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@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 2 years ago

Valve doesn't sell ad space on Steam so it can make room for surprise hits: 'We don't think Steam should be pay-to-win'

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Valve doesn't sell ad space on Steam so it can make room for surprise hits: 'We don't think Steam should be pay-to-win'

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@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 2 years ago
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"We're surprised all the time" by which games take off, says Steam's Erik Peterson.
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    That’s the biggest piece, smaller but worth mentioning is they make money off of our purchases directly unlike Google.

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      That’s why they do promote say sales, because they still get the same cut and might see more revenue out of it. Selling general ads doesn’t fit with what they’re going for, but they do aggressively push ads.

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          Maybe they mean the ads that popup occasionally when starting steam

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              I have nothing against them personally but they are undoubtedly advertising and are turned on by default.

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                  I dunno pushing ads on every boot seems at least a bit aggressive (remember that steam auto starts by default on Windows).

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