Valve pursued by EA for over a possible $1 billion

[Woodsey]

Why is this some massive issue?

Valve make billions of dollars by being the biggest game retailer on the planet.

If EA bought them, why would EA see any reason to interfere with what is obviously very successful? Valve isn't a developer, it's a retailer.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

If this had happened (this was multiple years ago, according to said articles, maybe 5+?) Valve would right about now be producing Free2Play and Facebook games according to the "new company strategy", half their staff would have probably been laid off and Steam merged with Origin in a corporate campaign to "Streamline Digital Distribution" or something.

Hey look, yet another person holding the delusion that EA is evil and Valve is Superman, rather than the reality that both are just neutral and will follow money.

Then again, nobody ever accused gamers of being bright... or sane for that matter.

The difference being that EA are beholden unto shareholders whilst Valve aren't - and are also rich-as-fuck enough to piss about as they see fit anyway (which EA, again, aren't). And have shown they're perfectly happy to develop plentiful amounts of content for absolutely free. And I don't want to start sounding repetitive here, but EA don't, either.

Pretending they're equal is woefully more ignorant of the two companies than what he said - which, whilst probably laying it on a tad thick for the funnies, has plenty of basis in reality. He's also not the one who said a company that develops games isn't a developer.

And no, none of that is asserting them as Superman and Lex Luthor, that's just the result of having some basic knowledge of the two companies.

 

[TrevHead]

This doesn't suprise me, it's what EA does, i'm just glad Valve is a private company and while the current king is around I can't see that happening.

Besides $1 billion seems a tad on the cheap side for Valve and Steam.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Spoiler: How I would have reacted if Valve had been purchased by EA

Spoiler: How I react now

What with EA saying Steam Sales are a bad thing and remembering how Maxis, my first PC developer I fell in love with, was swallowed whole... Let us just say I am grateful this was not a reality.

 

[themilo504]

Why is this some massive issue?

Valve make billions of dollars by being the biggest game retailer on the planet.

If EA bought them, why would EA see any reason to interfere with what is obviously very successful? Valve isn't a developer, it's a retailer.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

If this had happened (this was multiple years ago, according to said articles, maybe 5+?) Valve would right about now be producing Free2Play and Facebook games according to the "new company strategy", half their staff would have probably been laid off and Steam merged with Origin in a corporate campaign to "Streamline Digital Distribution" or something.

Hey look, yet another person holding the delusion that EA is evil and Valve is Superman, rather than the reality that both are just neutral and will follow money.

Then again, nobody ever accused gamers of being bright... or sane for that matter.

I Don?t see Ea as evil(just very stupid) or valve as superman but looking at Ea past record with bought game company?s I?m a bit worried and hope they don?t get their hands on valve maybe it shall bring about a new golden age but I for one highly doubt that.

unlike a lot of people I don?t think bioware is dead and the only thing that really pissed me off about their games the mass effect 3 ending was their idea and they seem to have solved it but even with that in mind I still rather not have ea touch valve.

I?m just cautious that?s all I?m saying.

Btw if you?re the same bhaalspawn from rather vocalized illusions maybe you should make a episode about why you think the ea hate is overblown.

 

[DoPo]

Just curious, if EA did have the means to buy Valve, could Valve actually say "Fuck Off"?

Well, yes. They can. Maybe not precisely with those words but if EA (or whoever) has the money to buy Valve, that doesn't mean they can. It's up to Valve to accept or decline the offer.

 

[Spy_Guy]

Isn't this kind of anti-competitive?
*smells shenanigans*

[sub]Captcha: wisdom of inglip[/sub]

[sub]Alright, then.[/sub]

 

[Zen Toombs]

Never gonna happen, eventually valve will buy EA.

That's actually what I thought the title read when I opened the thread.

I wish.

 

[PinkiePyro]

OMG NOO! ea cant buy valve that would ruin gam.. wait ign thats not news who posted this...*looks around*

Trollestia who let you on the computer.. I should of known

 

[Savber]

"Not that Mr. Newell hasn?t had opportunities to sell out. Valve has been pursued over the years by Electronic Arts, which would very likely have valued Valve at well over $1 billion had the talks progressed that far, said two people with knowledge of the discussion who spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks were private.

Although Valve?s finances are private, Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities, estimates that the company could be worth around $2.5 billion today.

Mr. Newell said that there was a better chance that Valve would ?disintegrate,? its independent-minded workers scattering, than that it would ever be sold."

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/technology/valve-a-video-game-maker-with-few-rules.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

Good 'ol Valve.

LOL did anyone read Peter Moore of EA comment on wearable-computing projects championed by the likes of Valve and other companies?

?It?s appealing to them because they live in that outer fringe of I.Q. and money,? he says.

Wow.. where to begin?

 

[Evil Smurf]

ign is master troll website. Just ignore them and play TF2

 

[Charli]

There's possibly some truth to it but I'm sure Gabe would rather brand his own ass before signing his baby over to THEM.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Lets stop pretending that EA wants Valve for it's Developers and IP's.
It just wants Steam, 50%+ Percent of the entire PC Market.
50%+
That is all.

 

[Soccermom]

Valve has a unique governance style (extremely successful), one of the highest profitability per employee in the software industry and a wildly popular delivery platform (that is about to begin delivery of business productivity suites in 2013)... add to that a very charismatic boss and a crazy good reputation (Valve is usually among the top picks in surveys assessing where computer scientists would like to work after graduation).

If EA (or any company for that matter) thinks they can a company with this much (profitable) growth potential for $1 billion, they are either delusional or they should fire their entire business development department.

 

[BiggyShackleton]

I'd like to see this buyout happen just to see how long the Escapist would last under the weight of its own hate-splosion.

But then I'd demand swapbacks.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

If EA bought them, why would EA see any reason to interfere with what is obviously very successful?

That's an easy one... To Make It More Successful!

All it takes it one Active-Stupid Exec VP with the power to tinker with Steam's operation to decide 'streamlining the profit efficiency of digital distribution' would be a great way to justify their job's existance to start fucking with shit they don't understand.

Hell, a couple of PR/Marketing douchenozzles deciding using Steam to 'leverage exposure' of EA titles is an excellent idea could cause other publishers to jump ship.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

I would, but I can't run ad revenue on a 9 second video that would simply say "Gamers are fucking idiots and have no idea about how an industry works in the real world."

You could chant it over and over while headdesking.

 

[irishda]

Ahahahaha. I couldn't think of anything funnier. But then, I don't really think video game companies are as evil as the rest of the community