Comment on Valve runs its massive PC gaming ecosystem with only about 350 employees
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 2 months agothey have mobile games too, and a tech demo for the steam deck, and the known hero shooter in the works
basically the people who think valve doesnt make games didnt buy into any of their expansionary market projects (mobile/vr/steam deck). They make games, just ones you dont want to play.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Nah, their corporate structure legit caused them issues making games, people like to think valve as this perfect company, but it’s hella flawed and it’s peak capitalism too.
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Lemmy just seems to dislike anything remotely bad being said about them, it’s odd.
cygnus@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
The screenshot sounds more like “peak anarchism” to me.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Sure, but it’s capitalist because Newall takes advantage of it and reaps the benefits, the employees get burnt out and get no satisfaction since nothing ever gets completed.
Think higher up the chain maybe? I don’t see how this is even arguable, but go off if you think you need to win something here.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well, ancaps do exist…
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
im not a steam stan for any reason (i rarely even buy shit off the steam store directly) but its disingenuous to say they dont make games. Id argue peak capitalism is when you force a sequel to a game that didnt necessarily need it. there are a LOT of things I can conplain about when pertaining to valve, but not making games isnt one of them. its a poor argument to make when users choose not to play what they dod make.
Its similar to Fallout and Elder Scrolls, its not that there ISNT a new fallout or elder scrolls game, its just they made ones that users mostly didnt want to play (ESO, FO:Shelter, FO:76, ES: Blades, ES: Castles) disregarding thr also existing VR versions of each game.
lmaydev@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Letting your employees work on what they like doesn’t seem like the worst thing. It might hurt game profits but seems much nicer for the workers.
arunwadhwa@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’d personally take that over being forced to work on something like ‘The Dragonfly Project (Google).’ Most company cultures are so focused around ensuring a high return for the investors that employee happiness and morals seem like an afterthought. It was nice reading about a company letting their employees do what they love rather than micromanaging them.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It is, but when nothing being done, no goals are being met, it would seem like a dead end job. Sure the pay is great, but you are just spinning wheels.
It also builds distrust in your fans, there’s literally memes about valve not counting to 3.