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Valve is privately held. It was bootstrapped. The co-founders seem to be against the idea of selling, indicating that there probably haven't been any serious,
by mbell 14y ago
Valve is privately held. It was bootstrapped. The co-founders seem to be against the idea of selling, indicating that there probably haven't been any serious, negotiated offers (and if there were they are private). There hasn't been any actual concrete valuation done in years (that is public).
Putting a value on Valve is a complete shot in the dark, that $2.5B is just what some analyst hit when he threw a dart at the wall.
- mrschwabe 14y agoEA recently offered $1b. http://gamerant.com/valve-electronic-arts-buyout-billion/ http://gamerant.com/valve-electronic-arts-buyout-billion/
- erichocean 14y agoThey offered "well over" $1 billion, but yeah: good link.
- mbell 14y agoIts all hear-say and even according to the link no formal offer was made so its highly unlikely any DD was done. Still a complete hand-wave at the possible value of Valve.