> "Portal 2," he explained, had only made $200 million in profit and that kind of chump change just wasn't worth it, when you could make 100s of millions a year selling digital hats and paintjobs for guns (most of which are designed by players, not the employees!)
All of the most successful tech companies are platforms:
* Facebook is a platform for it's users to make posts
* eBay is a platform for it's users to sell items
* Amazon is a platform for retail companies
* Even Google is a platform, because it's taking the Internet itself, and re-packaging it
From that perspective, you can see how things wound up like this at Valve.
All of the most successful tech companies are platforms:
* Facebook is a platform for it's users to make posts
* eBay is a platform for it's users to sell items
* Amazon is a platform for retail companies
* Even Google is a platform, because it's taking the Internet itself, and re-packaging it
From that perspective, you can see how things wound up like this at Valve.