On one hand I dont like this buying up studios on the other hand there isnt a single Valve game I care about or have played so it doesnt impact me really.MS is just desperately trying to keep up with other devs who have way more and way better exclusives.
Why couldnt they just buy it?They can make an offer, but they can't do a hostile takeover like you could with some public companies. Most of the shares are held by a small number of people
They can make an offer, but they can't do a hostile takeover like you could with some public companies. Most of the shares are held by a small number of people
Honestly 16bil seems kind of low, considering Steam basically prints infinite moneyIts actually $6-7 billion. And even that number astonishes me
Why couldnt they just buy it?
On one hand I dont like this buying up studios on the other hand there isnt a single Valve game I care about or have played so it doesnt impact me really.I think the issue here is less about Microsoft owning Half-Life and Portal and more about Microsoft owning Steam.
I think the issue here is less about Microsoft owning Half-Life and Portal and more about Microsoft owning Steam.
Ah that makes sense. I have to admit I didnt know they owned Steam. Im not a PC gamer. Always been a console gamer. I know Steam is massive. I was only thinking of it from a game series standpoint.Valve is barely a game studio at this point tbh.
While I cant see this happening at all. People need to remember that Gabe is in his 60s and at one point will retire. And theres no guarantee Steam doesnt go entirely to s*** when he does.
if a multi-billion dollar company can't function when someone retires, then that company is incompetently run and deserves to be defunct.It can run fine, but a lot of the culture and consumer friendliness is almost certainly down to Gaben.
It can run fine, but a lot of the culture and consumer friendliness is almost certainly down to Gaben.
Why couldnt they just buy it?
There's 0 chance they'd sell.
Maybe instead of trying to claim other people's success they should invest that 16 billion into MAKING GOOD EXCLUSIVES.
Oh hell no, Microsoft as it already exists is honestly to bigThis is another thing, if this actually wasn't bullshit, it might be big enough that the government would be able to successfully sue to stop it.
So much this.Starflop happened.
I remember people thinking it was a big deal when they bought Bethesda. Whats happened since on that front? Starfield? Its not the system seller they were hoping it would be. Its not even close.
Microsoft created Gaben.
gaben holds like 51% last I heard so it would be up to him in the end yeah? i trust him not to accept any deal MS offers him. he'd go from one of the most beloved game dev icons to a fuckin villain overnight lmaoIt's not known how much Gabe owns because it's private and he doesn't have to report it to the sec. We know he owns "at least" 51% but reality is probably much higher.
On one hand I dont like this buying up studios on the other hand there isnt a single Valve game I care about or have played so it doesnt impact me really.
That would be a catastrophic blow to gaming on PC.
It really can't be emphasized enough that Gabe led Valve is not perfect, but they are damn well better than 99% of the type of companies looking to take their position.