we are pawns

[Whezzy]

we are merely pawns for rising sells in valves lil thing they got goin

http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/gamespotting/092103continue/5.html

 

[InFeRnO]

Checking to see how many posts get in before I type this message...

[Edit: Hah none, you guys are slowing down!]

 

[Quotidian---]

meh, this is all one persons opinion.. some of it is true.. in my opinion..

but half the stuff he's saying.. is just fact of a capitilistic nation

 

[Javert]

When are we never pawns. Movie hype? Political votes? Commercial sales? Jury Duty?
It's fun being the sheep because the sheep always sees the carrot in front of him.

 

[Kschreck]

I also think this to be true. Consider it us helping out Valve for making an awesome game and for all the hard work they put into it.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

Bwaha, Valve are OUR pawns. Slave away my little pretties. I'll give you a petty $50.00 for such a magnificent work.

 

[Gunner]

Listen; why don't you discuss this on their forums?

 

[koopa]

From the article:

I think the more likely explanation is that the secrecy and controversy is manufactured.

Frankly, I think this is rubbish. If this is the way Valve/Vivendi meant to play it, that's one hell of a duff marketing job.

 

[No Limit]

Sounds like someone bought a geforce and is trying to make themselves feel better.

The masses await Half-Life 2 like rabid animals.
I also threw that theory out there because some other company got shanked in the back by Valve recently--at the Valve/ATI event where Radeon cards outperformed Nvidia cards in tests. The focus has been between the card manufacturers, but Valve is in the center of everything. They knew that Nvidia hadn't released new drivers yet and would be at a disadvantage. Valve may have seen a strategic move here considering ATI's rise in market share in the past year. Just because Nvidia is at the top right now doesn't mean it's invincible. Look what happened to the former king, 3dfx. Of course, there's also a deal with ATI to bundle Half-Life 2 with video cards. Valve is no stranger to maneuvering to better position itself, so it may try to strike out on its own if it suits the company.

It is not the job of valve to make sure nvidia releases proper drivers. The fans have been demending benchmark's and valve does not have to wait to release this because nvidia will look bad. Even if they release proper drivers they might get an increase of 5 - 10 FPS max, this still doesn't compare to ATI. This enitre article seems like it's coming from a guy who has some kind of a problem with valve and ati, he then takes these views and ignores all the facts out. I am not saying he is wrong or right about the release date, however, use a little more common sense when writing an article like that.

 

[koopa]

Originally posted by No Limit
This enitre article seems like it's coming from a guy who has some kind of a problem with valve and ati, he then takes these views and ignores all the facts out. I am not saying he is wrong or right about the release date, however, use a little more common sense when writing an article like that.

You might have a point, but you can't say that it isn't a bit odd how Valve publically decried NVidia in that way. I'm not quite sure what Valve gained from it, unless it's part of an ATI marketing thing.

 

[phlux]

Bwaha, Valve are OUR pawns. Slave away my little pretties. I'll give you a petty $50.00 for such a magnificent work

lol

 

[FictiousWill]

Could we then state that Valve is 'pwning' us?

 

[Direwolf]

Its hust an editorial, and its a pretty well written one at that.
Its just more speculation, and if it makes you think about the topic then it did its job.

 

[Zunger]

i refuse to listen to anything posted by PHL or gamespot. A few of you might know how mattshardware used to be untill he realized he was getting one sided. These people live to get attention by people flaming them.. i wouldnt put anything on it. If its delayed then it is.. but by him, he just sounds like gabe raped him in the ass.

 

[Hudson]

there is no conspiricy.

 

[No Limit]

Originally posted by koopa
You might have a point, but you can't say that it isn't a bit odd how Valve publically decried NVidia in that way. I'm not quite sure what Valve gained from it, unless it's part of an ATI marketing thing.

What's odd about it? People wanted benchmarks so they got benchmarks. It is not the fault of valve that nvidia has a much worse product, Valve's only responsibility was to release accurate benchmarks on today's technology. I have nothing against PHL and I think the article was well written, however, the information in it is extremely biased and taken off false information or simply speculation.