"Valve's Small Team and High Salaries Revealed in Court Documents"
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Leaked data from an antitrust lawsuit reveals that Valve, despite its significant influence in the gaming industry through its Steam platform, employed only 336 staffers as of 2021. The data, spanning from 2003 to 2021, shows Valve's employee distribution and payroll across different departments, with notable spending on game development and a relatively small hardware team. Valve's small workforce and high profitability per employee contrast with its limited product list and reliance on external partnerships for hardware and software development.
- Here’s how much Valve pays its staff — and how few people it employs The Verge
- Court documents show that not only is Valve a fraction the size of companies like EA or Ubisoft, it's smaller than a lot of triple-A developers PC Gamer
- Court documents show Valve still focuses mostly on games, but it’s smaller than you’d think PCGamesN
- New court documents reveal some of Valve's employee numbers and gross pay Neowin
- This may be why gaming company Valve employs few people and the salary it gives The Times of India
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