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Microsoft is not buying Valve and Counter-Strike for £12 billion (metro.co.uk)
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[–] [email protected] 114 points 6 months ago (5 children)

I'm sorry...ppl thought this was real? They paid like 60 something billion for blizz. VALVE is EASILY worth that, if not double.

[–] [email protected] 87 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Also Gabe hates Microsoft, and Valve is a private company so he doesn't have to sell.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I fear the day that man dies. I hope I have lost interest in gaming at that point.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'm assuming there will be a willy wonka style competition to determine his heir any day now

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

A reality show I would watch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

That's exactly what Half Life 3 will be.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

He and Linus both will leave behind interesting vacuums.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not Linus. He has a lot of people he trusts

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

I'm guessing Gabe Newell does too. I highly doubt he hasn't considered succession at this point, and I'm guessing people he trusts are already largely running everything anyway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

"Interesting."

Yes. Likely and unfortunately correct.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Obviously this is fake, but if it was spinning off steam from the game developer, then maybe?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

$12b seems far too low by that comparison. 30% of all games sales would be an outrageous annual figure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If steam is included, 12b is a joke, if just valves game rights, meaning HL and CS, then the price is not THAT stupid (still quite).

Maybe this would be the way go get HL3, it would ofc be horrible cashgrab, but HL3 would be out.

Edit: bit details, in 2021 Valve had $10b revenue from steam, and $3b revenue from other sources (heh, source, get it)