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Valve's reported profit-per-head from Steam commissions is out there, and at $3.5 million per employee it makes Apple and Facebook look like a lemonade stand (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wonder how much of this comes from the gambling business. They don’t own the secondary market where you can sell skins, but they are the gateway into that world.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

They do own a big part of the secondary market. For steam marketplace, they get a cut of those sales too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Like it or hate it, the Steam Marketplace was a pretty fucking brilliant move on their part. Literally just a free money glitch lol

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

I suspect a fair chunk. Steam for gamers and devs is great and all but its underbelly of opening up the world of gambling to kids is real gross. Its insane how valve has been getting away with it for so long.