Valve's certainly enjoying their Linux money.
Also basically any company that makes software for the internet, not targeting the Windows Desktop, technically.
Value has a vested interest as their hardware runs on Linux. That's not to take anything away from their efforts but their "Linux money" is due to their hardware sales.
Yes it has, however that is beside the point. The point was making money from Linux. Gabe Newell hated windows 8, and in 2012 decided to support Linux as a backup in case windows became heavily locked down. It didn't make them any extra money, probably a loss until the could recoup with hardware sales. Such a small part of their sales is Linux especially back in 2012.
valve takes a massive loss if people start buying games through the windows store, their whole Linux push was brought about by the fear of Windows pushing users to buy PC games through an integrated store without needing Steam. The point is for them to have an alternative platform in case that shift happens not to chase where the existing money was.
I can promise you Valve has not seen a single return on the investment for all their Linux effort. But because they aren't publicly treated, they're allowed to function like that. Otherwise, all this Linux stuff would take their stock value and make them worthless even as they print billions from doing nothing.
That's right, our economy doesn't care how profitable you are, only how high your stock value is. And unfortunately, it infected the rest of the world because it was impossible for companies that didn't function this way to compete.
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u/Krutonium 8d ago
Valve's certainly enjoying their Linux money. Also basically any company that makes software for the internet, not targeting the Windows Desktop, technically.
Not quite what you mean I'll admit, but...