>Valve founded August 24, 1996
>2016 marks Valve's 20th anniversary
>No schedule at E3 planned
>"Gee, no surprise there. Valve stopped caring long ago, only in it for Gaben-dollardoos, blah, blah, blah"
>Gabe Newell crashes one of the conferences and announces Half-Life 3
>Valve and Steam solve world hunger and bring peace to all. The end.Alternate (realistic) scenario: Valve does jack shit and wastes another golden opportunity
Every year until it never happens
It will never happen because retards buy hats and keys
>>340267891
Why would Valve ever release another game?
They earn more than enough cash through Steam alone. Not to mention Dota2 and TF2.
It's not that they "don't care". It would just be a stupid business decision to develop a game.
If they released HL3 as a SteamOS/VR exclusive it could work. :^)
>>340267891
Not going to happen
HL3 would have to be tied to some sort of new technology to match HL1/2 technology spurts and the only chance they had was VR
But VR died, so have to wait for the next big thing.
>>340269534
Why should valve care about business? The owners have clearly reached the point where more money doesn't mean anything anymore, it's just a pointless highscore.
>>340267891
this is the year they announce HL3, but not at E3
>>340269690
>The owners have clearly reached the point where more money doesn't mean anything anymore
Literally never true
>>340269631
>But VR died
It didn't?
Designing proper application for a new technology takes time.
All the shit giant bomb test was just early scam while the good stuff is in development.
>>340269759
Its not even a question at this point, it simply has. There is nothing that can save the tech at this point, it will go back into background development for another decade before another launch.
>>340269735
What will they do with the money? Expand their platform to earn more money? Buy a bigger house for gaben? Or have you just fell for the rich man meme? What exactly is gaben doing that 1.5 billion is not enough?
>>340269631
Valve is probably going to release HL3 when they have a new game engine and much better AI.
So maybe 30 years minimum.
>le fat man rolls onto stage
>le sweat on brows intensifies
>le lips open
>le audience faints
>"We are proud to announce............TEAM FORTRESS 3"
>le auditorium exploded in rage
>le fin
Fuck off, this meme was never funnyy
>>340269820
People always want more, there are always more side projects and idea, more potential projects, more tests and development.
No company reaches a point where it says "okay, time to stagnate"
>think about half life series
>think about all the people that died waiting for HL3
I just gave up all hope.
>>340269924
This.
>>340269973
I am asking for these side projects. People are asking for these side projects. However, these side projects have to be something else other than steam, cash-shop multiplayer ports and useless retarded tech nobody will ever use. They're a gaming company. Where are the games? Are games not worthy of valves attention? Are art and mechanics inferior to controllers, consolized PCs and digital distribution?
Valve has a virtually unlimited waterfall of money. Valve can release any sort of game, free from any sort of creative restrictions in the forms of funding, market appeal, publishers or lack of expertise. However, valve doesn't, and cannot think in terms of anything other than markets and money, which is why they destroyed TF2 with their economical experimentation. Valve should not be allowed to call themselves a game developer anymore, and should be known as they truly are, shallow businessmen. Hopefully the world will forget about them. Hopefully I will forget about them.
something's up. probably not HL3, rather finally whatever SoB became. and there's still the possibility of L4D3.
>>340270406
>Valve has a virtually unlimited waterfall of money.
No they dont, stop being naive
We get it, you hate Valve, go join a club about it because no one cares.
>>340269973
>No company reaches a point where it says "okay, time to stagnate"
Except Valve has.
>>340267891
Valve's writters are leaving. Either the game is very close to being announced or there really isn't an HL3 (or portal 3, or any new IP that requires a story)
>>340270008
No one in the world ever gets what they want. Everybody dies frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful.
>all valve titles %75 off at our 20th anniversary!
Day of Defeat Source 2
Left 4 Dead 3
Episode 3
E3 2016
DO IT GABE
>>340270008
Valve is shit now though, and has been for a long time
>Some guy asks gaben before dying if he can play hl3 or know in what it ends
>Gaben says NO to said guy
Also remember that one time where he tried to trick the kid who leaked the HL2 beta into his dream job just to get him in jail for like 20 life sentences
They told you niggas years ago there wouldn't be an HL3
Did you think they were kidding?
Also they have a responsibility to their shareholders now - they don't have any such obligation to you niggas
>>340270627
>every Steam game has now implemented hats
>>340270627
Valve don't give a fuck about anniversaries. they completely ignored HL's anniversaries.
>>340270008
Whats the counter on CoD games now
>>340270676
>Also they have a responsibility to their shareholders now - they don't have any such obligation to you niggas
The fuck is this retard saying?
>>340270008
Didn't an elderly woman die waiting for the localization of some fire emblem game or something?
>>340270406
>They're a gaming company.
Are they though? The last thing they made was Dota2 and it's been done for the most part for a couple years now. They seem more of a software company selling Steam, SteamVR, and attempting to push better standardization in graphics+VR.
I'd imagine they've been working on some VR game and just haven't been satisfied with it.
>>340267891
Huh. I think that pic is the year I went to E3. There wasn't that HL3 poster, obviously.
>>340270757
When your time is up, it's up
Most of us here will die waiting for a release
>>340270664
>Also remember that one time where he tried to trick the kid who leaked the HL2 beta into his dream job just to get him in jail for like 20 life sentences
Yeah don't fuck with Valve, just play their games and be happy.
>>340270706
Not true. HL's cost on steam was $1 for its 10th anniversary.
>>340269973
They're not stagnating.
They're chilling in a jacuzzi where hordes of retards blow bubbles by constantly selling and buying shit on the market.
They don't have to do a thing anymore.
>Valve
>Making games when they can just make hats
>>340270750
They are going to do things that bring in money rather than cater to fans. He's saying they are more money minded you god damn idiot.
How come you guys build yourselves up this much over HL3?
Maybe I dont get the hype as HL2 just seemed "ok" to me.
When it does finally happen it is going to be like Duke Nukem. Nothing will meet /v/'s expectations now.
>>340269631
>But VR died,
Would you naysayers just calm down for a minute? They haven't even finished shipping preorders for the Oculus and the Vive.
Both aren't even on sale in retail stores yet, for gods sake. One day you're going to actually TRY one for yourself and then you'll finally shut the hell up and realise how good it is.
I feel so old
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4AkVBwhKds
>>340269814
what a waste of wishful thinking.
Why are you muppets so desperate to see it flop before its even had a chance? Seriously, who's paying you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=632kyLysP6c
>golden opportunity
>E3
>Valve
Come on, their golden opportunity is Steam and Valvedrones.
>>340270613
>Don't let's start
My nigga
>>340270757
>>340270834
http://tinycartridge.com/post/3006063488/dragon-quest-vis-english-release-a-month-too-late
Found it. It was Dragon Quest VI.
>“I’m now 76 years old. I may not live long enough to see Dragon Quest VI unless someone takes action soon.”
Pretty sad
>>340270502
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/46666/report-valve-rakes-1-5-billion-revenue-steam-sales-2014/index.html
>730 million dollars
>conservative estimate
>not virtually unlimited in regards to game development
I'm not asking for several AAA+ games every year (which they could afford, in funding if not in manpower)
I'm asking for one game, made out of passion, not something coldly calculating where the next microtransaction gold rush will lie. Valve hasn't released a game since 2013. Valve hasn't released an original game since 2011. It's their money, they can do what they want with it, but they disappoint me.
>>340270783
They can turn into another tech fag giant if they want to, but they should admit it. Or not, it's becoming obvious to anyone.
>>340270676
Valve has shareholders? As in, public shareholders?
>>340270908
bruh, you can't just make a blatantly retarded statement like that and claim you meant something else
>>340270942
How can you realize that it's good when there's no games for it? Sure you can play all these $20 tech demos, but there aren't any actual games.
Don't get me wrong, it's enjoyable, but if everything is a tech demo then why bother with it? Though, I'll probably pick one up for racing games
>>340271041
I wasn't even the same guy you fucking faggot, I'm just saying what the guy is trying to get across.
>>340270613
I died happy.
>>340270008
You'll always wait for some game, so it's only natural to die while waiting for something.
HL3, Last Guardian, Duke Nukem, there'll always be that one game that takes ages to release or that is stuck in development limbo.
Same can be said for movies, books, music, and a lot of other stuff.
You live waiting and you die waiting.
Why do people even care about Valve anymore? They havnt released a game that isnt a remake of a mod in years.
>yfw HL3 gets the MGS5 treatment only this time there aren't even any good trailers.
>>340270664
Maybe don't leak other peoples intellectual propeties and break the law
>>340271103
epic bro, I'm gonna use this "appease shareholders meme" for everything now.
Gotta appease my shareholders, brb gonna go sell hats.
>>340270676
>shareholders
i don't think you even know what you're talking about, just throwing shit around that you heard someone else say in what might have been a slightly relevant context
>>340269631
Source 2
I still don't get why faggots are celebrating a series that shit all over the fps genre - shoehorned in scripted sequences and muh characters and muh story.
Valvefags truly are the worst.
>>340271271
You're right, I entirely pulled it out of my ass
>>340270676
>Private company
>shareholders
underageb&
get the fuck out
>>340270406
>gaming company
>Valve "CORPORATION"
Where does it say they're a game company? All they did was just release a mod of Quake with Half life. Then turned mods of Half life into their own games. Then made Half life 2.
Everything else they've made are just mods, other than half life 1 and 2 they've never really made their own game.
>>340271257
My point was is that the nigger is just trying to say they are more invested in money as of right now. I didn't say anything about shareholders.
>>340271115
Pics or it didn't happen
>>340271256
This whole thing was staged so Gabe could cut most of the content of the game.
>>340270676
Valve is privately owned
>valve conferance
>DUDE VR LMAO
>>340267891
no E3, but be sure to watch Gamescom
Valve announce Episode 3.I'm having a party when it actually is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZoZI0JdgbI
>>340269924
>a new game engine
they do though, and they have't done literally anything with it yet
RICOCHET TWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>340271358
And those people who own it share it in one way or another and at this point the company is mainly just there to bring in more money for the owners rather than make a product. The guy is not educated on what shareholders means but you can see where his line of thought was going at least.
>>340270708
>HL2EP2 released October 2007
>CoD4 released November 2007
>>340271348
Dead men can't post pictures.
>>340271316
It's not that bad. People just take it too far by claiming they are the best games ever.
>>340269690
But they do have a perfect business with Steam. They also realized a long time ago they can't really win with HL3 no matter what they do. They can't live up to whatever expectations people built up in their heads.
>>340271478
If you're not educated on what shareholders mean you should learn to shut the fuck up when and let grown men talk.
>>340270998
You're the John to my John, friend.
If you read what ex-employees have said about Valve it's no surprise. Their company structure where nobody is a boss essentially turned Valve into a giant boy's club where people just hang out and do minor shit to cope. The staff are split into cliques and if you dont kiss ass of a certain guy then you won't have anyone working for your project. The most popular guy in the company gets the most people working on his stuff following his vision. Whereas if you want to make a game which requires the entire company's focus you have to slowly convince everyone to work on it and to put resources into it. People who have dreams of making games left valve because they saw this and know that the people in the company dont want to make any more games.
Then Gabe has essentially taken his retirement 10 years ago, he's doing all his hobbies in the office and doesn't give a shit about the company beyond asking them to automate some stuff and to fix things.
>>340271530
Prove it.
>>340271572
>implying in the sea of information we now live in that is somehow uncommon for people to not know such basic information on topics such as that.
Kys, the guy probably didn't even know it was a privately held company.
Why are leaves green again? No googling.
>>340271620
Is there something inherently wrong with that structure though? sounds a lot better than if you forced a bunch of people who don't mesh well to work together and you come out with abominations on a yearly basis like ubisoft and EA.
>>340271564
They have a perfect business, so why only pour effort into expanding that business and other boring money-related shit things they release? And you can't tell me that HL3 with the smash-hit appeal of something like darksouls or the original half-life or whatever being released wouldn't be well received. Maybe not in the eyes of /v/ but nobody gives a shit about this dump anyway.
>>340271723
>Not knowing valve is a privately held company
Is this reddit? Why are you defending dipshits like this?
>>340271727
Yes - you don't make shit. It only works for Valve because they make their money by being the middle man.
>>340271727
>highschool is productive!
No anon. No.
>>340271727
Ubisoft and EA has released and finished multiple game franchises in the time period it took for Valve to release HL episode 2 to HL3.
The fact is that people when given the freedom won't really want to work and will goof off. When you have valve where you get an insanely high salary, no boss and the freedom to not work why would anyone do anything?
>>340271723
>I-it wasn't me KYS lmao
Don't you have summer school kiddo?
>>340271620
And Still somehow they are the greatest development team there will be, and their quality of games are godlike
>>340271328
>>340271358
>>340271328
>>340271723
You're right I pulled it entirely out of my ass
Tell you the truth, I had accepted that as the reason they had grown so lazy
It let me believe it was just corporate money-men who destroyed all hope for a HL3, and not just sheer disinterest
>>340271758
Because risk. No one likes taking risks if they don't have to.
>>340271792
Because not everyone pays atention to valve and the states of companys. You are talking about people who actually pay mind to the industry, which is hardly all of the people that like gaming as a hobby.
>>340271478
>Gaben crashes a conference
>He says that the day has finally come
>A bit 3 is displayed on the giant screen behind him
>He announces... L4D3
>...
>Gaben is kill
It's not like Valve would ever make a good half life game again anyway
Their last good one was Half Life 1, and everything since then simply has not been as good
>>340270676
>Valve
>shareholders
what
>>340271846
>implying I said that anywhere
I'm not the nigger and I will continue to insult him bit don't act as if this isnt a normal and understandable condition.
Also I love how everyone proved my point and didn't answer a basic question that only needs info you get in public highschool to answer.
>>340271916
>Because not everyone pays atention to valve and the states of companys.
>posts his opinion on valve and the state of the company like he's right
Holy shit, go eat breakfast, your mother is calling you, the schoolbus is going to be there soon.
>>340271851
What games?
>>340267891
Honestly, I imagine Valve are keeping Half life 3 as a fail-safe card, should their Steam business front start getting sour. Which is not likely to happen in the near future.
They got plenty of cash, and a stabil revenue stream, that Half-life has been set aside to low priority.
Basically, the speculation surrounding Half life is a 'hook' to keep consumers' interest in the company invested.
>>340271916
>Because not everyone pays atention to valve and the states of companys. You are talking about people who actually pay mind to the industry, which is hardly all of the people that like gaming as a hobby.
>>340271727
programmers and similar rabble are only good as slaves to be bent to the iron will of a game director-führer and giving them a say in the matter instead of letting them choose between work and starvation will only lead to decadence
if only it was legal for other, virile, game companies to march into valves offices and throw them all into chains lest they put them to the sword maybe valve would have kept in shape and MADE SOME FUCKING VIDEO GAMES
>>340272148
As long as they have company loyalists that dont buy games from services outside of steam and still maintain their cashcows of CS:GO, Dota 2 and TF2 they will never have any issues with money.
>>340271478
>owners
Gaben. Gaben literally owns Valve. AFAIK all of it, definitely an overwhelming majority that there could never, ever be any takeover (there actually were a number of partners but afaik Gabe bought all of them out as they left).
>>340272023
How do we name clothes like that in english ?
Is it a suit ?
This is my ultimate fetish
>>340270938
It won't be as bad though, since Valve can actually make good games when they want. It probably won't meet expectations but it will still be an aweesome game.
Remember when Gaben was posted every fucking day and people loved him?
Now he's just another billionaire Jew with his micro transactions and digital DRM empire.
>>340271868
The thing is that Valve and especially gaben, want to make games as services. Single player games have a very hard time working like this. Gabe already said Portal 2 wasn't a success in this regard and people quickyl lost interest in making levels and sharing stuff. I like to believe that Valve are searching for a way of making future games as services and that's why Half Life 3, Portal 3, Left 4 Dead 3, etc. are taking so damn long. Remember that Valve game about space ships that was eventually canceled? Some artworks was leaked a while ago. That game could have worked somehow as a service. Imagine selling cosmetics for your ship, or your guns, or your base or whatever, that kind of stuff.
>>340272278
basically
>valve are jews
>>340272242
go look up a video called secretary dreams
>>340272278
I'd love to see that kind of community driven content in today's age.
>>340272278
Now I ask anyone on this thread how would you make Half Life 3 a game as a service? How would it work? There are rumors that HL3 will actually be an RPG. Could that work? If so how?
>>340272148
>2022
>the steam money valve is shut closed
>valve tries to make a game
>realizes that all their game developers left long ago
>>340271873
What fucking risk?
You realize that Valve still develops software, and hardware related to video games. Just Google what Valve has been working on and you'll find a few things. They are getting ready for VR, and I thought that it was pretty obvious that they are waiting for the VR industry to grow before they release HL3 with full support for virtual reality.
>>340270406
Haha Portal 3, L4D3, TF3!!!
>>340269814
>>340269814
Out less then 3 months..., Playstation has not even released their version, but according to /v/ Its dead.
You people are ridiculous.
>>340272040
I didn't even post an opinion on the company, if you where however stating that he himself posts his opinion I want you to look at the fact you posted the word opinion there and not knowledge showing its just the guys view which I'm only pointing out is naturally flawed but you seem to be triggered over it. You dumb nigger I only said someone not being totally informed about things such as the business side of videogames isn't uncommon. Tell me, if every single "gamer" actually did pay atention and did know everything there was to know about most popular companys which you claim to be normal knowledge would we be in this situation? Would people still buy gearbox products knowing they are directly hurting a cripple over a contract they won't talk about. Would call of duty still be popular?
You can't even say that it's understandable for someone to be a bit off in their perception without getting dog piled on /v/. Most people will talk on something as if they are right, you are acting like you aren't a retard when that is obviously wrong for example.
"WHY HASN'T THE INDUSTRY CONSUMED YOU YET REEEEEE"
is all I'm seeing you post as a counter agrument.
>E3 2016
>everyone is bored as fuck after another shit nintendo conference
>suddenly lights fade out
>Gaben rolls onto the stage
>announces The Black Box
>Half life 3
>Team fortress 3
>Left 4 Dead 3
>only $59.99
Screencap this you pieces of shit, it's fucking happening.
>>340272380
You'd be amazed at how many companies this happens to.
>>340272207
I thought he was coowner as he was a cofounder?
>>340272278
>>340272313
Can't wait for Valve to release all those games they've been keeping quiet about. Something big under the hood for sure.
So all these negative comments about Valve will eat themselves. Valve always delivar Gaben amen.
>>340272461
go back to r/gaming
>>340272335
>secretary dreams
Thanks my good friend
I still can't believe that my greatest fetish is so vanilla
>>340272242
It's called a slip
>>340272491
I probably won't even watch Nintendo lmao
>>340272382
>waiting for the VR industry to grow before they release HL3
And yet what the VR market needs right now is a real game. It's flooded with overpriced tech demos since people with the HMD are willing to throw money away. Plus it's almost no risk since you can just refund the game after you play those techo demos for an hour.
Only thing helping the market as of now are simulators which is very disheartening if games that weren't made for VR are outshining the current market as the best experience.
>>340269534
I would hope they'd release a game just because they're in a position to make basically any game they could want, and put as much time as they wanted into perfecting it.
Isnt Steam sales/revenue rapidly decreasing in the past few years?
>>340272725
lol no
>>340271047
>Sure you can play all these $20 tech demos, but there aren't any actual games.
The Lab, a free game released by Valve contains all those 20$ demos you like to bitch about so much. What is wrong with that anyway? Apparently anyone being able to release anything on the system is bad. Noone fucking forces you to buy anything.
If you've actually tried VR you'd know that even the simplest tech demos makes GOAT experiences.
If you want actual games what is
>Eve : Valkyrie
>Lucky's Tale
>Budget Cuts
>Hover Junkers
>Job Simulator
>Subnautica
>Project CARS
>Crystal Rift
>Windlands
>Half-life VR
>Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
>Tabletop Simulator
>Elite : Dangerous
>Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
All these games are available for VR.
>>340272278
>Remember that Valve game about space ships that was eventually canceled? Some artworks was leaked a while ago. That game could have worked somehow as a service. Imagine selling cosmetics for your ship, or your guns, or your base or whatever, that kind of stuff.
So basically Star Citizen
Chris Roberts jewed people hard, there's people who have spent TENS OF THOUSANDS ON FUCKING SPACESHIPS
>>340272601
>saying someone might not be perfect in their view due to them not having the same interest in it as you is somehow a reddit thing.
Go back to r/gaming with your lack of making games. You aren't invested in this hobby enough to know coding, graphics design, and game theory (lel) so that obviously means you are a bitch.
>>340272461
Who gives a fuck? HL1 started the cinematic FPS cancer and HL2 was a boring turd with nice graphics
>>340267891
they'll never release a single play game again.
The amount of revenue that multiplayer games gives them through microtransactions is enormous. They even had to shoehorn them into portal 2 to get it out.
Never again will we have this single player experience.
test
>>340272827
>HL1 started the cinematic FPS cancer
the reason valve hasn't been releasing games lately, is because HTC approached them and agreed to collaborate to push VR technology as the next logical step (the next paradigm on video games if you wanna be that guy)
Source 2 exists, Dota 2 and The Lab both use it. Source 2 is a pretty interesting engine: it's an engine that can render and compile meshes at the blink of an eye. It can do nearly 4 times the physics calculating that source 1 could, except it doesn't use Havoc anymore, valve made a new one.
As long as you have RAM, the engine is very quick to load everything. If you play Dota 2, you might notice some load lag when you play one game, but anything subsequent is nearly instant
but most of all, Source 2 was made with one feature in mind: VR. It's an engine that is Natively a VR engine as well as an updated source engine. Right now most VR games are running on Unity, but once Source 2 SDK gets released, that will all change.
I think it's pretty obvious that the next big release of valve's is gonna focus on this cross platform engine of VR and standard PC game engine. Only a matter of time before it's deemed normal enough
>>340272491
>TF3
it could be so so good
it would be so so bad
>>340272759
>If you've actually tried VR you'd know that even the simplest tech demos makes GOAT experiences.
If you've played them more than once, you realize it's doesn't last forever. The only game I didn't get bored with is DiRT Rally, but I was playing it without a headset.
>>340272621
I share your fetish anon, these and kneehighs/thighhighs
>>340267891
Never ever, the only chance we have of seeing hl3 is gaben dies of a heart attack then some other jew takes over
>>340272892
Sounds like a load of bullcrap
>>340269973
Not everyone is Walter White
i've never played a half life game and i never plan to
i don't care about the story in first person shooters, i just want to get straight into the action but most of the game seems to be exploring abandoned factories and shit with some black chick
>>340272621
>Tfw my greatest fetish is women in suits
feels weird to be vanilla
>>340272892
Nobody uses source engine so it wont
>>340272023
Literally everyone knows why leaves are fucking green you faggot, it has nothing to do with anything, go fuck yourself.
>>340272892
http://www.vg247.com/2015/09/24/half-life-3-wont-be-a-vr-game-says-valve-2/
>>340273012
except it's not?
all the content is out there. If you wanna see for yourself, go download the lab, dota 2 workshop tools, and see how streamlined it all is now.
Source 2 was built with VR in mind
>>340267891
>golden opportunity
nah. It's a risk for them to make games, especially a sequel to a hyped up game they can never live up to.
Better to just sit back and collect money as a publisher.
Valve as a game developer died with Episode 2. Anything since then has been acquired IPs.
I will never forgive them for the cliffhanger.
>>340270008
If it ever will release, it wil be shit. Screencap this post, for proof.
>valve trys to implement paid mods.
> OH SHIT NIGGA BLACK FAXED PAGES!!!
>we lost over 1 million dollars that day.
ya i wonder why they've decided to just say fuck it and milk out their last cash cows...valve has lived past its glory days. Everything they've done has been medicority fegining as innovation for the last few years.
>steam console,steam controller,paid mods, cs;go is in ruins. Dota 2 hasn't had a new hero in over a year.
atleast dota 2 is getting another TI?
>>340273195
I said the next big release of valve's, not HL3
>>340269607
They said their games will always have some kind of VR integration from now on, but will never be VR exclusive.
>>340269735
>Literally never true
They could have pioneered the VR scene single handledly, but instead they handed over all their research to Oculus for free. They handed over a multi-billion dollar industry on a silver platter to Facebook.
>>340273270
I agree.
The only reason Valve is still around is because they got lucky selling other people's games, and they can use that to stay afloat
>>340273270
but NONE of the heros in dota 2 are new.
they're all re-implementations from dota allstars
every single dota allstars hero has been implemented except pitlord (who was a pretty shit hero anyway, and none of the pros ever used him)
>>340273270
Did they even release the steam box thing? I have no idea.
Didnt they have a Steam OS too?
I know the controller came and flopped and nobody gave a fuck about that shit
They haven't made a good game since 2011.
The next game they announce will be more VR bullshit or another free to play multiplayer game with tons of cosmetics.
The Valve that makes good video games is dead.
>>340271723
>Why are leaves green again?
Obviously they're trying to appease their shareholders.
>>340273397
>he doesn't remeber 6.52e turtling cancer
I don't blame you
Marc Laidlaw left Valve, dude. It's over. Accept it.
>>340273208
It's not a risk, they don't need successful games to stay afloat and wealthy.
>Valve outlived the japanese games industry as a whole
That's pretty amazing though.
>>340273432
>They haven't made a good game since 2011.
When was the last Team ICO game to be released?
>No HL3
>TF2's original design and personality is destroyed
>No added game content thats been made by Valve
>If there is then its just more textures
>Steam machines are DOA
>Still has the worst Customer Service in the industry
>Valve takes a steamy shit on consumer law
>Crates somehow aren't considered and regulated by gambling law
>"Single player games are dead"
>Steam Linux OS DOA
>Still no Source 2/SDK
>Their next release is most likely going to be L4D3 that follows the same formula as TF2
>>340272831
No they said they would never release singleplayer ONLY game.
>>340273187
It has everything to do with it you dumb motherfucker. Many people forget and generally just end up not caring because the information is useless to them. It's a common fucking thing you stupid bitch. Many people have fucking forgotten why leaves are green, it's the same fucking thing, this information is useless to this fucker so if he ever heard it he never retained it because it ultimately to him meant nothing. Seriously if you can't see the fucking point I'm making you are literally retarded. Information is retained normally through interest, discipline, emotions, and necesity. This guy has no interest, does not learn it so it's obviously not a discipline, he has no emotional attachment to it and it is not necessary for him to know it to function in his own life and line of work.
>>340272892
>Source 2 was made with one feature in mind: VR
I severely doubt that.
We can look forward to Episode 3 with a fully destructible environment then.
>>340273524
>author of that book is american raised
wew lad
>>340270664
HOLY FUCK...i never knew this...
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-21-the-boy-who-stole-half-life-2-article
Last time Valve made a game worth a shit: 2011 (Portal 2)
Last time EA published a game worth a shit: 2014 (Titanfall)
EA are literally better than Valve nowadays.
>sneak into gabens house while he sleeps
>shave off his beard
>he announces hl3 the next day
its quite simple really
I mean... can you really hate valve when they've given us Source Filmmaker?
>>340271256
>>340271256
Intellectual property is a joke
The law is a giant scam
Call the cops
IDGAF
>>340273505
A badly received game would be bad for their image. As it stands, they are known for making good games.
Thus it IS a risk for them to make a new game, especially a sequel to what is known as a good game. It's not a coincidence that they outsource most of their work to other developers these days, because they are too chickenshit to taken responsibility for their own work. Same reason why they buy other IPs rather than making their own. They haven't made anything original since Half-Life 2.
>>340273695
>tit and fall
>>340273556
>>Crates somehow aren't considered and regulated by gambling law
I'm Valves No.1 fanboy and this is the only thing that annoys me.
>Their next release is most likely going to be L4D3 that follows the same formula as TF2
Day of Defeat 2
Left 3 Dead 3
Episode 3
Orange Box 2
>>340272278
I don't want fucking services. I want a video game I can spend a week playing, enjoying and then be done with.
But no, everything has to be something that has a million fans being jewed out every month.
Fuck Valve.
>>340269631
>VR died
Oh you kids and your memes
>>340273786
I wouldnt be surprised if they made a L4D3's multiplayer an arena survival-type of game to compete with Overwatch
>>340273853
b...but VR is d..dead!
>proceeds to post a youtube link as proof
l..look! see? d..dead!
>>340272892
>HTC approached them
wrong
>but most of all, Source 2 was made with one feature in mind: VR.
from what they've said, and what we've seen from DOTA2, their primary conscious goal in designing Source 2 was improving workflow and making Source 2 the go-to 'indie' engine (making it the 'easiest' engine). this has been the same for basically every engine/toolset maker for a long while now.
aside from that it is probably too old and has been in development too long for there be any one discrete defining feature.
it seems they had a number of different core problems with Source 1 which lead to the decision to do a big leap forward rather than just continual improvements. the new physics engine being one, but also things as basic as better lighting and modernized map format (for features like streaming loading and large size maps, things that have become standard in all engines since Source 1 launched).
>>340273701
>they've given us Source Pornmaker?
fixed. It's hilarious how that shitty tool will be their legacy, far bigger than any of their other shit.
>>340273882
>compete with Overwatch
Valve need into compete with Combine Overwatch
>>340272892
>Source 2 exists, Dota 2 and The Lab both use it.
Dota 2 does, but The Lab was made with Unity to show what was possible for Indie devs.
>>340273882
You mean like killing floor? It's nothing like overwatch, if you wanted to compete with overwatch for the casual-but-still-competitive-team-based-online-FPS you'd release TF3 or something new. L4D was always a more cooperative experience, and running through long maps is way more fun than being stuck in one place.
>>340273992
The portal 2 game is source 2, the rest is Unity.
go look in the files. Portal 2 game has VPK files and vmat_c and vtex_c, etc
>>340273360
>they handed over all their research to Oculus for free
what? when?
>>340273360
PROTIP If a megacorp like Valve is giving it away for free, it wasn't worth shit in the first place.
>>340273091
that would be HL2EP1, and some of HL2/EP2.
it isn't too late for you to play HL1/OP4/BS/decay, you know. though perhaps decay isn't for you, since you don't seem to like having to play games with ladies.
>>340273605
>this guy has no interest, has no emotional attachment to it
Why is he on a videogame board then? He can fuck right off back to facebook you know.
>>340274084
they did it before Facebook acquired Oculus.
It's not a coincidence that the hardware is nearly identical.
http://www.roadtovr.com/alan-yates-rift-is-direct-copy-of-valves-vr-research/
>>340274267
>Valve
>your typical megacorp
nah.
>>340269534
>Why would Valve ever release another game?
>They earn more than enough cash through Steam alone.
Newell was already filthy rich when he founded valve, and even more filthy when they lauchned steam.
>>340271838
mcgregor's X-theory, everyone
>half life 3
>xbox one console exclusive also on pc.
>>340274368
Not everyone who likes videogames gives a fucking shit about the companys to the extent of knowing the people involved or the state of the company. Not everyone that gives a shit feels emotional attachment to valve being a privately owned company. It's like politics, man I sure do live me some democracy and capitalism but I sure as fuck don't know the background of most people running for president is a normal modern American opinion. Just because you like a medium or topic doesn't mean you try to know everything.
>>340274624
*sure do love me
It's 7 am
>>340267891
>There are people who still believe Valve cares about anything other tham easy money
Look what they released in current years:
Cs:GO : A dumbed down 1.6 with the biggest "improvement" = I can buy knives so autistic idiots are going to pay for them and trade them. Did i mention you need to pay fucking taxes to trade virtual knives?
DoTa 2 : LoL is the biggest game for years now and Valve overslept the gaming market, instead trying something new they just copied a fucking mod and implemented another system that takes the money out of autists pocket.
More hats in TF 2
So why would they do Half Life 3?
Its a Singleplayer game, so you cant sell hats/weapons to idiots because who would buy a shinny crowbar if you cant play against other humans ?
The development would cost millions of bucks and take years, coding a hat or let modders code a hat take few days/weeks and you get a much larger revenue
>>340269631
>VR died
Dude, i'm developing under VR. It won't die. But it will enter market slowly and with a lot of troubles.
why would they make another single player game
they're already raking in millions from Steam, Dota 2, TF2, and CS:GO
like, why bother
>>340271838
they do work, they just only work on stuff that has no chance to put them in a bad light, ergo no risk projects, meaning no innovation.
They pushed VR on someone else so they wouldn't have to deal with the backlash if it failed. They buy only IPs that have a proven trackrecord of success. When they make sequels, they only make more of the same.
>>340274683
Couldn't they do a HL3 Deathmatch, like they did for HL2?
Gabe Newell is the new George RR Martin. Or viceversa.
>>340273401
ah yes the steam os was a failure as well. people were actually stripping it from their steam machines and putting windows 10 on because they were getting such better performance from games.
>>340274959
>they were getting such better performance from games.
performance will only be better until developers implement support for Vulkan from the ground up, like they do for DirectX 12.
Gamers are petty bitches. Any game will not live up the the hype and Valve will have to deal with crying retards who threaten to stop buying hats and keys.
>>340274683
Your really wrong on the tf2 bit the others I can't speak about since I know nothing
tf2 is getting several major updates soon and will have consistent updates for a long while
>>340271564
I swear to god, I've heard this 'valve can't live up to expectations with hl3' meme so many times that the game itself must be delayed every time it's mentioned.
>>340274724
it's basically been confirmed through several content leaks of config files in Dota 2/CSGO client updates that HL3 is absolutely in progress.
it's no longer about 'if' and 'why', but rather about 'what', and less so 'when'.
>>340275349
>several content leaks of config files in Dota 2/CSGO client updates that HL3 is absolutely in progress.
what people find is the cannibalized remains of what WAS once HL3. It WAS being worked on, but then abandoned and its remains have been absorbed into other projects. That is the danger of letting people work on whatever they want.
>>340272440
You know why it's dead?
Because you cannot have the graphics you have on non-vr when you have vr unless you have a beast of a PC, and consoles definitely can't do that, and console babbies wont be able to deal with the graphics downgrade.
So there you have it, it was born still for the 2nd time.
>>340275349
VR/PC is what.
When is the last question friend. To Valves credit where else is the FPS genre suppose to move to?
>>340275349
i know the answer to when, i think the date is NEVER EVER
>>340273708
He stole the game and got what he deserved
>pic of a dindu
How the fuck does valve let their cs;go servers get so bad that literally every rank game has rubberbanding ping for all if not some of the players. the 64 tick servers in cs;go also feel like they don't register hits as well as overwatchs 20 which i find highly amusing.
>>340275579
>gabe newell trys to convince a 15 year old kid to fly into the usa and be prosecuted by the fbi.
ya real swell guy good thing germany stepped on that kids head fast man.
>>340275681
Good. Don't mess with other people's property.
>>340275472
ahh nice thanks Literally Gabriel Logan "Money" Newell for popping into this thread to enlighten us
>>340275538
some article posted here already mentioned that HL3 isn't being built around VR, because that is absolutely unrealistic and would utterly trash your sales figures, though i wouldn't assume it won't be compatible.
>>340272892
>Source 2 was made with one feature in mind
But that's wrong.
The development was started way before any sign of Mass market VR.
>>340273401
>I know the controller came and flopped
It actually did decent.
>>340274959
>ah yes the steam os was a failure as well.
Nigga the OS isn't even fully fleshed out, calling it a failure is dumb.
Wait until M$ reap what it sows + Vulkan taking the lead.
This wouldn't even be a problem if they just had episode 3 out and ended the series cleanly.
>E3 2016
>"It is my pleasure to welcome, from Valve Studios... GABE NEWELL!"
>Gabe comes out to a lukewarm reaction
>"Hello, everyone, it's been a few years since I've been on one of these, but I promise there's a good reason for me to be here today"
>The crowd whispers before silence settles back in
>"Our industry has been going through a large and fast expansion for the last six years, and we've been doing our best to work alongside the changes that have been coming from it. Unfortunately, this has slowed us down quite a bit, and we've never been known to be... punctual"
>Forced laughter by the crowd
>"But today, I'm happy to announce a new game we've been working on for almost a decade now"
>Crowd can now be heard talking in hushed tones of excitement
>Lights go out
>Crowd goes euphoric and starts crying of happiness as the feed switches to the video
>Black screen as the crowd calms down>"It's been a while... Hasn't it.... DOCTOR FREEMAN?"
>The biggest reaction in all of E3 history is heard as a great looking G-Man smiles
>"Yet it's almost as if it all happened mere moments ago. Your survival at Black Mesa"
>Shots of a decrepit blown out Black Mesa with Combine soldiers searching it
>"Your resistance at City 17"
>Shots of a nasty looking human military force curbstomping helpless combine in a highly unstable blue and orange area
>"Your counter-attack at White Forest"
>Shots of a military base in a forest with said military force guarding it
>"But your journey is not over"
>A brief shot of a gigantic ship
>"And this time... You're gonna need all the help you can get"
>Gameplay footage of a multiplayer class based shooter where a group of humans fights a group of combine inside a ship
"FREEMAN IS ALMOST THERE, CAPTURE POINT A!" Alyx is heard screaming
>"See you soon..."
>The title is revealed: Half Life 3
>For the Vive
>Coming December 2016 (on Early Access)
>Pre-Order now for the classic Half Life 2 Crowbar skin and three FREE Legendary Crates
>>340272491
Seeing how there isn't a Nintendo conference this year, your scenario is pretty fucking unlikely.
>>340277101
Too real
>>340274624
If you don't have a modicum of understanding about the topic you are talking about, your opinion is worth jack shit.
>>340277101
Its funny because its legitimately the only way a new Half Life would be announced
I am more than happy with them fucking off instead.
>>340277101
/v/ would be incredible in that alternate universe. Shitposting for years.
>>340277101
>>The biggest reaction in all of E3 history is heard
It's shock waves will be felt around the world, I'm counting on riots and street parties.
STREET PARTIES PEOPLE!
>>340277447
>implying revvit wouldn't give thunderous applause and be shouted down in every thread.
>>340277317
I never said his opinion or the opinions of other uninformed persons was worth a fuck you god damn retard.
>>340277101
>>340277278
>>340277101
Then, Gabe excitedly reveals that any skin acquired in Team Fortress 2, DOTA 2 or CSGO will be directly carried over to Half Life 3
Yet they keep up people's tiny, smoldering scrap of hope for at least some video game by teasing us with the smallest, most vague leaks in game files and such. It's too cruel.
>>340277101
i can see this happening in 2-3 years
Episode 3 would have been released years ago if it wasn't because of all these faggots hyping it up to be the best game ever. Valve is terrified of releasing the game with the chance of it sucking.
>>340270563
>Stagnate
>Make millions every day
>>340271014
>I'm asking for one game
THEY. JUST. NOT. CARE.
Is that hard to understand? Jesus...
>>340278327
no shit retard
>people still think hl3 would be good
It's going to end up like duke nukem forever just move on already
>>340278529
>tfw when it comes out
>and it's the only thing to hold up to the hype
>standard valve game desu
i feel really alienated as a long time valve customer because i dont fall into this crowd of fucking retards that buy keys and other shit like that. obviously i know they've moved on from this type of clientele but i just want some ray of hope that they are in fact making a fucking singleplayer game. im pissed off
>>340269814
U havin a giggle, m8? Consumer VR had been out for what, 3 months? And you're ready to call it a dead technology before anyone has even had a chance to see what it can really do and come up with a killer app?
>>340271256
Actually I think he barely broke any german laws at the time. Which is why he only got like community service or something and no jail time.
>>340275478
>I have no idea why people adopt new technology, but I'll tell you exactly why VR is dead
>>340273121
>women in suits
mein negger
>>340280360
>Younger Brother used to love games
>watched me play most vidya as we grew up
>eventually gets a decent enough rig to play alone
>gets super into orange box and eventually by extension all Valve stuff
>spends 1000s of hours in valve related games/ Garry's mod or Warcraft 3 customs having fun
>eventually blizz and valve drop making anything new or interesting
>brother loses interest in games and goes into the real world
>is now a petty drug dealer with many emotional problems
Fuck valve
>>340281463
>Younger Brother used to love games
>watched me play most vidya as we grew up
>eventually gets a decent enough rig to play alone
>gets super into orange box and eventually by extension all Valve stuff
>spends 1000s of hours in valve related games/ Garry's mod or Warcraft 3 customs having fun
>eventually blizz and valve drop making anything new or interesting
>brother loses interest in games and goes into the real world
>is now a petty drug dealer with many emotional problems
>is now given up rehabilitated
>on third gf
>Me still sitting here waiting for episode three over weight and alone
>>340281096
Honestly I wonder what people would think of Valve if the German police hadn't nabbed him first.
