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I'll honestly be shocked if Microsoft doesn't buy Valve in day for Steam. Obviously current ownership would be against it, even with Nadella, but one day it jus
by partiallypro 7y ago
I'll honestly be shocked if Microsoft doesn't buy Valve in day for Steam. Obviously current ownership would be against it, even with Nadella, but one day it just feels like a guarantee.
- anxman 7y agoValve and Gabe have explicitly said if will never happen. I met someone that once worked at MSFT in corporate development. Said they spent months working on a pitch to acquire Valve and Gabe kicked them out of the building after 15 minutes.
- ClassyJacket 7y agoValve was founded by ex Microsoft devs wasn't it?
- anxman 7y agoYes. Gabe was the PM for Windows 95. He and Michael Harrington founded Valve a year afterwards. I asked Gabe over email if it was because it was the 1 year anniversary of Windows 95 launch but he said Valve was actually founded on his wedding day.
- Impossible 7y agoMicrosoft has tried to buy Valve multiple times. The funny thing is, Valve originally pitched Steam to Microsoft, asked them to build it and they said no (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/the-last-of-the-independents- https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/the-last-of-the-indep...), so they ended up building it themselves. Now, there is no guarantee that a Microsoft built store would have gained the same dominance as Steam (MS has launched multiple stores for Windows since), but it's funny to think about.
- kbumsik 7y agoAny companies including Microsoft cannot buy Valve because it is a perfectly private company owned by Gabe.
- partiallypro 7y agoYes, that's why I said "current ownership" I was referring to Valve not Microsoft's ownership. Gabe will one day pass, and I believe Microsoft will buy it there after.
- throwaway2048 7y agoValve has to want to sell first, and I think there is basically a 0% chance of that happening.
- delfinom 7y agoGabe has to want to sell first. It's 100% owned by Gabe.
- ionised 7y agoGabeN really dislikes Microsoft and he used to work for them. That's never going to happen, at least not while he's alive.
- delfinom 7y agoValve is Gabe's baby. He already has freedom to do whatever he wants in life with his cash cow so why would he also give up his legacy to be obliterated?