It just keeps happening. How long until Valve fires all of its

I thought it had already happened.

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This just makes his video even more funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdvzwXQcWoY

>>378866361
Most people actually want do do something for a living instead 300 kinds of hats every weekend.

Reminder that they only make Dota 2 and update CSGO.
CSGO itself wasn't even made by them, same with original L4D.

>>378866361
It has been steam only for a decade. Let it go already. Valve is a garbage company.

>>378868168
Feels like everything they published is some derivative of their previous work.

>>378866361
>How long until Valve fires all of its developers and becomes Steam only?

Should have already happened. Real question is why any of them are still there right now at all

>and people actually think Half Life 3 will ever exist
At this point, the hype and exaggeration behind that game is what is going to kill it the most. No matter what the do, no one will be satisfied. It's become such a huge meme, that the only thing left will be disappointment.

Though I guess Valve couldn't give a shit about that, and just decided to permanently delay it. They have such a fucking choke hold on the market, that they'll make billions regardless.

>>378868252
Come to think of it, Half-Life is their only original IP. Even Portal started as a mod.

I think the only question left is whether that fat fuck will ever admit it.

>>378867895
poor VNN

>>378867895
Holy fuck, the delusion here.
Laidlaw clearly states that they don't have a finished script because they're always figuring out the story while they're making the game, and this faggot goes
>SEE? HALF LIFE'S STORY HAS BEEN ALREADY FINISHED, THIS CONFIRMS

>>378868395
this is why competition is good, steam owns the PC market

many will refuse to even buy a game if it isn't on steam, meanwhile Valve doesn't even have to lift a finger anymore, they know we will gladly suck gabes smegma encrusted cummy cock and thank him for it

>>378869095
>steam owns the PC market
not in china they dont.
I seriously hope their client get English variant and good prices.

>>378869064
And years ago after EP2, they said they have many ideas to continue the series after EP3.

>>378866361
they're already hiring psychologists to sell more keys

Daily reminder that a proper Half-Life sequel/follow-up is never going to happen (I wouldn't rule out the chances of a VR title or some sort of spin-off though).

Half-Life 2 Episode 3 got put on the backburner during 2008 due to the surprising mass success of Portal (which prompted a lot of people to start working on some sort of sequel), TF2's free update plan (which served as a testing ground for various things, including cosmetic microtransactions and F2P, which led to Dota 2), Left 4 Dead (which was almost immediately followed by L4D2, that ended up burning out a lot of people), Steam's rising popularity, and various other factors. Interest in another Half-Life never picked up during all that craziness, people either left or are more content to work on other things at Valve.

>>378870310
>VR title or some sort of spin-off though
they missed the boat on that one.
i was sure that Vive launch will include HL3 or Portal 3 but no they decided not to give out launch title and let it die.

>>378869364
Who gives a fuck about china outside of chinks?

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>>378867895
>Don't worry guys

>>378871202
>literally billions worth in games sold
>cheaper prices to
Well as a costumer I can and I want to pay less for my games and not to deal with valve's $1=1euro policy.

>>378866361
>do we just print money without effort or do we make a big effort to print marginally more money?

>>378871516
My point stands, only a chink(you) cares about china, you fucks are too budy stealing everything from the west to really care about

>>378866361
>have like 2 games and 2 full vr games in production

yea steam is dead lel

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>>378866361
>>How long until Valve fires all of its developers and becomes Steam only?
Who gives a flying fuck? Its not like valve owns us anything, they are a business, they are free to do whatever they want to get more money.

>>378871516

Those prices are from the publisher, not Valve

>>378866361
When you fucking morons discover bit torrent and start pirating literally everything

Paying for vidya is a total anachronism

>>378866361
Old news.
They're just now finding out?
Pathetic.

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>>378866361
I think we should have a new rule where an OP will be banned for posting a screenshot of an article or twitter post without a link.
You fuckers piss me off

>>378866361
Valve sells digital services. They are not a video game company.

>>378873020
B-but the name of the account and the bit ly are already there. You can just type them.

>>378873132
Fuck you. I dont feel like it

>>378871516
>cheaper prices to
You can get a spic steam account and get 40% off every game anon

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>>378866361
Fuck Gabe, he is a goober in disguise

Another anti-Valve thread made by (((them)))
Fuck off faggots, League is dying, Overwatch is dying, Hearthstone is dying, the future is OUR'S

>>378873612
Fuck off kike

They're leaving because they've finished. HL3 has been held at a high level of completion for years, waiting for a good enough reason to ship. The need to give VR a boost, and break their general silence in grand fashion, has been accepted as a good enough reason.

L4D3 + HL3 + ??? = Orange Box 2. Should be this year, announced possibly at E3, possibly at Steam Dev Days in October. Announcement will be within same quarter as release.

>>378868423
What about ricochet?

>>378873086
>Gamestop sells physical services and hardware. They are not a video game company.
Maybe they dont, but they are a driving force for the normalfag market

>>378868423
Half-Life is basically a Quake mod.

>>378866361
why should they make games when they can take 30% of the profit from everyone else's?
It just doesn't make sense.

>>378868354
they still need developers to run dota, csgo, tf2, etc.

>>378873742

Ricochet 2 at E3 this year. Screencap this post

>>378873797
That's Team Fortress.

>>378872659

It is this particular mentality of shady, amoral, unethical 'profit over everything, stupid!' mentality that's going to destroy us in the 21st century. It's not even real Capitalism, which was founded on Christian moralities and providing the best product for a reasonable price.


>>378866361

Valve has been hiring and firing devs to lock their IP's for years and years. Any time a truly innovative Source-based product is going to hit the market, Valve buys it up and locks it up- much like car companies who keep purchasing water-powered and electric-powered car patents.

>valve
>ever making games when they can sit back and make steam/DOTA money

They should just farm out their IPs at this point.

>>378873797
What

>>378873815
One assumes they have some artistic interest in the medium. Not everyone joins just to make money. In fact, Valve is in a position where they really can pursue whatever they want and that's probably exactly what they do splintered off into little teams. Problem is, lack of general leadership probably none of these projects ever go anywhere.

>>378873872
Gold Src was built upon the Quake engine.
>GoldSrc (also known as Goldsource) was a game engine used internally by Valve Corporation. It was a heavily modified Quake engine that debuted with the release of their science fiction first-person shooter video game Half-Life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldSrc

>>378873872
>>378874002
Goldsource is a heavily modified Quake engine, the press alpha of HL1 that leaked still uses Quake menus and stuff.

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>>378874045
>>378874052
>heavily modified engine
>a Quake mod

>>378871516
>cheaper prices
Is that codeword for "everyone justs pirates" :^)

>>378874045
>>378874052
And the reason for that is simple, Valve hired a bunch of Quake modders when they started out. So in order to stay in familiar territory, why not use and modify the engine you've already worked with?

>>378874363
No the prices are literally better despite the piracy and they sell a shit ton.

>>378874332
There's a reason why it's called the Quake engine. It was specifically made for Quake, unlike say Id Tech 2.

>Erik Wolpaw left Valve earlier this year
Valve is fucking dead

>>378873939
>It's not even real Capitalism, which was founded on Christian moralities and providing the best product for a reasonable price.
What are you talking about? Its been always this way, from the lightbulb cartel making 1000 hour lightbulbs, Edison trying to jew DC into your great grand dad farm, blacksmiths using cheaper methods in swords so they had to be replaced in a shorter time, and arab rug makers selling termite infested rugs so you had to buy a new one a couple of years later

>>378874693
At least us colonists would give native americans rugs to last the rest of their lives.

>>378874829
Well, besides the smallpox infested blankets, the ones that the mormon women made for the native americans in utah were really well made, they are still exhibited in a museum, and they were used for decades

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>>378868423
someones forgetting Ricochet

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>>378872659
fake, notice how the phone goes offscreen for a sec?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAsa3EZmahE

>people still give a shit about valve

They dont do anything good other than have steam, and other competitors are catching up. Yes the other proprietary platforms arent great right now, but steam isnt so hot either anymore. Even IF they announced a new game, I dont think id give a single fuck and I know plenty of people who also wouldnt care.

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>>378875179
damn, you ruined that for me, I hope you cant ruin this one for me

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>>378868395
No, I don't buy this argument.

What do people expect from HL3 exactly? I expect going to a fucking boat in the middle of the arctic and fighting combine. I don't know what you fucking expect from it.

The reason why we won't get HL3 is because of fucking Valve and no other reason.

>>378875560
>I hope you cant ruin this one for me

it might look like she really badly pulled some muscles, but in truth, she has none to pull

>>378866361
>Steam only?

2011?

>>378866361
⭕⭕⭕
You have been warned

>>378873939
>Valve has been hiring and firing devs to lock their IP's for years and years. Any time a truly innovative Source-based product is going to hit the market, Valve buys it up and locks it up
this is complete and total bullshit. it doesn't even make any fucking sense - any examples you're going to be able to come up with are going to be RELEASED PRODUCTS. not things they bought up and locked away.

Valve didn't 'steal' Portal or Left4Dead or whatever other bullshit you're going to claim.

>>378875756
i expect going into detail over what the fuck happened after breen and who were the benefactors.

And taking back the government

>>378867895
>they fire their main guy
>this video is the third post
HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED

>>378873841
hah, no they dont, they hire the teams who do it and pay them to manage it. you literally think these guys do anything but fuck around in the office?

>>378875043
Mormons are weirdly competent for how crazy they are. Like aren't pretty average. They invested shit tons of points into survival, guns, barter, and speech. Starship troopers got it wrong if they think those fucks will die.

>>378878156
>Starship troopers got it wrong if they think those fucks will die.
wut?

>>378868168
Dota 2 is getting a multiplayer hack n slash campaign for the Battle Pass, that is really nice, though.

>>378868168
True, but the original L4D was, however, inspired in the Ravenholm levels.

>>378878246
>>378878156
Oh sorry

>The year before the Bug War began, a group of Mormon extremists settled on the planet Dantana, a world which was cordoned off by the Federation as part of the Arachnid Quarantine Zone. The Mormons, however, disregarded the Federation's warning, and a month later Port Joe Smith was slaughtered by Arachnid warriors.

>Some believe that the Bug Meteor launched not long afterwards was retaliation for humans invading Arachnid space.

Its been ages since I read anything about starship troopers

>>378877087
>who were the benefactors

Is this a mystery? I thought it was just Breen's euphemism for the Combine leadership. He was saying that humanity had been given an opportunity to step forward into a new phase of evolution thanks to the technology of the Combine.

What's unclear is whether he ever actually believed this or if it was always just a lie. It's clear that by the end of HL2 he no longer cares for the fate of humanity, but when he first made a deal with the Advisors his motives might've been more noble.

>valve becomes an automated neural network with the sole purpose of selling more hats

>>378868168
Left4Dead was a Valve/TurtleRock partnership from the start, then Valve totally acquired it before release. L4D2 was entirely internally developed.

CS:GO initial development was licensed out, but later moved entirely in-house after release.

Portal was 100% in-house, based on the senior project of a team of Digipen students Valve hired (based on the strength of their senior project).

Dishonored was a Valve/Arkane partnership that Valve let go after it failed to develop into the multiplayer-focused concept they wanted. They had also been working with Arkane on Half-Life branded projects (would-have-been Episode 4 and 5).

CastAR was an alternate take on VR tech developed entirely in-house that they gave away to the internal team responsible after firing them.

All their VR stuff so far has been 100% in-house. Probably they've acquired Budget Cuts? It seems that way.

>>378866361
>How long until Valve fires all of its developers and becomes Steam only?
>How long

About 5 years ago

>>378866361
>fire

pretty sure everyone is just leaving on their own accord because valve isnt make games anymore and these people want to make games.

>>378877087
>Who were the Benefactors

OH MY GOD, MULTIVERSE ALIENS

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GUESS

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>>378879860
what benefactor first hires gman to get gordan to start a resonance cascade, but then also hires gman to let gordan out and revive him to stop the very thing they paid gordon to start in motion?
gman states your contract is up to the highest bidder, and these contracts seem to contradict eachother, so there must be different ayy lmaos with different goals. who are they?

ah fuck it. THE STORYS AS SIMPLE AS AYYLMAOS AYYYYYY

>>378879489
everyone seems to forget that Xortex, the best game in 'The Lab' was created by Zach Barth, the creator of Infiniminer and Space Chem.

Valve has good folks on their VR team

>>378875560
can't ruin it, that is a young and extremely stupid person

To be fair, Valve probably has such high standards for its own games that it probably ends up scrapping almost everything it starts working on. Can't release anything scoring below 90 on metacritic I guess.

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10 year anniversary though

Th-They gotta release something

>>378867895
Jesus christ. That's nintendo fanboy level of delusion.

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>>378869064
Yeah, he's the same faggot who said he was really happy Jim "my wife's son" Sterling went to Valve to make suggestions to them.

Anyway I'm 85% convinced Valvo is completely dead, though it may revive itself in the distant future. Steam's alright but a lot of my nostalgic memories will die with Valve as an actual development company rather than a microtransaction-laden storefront.

I heard the problem with Valve/Steam making new games is that in theory people have the freedom to do it, they can get together a team and work on something.

Just sometimes Valve goes "this is really nice guys, but it doesn't fit our image, maybe you can spin off into your own studio", sometimes whoever is working on their opus can't keep people on it because they get pulled onto other projects.

>>378883309
>have freedom to do any game
>don't make any game
rly gives noggin joggin