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Not to defend them at all, but the longer it took to plan HL3, the longer it became a sounder business decision to just not do it for risk of not living up to t
by gcatalfamo 7y ago
Not to defend them at all, but the longer it took to plan HL3, the longer it became a sounder business decision to just not do it for risk of not living up to the hype.
- anigbrowl 7y agoYou could say that about anything though.
- usrusr 7y agoDepends on how much you have to lose. Valve has a lot, and what they could win is a drop in the ocean next to "the steam tax". The icing on the cake is that there is value for them in competing less with those who publish on steam.
- anigbrowl 7y agoI don't buy that they can't figure out how to make a game that's at least as compelling as its predecessor.
- nitrogen 7y agoDuke Nukem Forever is one example of this. But Black Mesa is a counterexample; they still haven't released Xen last time I checked, but everything they have released far exceeds expectations. Maybe Valve should pay that group to finish the HL series.
- arianon 7y agoThe first three maps of Black Mesa: Xen were just released a few weeks ago, actually. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzR3vllw6O0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzR3vllw6O0