I’ve heard only good things about how Valve treats their employees. Meanwhile Ubisoft who was one of the biggest to go for Epic’s store just had 120 something layoffs.
That’s not really what we were talking about, though. And, to get back on topic, Valve doesn’t engage in profit sharing with its workers. You can like a company as much as you want. It’s still a company and at its foundation it extracts surplus value from its workers. It exists purely to make money. Like any other company. Any positive sentiment towards it that is not purely an evaluation of the quality of its products and services is misguided and largely a product of public relations, rather than any genuine merit of the entity itself.
The point remains Epic lies saying they “help devs” Valve never claims anything.
I mean, it’s factually true that they offer the game makers and their associated publishers a much better split than what Valve does. Valve takes 30% off of all purchases. Epic takes 12. Some companies actually get 100% of all profits the first 6 months. You can’t say Valve offers more. They might have a better storefront and more users, sure, but those aren’t merits of the company itself. It’s just merits of a monopoly.
And Valve has always tried to claim that it was “part of the community, rather than standing above it.” Which is, of course, bullshit. They’re not part of any community. They’re a storefront. Their entire purpose is to make money off of other people’s labor.
Come on, man, be better than “omg good guy Valve!” It’s as shitty a company as any. Don’t get suckered into thinking anything else.
“Let’s also not conflate “developers” with “companies” Epic will talk about paying developers a better cut but often times it is the publisher not the developer that gets paid.”
You’re doing it again. I don’t know why I got caught up in this whataboutism with you when I made myself clear from the start and you agree. It’s like you want me to argue for Valve when I don’t care. GoG is best storefront for the end user and it’s not even close.
You do understand when it says “developers” it’s not talking about individual, human developers that sit at a computer and code levels, and instead means “game development companies,” right? Also, it’s not a “whataboutism” - it’s a direct refutation of your argument. Your argument was specifically about Valve being a “good company.” I provided evidence that it’s not a good company. That’s not a whataboutism. A whatabousim would be somebody criticizing Valve and someone else saying “well, what about Epic?!”
Right, but your statements are entirely in response to what you believe Epic’s PR statements are saying. Earlier you stated:
The point remains Epic lies saying they “help devs” Valve never claims anything.
This is what you said. You are assuming that Epic has made claims that it helps individual developers (people whose job is to develop games). I don’t think this is accurate: I believe that the intent behind Epic’s statements is that it aims to help “Game Development Companies.”
Either way, it doesn’t really matter. Epic, Valve, whomever: they’re companies. Loyalty to them is pathetic.
I am meaning that Epic talks about a better cut for developers when really it’s a better cut for publishers. If Epic said they give a bigger cut to corporate entities I honestly don’t give a single flying fuck. Pay 50% to the store, I don’t care about your capitalist entities.
I’m not arguing loyalty for Valve just that Valve doesn’t pretend they’re helping the poor little developers with their bullshit to fuck over end users.
Also.
I don’t think this is accurate: I believe that the intent behind Epic’s statements is that it aims to help “Game Development Companies.”
This is completely propaganda in my opinion. Epic can afford to use two more words instead of just calling them developers and being entirely vague unless they enjoy the misleading nature of calling them developers. Developers are people full stop.
I’ve heard only good things about how Valve treats their employees. Meanwhile Ubisoft who was one of the biggest to go for Epic’s store just had 120 something layoffs.
That’s not really what we were talking about, though. And, to get back on topic, Valve doesn’t engage in profit sharing with its workers. You can like a company as much as you want. It’s still a company and at its foundation it extracts surplus value from its workers. It exists purely to make money. Like any other company. Any positive sentiment towards it that is not purely an evaluation of the quality of its products and services is misguided and largely a product of public relations, rather than any genuine merit of the entity itself.
I would rather the money go to a company that treats employees better regardless if I can have what I ultimately desire.
The point remains Epic lies saying they “help devs” Valve never claims anything.
Oh, okay, so you mean the company that this guy is talking about where everything was structured like high school cliques?
Or maybe the one in which this transgender employee was referred to by their manager as “it”?
Or maybe you mean the company this former dev talks about where your work space is basically structured so that management can watch your every action at all times?
I mean, it’s factually true that they offer the game makers and their associated publishers a much better split than what Valve does. Valve takes 30% off of all purchases. Epic takes 12. Some companies actually get 100% of all profits the first 6 months. You can’t say Valve offers more. They might have a better storefront and more users, sure, but those aren’t merits of the company itself. It’s just merits of a monopoly.
And Valve has always tried to claim that it was “part of the community, rather than standing above it.” Which is, of course, bullshit. They’re not part of any community. They’re a storefront. Their entire purpose is to make money off of other people’s labor.
Come on, man, be better than “omg good guy Valve!” It’s as shitty a company as any. Don’t get suckered into thinking anything else.
“Let’s also not conflate “developers” with “companies” Epic will talk about paying developers a better cut but often times it is the publisher not the developer that gets paid.”
You’re doing it again. I don’t know why I got caught up in this whataboutism with you when I made myself clear from the start and you agree. It’s like you want me to argue for Valve when I don’t care. GoG is best storefront for the end user and it’s not even close.
You do understand when it says “developers” it’s not talking about individual, human developers that sit at a computer and code levels, and instead means “game development companies,” right? Also, it’s not a “whataboutism” - it’s a direct refutation of your argument. Your argument was specifically about Valve being a “good company.” I provided evidence that it’s not a good company. That’s not a whataboutism. A whatabousim would be somebody criticizing Valve and someone else saying “well, what about Epic?!”
I am talking about people not companies. That’s literally what my first comment said and I quoted it. Hence the “whataboutism” Jfc
Right, but your statements are entirely in response to what you believe Epic’s PR statements are saying. Earlier you stated:
This is what you said. You are assuming that Epic has made claims that it helps individual developers (people whose job is to develop games). I don’t think this is accurate: I believe that the intent behind Epic’s statements is that it aims to help “Game Development Companies.”
Either way, it doesn’t really matter. Epic, Valve, whomever: they’re companies. Loyalty to them is pathetic.
That’s not what I am meaning, sorry.
I am meaning that Epic talks about a better cut for developers when really it’s a better cut for publishers. If Epic said they give a bigger cut to corporate entities I honestly don’t give a single flying fuck. Pay 50% to the store, I don’t care about your capitalist entities.
I’m not arguing loyalty for Valve just that Valve doesn’t pretend they’re helping the poor little developers with their bullshit to fuck over end users.
Also.
This is completely propaganda in my opinion. Epic can afford to use two more words instead of just calling them developers and being entirely vague unless they enjoy the misleading nature of calling them developers. Developers are people full stop.