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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] 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why have great service and be profitable when you can have terrible service and be 1.6% more profitable?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Correction: Be just as profitable but cash out on that profit slightly sooner.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

More like far less profitable over years, but far more this quarter. And when it inevitably goes south because you're squeezing too hard? Who cares, on to the next company!