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Valve's reported profit-per-head from Steam commissions is out there, and at $3.5 million per employee it makes Apple and Facebook look like a lemonade stand (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember installing Half-Life 2 (requiring 5 CDs lol) and thinking "wtf is this Steam shit, I just want to play the game"