LOL, there he is, he's back. He won't let it go. It's okay to be wrong Dan, it really is.
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 2:52 AM, dan <needa...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > On 12/04/2013 23:02, Todd Pettit wrote: > >> I suppose Valve has a built in store and creates new hats continuously >> because they care so dearly for their players too right? >> > > I'm not sure what point you're trying to make, but I'm not sure you are > either? > > So I'll just answer it on face value. > > From what Gabe was saying in a talk the other day they don't create > anything much for TF2 these days because the community are 10x more > efficient at doing it than they were. > > But, yes, they do lots of stuff because they've figured doing this stuff > makes their customers happy - and this is reflected in their bottom line. I > think it's clear the focus on customers is reflected in more than just > purely financial terms too. > > By comparison, If EA gave away their games on origin for free, it'd > probably take a couple of years until anyone said "Well I suppose they are > not that bad" (until they played a few of the games perhaps) > > A modified P. T. Barnum / Lincoln applies of course (as an aside why does > the internet attribute every quotation to every old American president?) > you can't please all of the people all of time and so on, but that seems to > be the essence of what they do, yes. > > > -- > Dan > ______________________________**_________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds_linux<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux> > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
