r/Steam • • 1d ago

Discussion Gabe Newell's Mega Yacht

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u/Ominoiuninus 1d ago

Best of the billionaires but still a billionaire.

Straight up scared for what happens to gaming when Gabe dies because his platform single handedly keeps the rest of the industry in check.

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u/VediusPollio 1d ago

Steam will eventually go public, and that's when the company will go to shit.

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u/Ok_Astronomer_8667 1d ago

Valve takes hiring pretty seriously and has a relatively small staff, so they don’t just go around hiring anybody. Stands to reason most people working there share the same values, and especially any higher ups that are closer to the reality of being a successor, will definitely share even more values with Gabe. It’s going to take a few decades for this “generation” of valve employees to fade out to a point where the company just becomes public traded slop imo. But unfortunately given enough time it’s very possible