inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agoAmazon thought it could compete with Steam because it was so much larger than Valve, but Prime Gaming's former VP admits that 'gamers already had the solution to their problems'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square249fedilinkarrow-up1836arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1831arrow-down1external-linkAmazon thought it could compete with Steam because it was so much larger than Valve, but Prime Gaming's former VP admits that 'gamers already had the solution to their problems'www.pcgamer.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square249fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareweew@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up80arrow-down1·3 days agoMBAs walk into this arena thinking they’ve got their quarterly agile reports synergized outside the box to the max. Somehow none of them have learned the concept of long term customers Gaben and Steam: does nothing, wins
minus-squaresnugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 days agoIt always baffles me when I see an established company fail to understand long-term customers and still expect any kind of meaningful growth.
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 days agoIt’s because the stock market doesn’t care about anything except the next quarter. Valve can think long term because they’re privately owned.
MBAs walk into this arena thinking they’ve got their quarterly agile reports synergized outside the box to the max.
Somehow none of them have learned the concept of long term customers
Gaben and Steam: does nothing, wins
It always baffles me when I see an established company fail to understand long-term customers and still expect any kind of meaningful growth.
It’s because the stock market doesn’t care about anything except the next quarter. Valve can think long term because they’re privately owned.