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Valve runs its massive PC gaming ecosystem with only about 350 employees (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 114 points 4 months ago (84 children)

Genuine question: why is this such a big deal?

These are not all video game companies, but for reference:

AMD: 26,000 employees
EA: 14,000
Facebook: 84,000
Netflix: 11,000
Spotify: 9,000
Twitter: 7,500

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (13 children)

Hint: none of those companies need all of those employees.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (12 children)

These stats don't include subcontractors and as such they're very misleading. For example, who do you think produces the GPUs inside the steam deck? Hint: it's not Valve.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why would Valve produce their own GPU’s?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

My point being that while valve itself has only 350 employees, it subcontracts far more than that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Do we include the plumber that unclogs the toilets too?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Yes.

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