mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.fmhy.net to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoMicrosoft estimated Valve’s revenue in 2021 at $6.5bn Interesting to see another view on the scale of Valve’s businessi.imgur.comimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1147arrow-down1imageMicrosoft estimated Valve’s revenue in 2021 at $6.5bn Interesting to see another view on the scale of Valve’s businessi.imgur.commr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.fmhy.net to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarelorty@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·11 months agoHas to be. There’s no way the owners of the biggest storefront for pc gaming makes as much as EA.
minus-squareka-chow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoBut how could Valve have made $6.5b off of their own games? They haven’t released anything in yonks have they?! Plus EA have the gacha-fication of FIFA/every other sports game franchise they own with Ultimate Team, etc.
minus-squarelorty@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoBattle passes, lootboxes, keys and whatnot.
minus-squareNefyedardu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoAre you being facetious? Dota and Counter Strike make a ton of money.
minus-squareGoronmon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoThose two are surely pretty valuable. But I doubt they are, on their own, billions of dollars a year valuable.
minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoActiBlizion are on there, so sounds about right.
minus-squarefireflash38@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoBut Google that high? I wouldn’t have expected as high considering Apple (another one who takes a cut of mobile gaming) isn’t.
Has to be. There’s no way the owners of the biggest storefront for pc gaming makes as much as EA.
But how could Valve have made $6.5b off of their own games? They haven’t released anything in yonks have they?! Plus EA have the gacha-fication of FIFA/every other sports game franchise they own with Ultimate Team, etc.
Battle passes, lootboxes, keys and whatnot.
Are you being facetious? Dota and Counter Strike make a ton of money.
Those two are surely pretty valuable. But I doubt they are, on their own, billions of dollars a year valuable.
ActiBlizion are on there, so sounds about right.
But Google that high? I wouldn’t have expected as high considering Apple (another one who takes a cut of mobile gaming) isn’t.