Well, that's certainly an article title isn't it. But I mean it. Microsoft, don't you dare touch Valve. You're fat enough already and too big as it is.
Maybe they could transition to being a worker-owned collective when Gabe wants to retire. I’m not sure what else keeps Valve as we know it alive post Gabe.
If you believe in the fiction of a passionate worker leading the company when the CEO is gone, be my guest. Though I hope you’re good at coping with disappointments.
But his son is now focused on his own business and it’s got nothing to do with gaming. Once Gabe is gone, I doubt Valve will remain privately owned and by the same people.
@WarmSoda@kadu it needs to be public domain or so that way anyone can get the rights to move forward with steam as the community demands it. An open source license will not go far enough.
Obviously other people work there, that doesn’t matter. What matters is who can make legal decisions about the company and I doubt that goes beyond Gabe. He’s a greedy bastard who really only cares about money. He’d make less in the long run if MS bought them out but that doesn’t mean the next person won’t take the payout.
We’ve needed real alternatives to valve for a long time for this exact reason. They’re already a monopoly. If they get bought out they’ll abuse their status even more than they already have.
but they arent. there are plenty of other storefronts out there, albeit many being publisher owned. steam continues to succeed not because it has cornered the market like some monopolies, but because it is pro consumer and actually embraced by its target audience
Other people work at Valve other than Gabe. It’s entirely possible there’s others in the top management team.
Valve doesn’t have a management team.
Maybe they could transition to being a worker-owned collective when Gabe wants to retire. I’m not sure what else keeps Valve as we know it alive post Gabe.
If you believe in the fiction of a passionate worker leading the company when the CEO is gone, be my guest. Though I hope you’re good at coping with disappointments.
What I don’t believe is that you know exactly what the situation is or the people involved and what their plans are.
I never claimed to know.
Ook
Yes, we can all read my public comment.
Now highlight the part where I claim to know what will happen.
I just did, kid. I just did.
Reading must not be your thing.
🙄
@WarmSoda @kadu it needs to be public domain or so that way anyone can get the rights to move forward with steam as the community demands it. An open source license will not go far enough.
Yeah. What else would you like in your dream world?
I would like to be able to fly.
@WarmSoda there’s nothing more powerful than imagination (and dreams).
Food and money usually come in close
You don’t either. So stop acting like you do.
When I act like I know you can say that to me.
So like…
Now?
You’re pretty lost right now, aren’t you? That’s ok.
I’m more concerned that you seem to think Gabe is the only employee that works at Valve. It’s an interesting theory, I’ll give you that.
Amazing how quickly you shift the goalposts and try to move the topic away from you.
You’re trying way too hard
Obviously other people work there, that doesn’t matter. What matters is who can make legal decisions about the company and I doubt that goes beyond Gabe. He’s a greedy bastard who really only cares about money. He’d make less in the long run if MS bought them out but that doesn’t mean the next person won’t take the payout.
We’ve needed real alternatives to valve for a long time for this exact reason. They’re already a monopoly. If they get bought out they’ll abuse their status even more than they already have.
What makes you say this?
@TWeaK @rambaroo valve is currently fighting France for the right of consumers to share and resell games purchased on steam.
but they arent. there are plenty of other storefronts out there, albeit many being publisher owned. steam continues to succeed not because it has cornered the market like some monopolies, but because it is pro consumer and actually embraced by its target audience