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Surprised nobody has mentioned this yet: Apple is buying Valve. Creating a new "Apple Gaming" wing of the company. Valve + Steam + GameCenter + AppleTV + Steamb
by kennywinker 15y ago
Surprised nobody has mentioned this yet: Apple is buying Valve. Creating a new "Apple Gaming" wing of the company. Valve + Steam + GameCenter + AppleTV + Steambox === AMAZING. Launches with HL3 exclusive.
Like MS did with Bungie and the Xbox, only classy and aluminum.
Saying this not because there is any evidence of this, but because I want this so bad. shutupandtakemymoney.png
- nitrogen 15y agoFor the record, if Apple buys Valve, I'll never buy another Valve game again. If they make HL3 a Mac exclusive, I'll publicly burn (nonessential parts of) my paperweight of a Mac Mini in protest.
- kennywinker 15y agoI was thinking HL3 Exclusive to the new Apple TV / Steambox device... but only for a month or two.. then a full pc release. I have an xbox but not an Apple TV... seems redundant as I'd mostly use the Apple TV for netflix and the Xbox already does that. If Valve releases a steambox, and Apple releases a new Apple TV I'll be in the same place I am now... But if they were the same box? Win.
- nitrogen 15y agoAs a consumer I am fundamentally opposed to exclusive distribution deals. Also, Valve is still primarily a PC gaming company. I neither own nor want any "console" other than my HTPC, desktop PC, and gaming laptop. If Valve ever treats PCs as second class citizens, I doubt I'll be alone in mourning (and protesting) the loss of one of the last great PC gaming giants to the Dark Side. That said, a SteamBox unadulterated by Apple's shiny poison would be cool, as long as PCs get releases on the same day.
- veemjeem 15y agoSo if Tim Cook visits Microsoft, we can assume Apple is buying Microsoft too?
- kennywinker 15y agoHey, just speculating wildly. Just like everything else in this comment thread.