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It appears that Doug Lombardi, Valve's "Vice President of Marketing" has left Valve
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Kenpachii
Member
Yea that's dam long lol.
Dream-Knife
Banned
Probably retiring honestly.
GG.
GG.
Dream-Knife
Banned
What's wrong with Steam's marketing?
VN1X
Banned
It's nonexistent.
Dream-Knife
Banned
Does it really need to be? If you game on PC, you have Steam installed anyway. It's the biggest gaming platform outside of mobile.
I'm sure it has more to do with media inquiries, hardware, PR, etc. Valve is a small company.
Getting more people into PC gaming relies mostly on word of mouth and the rise of streamers. Traditional company wise that's Nvidia and AMD.
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Gamezone
Gold Member
An iOS/Android app that isn't garbage would come a long way. That's marketing too.
Fools idol
Banned
22 years - he must be retiring with a fat payday lol.
Good luck to him
Good luck to him
Dream-Knife
Banned
The app is fine IMO. What do you find lacking?
KuraiShidosha
Member
Oh man. I get it, retirement is coming and all, or just wanting to move on, but the more old guard we lose, the closer to the bad times we get. I'm dreading the day when Valve is nothing but new blood. If you want some insight into what that will look like, look no further than Blizzard, Infinity Ward, Rockstar, DICE etc. Basically any team that's lasted long enough to keep the name but lose the soul.
Not who you quoted but Steam forums don't work correctly for me.
ToTTenTranz
Banned
22 years at Valve, after spending 6 years as a freelance tech journalist for cnet and others, and spending an undisclosed number of years as a freelance musician before that.
The guy's probably close to 60 now, so like others have said he might just be retiring and this doesn't mean anything for Valve.
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00_Zer0
Member
I wonder if Doug is partial owner of the company? As far as I know Gabe owns 50% of the company and the rest is owned by the employees, but who owns what percentage is an unknown. Thank God Valve hasn't gone the way of other woke videogame companies which is surprising given it's location. Not knocking on Washington btw.
Nintendo is saved by the fact that the shots are being called by the Japanese parent company, but you see companies like MS embracing woke nonsense and it's disheartening to see.
I'm pleasantly surprised after visiting Kaci Aitchison twitter account, and seeing a normal twitter bio with no woke garbage cluttering up her information. I hope when Gabe retires, or God forbid passes on someday that Valve can hold it together as a company. I am sure Gabe has an exit plan that will hopefully save Valve from losing what makes the company great.
Now if Valve can get their act together and start creating/releasing games on a more regular basis that would be even better.
Nintendo is saved by the fact that the shots are being called by the Japanese parent company, but you see companies like MS embracing woke nonsense and it's disheartening to see.
I'm pleasantly surprised after visiting Kaci Aitchison twitter account, and seeing a normal twitter bio with no woke garbage cluttering up her information. I hope when Gabe retires, or God forbid passes on someday that Valve can hold it together as a company. I am sure Gabe has an exit plan that will hopefully save Valve from losing what makes the company great.
Now if Valve can get their act together and start creating/releasing games on a more regular basis that would be even better.
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MiguelItUp
Member
Potential retirement? If anything we'll probably find out soon enough. Appreciate all he did though!
Dream-Knife
Banned
Ah I forgot about that. Yeah the text in thread titles is all bunched up.
LordOfChaos
Member
Valve marketed?