You forgot Steam. I bet they have some % of each sale. Say without ad they would get 100,000$ (theoretically). Now they'll get 200,000$ for Worms (yeah, people want hats) and some 5,000$ for TF2 (Worms people will be curious of the other game stuff). Double the profit.
No I didn't forget it, sometimes it's just fun to ignore stuff when making comments, something you should know about.
They've released piece of shit nobody is playing now.
According to
this it's the 11th most played game on steam. Even if it is sub-standard quality, who cares? When was the last time another company released any game for free? (hey look two of those things you ignored)
Well I heard they pay 2000-3000$ for a roughly 6 months of hard work, that's about 333-500$/month. You call it high salary? And indeed any update will bring even more attention and money into the Valve's pocket. Probably as much as 10 times they've paid you. Yes, not to mention that some lowlifes will see your work, maybe respect you. But is respect of many idiots worth it? It's stupid videogame after all.
I never said it was high. I said that valve doesn't need to. As you said any major update they do would bring in more money anyway, they don't NEED community maps for that, and authors would gladly give up their map for $0 if valve had never started the payments.
And I wouldn't be raging so much if they'd treat gamers with respect. Would they, there wouldn't that god damn random drop system. People should seek a healthy competition, not fucking RNG grind based on a very low feelings.
You're a joke. You imply valve doesn't have respect for gamers, yet they are clearly one of the most community-friendly developers out there with a lot of mutual respect both ways. (something else you ignored!) The very fact that you are one of those people who gets angry about the drop system explains so much. The drops are not the point of the game, stop caring about them.
Every ad screams to me: SPECIAL OFFER! ENLARGE YOUR E-PENIS FAST! ONLY 19,99$! +1 HAT GUARANTEED!
You act like this is some new horrible thing valve invented. Stuff like this exists everywhere, it's normal. BUY 2 DINNERS AT X RESTAURANT AND GET A FREE TICKET TO THEATER Y.
But all of this is beside the point. I was just yelling at you. You barely visit here and when you do half of your posts are snide one-liner negative hate comments, and the other half are one-line vague and barely helpful answers that will leave the person still needing help.
Good day and goodbye. Don't bother replying.