alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agoGabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down17cross-posted to: games
arrow-up1315arrow-down1external-linkGabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'www.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square75fedilinkcross-posted to: games
minus-squareMiles O'Brien@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoYes, someone would have. Eventually. But valve did it early. It’s easy to fill a niche once it’s formed. Not so easy to do before, or as it’s forming. Or predict if one will form. I’m not saying valve or Gabe had some kind of foresight or wisdom, I still think it was a gamble. It just happens to be a gamble that worked.
minus-squareGrandwolf319linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoIt’s literally the risk taking behaviour to foster innovation that economists supposedly talk about.
Yes, someone would have. Eventually.
But valve did it early.
It’s easy to fill a niche once it’s formed. Not so easy to do before, or as it’s forming. Or predict if one will form.
I’m not saying valve or Gabe had some kind of foresight or wisdom, I still think it was a gamble. It just happens to be a gamble that worked.
It’s literally the risk taking behaviour to foster innovation that economists supposedly talk about.