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This article is pure clickbait. But eventually Gabe is going to die. And when that day happens we are going to see Valve either transform into a foundation, or become everything that it had resisted through its entire life. Gabe is a stand-up guy. No question.
His successors, are not going to be Gabe. They're going to chipaway at his philosophy. It's only a matter of time
Just like when Christopher Tolkien died. No one else was left to be passionate about his father's vision and desires.
I have to wonder if he's even still doing anything at Valve anymore since moving to New Zealand?
A CEO that does not do anything provides stability to the company. (/s)
When management manages (making changes) you can often wonder: Wouldn't it be better if they did nothing instead?
This is my real fear as well. I love Gabe but what happens afterwards… I would work for him in a second and I’m just hoping he finds enough people who have the same philosophy to continue his work.
Acquisitions felt kinda cool when Microsoft was dishing them out like nobody’s business prior to the pandemic.
No, it did not. Consolidation usually is bad for employees and customers, and anyone who hasn't been living under a rock for the last 150 years has had plenty of opportunities to observe this.
That would be an absolute nightmare for gamers, please no.
Fuckin SHUT UP!
We don't want to give those MS assholes ANY ideas.
Doesn’t matter, there’s a snowballs chance in hell Valve will sell.
I could come up with a thousand reasons as to why this would never happen. Hell, I could even argue that the whole Steam Deck's existence comes from a series of decisions that Valve made out of hatred for Microsoft. So, yeah, it's not happening.
Still though, as a thought experiment, imagining a world where tomorrow, Steam is owned by Microsoft, it's... interesting, to say the least. In the most horrifying way possible, but interesting nonetheless. Quite frankly, I can't imagine anything worse happening for video games. Like to me, this is what a video game apocalypse sounds like.
Still though, as a thought experiment, imagining a world where tomorrow, Steam is owned by Microsoft, it's... interesting, to say the least. In the most horrifying way possible, but interesting nonetheless. Quite frankly, I can't imagine anything worse happening for video games. Like to me, this is what a video game apocalypse sounds like.
Yarr. ☠️
It's fake
Wonder how much money the website made for making up this rumor
I doubt they were able to pull off starting the rumor, more likely it started on its own and they picked it up to drive clicks.
Here's why anyone who thought that was happening is a dumbass: because obviously.
Gabe Newell knows that any potential buyer will run Valve into the ground. Thus he already promised too long ago that he would never sell or let Valve go public.
Considering how many game studios that Microsoft just killed off in the last 3 years alone; they're never going to be worthy of buying Valve.
I just wish he lived a healthier life.
What do you mean?
A terrible idea for whom? Microsoft? I think not.
I would. There’d hopefully be an exodus.
There most definitely wouldn't be. No one cares.
Been plenty of exoduses from MS lately. Oh! You mean ones led by the employees...
No exoduses that I'm aware of. Show me.
Lmao they laid off 1900 from Activision Blizzard last year and shuttered multiple XBox game studios this month! Sure, I suppose they could all just hang around and work as volunteers, but I suspect they'll be doing that exodus thing.
Mass firing is not an exodus. Exodus is when people are fleeing, and generally in terms of liberation. Firing people is just firing people
No definition I've ever heard requires an exodus to be initiated by the people leaving. Also, if you read the comment that started all this, I was explicit that I didn't mean employee-led. So thanks for stopping by weeks later to display your ignorance and/or lack of reading comprehension.
Someone on the internet hasn't heard it so that must be wrong then!
Save your saltiness for 9gag, friend. I saw that you specifically wrote that but you also continued using exodus in the first sense, as the one you replied to did. But you just wanted to be snarky to that person I guess.
It's okay buddy, your definition of exodus was wrong. Just let it go.
As for the rest, I made a sarcastic comment based entirely on fact, they asked for proof of my statement, I gave them everything they needed to verify it. I'm sorry if my comment was too harsh for your sensibilities, but if that's the worst you've heard on Lemmy, them I'm glad for you.
I'm still mad about what Microsoft did to Rare and think about what the Nintendo landscape would look like if it never happened