What is wrong with Valve these days? They've gone downhill

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Selling other people's work is easier than making your own. Surprised they haven't told the fans "Go make your own Half-Life 3"

>>383867273
you are too young to be on this website

>>383867370
Don't give them ideas
>Gabe says he will welcome anyone to try and make HL3 but only if they launch it on steam

>>383867370
What's funny is that I'm sure they probably could gather enough autists to work for them on that game for free.

First, they realized they didn't have to make games, they could just hire modders and sell their games
And then, after TF2's hat shit, they realized they didn't even have to make games anymore, they could just sell cosmetics
DOTA 2 is Valve's final form, and an ultimate realization of both these ideas.

You were okay with it when every other company shelved its franchises, and you gave them a hand waive when they did lootcrates and cosmetics. You said it was okay, so Valve did it.

Take some responsibility.

>>383867505
>a contest to make half life 3, with only the winner being considered official
>said winner is chosen based on how ebin it is rather than whether or not it's a reasonable conclusion

>>383867475
Mum says I'm allowed to post on blue boards

>>383866925

Someone already said it, but the real non-meme/shitpost answer is that they saw how they could make probably triple the money by selling cosmetics than to sell you full games.

No dev time, no teams needed, no updates or patches, just cosmetics. They never have to make another game again, and part of that is the fault of anyone that has ever supported their practice.

Also, spoilers: Gabe was never our PC-supportive "friend". He's just a dude trying to make money, and he did. He makes lots and lots of it now for minimal effort shit.