nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agoLawsuit paperwork reveals Valve employs around 350 people – and less than 100 work for Steam. Most of Valve's payroll is still committed to game dev roles.www.gamesindustry.bizexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1157
arrow-up1157external-linkLawsuit paperwork reveals Valve employs around 350 people – and less than 100 work for Steam. Most of Valve's payroll is still committed to game dev roles.www.gamesindustry.biznanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoThey do outsource. There are contractors checking to make sure that, when you submit a game to Steam, it isn’t malware and has all of the features that you say it has. And those are just the ones I know about.
minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoThey absolutely outsource janitorial. I’ve never been at a company that didn’t. You don’t usually have your senior devs vacuuming the carpet and emptying bins at the end of the day.
They do outsource. There are contractors checking to make sure that, when you submit a game to Steam, it isn’t malware and has all of the features that you say it has. And those are just the ones I know about.
They absolutely outsource janitorial. I’ve never been at a company that didn’t.
You don’t usually have your senior devs vacuuming the carpet and emptying bins at the end of the day.