mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.fmhy.net to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMicrosoft estimated Valve’s revenue in 2021 at $6.5bn Interesting to see another view on the scale of Valve’s businessi.imgur.comimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1103arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareka-chow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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-up3·1 year agoBattle passes, lootboxes, keys and whatnot.
minus-squareNefyedardu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoAre you being facetious? Dota and Counter Strike make a ton of money.
minus-squareGoronmon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThose two are surely pretty valuable. But I doubt they are, on their own, billions of dollars a year valuable.
minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoActiBlizion are on there, so sounds about right.
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.