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submitted 2 days ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

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I did not realize they were trying to compete in the first place.

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[-] weew@lemmy.ca 78 points 2 days ago

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

[-] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago

It always baffles me when I see an established company fail to understand long-term customers and still expect any kind of meaningful growth.

[-] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

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.

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