make number big fast. Nobody there is caring about long term
Even if Valve was public, Steam makes so much goddamn money that putting ads on the platform would only cheapen it.
Good joke. Investors will see wasted financial potential and make valve do it.
When you have external money you now also have away part of a platform. And the investors don’t care. Make number big fast. Nobody there is caring about long term