Google buying Valve (just a rumour so far)

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Valve being private is what i like. NOT even a 1% chance anyone other then Valve making a decision.
 
I tell you

google will dominate everything

when you start ot see the helicopters whit the google logo on them flying over your head get ready
 
Koola Mena said:
Concur.



I hope this is fake, although it may have it's benefits...
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I feel the same way. I'm a little nervous someone buying Valve. If it effected the game quality in anyway, I'll protest naked on the desks of Google employees. But the thought of Valve becoming more mainstream backed by massive amounts of bandwidth, does tickle my fancy.
 
FYi they are not a fake news site. They were the ones with the AMD buying ATI rumors. They just report on possible things too early before anyone knows if it actually became a done deal. If someone at google talked to Valve then they might make a story about with some guesses. They like to get people talking about company changes and insider things.

I doubt Valve wants to sell considering Gabe's comments when someone in an interview brought up a question about companies approaching Valve with deals. But I have no clue if google may be one of those companies talking to Valve.
 
A rumor that has already been dismissed. I doubt that Valve will ever sell out. They will devour EA in the near future.
 
Didn't get to talk about it when I made the original post (busy day in the office), but in all honesty I could actually see this becoming a reality (even in light of Dougs comments). However the interest for Google would almost certainly be in acquiring Steam as a digital distribution platform, that they could open up to a wider audience (movies, TV shows, music, applications) rather than games. Having a built in audience of 16 million users has a certain appeal as well. From the game development side of things Valve would probably be allowed to carry running as they are I suspect. It's not like Google are chasing profits on things.

Lets not forget that only recently Gabe was talking about using Steam to distribute applications such as firefox, as well as graphics drivers and the like, and that kind of talk certainly sees Steam as something beyond 'Just for Gamers'. I could see Google viewing Steam as the ideal application from which to distribute offline versions of many of their free applications such as Google Docs, etc. Also account based Digital distribution that allows you to redownload content is a vastly superior alternative to the present Itunes model.
 
^ I agree
Really can't say anything for sure yet. Companies deny stuff all the time because it hasn't actually happened yet, even though they are negotiating.
On the games side I want Valve to stay private.
On the distribution side it would be cool to completely jump into that market with Steam and all different kinds of content. (under Valve or google)
 
If you consider Steam as a system that manages 'applications' rather than 'games' it does become an attractive proposition. Firstly you can keep a handle on user Hardware (great for testing), secondly it keeps users applications up to date, thirdly it can be used as a central conduit for a user to push/pull personal data/documentation too and from the cloud. Offline google docs that are automatically distributed to all collaborators as well as real time notice of changes, coupled with easy to use voice com. Bung in a couple of interactive screen apps and you've something to worry Mr Jobs as well as Mr Gates.

All speculation, but speculation can be fun.
 
Guys, I just had an epiphany; what if we have this backwards... What if... Valve is buying Google!?
 
Ugh, hopefully Valve will open up the code for the steam game overlay, that way we can make plug-ins.
 
L3N!N said:
Ugh, hopefully Valve will open up the code for the steam game overlay, that way we can make plug-ins.
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No to plug-ins!

Anyways, I very much doubt that Valve is going to get acquired anytime soon...
 
Well, Valve has said that they would be willing to talk, but they are perfectly content. So basically, it's not as if they are looking to sell, but if someone were to make them an offer they can't refuse...
 
boglito said:
There's a rumor being discussed. You see, the Inq isn't always wrong.
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It's not worth discussing because it's not going to happen. Sure eventually they get some things right but the rest is utter crap just like fudzilla. To top it off one of their writers has a major grudge against Nvidia and it shows in biased reporting. Trustworthy news source right there.
 
Just read this news article: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/I...ing-64532.html.

It seams Google might buy Value, just thought you all might be interested. Also could it change the realse date of episode 3, like make it much longer. This is a new news article so the rumers may be true.

ps, sorry for posting this in the episode 3 fourm I did not realize this thread was here.
 
Listen, it wouldnt be a "google gets steam and valve is left in the dust" kind of deal. If google did buy steam, or valve, valve would get a shit load of money, which is always good because its used to develope their amazing games. Plus, lets not forget, we're talking about google here... One of the largest and famous corporations in the world. They could probably move steam foward so much, it would be as popular as itunes...

My only fear is if they moved it in the wrong direction. Steam is and will always be a MAINLY gaming thing. I would have no problem if they broadend to movies and music, but it needs to stay true to its roots, which is what makes steam so unique, its like the I-Tunes or Netflix of gaming...
 
Operational said:
That article made little sense to me. Google would want Valve to make/port games to it's phone and web broswer? Excuse me?
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Agreed, that analyst guy clearly has little idea as to what sort of games Valve are specialists in.

I'd actually be quite interested to see a relationship of some kind between Valve and Google. One of the big criticisms Steam has faced from publishers is it's lack of neutrality, handing the operation over to Google would be incredibly beneficial in a lot of ways in usaging those concerns as well as attracting a wider usage for general applications and media.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=195877&site=pcg

According to that article Valve have about 75 people dedicated exclusively to Steam out of a staff of 160 (like over 40%). Personally I'd much rather they concentrated on making great games and had less people dedicated to that alone. A merger with Google would allow them to do that, and I'm sure that the Google engineers would probably come up with some significant enhancements to Steam as both an application,content delivery system and community utility.

My biggest fear is that if Valve ever hit a bad run (your only as good as your last game), then EA will snap them up and Steam will turned into EA Store..and that would be a very bad thing.
 
Valve, nor its main flagship product/service is not and is not going to be for a long time, sold to Google, or anyone else.


Valve has earned its place in the industry and consumer confidence by its high quality independent developement of titles.
 
nurizeko said:
Valve, nor its main flagship product/service is not and is not going to be for a long time, sold to Google, or anyone else.
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Wishful thinking and reality are entirely different things. People like to think that Valve are fairly secure, but with 160 people on staff that's a lot of wages to come up with every month off a limited range of projects. When HL2 got delayed there was a real fear Valve would go under/be bought out, esp with the transparent pimping that occurred by them of the Ati cards in a cash injection deal. Right now it's unlikely that Orange box is still paying the wages and income from Steam sales isn't a certainty, plus who really knows what the running costs are for that particular operation? Everyone here is certain that left4dead will be a stunning success, but it might not translate into actual sales at the end of the day, and that could leave Valve pretty reliant on EP3 and an aging Source engine to keep them afloat during 2009.
 
While what you say is reasonable, lets highlight my second line from my above post.

Valve has earned its place in the industry and consumer confidence by its high quality independent developement of titles.
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We already have EA and Vivendi and any other given bloated mega-publisher that spits out game vomit at a high rate.

Valve has to survive on its own merits or simply go bust, because in an industry where the massive dross making niche is completely filled, Valves only choice is to be the small high quality developer.
 
DEATHMASTER said:
Not really, you say one thing and others are saying it's the end of the world. One showed some sources that disagrees with you, I know not the legitimacy of the source.
Make that 2 opposing forces. :|
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Fixed. But, really, what could Google gain from Valve, other than Steam?
 
Kadayi said:
It's not like Google are chasing profits on things.
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Wh... wha... what the f**k? Have you at least read SOME things about Google?

Google's beginning to get on my nerves. They are an intransparent, all-to-powerful, pseudo-cheery thing where no one knows what it wants or does...

Google's the new M$ ... and they WILL do evil.
 
bassport said:
Wh... wha... what the f**k? Have you at least read SOME things about Google?
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More than you apparently. Google Earth, Google Docs, Google Sketchup and a bunch of other applications available to you for FREE. If Google were intent on chasing money at every opportunity they would be charging for this. Let's also not forget they were the first email provider to introduce the ever expanding inbox and not charge you for it (which forced everyone else to comply). Right now I have 7GB of storage on my gmail account and it gets larger every day, cost to me? NOTHING. ;)
 
Kadayi said:
More than you apparently. Google Earth, Google Docs, Google Sketchup and a bunch of other applications available to you for FREE. If Google were intent on chasing money at every opportunity they would be charging for this. Let's also not forget they were the first email provider to introduce the ever expanding inbox and not charge you for it (which forced everyone else to comply). Right now I have 7GB of storage on my gmail account and it gets larger every day, cost to me? NOTHING. ;)
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Er... they earn billions by giving stuff away for free and collecting data about you. Everytime you use a Google service your profile gets indirectly sold to ad partners! THAT's how the make their dough. And they make more than they could if they were to sell their services because more people are tricked into using them!

You can't actually be that naive! :eek:
 
bassport said:
Er... they earn billions by giving stuff away for free and collecting data about you. Everytime you use a Google service your profile gets indirectly sold to ad partners! THAT's how the make their dough. And they make more than they could if they were to sell their services because more people are tricked into using them!

You can't actually be that naive! :eek:
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And you can't be that paranoid can you? No ones reading my emails, no ones monitoring my sketchup models. :dozey:
 
bassport said:
Er... they earn billions by giving stuff away for free and collecting data about you. Everytime you use a Google service your profile gets indirectly sold to ad partners! THAT's how the make their dough. And they make more than they could if they were to sell their services because more people are tricked into using them!

You can't actually be that naive! :eek:
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What's wrong with that?
 
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