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Valve runs its massive PC gaming ecosystem with only about 350 employees (arstechnica.com)
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[–] uis@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Like how many people does it take to run some servers?

That is exactly the point of post. You don't need tenns of thousands of people to run some servers.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You do need employees and valve contracts them instead of hiring directly.

This is the detail people are missing or ignoring in their circle jerk of valve here.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Then I will repeat YOUR question:

Like how many people does it take to run some servers?