Gaben has been hands off at valve for almost a decade. He’s off breaking world records with research submersibles. Playing with his rubber duckies in the bathtub.
FireTower@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I trust a steam monopoly long before I’d trust epic. Epic is run to meet the needs of share holders and valve is run to meet the needs of Gaben.
Cabrio@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Lolman228@kbin.social 9 months ago
Is that not what you want from him?
Cabrio@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Just saying that trust in Gaben and trust in Valve are two separate things. Valve has been doing fine without Gaben at the wheel.
Chobbes@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Both Valve and Epic are private companies. I still trust Valve over Epic, but I think technically Tim Sweeney has pretty much full control over Epic as well (for better or for worse).
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 9 months ago
He does, but not the stake Gaben has. Sweeny sold 40% to tencent. This still gives him control, but thats a very large shareholder that can push and pull when they want.
brawleryukon@lemmy.world 9 months ago
They can’t “push and pull” anything. With Sweeney owning 50%+1, Tencent and anyone else he sold shares to can literally do nothing - he will always have the final say. And since the company is private, there’s almost certainly an agreement/contract in place on those share purchases that if someone wants to dump them they have to offer them back to him/the company first. Since it’s not a public company they can’t just go sell their shares on an open market. The threat of a large shareholder is gone in a case like this - they can’t stage a hostile takeover and they can’t dump and run.
bighi@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You’re thinking of technically taking the decisions in the company. But shareholders can do much more. Like influencing the value of stocks by selling too many at once.
stevehobbes@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You’re also assuming there are no other shareholders…………
Zetta@mander.xyz 9 months ago
Another point for me at least, I actually put in effort to not getting made in China products where feasible. The same thing applies here, supporting epic is supporting China. I really just prefer not to support China, so no epic games for me.
Chobbes@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Ah that’s a fair point. I haven’t paid too much attention to this. Thanks for providing some more context :).
Varyag@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Gaben isn’t going to last forever. But honestly the only other good games storefront is GoG. I’ll continue using Steam for as long as it’s still good.
FireTower@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’ve used GoG once for a game that wasn’t on steam but I have done much more. Honestly I acknowledge that this ephemeral moment in time where PC gaming is kept in balance by Gaben can’t last. But I really think the lens we should look at PC landscape today is one of appreciation. If EA ran the game in steam’s shoes we wouldn’t get things like summer sales or games at reduced prices long after their launch.
Don’t be sad it will be gone be happy it happened.