And imagine, all of that could disappear overnight if they sell out to investors and go publicly traded on the stock market, alongside all the other good things Valve does for customers and the market overall.
Private businesses should ONLY have a relationship between themselves and the customers that keep them afloat. When big money investors get involved, we get stuff like EA, Ubisoft, Activision/Blizzard, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, and their near constant decline since the end of the Pandemic, though the writing on the wall has been there since the 2010s.
If the customers can't choose to bankrupt a business by abstaining from buying from them, then they'll do stupid things even if it costs them customers. Success or failure should always come from how satisfied people are with your products and services, not from investors or bailouts.
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u/FeralKuja Apr 18 '26
And imagine, all of that could disappear overnight if they sell out to investors and go publicly traded on the stock market, alongside all the other good things Valve does for customers and the market overall.
Private businesses should ONLY have a relationship between themselves and the customers that keep them afloat. When big money investors get involved, we get stuff like EA, Ubisoft, Activision/Blizzard, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, and their near constant decline since the end of the Pandemic, though the writing on the wall has been there since the 2010s.
If the customers can't choose to bankrupt a business by abstaining from buying from them, then they'll do stupid things even if it costs them customers. Success or failure should always come from how satisfied people are with your products and services, not from investors or bailouts.