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[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (40 children)

But it’s basically a store front and they contract almost everything out. Like how many people does it take to run some servers? They don’t make games, the steam deck and the VR are the few things they’ve done. And that could be done by a couple dozen engineers and contract everything else.

Like how many employees should they have?

Okay I shouldn’t have taken a shot at their game making ability, but it legit fucking sucks and they acknowledge it, people bash them for it sometimes, take it easy guys.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Like how many people does it take to run some servers?

That is exactly the point of post. You don't need tenns of thousands of people to run some servers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You do need employees and valve contracts them instead of hiring directly.

This is the detail people are missing or ignoring in their circle jerk of valve here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Then I will repeat YOUR question:

Like how many people does it take to run some servers?

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