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It interests me that it needs to be an "or". A HL3 team could essentially function as an independent studio using the Steam platform, with some funding thrown
by andyferris 1y ago
It interests me that it needs to be an "or".
A HL3 team could essentially function as an independent studio using the Steam platform, with some funding thrown from Valve. Assuming the ROI is positive what exactly is holding them back?
- wiseowise 1y ago> Assuming the ROI is positive what exactly is holding them back? Absurd expectations.
- Lanolderen 1y agoThey want it to be good? Throwing it at a third party sounds like a good way to get a meh game and then have to release it since you've already spent X$ on it.
- ekianjo 1y ago> Assuming the ROI is positive what exactly is holding them back? The Google problem where every project that is not Search has a much worse ROI.
- jsheard 1y agoYep, and that applies to Valve at two levels because Steam dwarfs the ROI of their games, and their forever-games like Counter Strike dwarf the ROI of any singleplayer game they'd ever be able to make. It's a miracle they even got Alyx out of the door, that was a special case since it was part of their larger VR initiative.
- ekianjo 1y agoAnd Alyx was probably a huge failure, ROI wise, because nobody buys VR headsets. I know, not "nobody", but by far and large it has remained a super niche market.
- davidbanham 1y agoThat’s what they did for CS:GO, developed by Hidden Path.
- account42 1y agoThey did try that, Episode 4 was being developed by Arkane. Unfortunately 4 comes after 3 which never happened.