It sure sounded like you were. It's because you said cash grab. That's a negative attribute. You basically said it's garbage but made him a lot of money. Along the lines of like the last 4 terminator movies.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Well, I use Steam a ton and have a Steam Deck. But, Steam dev effort to income ratio is probably ridiculously skewed. The company pretty much prints money. In that way, Steam is a cash grab.

I do question if Steam hadn’t been such a success if Valve might have released HL3 by now.

It has Google vibes to it. Google makes so much money in ad revenue that a lot of their other products just get cancelled.

I do like Valve overall though and am a fan. I’m a fan that wants to know the ending of HL3.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

cash grab
noun
plural cash grabs
: the greedy pursuit of an opportunity for making money especially when done without regard for ethics, concerns, or consequences

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cash%20grab