brachiosaurus@mander.xyz to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoBehold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anythingwww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down134cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1176arrow-down1external-linkBehold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anythingwww.gamesradar.combrachiosaurus@mander.xyz to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square62linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarehalfapage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77·11 hours agonot that I like it, but isn’t it how the current economy works across most fields?
minus-squaremfed1122@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43arrow-down1·9 hours agoA lot more than just the economy, it’s like a law of nature. Even language itself obeys it
minus-squareLemmyPlaceDN@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·9 hours agoExactly. I think you’re referring to the Pareto distribution and/or Zipf’s law
not that I like it, but isn’t it how the current economy works across most fields?
A lot more than just the economy, it’s like a law of nature. Even language itself obeys it
Exactly. I think you’re referring to the Pareto distribution and/or Zipf’s law