Valve has done some good things for the game industry: they encouraged modifications, and made some good games.

However, I feel as if the gaming community praises Valve too much.

  • The gaming community praises Valve’s monopoly on game distribution services.

That’s about it though.

  • MerchantsOfMisery
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    3 years ago

    valve is pretty great as far as capitalism goes. but it’s all thanks to gaben. the day he retires/dies, there are no guarantees valve won’t turn into yet another capitalist cesspool.

    This is the key point people need to realize. Any capitalist company can seem good if it’s run by a decent person but that’s putting a lot of eggs in one basket. No different than how there may very well be some authoritarian leader who manages to be a good person, but the next guy is more likely going to abuse all that power so it’s not particularly an ideal system.