• Fleur_@lemmynsfw.com
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    3 days ago

    Vibeo games so expensive and he could only afford a 500 million dollar yacht. Wtf Nintendo

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    3 days ago

    He bought that off the tears of teenagers not getting the knife they wanted over and over and over again. Scumbag.

  • mlg@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Would bet cash money this article was sponsored by Tim Sweeny, who is also a billionaire lol.

    Not saying this excuses Gabe Newell in any way, but this was made purely to attack Valve’s newly announced product.

    They had no issue when a billionaire with an order of magnitude more wealth than both Tim or Gabe went around advertising his shitty Amazon MMO:

    https://www.pcgamer.com/jeff-bezos-heralds-new-worlds-success-after-many-failures-and-setbacks-in-gaming/

    It’s impossible to say where New World will be in a year, whether it will be on the road to obscurity or finally giving World of Warcraft something to sweat about, but right now it’s a huge success that validates the commitment and patience Amazon has taken with it. Bezos may not have had a direct hand in its creation, but as the person who greenlighted Amazon’s foray into gaming more than a half-decade ago, you can understand his pride in it.

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    4 days ago

    I’m a Steam user…dammit now what? Sail into a Beaufort 12 storm with that colossal waste of everything.

  • brownsugga@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I mean if you can’t have a gigayacht what even is the point of being a billionaire. And then letting a magazine write an article about it so all the other billionaires know you’re flexing on them. I mean the guy deserves the basics at least.

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Gabe’s company isn’t publicly owned, but he clearly made his billions putting his money into the stock market, probably hedge funds.

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    4 days ago

    Imagine having a dedicated yacht hospital for yourself when most can’t afford decent healthcare. I hope people stop idolizing Gabe, he is just your average run of the mill billionaire.

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    4 days ago

    Wow I was a day one Steam Machine, Frame and Controller buyer until this. Maybe people like me are the problem.

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    4 days ago

    I mean I guess this is better than 500 million sitting off shore bank accounts. A big part of the problem is rich people don’t spend their money.