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In 2018 a group of Valve staff tried to figure out just how efficient they were being—and found they were making more money per head than Apple, Facebook, and nearly every tech giant out there (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] epicsninja@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Probably"? I think the only advertisement I've ever seen from Valve was for Half Life: Alyx when it came out a few years ago. Not exactly brainwashing kids

Additionally, kids are not the largest group on steam. According to Statistica's Consumer Insights Global Survey, the majority of users are 30-39, with the next largest group being 20-29 https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1242344/steam-us-user-share-by-age

[–] index@sh.itjust.works -5 points 8 months ago

Maybe the money they spend on ads don't go on billboards but on fake online reviews.

When i was a teenager on steam i was a 40 years old guy born on 1 january 1970