Company report for EECS 441 by Ho Seok Song

1. Ho Seok Song (hoseok)

2. Problem: Publishing / Purchase of games should be easy
- Single source
- Convenient
- Stable servers

3. Persona
- Bob is a heavy video gamer. He wants to purchase video games digitally without having to physically
travel to stores to buy hard copies of the games.
- He also wants a single platform for all his collection of video games across multiple companies.

4. Products
Steam Developer platform

5. Financial Info

6. Business Model
- Steam - Video game digital distribution
platform
- Free-to-play Video Games

7. History
Foundation
of Valve by
Gabe
Newell
1996
1998
First game “Half
Life” released
Steam was
launched
2003
Game engine “Source”
was released
2004
2015
2021

8. Leadership
Gabe Newell,
CEO

9. What’s hot

10. Secret Sauce

11. Competition
Steam Epic Games Origin Ubisoft
Connect
Cloud Saves
User Profiles
User Reviews
Friends list and
Chat
Mod distribution
Wish list

12. Prediction
- Increased popularity of video games due to COVID-19
- Competitors have either surrendered to Steam (Origin) or don’t have good reputations (Epic Games)

13. References
https://cs-agents.com/blog/steam/
https://www.gamesradar.com/history-of-valve/
https://partner.steamgames.com/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-11-04/valve-lines-up-console-partners-in-challenge-to-micros
oft-sony
https://www.esportsearnings.com/games
https://www.feedough.com/how-does-steam-work-steam-business-model/
https://pics.me.me/origin-uplay-battle-net-epic-features-account-sharin-acheivements-br-steam-41502164.pn
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