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Valve is about to win the console generation (xeiaso.net)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by PlanterTree@discuss.tchncs.de to c/steam@lemmy.ml

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Today was a big day for gamers as Valve just introduced three products: the Steam Controller, the Steam Machine, and the Steam Frame. When you add this alongside the Steam Deck, I think it's safe to say that Valve is about to win the next console generation.

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[–] j4yc33@piefed.social -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Especially because they are literally known for creating things that sell at a loss and learning profound lessons from the thing they sell.

Also, they're the most progressive group to not engage in Patent warfare since Volvo made the 3-point seatbelt.

Valve knows how to help an ecosystem grow and pays attention to it's user base.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nobody was talking shit and you still had to come in here and bootlick.

Steam is the exact same as every other big platform, they grab their 30% like everyone else. Gaben literally has a billion dollars worth of boats. Stop defending billionaires and their money sucking contraptions.

[–] j4yc33@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

I forgot that Gaben is literally all of Valve.

I'm not here to lick Gabe's boots, I'm here to point out that sometimes, companies do good things. There are a lot of people making money and doing development at Valve, almost none of them are Gabe, but I guess fuck the laborers because their CEO consolidates money and fucks around on the Stock Market.

Yes, Gabe is included in Eat the Rich, but the people that work at Valve shouldn't be held accountable to to his faults. Conflating the Labor with the Owner is a take though.