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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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[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

While they are worse now, part of the problem is that long time users already have many of the games that get big discounts in the newer sales.