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minus-squareRunJun@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·2 months agoOnly one company has apparently learned how to print money and not be ghouls.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-22 months agoTo be fair, they say they made a lot of tradeoffs in the name of being price conscious, but they haven’t put a price on it yet.
minus-squareDrDystopia@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThey have haptic grip sensors and ALL the sticks and pads, I wonder what they traded off lol
minus-squareDrDystopia@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThat’s a great deal, I’ll take the full set and throw in some extra controllers thanks
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThank you. Didn’t notice I screwed that up.
minus-squareCreat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-22 months agoValve and therefore Steam is still privately owned, never went public. No share holders demanding things surely is a major factor.
minus-squareRunJun@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoI’m aware. Once Gabe retires or dies, I’m going to start distrusting Valve. Once they go public, it’s over.
minus-squarevin@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoPrivately owned still means shareholders. Ultimately it comes down to the board and the rules around it, not so much as to whether it is publicly listed.
minus-squareWalk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·2 months agoYeah sure I love their hardware and contributions to software, but I’d say profiteering off of children gambling for over 10 years is pretty ghoulish.
Only one company has apparently learned how to print money and not be ghouls.
To be fair, they say they made a lot of tradeoffs in the name of being price conscious, but they haven’t put a price on it yet.
They have haptic grip sensors and ALL the sticks and pads, I wonder what they traded off lol
I’d say it’s priceless.
That’s a great deal, I’ll take the full set and throw in some extra controllers thanks
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Thank you. Didn’t notice I screwed that up.
Valve and therefore Steam is still privately owned, never went public. No share holders demanding things surely is a major factor.
I’m aware. Once Gabe retires or dies, I’m going to start distrusting Valve. Once they go public, it’s over.
Privately owned still means shareholders. Ultimately it comes down to the board and the rules around it, not so much as to whether it is publicly listed.
Yeah sure I love their hardware and contributions to software, but I’d say profiteering off of children gambling for over 10 years is pretty ghoulish.