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Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%' (www.pcgamer.com)

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

You think Valve is what it is because of luck?

That’s the dumbest thing I’ve read on here for a while.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Every great business idea needs luck too. You just never hear of other incredibly great ideas that just had none. You can't just calculate success and have it guaranteed. You need money (for marketing at least), a great or even mediocre idea and luck. And be it just the luck of doing it at the right time.

You can write the best book the world ever saw, but it's worth nothing if you don't get lucky the right person (with influence/reach) reads it at the right time and happens to like it. Otherwise you would have to persistently throw money at it for an indeterminate time. And the longer that is the less profit is ever to be made. See epic games...

But if you think luck is irrelevant, suit yourself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pretty much, I mean I've seen amazing things the mainstream will never touch or know about..... ultimately they made no money and the creators of them are either bitter or dead.

And I've seen absolute shit become a global phenomenon

Luck is sadly a necessary survival skill

Oh and there's Alone In The Dark which just defies any explanation I have because it had one good game that aged horribly, and people are still trying and failing to reboot it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

We all have, i guess. Pearls slowly withering in the vast ocean of stuff. You can swap luck with money though. But not always. That's mostly when "absolute shit" becomes the global phenomenon. Just throw enough money at it until some success may show.

Oh yeah the effing reboots and remasters and endless sequels. Nobody dares to do new stuff coz they fear for their investment.