Got some cash? Valve 'happy' to talk acquisition

I'm really hoping that this means 'We'd be happy to give you the finger and show you the door.'

Seriously, if Valve is taken over by EA or M$ or...I dunno, insert other random bad developer here Steam could go to shit, which would be too damn bad as Steam is actually a pretty neat thing.

Also: that band you're talking about, it's Death Cab for Cutie, isn't it?

Personally, I'm willing to see how it turns out. Rock Band turned out well.

true. but for the most part they produce nothing but shovelware. can anyone give me a good reason why Madden 08 was significantly worse than Madden 07? (at least for the Wii version) the actually removed features!

as long as Valve still puts out games of the same quality as HL2, TF2 and Portal, i will be a satisfied customer. keep the PC the priority too!!

Ubisoft...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Now that Blizzard and Valve, that would be very interesting.

World of Half life.

"Rock Band turned out well."

EA does not own 1% of Harmonix.

I agree with Kojo87. Valve is one of those few developers that have been able to finance themselves through their success. They have consistently produced software at a phenomenal level of quality.

Being acquired would give them access to more capital, but we don't have any evidence that this would improve their games.

EA?

Heart shrieks "No!" like Vader.

Head thinks, EA titles on Steam could be pretty cool; so long as they weren't like Ubisoft etc who only provide their titles on Steam to US customers and block the rest of the world ... wait ... it's EA ... shrieks "No!" like Voldemort.

Anyone includes Activision by the way.

Can everyone just get used to the fact that EA aren't so bad at the moment. I think Justin got it right on the last Joystiq podcast with his idea of things going in cycles.

Valve has never made a 360 exclusive game...

portal for xbla, and they have never put a valve game themselves other than the 360

Ever heard of the PC? The 360 is an afterthought to Valve.

Oh, and Portal: Still Alive? Already available for free on the PC.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53778

yes i have heard of personal computers. they'll never be able to fit one in a house, computers just keep getting bigger. but seriously i meant for consoles. they so far, to my knowledge have only worked with the 360. other companies have handled their games for consoles in the past.

You're right but that doesn't make a game a 360 exclusive when it is available on more than one platform.

Shit man, you got served.

"you know i don't think that sounds as manly as you think it does." - Kip

yeah, I'm with ya on being a PC gamer to the core, but we DON'T want STEAM turning into anything like EA Link/Download(or whatever it's called now). The EA EULA prohibits gamers from downloading a purchased game a year after purchase. Meaning, you buy Crysis, you download it, you want to play it again a year later after getting a new PC, too bad, you're out of luck. With STEAM, you can download that game to any computer for however long you want.

This makes me very very nervous. I use STEAM for it's flexibility, beyond just the great catalouge and the great community features. Being able to have peace of mind that a game I buy will be there( and I do trust Valve to be there) to download anytime I want is a great feeling.

If EA's download policy and EULA has changed in anyway recently, please let me know, but the last I've read and heard is that it still restricts downloads, which is a no no in my eyes. If EA were to adopt STEAM's policies, I would be onboard in a second. Until then, I remain a healthy skeptic.

Also, I've been getting into Impulse lately, Stardocks new DD service. So far it's got everything you would want for a community, and all that's needed now is more games. With Demigod on the way, and the ability to download anytime, anywhere, as long as you want was a major selling point to me preordering Demigod, not to mention the beta is starting soon :)

No sir, that's right where I went. I was a big ska/punk fan back in the day though.

Sell Out!With me oh yeah!

Sell out, with me tonight!

Record company's gonna give me lots of money
and everything's gonna be (all right)!

Sell Out!With me oh yeah!

Sell out, with me tonight!

Record company's gonna give me lots of money
and everything's gonna be (all right)!

Maybe EA really *has* changed somewhat for the better, but so what? Where is the benefit FOR VALVE in selling out to the great satan of gaming?

I can see plenty of benefit for EA, getting to lay their sweaty paws on steam just for starters, and the Valve brand name is worth oodles, as is Half-Life and other assorted properties of Valve's.

But all Valve has to gain from this is a big ol pile of cash, and seriously now, don't they have enough of that already? I don't think cutting off their private continuing pipeline of cash rolling right into their offices is worth selling everything they own and are to a faceless, soulless, conscience-less mega corporation.

Of course it is! It has an 8 in it duh! Thats like one whole number above 7!

I can see it now... Portal 2009, Half-Life 2009, etc.

All games would be basically the same, but with updated character "rosters."

I guess they're not a lot of you left.

DOHOHO