[xedarius]

I often wonder how quickly Valve would have abandoned that handbook if they didn't receive the guaranteed revenue stream from Steam.

[manuelflara]

Also, I wonder: didn't Valve used to have a normal hierarchy years ago? You know, back when they used to ship stuff? I'm genuinely curious to find out if that's the case. If that's true, then it seems that Valve only "stalled" after adopting this company structure.

[kybernetikos]

But it's also possible to argue that that guaranteed revenue stream would not have come about if they hadn't had the structure they did.