One, it’s kind of silly to just ask someone accused of doing something bad/illegal and then take their word for it. What’s Gabe going to say? “Oh, yep, we are a monopoly, you’re right.”
Two, Valve makes some damn good software. Steam is really slick, has generally only improved over time, and has worked pretty flawlessly on every platform I’ve used it on. They also provide a great storefront experience, game managing experience, and have contributed to some awesome open source projects.
Three, I have zero doubt that Gabe and Valve in general has done some shady shit such as but not limited to the alleged unspoken policy mentioned in the article. No one becomes a billionaire ethically.
Agreed… but when you’re a great, customer centric service in a wildly underserviced market, it’s basically a license to print money. Gaben is unethical in the fact that he’s hoarding wealth, and I can’t speak to speculation on shady practices with circumstantial hearsay as evidence… but Valve, by virtue of not repeatedly Cobain’ing their dick on a regular basis is in a prime position to make substantial amounts of money…
All that being said, someone tell me what I’m missing.
One, it’s kind of silly to just ask someone accused of doing something bad/illegal and then take their word for it. What’s Gabe going to say? “Oh, yep, we are a monopoly, you’re right.”
Two, Valve makes some damn good software. Steam is really slick, has generally only improved over time, and has worked pretty flawlessly on every platform I’ve used it on. They also provide a great storefront experience, game managing experience, and have contributed to some awesome open source projects.
Three, I have zero doubt that Gabe and Valve in general has done some shady shit such as but not limited to the alleged unspoken policy mentioned in the article. No one becomes a billionaire ethically.
Agreed… but when you’re a great, customer centric service in a wildly underserviced market, it’s basically a license to print money. Gaben is unethical in the fact that he’s hoarding wealth, and I can’t speak to speculation on shady practices with circumstantial hearsay as evidence… but Valve, by virtue of not repeatedly Cobain’ing their dick on a regular basis is in a prime position to make substantial amounts of money…
All that being said, someone tell me what I’m missing.