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[-] RxBrad@lemmings.world 58 points 1 year ago

Valve pockets 30% of almost every PC game sale by every company ever.

Honestly, I'm surprised that number isn't higher.

[-] chetradley@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago

The really impressive thing about Valve is the amount of revenue they make with a relatively small head count. They have about 1/10 the number of employees as EA.

[-] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

What was the last game they made prior to Half-Life Alyx? Portal 2?

[-] Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

Cs:go, dota 2, artifact and underlords i think.

I guess this is estimated revenue through game sales, otherwise i'd think activision-blizzard(candy crush) and valve(steam cut, dota and cs micro transactions, steam market) would be higher.

And of course MS has an interest to undervalue some companies compared to sony and nintendo

[-] meatand2veg@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 year ago

Nah it was that shitty dota card game.

[-] Not_mikey@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Seems about right. They don't have a complete monopoly and the industry seems to be making most of their money off micro-transactions these days instead of sales, something valve takes no cut of outside there own games. Meanwhile apple and google do have monopolies and take a cut of micro-transactions which accounts for there significantly larger revenue.

[-] lud@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

It might be. It's hard to know since Valve isn't a public company, so it's all estimations and guesses.

[-] Nighed@sffa.community 42 points 1 year ago

I assume that's gaming revenue not total?

[-] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

Apple’s total revenue was almost $400B in 2022. I think App Store revenue was $36B. So this must be just games.

[-] secondaccountlemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Wow mobile gaming is making bank.

[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I have to imagine Valve has a war chest they can use, if they wanted, to do some acquisitions.

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