eecs 441 Valve company presentation

1. Gregory Yu (yugreg)

2. Problem
● Want easily
downloadable
games
● Games are
expensive

3. Products:
● Platform
● Games

4. Products:
● Hardware

5. Persona: (Michael)
● Lazy
● Doesn’t care about the real
world
● Wants his games, when he
wants them

6. History:
● August 24, 1996
● Half Life (Nov
1998)
● Steam (Sep
2003)

7. Leadership:
● President: Gabe Newell
● COO: Scott Lynch
● VP of Marketing: Doug
Lombardi

8. Numbers:
● 4.3 billion in
revenue (2017)
● 1.5 billion (2014)

9. Secret Sauce:
● First Movers
Advantage
● Ecosystem
● Own 75% of market
share

10. Competitors:
● EA origin
● GOG
● Epic Game Store
Sell
Downloa
dable
Games?
30,000
Games?
Early
Access?
Built in
Modding
Support
Steam
Sales?
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No No No No
Yes No No No No
Yes No No No No

11. Future Success

12. References
● https://www.pcgamer.com/how-the-epic-games-store-
compares-to-steam-right-now/
● https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/30/18120577/valve-
steam-game-marketplace-revenue-split-new-rules-
competition
● https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/27/17785946/steam-
usage-fallout-fortnite-amazon
● https://www.google.com/search?q=steam+sale&source=l
nms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO5ueSx6LhAhUL
84MKHYyZAo4Q_AUIECgD&biw=1640&bih=908#imgrc
=ZvkReclViMU3EM:
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation
● https://www.google.com/search?q=south+park+gamer&s
ource=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7l6Tv7qLh
AhWenoMKHbhYD6sQ_AUIDygC&biw=1640&bih=908
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_International_2018
● https://www.statista.com/statistics/547025/steam-game-
sales-revenue/