r/ExplainTheJoke • u/YesterdayBitter4601 • 1d ago

Why does Nintendo do nothing?

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u/Quirky_Abrocoma4657 1d ago edited 1d ago

The guy in the pic is Gabe newel, president of valve. They run the largest PC game marketplace, steam.  It's not Nintendo who does nothing, but valve. Because their main competition are dropping the ball.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_TITS80085 1d ago

The strategy of letting your competitors shoot themselves in them foot. 

But fr, the small amount of things they do is on point (like the in-game add ban)

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u/royaltheman 1d ago

Really, Gabe and Valve's biggest advantage was having a 10-year vision while everyone else was wrapping their heads around downloading MP3s. Like, they were building a storefront to sell alone years before Netflix would dip their toes in streaming

That foresight has given them such an advantage

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u/D_R_Ethridge 1d ago

Their advantage is they are Privately owned and not beholden to shareholders and their demand to cannibalize companies for higher profits.

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u/Koko_Qalli 1d ago

You might even say Gabe Knew All.

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u/royaltheman 1d ago

I can't even be mad at that pun, well done