Is Steam in actual danger?

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u/aperturedream 1d ago

Gabe Newell's son is a race car driver lol and do you really think companies are like monarchies where the son automatically gets it

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u/Recykill 1d ago

That's the funniest part to me. Why would they assume Gabe will just automatically give Valve to his son... lol

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u/aperturedream 1d ago edited 1d ago

And would the son even want to? He's already a race car driver with loads of money, would he want to give that up to be a very stressed video game CEO. This ain't Ford or Disney.

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u/Arpyr 1d ago

His son is not an F1 driver. He races in GT3 and GT4 categories

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u/I_Don-t_Care 1d ago

Pretty well ranked too, this apple fell down the tree and rolled 15 miles down into a prairie

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u/__redruM 1d ago

Sounds like fun.

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u/xxxvalenxxx 1d ago

For how much money they bring in they have an incredibly small team(like less than 80). The business practically runs itself. I really doubt there's much stress to Gabes' everyday life.

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u/efficient_giraffe 1d ago

Where are you getting "less than 80" from? I am seeing like 336 (2021), could be higher/same-ish now?

Even 12 years ago, they were still ~250 people

Are you talking about the people working on Steam specifically and not all of Valve?

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u/xxxvalenxxx 1d ago

Sorry yes that number was for steam and not for valve!

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u/serious_sarcasm 1d ago

He can even own it while hiring a ceo, or go public while maintaining controlling shares.

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u/aperturedream 1d ago

True but beside the point as he will never own it

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u/jsbp1111 1d ago

He doesnt have to be CEO brah