Valve pursued by EA for over a possible $1 billion
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nearly? in my eyes BioWare is DEAD! such a perfect ending can't be made by accidentSavber said:
OT:It'll be a cold day in hell before EA buys Valve, and if it happens anyway, i must have been accidentally referring to Finnish hell, which i hope i am not...
How would EA even 'nearly' buy Valve? Valve isn't owned by a bigger company, it's owned by itself. The onyl way Valve could ever be sold is if Gabe Newell (Or whoever is head of Valve) wants to sell it in the first place. And considering they[re worth more than two billion dollars, I doubt they'd ever sell for just one.
Why would EA even think Valve would sell? They have no real corporate structure and sounds like the people who worked there love it like that and plus Steam practically prints enough money for them to bailout EU countries, it is not like the people at Valve will be having money worries anytime soon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Michiganthespyisdead said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Norway
That said ... Title is very misleading. I read about EA's offer over on GI.biz, so I knew what this was supposed to mean, but ... really now? Accusing our newsies of sensationalism and then such headlines on the forums? Disappoint, Escapist forums, disappoint.
VALVea will never happen. EA will crumble to death at some point, sure, and maybe some assets and employees are added to VALVe's roster, but no way in hell is EA gonna buy VALVe (or vice-versa, given EA's failure).
Do you think Gabe will let that happen?
Remember Gabe don't fuck around, he'll cut EA...
So EA, can ya step it?!
Remember Gabe don't fuck around, he'll cut EA...
So EA, can ya step it?!
It would be up to the owners. The software company I work for is wonderful. Great people, great policies, management structure that really is there to help rather than hinder, and to top it all off we make fantastic profits. Two years ago we were bought by a soulless multinational. The guys who founded my company decided that - after ten years - they wanted to "move on to new challenges" (which is fair enough, I guess). So they sold the company.The Artificially Prolonged said:
It's still a fantastic place to work. Our new owners have been smart enough to see we're successful and (apart from some target-setting) pretty much leave us alone.
Except now we have to send a form to an office in Israel when we want to buy a new coffee machine. Grrr...
Well they weren't "nearly" bought by EA, were they? EA have made offers it seems (which went nowhere) and Valve's basically said fuck off. If the word from Valve is that they'd "disintegrate" sooner than be bought by EA then there was nothing "nearly" about it.
"Hell currently has a grocery store, gas station, and a retirement home."FEichinger said:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Michiganthespyisdead said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Norway
That said ... Title is very misleading. I read about EA's offer over on GI.biz, so I knew what this was supposed to mean, but ... really now? Accusing our newsies of sensationalism and then such headlines on the forums? Disappoint, Escapist forums, disappoint.
VALVea will never happen. EA will crumble to death at some point, sure, and maybe some assets and employees are added to VALVe's roster, but no way in hell is EA gonna buy VALVe (or vice-versa, given EA's failure).
This must be the best sentence I've ever read.
Anyway, Valve will never give in on this. EA will always keep trying. Who knows what will eventually happen, right? I just wish EA was a little bit smaller, like in the old days when they made Medal of Honour: Allied Assault. But hey, every gaming company has grown, hasn't it?
Replace "EA" with "Activision" then youre on the right track.Dexter111 said:
But to what you actually said, Valve doesnt have deadlines. They only publish thier games when they come to an agreement that theyve made thier game or expansion as good as they can make it without community feedback, this also happens to be why Valve rarely if ever actually releases a game.
Now if they came under EA's heel, none of that would be allowed to happen. EA knows Valve has one of the greatest collectives of developers, but i fear that EA's shareholders will not see it that way.
Also on a side note Valve is known for supporting its games post-release. EA executives have in the past often seen this as a waste of time on a completed project when a new project can be worked on.
That got a good laugh out of m3. I do ind33d s33 what you did th3r3.Nieroshai said:
OT: I actually don't think this should happen and it's not for the reason everyone else thinks: it would effectively give EA control over the majority of the digital market. Ideally, the Justice Department would step in and prevent the deal (like they did with T-Mobile and AT&T a while back), but considering no one politically takes gaming seriously unless blood and boobs are involved, I fear steam would quickly become the thing so many of us hate about origin.
Scary thought ind33d.
Lol. Same here.DoPo said:
Just curious, if EA did have the means to buy Valve, could Valve actually say "Fuck Off"?