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    1661 month ago

    I’m a PC gamer and have been since I was a kid. It’s literally my number one thing I do when I have free time is get on some games and hang with the boys. It’s a big part of my life.

    As game companies go, I don’t trust Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard, Bethesda, Sony, Epic Games… It’s a long list. Valve is the only company I even kinda trust (Which isn’t even that much these days). If Microsoft bought Valve I’d probably never buy a PC game again. Because all the companies selling them would be companies I don’t wanna give money.

    But it’s not true that they were buying it so it’s a moot point. Just wanted to rant. :)

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      1121 month ago

      GabeN has pretty much all the moneys and doesn’t seem to be the kind of guy who needs a dick shaped rocket to feel like his daddy loves him. The only way Valve is going anywhere is after he kicks it.

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        661 month ago

        Without digging too far, seems hit net worth is around $6 billion. Obviously that’s nothing compared to say Bezos but if he wanted to ride a dick-shaped rocket into space I’m sure he could arrange it. He does, however, own the sub that holds the records for deepest crewed dives in all 5 oceans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSV_Limiting_Factor

        As you said though, he seems to be pretty much chill and until the day he passes away I think Valve is safe. And that will be a sad day…

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        1 month ago

        He doesn’t want a dick-shaped rocket, he’s more into yachts, apparently. I understand he owns several large ones.

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      221 month ago

      Preach on man… I feel the same way. If microshit bought Valve, I’d never buy another thing on the platform. And you could effectively forget Linux gaming as well.

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        31 month ago

        well, it’s not like existing contributions would disappear even if that happened; such is the beauty of open source

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      if microsoft bought valve, i would radicalize pretty badly. Not much else to do after ones only real hobby goes up in flames.

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      101 month ago

      If Microsoft bought Valve I’d probably never buy a PC game again. Because all the companies selling them would be companies I don’t wanna give money.

      What about itch?