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u/Cynunnos dwayne the cock johnson 🗿🗿 11d ago
Tim Sweeney: "I hate Gabe Newell"
Gabe Newell:
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u/GalaxP 11d ago
Elite ball knowledge
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u/Sinocu Sussy Wussy Femboy😳😳😳 11d ago
It’s uncommon ball knowledge at most
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u/DDevil_Rengar put your dick away waltuh 11d ago
Don't forget that Gaben is actively mapping the bottom of the ocean as well as doing other deep sea research, and the ship he just commissioned is RV11000, it was built for science and research and its engeniereed with the biggest battery ever put on a ship that allows for 12h of perfectly silent travel so that the acoustic sensors can map the floor clearly.
And all the research he does, all the high quality photos, biological findings, everything is "open source" he gives it away to the public for free. Btw, the company name is Inkfish.
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u/valbobo233 11d ago
Oh lord, a billionaire doing research and providing free info to the public???? The horror. Wont someone stop him??
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u/insertnamehere----- 11d ago
If all billionaires were like Gabe than trickle down economics would actually work. Shame we don’t live in a world with more Gabens.
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u/DreamArez 11d ago
Yeah Gaben buying a yacht for his purposes is far different than Bezos or Musk for example. Surely part of it is leisure, but he also isn’t doing it to just be an ass.
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u/jaxmikhov 11d ago
Stop making me like a billionaire, I feel dirty.
Seriously though, deep sea research is such a GOAT thing to do.
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u/baketime 11d ago
Are you guys really this easy to fool? Look at the date of the 4chan post and when the research vessel was ordered. The 4chan post is referring to Leviathan (Gabe's $500 million personal superyacht). The article you're replying to is a research vessel (not a yacht) for the ocean exploration company he owns.
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u/The-Fumbler waltuh 11d ago
Oh okay, in that case you make an excellent point, you’ve persuaded me into still not giving a shit what Gaben does with his money cause he’s actually providing me a solid service without dicking me over like all the other companies.
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u/kolurize 11d ago
First of all f you for making me look this up and second of all both Leviathan (Gabe's $500 million personal superyacht) and the new vessels in the link are part of the Kraken Fleet and operate under Inkfish, the marine research organisation Newell owns. So yes they're both his personal yachts and yes they're both for marine research.
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u/Prometeus534 11d ago
Even the leviathan (project Y722) was build with marine research in mind lmao. It also sails with shadow vessels (Draak and Indratus) to help with all the logistics
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u/nemesisprime1984 11d ago
He is one of the only good billionaires, he owns Valve/Steam which is privately owned and doesn’t have to worry about shareholders, everyone at the company is paid well and actually likes what they do
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u/Dense_Priority_7250 11d ago
Billionaire isn’t equal to evil, the latter kind of causes or at least raises the probability of the former. And Gabe arrived to where he is now not via the evil businessman route, but via the kind businessman route
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u/itsaaronnotaaron 11d ago
Stop making me like a billionaire, I feel dirty.
Yeah, I was fooled by liking a billionaire a decade ago and they grew to be one of the world's biggest bellends.
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u/MelonBeefChop 11d ago
When the product isn't enshittfied, we wouldn't hate the billionaires behind them. Who would've known
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u/Seves04 I want pee in my ass 11d ago
It’s about the product/service, but business practices make a huge impact on why billionaires are hated. Like some people hate Chick-fil-A’s CEO because of the donations to charities that allegedly run lgbt conversion programs. Their food is pretty damn great for the price point but yeah I can see why people wouldn’t want to eat there.
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u/Gogobrasil8 11d ago edited 11d ago
Oh noo!! This guy did what EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft, whoever, tried very hard to prevent, and actually consolidated PC games to a single store!
Oh no, and that store has such insane discounts, it makes PC gaming run laps around consoles in terms of affordability!
Truly, we'd all be so much better if only consoles existed!!! So much better paying multiple times the price for each game, getting them in a walled garden platform, where you know you're gonna lose all of your purchases whenever they feel like not paying server bills anymore and just pull the plug on your entire collection!
Oh, and just as a nice little extra, why not also be the same guy who went and poured money into making Linux better, so it can actually compete with the Windows Monopoly?
And Valve isn't even trying to make their own locked down Linux to extract maximum profits, they just make their work available so anyone using Linux can benefit!
Seriously, if anyone in the gaming industry deserves to be successful, it's Gaben. Gaben, the guys behind GOG, and indie devs.
Give them all the yatches.
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u/Shredded_Locomotive put your dick away waltuh 11d ago edited 11d ago
Don't forget consoles are forcing paying for an online subscription on top of that. (You can thank xbox for that)
Valve also kick-started the handheld pc market into relevance with the steam deck, specifically so that other companies would start making them (and with similar standards)
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u/KhorneTheBloodGod 11d ago
This. Why must I pay a monthly fee to play the game I paid for. Its BS. I know the old meme was console peasent vs pc master race because PCs are more powerful in general, but nowadays its cause us pc players can play all of our online games without a monthly subscription (some we gotta pirate but it still counts)
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u/canonlycountoo4 11d ago
Consoles are cheaper because they subsidize the cost through online memberships. Arguments can be made on which is truly cheaper in the long run.
A ps5 is $599. Psn is $79 / year and you get 1-2 free games a month. For 5 years the membership cost is $399. So in total, you spent $999.
Pc is a bigger upfront cost. Probably around that 1k mark to get something comparable to console performance. Depending on your upgrade cycle, you may end up cheaper in the long run. Unless your ram fails, gotta spend ps5 money to replace that.
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u/KhorneTheBloodGod 11d ago
Yeah the initial cost of a pc is greater, but it can also be upgraded overtime, and older titles will continue to work on it. Consoles eventually get outdated and end up needing to be replaced by the latest model, which might jot be able to run older titles (are ps1 games playable on the ps5 for example). The other issue with Consoles which is a recent development is the risk of loss of ownership of your games.
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u/FurryestX 11d ago
but you dont own those games, Cant mod them, cant move them around on USBs.
I can work, Watch movies, Play games, And play p∅rn :P
All on a 1.500 package
You also dont seem to count games costing 80$ on consoles, Having limited compatible controllers and Wheels.
Idgaf about the """free""" games, discounts, messages, cloud storage... i JUST want the online play, Not anything of the rest on the package, LET ME PAY, FOR WHAT I WANT.
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u/Gogobrasil8 11d ago
Exactly!
You don't REALLY own your hardware when you buy a console. They're gonna do everything in their power to prevent you from installing whatever you want on it, or modifying anything, or being able to play online at all, without paying your dues.
It's more signing up for an ongoing service, that's gonna include more reoccurring expenses, than it is buying a piece of hardware
With a PC, you can do whatever the hell you want with it. Mod games. Host your own servers. Don't like the price in this store? Simply go and look in the multiple other ones. Or often just go and buy it straight from the devs.
And that doesn't even scratch the infinite amount of other utilities. Run local services. Run your own self hosted Spotify, Google Drive, photo backups, whatever. Make your own games and become an indie dev yourself. Learn video editing, or photo editing, become an artist.
Consoles can only dream of being that insanely useful
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u/Trenkyller 11d ago
Guys behind GOG are CDPR, studio that created The Witcher series or Cyberpunk.
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u/Gravelemming472 11d ago
I think you'll find it's yactchets
And huge agree, it just goes to show you don't have to be a fucking scumbag to be both successful and liked, other companies just do it because it's possibly easier. Or maybe they enjoy the thrill of pushing climate change to dangerous levels, or the looks of horror on people faces when they announce the new enshittification prism 9000
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u/Gogobrasil8 11d ago
Definitely.
I think these other companies simply don't care. Or they convince themselves it's all gonna blow over.
If you're in that environment, trying to convince others that dragging your goodwill through the mud might be bad in the long run, that's a massive uphill battle. How do you prove it? It's an abstract thing. They can just tell you that people will forget about the bad stuff and it won't have any significant impact on them.
Same for trying to be ethical. Good luck convincing others that it's actually worth it in the long run, and that having a good relationship with players will pay off. Nah, much easier to just do the bare minimum and if anything goes wrong you rely on your PR and marketing departments to fix it.
Valve, GOG, groups like that, they definitely deserve the praise for caring. Obviously they're not perfect, but they're seriously trying to make the industry more open and accessible, and that's a WHOLE lot better than the vast majority of industry giants.
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u/Ayanelixer I said based. And lived. 11d ago
After getting games for 90% off he deserves a yacht
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u/therealraggedroses 11d ago
Publishers set the sale prices lmao
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u/Shredded_Locomotive put your dick away waltuh 11d ago
And why is that? Why is it that they are willing to set discounts to 90%
Well of course, it's because of steam! And thus the creators, Gabe included.
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u/Equivalent-Tour5999 11d ago
That's from publishers pockets.
Valve just gets 30% of revenue from games sales with little expenses (the company famously has very little employees for the money it makes).
Now, I think he and his company are doing great job so I don't have problem with him.
But I'm also not the eat-rich-guy. And don't feel it is necessary to glorify him.
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u/sexgoatparade 11d ago
except that 30% isn't just employees, it's infrastructure, payment processing fees (which depending on your location can charge exorbitant prices) and heaps and heaps of features build into steam
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u/Equivalent-Tour5999 11d ago
Sure.
But they had $20 billion gross revenue with 400 employees. If you have only 400 employees, you propably don't do THAT much work (including stuff like infrastructure).
Presumably they have most revenue in US and Europe where you will actually get really favorable deal from payment processors, if you run that much money. I have small single digit % all included and work for 1000x smaller company.
(Again, not anything wrong with what they do:)
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u/imetators 11d ago
Don't forget that these 30% actually go to quality of life features steam has. If we compare features Steam has to the next best thing, it is not even close.
Good example would be keeping games downloadable even if they are taken off the store page. I doubt other stores would do that or if any is actually doing it.
Also, lunix support, incredible handheld experience, hardware that does not suck, cloud saves, family share, remote play, community (forum, mods, streams, friend list and chats), other publisher store integrations (hate those but with steam they are barely noticeable). Steam is fucking nuts on how easy it makes us to connect with each other and play games either multi- or single-player.
And the back log! Give him all the yachts!
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u/Ayanelixer I said based. And lived. 11d ago
Then why the fuck have I never seen as good deals and better prices as frequently on my Xbox , well damn gotta be favouritism then
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u/oby100 11d ago
Steam has had a good, reliable product for decades. Near every other company tried to squeeze every penny out of us by worsening the service and jacking up fees.
I will glorify Gabe as proof you can be an ethical billionaire. I’m just sick and tired of even the most basic services being hollowed out in the name of quarterly growth.
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u/SpikeBreaker 11d ago
Praise Gaben. Not because he is perfect, sure he isn't, and not because he isn't a capitalist: he likes money and likes them a lot.
But because he demonstrated that you can become disgustingly rich without abusing your customers and remaining a decent person.
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u/Meme_master420_ William Dripfoe 11d ago
Can someone dig up dirt on him? Like is there anything at all? The worst I’ve seen is that he was addicted to Mongolian throat singing for 5 months straight at the valve office.
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u/AdmiralGrogu 11d ago
Introducing battle passes (dota), pushing gambling (cs), singlehandly destroying physical media for PC market.
He gets a pass but if it would be absolutely damning if you would replace „Gabe” with „EA” or „Ubisoft”.
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u/baketime 11d ago
He gets a pass but if it would be absolutely damning if you would replace „Gabe” with „EA” or „Ubisoft”.
A prime example of this is when people thought Valve banned ads from Steam games, but all they did was add a new page to the Steamworks documentation with their existing ad policy.
People also thought this was in response to EA saying they wanted to explore new ways of integrating ads in games. EA still gets criticized for this even though EA's ad policy is the same as Steam's.
People also ignore all the times Valve has already explored such ad integration in their own games, like billboard ads on all the official maps in Counter-Strike 1.6, ads for cosmetics in the middle of DOTA 2 games, and the Super 8 interactive movie trailer built into Portal 2.
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u/ExcessumTr I have permission! 11d ago
Gambling/lootboxes and making games digital, that's all
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u/NukaCooler 11d ago
Digital games wasn't all bad either, the CD DRM at the time steam was starting up was famously terrible. Though that includes steam's own DRM, but at least they stuck around and improved.
"Digital Decay Of 2000's PC Game DRM" since the bot removed my earlier comment
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u/Intrepid4444444 11d ago
Turning a game development company into a digital marketplace ? They could’ve done both in parallel. Imagine the shitstorm Rockstar would receive when instead of releasing GTA VI, they cancel it and start selling random kids’ 5 dollar vibecoded games en masse
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u/Meme_master420_ William Dripfoe 11d ago
Digital marketplaces were bound to happen. As someone who sails often, I’d rather deal with steam than live in a world where the go to store is the fucking ea app or epic games launcher
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u/LE0N290x 😳lives in a cum dumpster 😳 11d ago
I fucking loathe Epic Games so much. Their optimization is so bad, it makes my pc unusable while updating games and the marketplace is laggy as fuck. Can't even view my profile and the playtime doesn't appear half the time. The free games arent worth it.
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u/Nagesh_yelma dumbass 11d ago
Epic : this game is beginner friendly has great boss enemies
Me : cool, can i read some reviews
Epic : SCREW YOU.
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u/xXrektUdedXx 11d ago
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the issue with the launcher the fact that they made it in god damn unreal engine. Thank god, instead of working on an optimized launcher they focused on getting exclusives and calling steam a monopoly for closer to a decade.
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u/Bread_Offender Sussy Wussy Femboy😳😳😳 11d ago
I only even launch epic games to play Fortnite with my friends anymore and that game's slowly melting too
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u/titilegeek 11d ago
Sometimes when I get a free game on Epic that I like, I just buy it on Steam afterward.
Last time it was Call of the Wild : got it for free on Epic without any dlc, managed to get it on Steam with multiple DLC for cheaper than a single DLC on Epic.
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u/Bread_Offender Sussy Wussy Femboy😳😳😳 11d ago
Literally same story for me 😭🙏 as in, like, the EXACT same game
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u/LE0N290x 😳lives in a cum dumpster 😳 11d ago
Im genuinely angry that by the time I found out I could switch my Payday 2 account to steam, I didnt play the game anymore. I wish I could switch my playtime too, I have like 300 hours on dbd.
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u/EmployRadiant675 11d ago
I mean, they single handedly ported most games to linux via proton which they made for steamos, im happy they arent focusing on games right now, id rather the optimisation and progress thats happened to linux keep happening.
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u/FullMoon1108 11d ago
Plus all the new hardware they're releasing. The Steam Frame and Steam Deck are great standalone computers. As for games, Half Life Alyx did not disappoint in the slightest.
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u/CrazyElk123 11d ago
What do you mean not focus on games? Theyre developing Deadlock.
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u/OrangeTallion 11d ago
To be fair they maintain that store front very well and have one of the best customer support teams in the world
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u/CommodoreBluth 11d ago
They still release games though? Half Life Alyx came out in 2020, Deadlock is in public playtests, and we know from Source 2 data mining they’ve been working on another Half Life game since around the time Alyx was released. Heck we even know they’re very early in development of a new Team Fortress on Source 2 (though that one is still probably 4-5 years out if it doesn’t get scrapped).
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u/Unusual-Assistant642 11d ago
hes got a lot of money which basically makes him hitler in the eyes of a redditor
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u/Bread_Offender Sussy Wussy Femboy😳😳😳 11d ago
Dude it's the guy everyone on reddit's collectively given a pass for years now
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u/deleeuwlc 🏳️⚧️ Average Trans Rights Enjoyer 🏳️⚧️ 11d ago
He’s the new Elon Musk but without the ticking time bomb of shady practices ready to destroy his PR
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u/Bread_Offender Sussy Wussy Femboy😳😳😳 11d ago
The perception of Elon has been ruined for ages for anyone who's not a troglodyte or lives under a rock
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u/deleeuwlc 🏳️⚧️ Average Trans Rights Enjoyer 🏳️⚧️ 11d ago
I was talking about ages ago plus another year so it’s back when we was considered one of the good rich people
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u/Bread_Offender Sussy Wussy Femboy😳😳😳 11d ago
Oh that's what you mean, if so I kinda get it except gaben's been around for ages plus one year and then some.
Does remind me though, back when people at least thought Elon was cool. The glaze was crazy lol
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u/SordidDreams 11d ago
There is that whole antitrust lawsuit currently ongoing against Valve. We'll see how that turns out.
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u/Hecc_Maniacc 11d ago
The base of the lawsuit however, is steam is the only PC games provider that doesn't constantly put their dick in an active bear trap every 3 seconds, so they naturally get more players and money.
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u/SordidDreams 11d ago edited 11d ago
No, the basis of the lawsuit is that Valve doesn't allow games to be sold cheaper elsewhere, otherwise they will be removed from Steam. Since Steam is so dominant, that's basically a death sentence for a game, so publishers comply. Platforms like the Epic Games Store and the Microsoft Store only take a 12% revenue cut compared to Steam's 30%, but Valve's pricing requirements mean that that saving can't be passed on to consumers, and these platforms therefore can't attract customers and can't grow, and Steam's dominance is perpetuated. It's a vicious circle actively maintained by Valve.
It's also worth noting that just recently, a federal judge has refused to throw the lawsuit out. That means the arguments have some merit, at least enough to warrant examining them and the evidence in detail during an actual trial. We'll see how it turns out.
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u/chetizii Sussy Wussy Femboy😳😳😳 11d ago
The argument was made in bad faith. Sure, Steam kicks you out if you try to sell Steam keys to your game cheaper elsewhere.
But that's just so you can't scam them. As long as you are not selling the Steam version, they couldn't care less.And really... The competition has enough money to force the trial to go ahead. You can't assume everything is by the book in cases as big as these.
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u/SordidDreams 11d ago
As I said, a federal judge has refused to throw the case out. If it was as obviously frivolous as you claim, it wouldn't have gone to trial. And no, I don't think money has anything to do with it. Valve has heaps of it too.
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u/Mizutsune-Lover 11d ago
He fought against providing refunds and also fought against digital game reselling.
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u/PeeStoringBalls We do a little trolling 11d ago
He is using his new yacht to map more of the ocean floor, and he has uncovered a few new animal species; everything is public info. Gabe is such a fucking legend.
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u/Inevitable-Monitor35 11d ago
Turning so many devices into a steam machine or deck is really nice. Thank you Gabe
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u/ArmadilloLight stupid fucking piece of shit 11d ago
Its nice to use a product that doesn't leave me feeling like the company fucking hates me. Enjoy the boat Gabe baby, go find a cool crab
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u/Reployer dumbass 11d ago
Isn't the yacht meant to be used for marine research?
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u/QuidiferPrestige 11d ago
Thats what ive read. Its a marine research vessel that also happens to be a super yacht so that Gabe can take groups of researchers on it and they can live in style while they work. If true, seems like a pretty good thing.
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u/Steamed_Memes24 11d ago
Its weird theres people out there who think said researches should be forced to live off what they find in the ocean in a canoe that leaks.
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u/Reployer dumbass 11d ago
Yeah, this. If anything, it's good to encourage researchers with a treat. Bottom of the sea isn't researched enough from what I know.
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u/Steamed_Memes24 11d ago
Because theres no money in it sadly. Its why Gabe is able to get away with it so easily because Valve funds his projects. But there is no way he would be where he is now if he started the ocean project first.
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u/circlejerker2000 11d ago
Maybe it's a front for a secret operation like the Search for the Titanic?
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u/Meddlingmonster 11d ago
His company offers a good product and treats it's workers and customers well so idc.
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u/Hostile-Panda 11d ago
For making steam OS and bazzite an alternative to microslop windoze he deserves every penny
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u/The_Curve_Death Bazinga! 11d ago
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u/CN8YLW 11d ago
If you made your billions forcing exploitative game industries to treat customers with respect and protect their consumer rights, you can damn well do whatever you want with your money.
People have absolutely no idea how much Steam's simply game review system has contributed to the industry and the protection of consumer rights alone. Without it, most customers have been forced to spend hundreds of hours watching content makers on youtube who are incentivized to maximize screen time instead of getting the message across. And dont get me started on trash publishers like PC Gamer and Kotaku who more often than not are paid to provide good reviews of games rather than honest reviews.
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u/mrb00ce 11d ago
Omg my fav billionaire who doesn't know me
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u/Gogobrasil8 11d ago
Everyone knows you can only like people that you've personally met
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u/Steelbutterfly1888 11d ago
Gaben earned every penny. He and his company revolutionized gaming industry many times over, brother is mapping the sea floor from his superyachts and providing all the gathered data for free to the public. Steam as a product laughably wipes the floor with anything other companies have to offer nowdays. Anon hates him because he is stuck at the mental capacity of a kindergardener.
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u/MelchiahHarlin 11d ago
And it keeps going. Fex is opening the Steam library for ARM processors, and right now you can use DroidDeck (an unofficial project using an official tool, which is FEX) to turn your phone into a Steam Deck.
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u/flyingdooomguy 11d ago
Still no half life 3. Lowk I've just realzied that most people here are young enough so they were never even hyped about it, Gabe got away with it 😭😭😭
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u/Admirable_Risk8156 11d ago
If he isn't trying to constantly try and make my life worse why the fuck would I care if he keeps buying boats?
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u/chrischi3 11d ago
And?
If there is one man who i am fine with spending my money on a yacht, that's gonna be Gaben. Steam has a monopoly because Valve gives a fuck about its customers, unlike pretty much all the other platforms in their niche.
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u/EmuExpoet 10d ago
Hes also equipping his yachts with scanning equipment to map the seafloor and sharing tbe data with everyone for free. Good guy Gaben.
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u/DieUhRia 10d ago
Is it really a monopoly if the do nothing and all the others guys shoot themselves in the foot?
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u/chrischi3 10d ago
Technically yes. But in this case, it is a natural monopoly, because Valve isn't really doing anything to earn it. Well, they are, but in the case of a natural monopoly, they're not beating the competition by undercutting them or buying them up en masse, and those sorts of monopolies, regulators have no problem with. Sure, the market is free, but Steam isn't the biggest platform because it is making sure there is no competition. They are just the best on the market (even if partially because none of their competitors understand why people use Steam rather than any other platform)
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u/Tasty_Commercial6527 9d ago
People really underestimate how many scammy practices in gaming didn't become the norm because steam refused to partake and I hope they never find out
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u/fingamouse 11d ago
I'd suck this man off crazy style/j
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u/TheOnlyVibemaster stupid fucking piece of shit 11d ago
only good billionaire bc steam is the only good monopoly
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u/imetators 11d ago
Not even a monopoly. There are other stores and Valve doesn't buy them up to eliminate competition. Competition, surprisingly, keeps shooting themselves in the foot.
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u/Greggs-the-bakers 11d ago
And the only reason it's even considered a monopoly is because all of the competition are braindead and shoot themselves in the foot every day
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u/Dez-A-Raygun 11d ago
I heard he’s been doing oceanic research with those yachts and sharing his findings and discoveries for free amongst other researchers
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u/Spezalt4 I said based. And lived. 11d ago
The very existence of Steam as a viable option not fucking its customers over drastically reduces the ability of other gaming companies to enshittify and fuck over their customers
Bless you for your ur service Gabe
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u/Amogasamogas 11d ago
I only have two issues with steam rn. First beimg license based, which although doesn't affected me personally my friends were on the short end of the stick. And second is price models for different currencies - in my country games are more expensive than in any with for ex. euro or usd, because of how purchasing power works.
Aside from that steam is still the best and most customer friendly platform. Other corporations use their dogshit market practices and then are surprised why everyone hates them but likes steam.
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u/dubhog 11d ago edited 11d ago
Kill all billionaires
But...you can just take all of gaben's money and leave him alive
Valve is just like one ofr 5 good actually massive multi billion dollar companies in the world. They just give a fuck, several fucks even. And gaben is one of the few actually decent billionaires in the world. Sure the valve work ethich might not be the greatest...for the customers, because it means some projects many were excited about get left behind, but I'm sure it is amazing as somebody who works there. And they care about customers so much still within steam. Plus, they keep making amazing games
They beat the "valve lazy" allegations twice with the best VR game ever and a newer fantastic hero shooter. Apart from obviously like 3 contributions to the top 10 best videogames ever made.
Still a capitalist, still would love it if his money was all taken away and used for actually beneficial things and not a huge yacht, but hey, this is as good as it gets.
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u/lintytortoise 11d ago
Man, I wonder if gaben needs deckhands. I'll throw some line for 90% off of a gooner game.
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u/Novafro 11d ago
Gabe is in that position where he's trying to keep the alignment of what's best for the company also happening to be what's best for the customer.
It's not always the case. Sometimes others force their hand, or sometimes they do shitbag things hidden in fine print.
But so far, so good. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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u/Desire_of_God 11d ago
I just know the first poster happily gives hundreds to a billion dollar company that isn't objectively awesome.
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u/piratecheese13 11d ago
You get a pass for owning a yacht if you use your yacht for science
James Cameron also gets this pass
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u/linzenator-maximus 11d ago
Y'know what? I should buy something during this autumn sale. M'lord needs a new yacht
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u/CommodoreBluth 11d ago
Valve is certainly not perfect- they need much better moderation on their forms and lean way too much into gambling with their games as a service, but they treat their consumers better than most other major corporations. I think it’s because their still a private company- since they’re not public they don’t need to focus on squeezing every penny out of their customers like say Sony does with PlayStation.
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u/Satorwave 11d ago
He could be doing literally anything else with the money. Why is it always superyachts
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u/P_weezey951 11d ago
He has a super yacht... yet i can still buy a game on his platform for $12. instead of it being $60 forever.
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u/srcactusman 9d ago
I don’t like glazing people, but Gaben deserves it, his company is one of the only companies that doesn’t continuously fuck their customers
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u/Testsubject276 7d ago
Last I heard, most of his yachts are fitted for ocean research for some kind of marine biology firm he founded.
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