If there is a store that dominates the PC video game market with an iron fist, it is Steam. Valve’s platform has competition such as the Epic Games Store or GOG, but the truth is that the vast majority of users opt for the library led by Gabe Newell. However, there are those who do not agree with this context.
That’s what developer Wolfire thought in 2021, as she presented a antitrust lawsuit
Through GameDiscoverCo, we have learned that a group of Valve employees decided to calculate the company’s efficiency, that is, finding per capita income. According to their estimates, Valve generated more money per worker in 2018 than multinationals as colossal as Apple, Amazon, Microsoft o Intel
Due to the large amount of text that has been covered, it is unknown how much Valve’s template creates, but it is above $780,000 that were granted to Facebook members. In one of the emails, Nat Brown indicates that there are about 350 people who worked for Gabe Newell, which makes clear his high degree of efficiency.
Of course, we are talking about data that does not yield unequivocal conclusions and another series of economic factors must be taken into account in companies to know their benefits. Even with that, it’s surprising how a squad of that size –Facebook in 2018 had more than 35,000 workers– could manage so well. We’ll see how the legal mess ends up, but let’s hope they give us surprises as incredible as this one.
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