brachiosaurus@mander.xyz to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoBehold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anythingwww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up1364cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1364external-linkBehold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anythingwww.gamesradar.combrachiosaurus@mander.xyz to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square161fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squarebrachiosaurus@mander.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours ago Okay, but explain how consumer preferences are somehow Steam’s fault? Valve is a for profit company, they make money by advertising games and selling them, their website is literally an ad shelf. doesn’t seem to be the case. It seem the case to me that they are advertising the shit out of certain games with ads as big as the entire screen.
minus-squareExperiencedWinter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 hours ago“Walmart advertises some of the things they sell, but never advertise the off brand water” ok, and???
minus-squarebrachiosaurus@mander.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoWalmart and valve are two corporations.
Valve is a for profit company, they make money by advertising games and selling them, their website is literally an ad shelf.
It seem the case to me that they are advertising the shit out of certain games with ads as big as the entire screen.
“Walmart advertises some of the things they sell, but never advertise the off brand water” ok, and???
Walmart and valve are two corporations.