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[–] Pendorilan@lemmy.world 48 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (7 children)

I've been on Steam since 2005, and the only thing that sucks about Valve is that their steam sales are shit now. Other than that I've had no issues with them. They seem like a decent company.

[–] hector@sh.itjust.works 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Other thing that is questionable is gambling, apparently lot of people get into online casino through CS.

I think the culture surrounding DoTa to a lesser extend is not good too

[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 days ago

genre defining design, literal decades ahead of the rest of the industry

Half-Life? What's that? I'm talking about Team Fortress 2 hats

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

Flash sales were great but refunding is better.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 17 points 6 days ago

There's also the gambling, and the 30% cut that allows them to make $3.5 million per head.

Steam is pushing the industry forward on Linux support though, so they have my support.

[–] 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.

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[–] JakobFel@retrolemmy.com 16 points 5 days ago

Valve is simply the last major company in this industry that I still like. Imagine that! A company makes bank off of treating customers and employees right! What a novel concept!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 6 days ago (6 children)

I really hope that the workers are well compensated.

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