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Doug Lombardi – you save that money

Doug Lombardi is a VP of Marketing for Valve (from valvesoftware.com):
After years in the music industry, Doug decided to get a real job. Then he came to his senses and made the decision to get into the gaming industry instead. During his time in gaming, he has worked on the launch of websites, magazines, and games. As VP of Marketing at Valve, he helps manage and coordinate third-party relations, marketing and press activities.

Here is what he said few months back:

I think that’s what gets in the way of [retail publishing], and with Steam there’s no disc to burn, so you save that money. There’s no box to make, so you save that money, and your shipping is done over the wire which is a lot cheaper than putting stuff on trucks.

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You can e-mail mister Lombardi at lombardi@valvesoftware.com

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5 responses to “Doug Lombardi – you save that money”

  1. raipekass Avatar
    raipekass

    I was loyal to Valve from HL1, used to play on WON servers. Then Steam came. The whole idea of Steam was cool. I remember how Lombardi and Gabe described Steam as a new, cool and cost-saving way of digital distribution. I never understood those who used to blame Steam. Too bad Steam turned into something different – overpriced, cheating mechanism that does not care about their users.

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  2. Pyro Gourmand Avatar
    Pyro Gourmand

    LOL

    SAVE MAH MONEY :D

    Keep in mind it’s a company, they have to make $ (and over-priced € too), they’re just as evil as google :)

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  3. deejay1 Avatar
    deejay1

    http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/the-last-of-the-independents-Gamers are generally good people, right? They’re pretty intelligent, you know, they usually have a job. They’re not derelicts out on the street, looting and robbing all of the time.
    So, what were they thinking with the $1=1€ crap???

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  4. vincister Avatar
    vincister

    So true fox.

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  5. Fox Avatar
    Fox

    Let me rephrase that.

    I think that’s what gets in the way of [retail publishing], and with Steam there’s no disc to burn, so we save that money. There’s no box to make, so we save that money, and your shipping is done over the wire which is a lot cheaper for us than putting stuff on trucks.

    :p

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