Comment on Half-Life 3 is just the hot exclusive Valve needs to propel SteamOS past Windows
HStone32@lemmy.world 6 days ago
It’s always funny to see periodicals talk about Valve like they’re a normal puplicly traded tech company.
Valve is private. That fact alone is neither inherently good, nor bad. What it means though, is that Valve will very likely behave very differently than other companies in the same market. Heck, I very much doubt half life Alyx would exist if they were public. If we get HL3, it will likely be a similar case.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 6 days ago
I’m leaning towards being a public company is inherently bad, so being a private company is preferable as the primary “not bad” option.
My main experiences with public companies lately is that they prioritize quarterly and yearly profits over long term health of the company and a good relationship with their customers. I don’t think that approach will be healthy for the company long term, and hurts consumers short term.
Privately owned companies can be just as shitty as publicly owned companies, but they’re not required to put short term shareholder profits first. The well run ones (especially family run ones) are more likely to prioritize building a good reputation and consumer loyalty, which is how you get companies that don’t suck to interact with.
HStone32@lemmy.world 6 days ago
You make good points, but I doubt you’d continue to feel that way if you were a shareholder
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 days ago
won’t somebody think of those poor poor shareholders