nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months agoIn 2018 a group of Valve staff tried to figure out just how efficient they were being—and found they were making more money per head than Apple, Facebook, and nearly every tech giant out therewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down18
arrow-up1390arrow-down1external-linkIn 2018 a group of Valve staff tried to figure out just how efficient they were being—and found they were making more money per head than Apple, Facebook, and nearly every tech giant out therewww.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareindex@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down8·8 months agoKids (the majority of steam customers) are really easy to brainwash and manipulate. Valve probably also spends millions on advertising
minus-squareepicsninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months ago“Probably”? I think the only advertisement I’ve ever seen from Valve was for Half Life: Alyx when it came out a few years ago. Not exactly brainwashing kids Additionally, kids are not the largest group on steam. According to Statistica’s Consumer Insights Global Survey, the majority of users are 30-39, with the next largest group being 20-29 https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1242344/steam-us-user-share-by-age
minus-squareindex@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·8 months agoMaybe the money they spend on ads don’t go on billboards but on fake online reviews. When i was a teenager on steam i was a 40 years old guy born on 1 january 1970
Kids (the majority of steam customers) are really easy to brainwash and manipulate. Valve probably also spends millions on advertising
“Probably”? I think the only advertisement I’ve ever seen from Valve was for Half Life: Alyx when it came out a few years ago. Not exactly brainwashing kids
Additionally, kids are not the largest group on steam. According to Statistica’s Consumer Insights Global Survey, the majority of users are 30-39, with the next largest group being 20-29 https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1242344/steam-us-user-share-by-age
Maybe the money they spend on ads don’t go on billboards but on fake online reviews.
When i was a teenager on steam i was a 40 years old guy born on 1 january 1970