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Tim Sweeney emailed Gabe Newell calling Valve 'you assholes' over Steam policies, to which Valve's COO replied internally 'you mad bro?' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Plus the income lets them take care of their employees, and to the best of my understanding it is a pretty good working environment.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Many studios are in a real pinch right now. I don’t know what valve’s overhead costs are but I’d imagine they could afford to kick back some more to devs.