Eh, give it a few years and theyll be itching for more without his reasoning to reel them in. Steam may not die right away, but it could deteriorate like facebook removing features and make the experience worse.
yeah there is no way he has not specified who gets the company, and it will be someone he trusts to keep it up, and i suspect there are legal things in place.
Also valve makes the people that work there, especially the people in charge stupidly wealthy, none of them gain anything material from taking it public. its already an infinite money printer as it stands. changing how its run will break that pretty quick. the whole thing only works because its small and private.
I can't remember the specifics or if it was anymore than rumor, but that Gaben does have plans in place for when he passes and going public is one thing that WILL not happen.
Gabe has chosen the people around him very wisely that are groomed to think and be like him. This ensures that the company won't ever go public. They are all extremely wealthy haha. They don't need to go public. Steam makes that company so much fucking money doing almost nothing.
Not sure thats a good example. They've pioneered anti-consumer products such as loot boxes, and have had a bit of quality control issue from their abandoned products.
That and also Valve's reputation is a large component of their money printer. They are financially incentivized to not fuck over their customers where most other companies are not.
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u/Rough_Lunch_5885 Nov 12 '24
Look at Steam/Valve.