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Microsoft is not buying Valve and Counter-Strike for £12 billion (metro.co.uk)

submitted 11 months ago by deranger@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 115 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I'm sorry...ppl thought this was real? They paid like 60 something billion for blizz. VALVE is EASILY worth that, if not double.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 87 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Also Gabe hates Microsoft, and Valve is a private company so he doesn't have to sell.

[–] the_third@feddit.de 43 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I fear the day that man dies. I hope I have lost interest in gaming at that point.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm assuming there will be a willy wonka style competition to determine his heir any day now

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

A reality show I would watch.

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 1 points 11 months ago

That's exactly what Half Life 3 will be.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

He and Linus both will leave behind interesting vacuums.

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not Linus. He has a lot of people he trusts

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

I'm guessing Gabe Newell does too. I highly doubt he hasn't considered succession at this point, and I'm guessing people he trusts are already largely running everything anyway.

[–] the_third@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago

"Interesting."

Yes. Likely and unfortunately correct.

[–] blargerer@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

Obviously this is fake, but if it was spinning off steam from the game developer, then maybe?

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 months ago

$12b seems far too low by that comparison. 30% of all games sales would be an outrageous annual figure.

[–] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If steam is included, 12b is a joke, if just valves game rights, meaning HL and CS, then the price is not THAT stupid (still quite).

Maybe this would be the way go get HL3, it would ofc be horrible cashgrab, but HL3 would be out.

Edit: bit details, in 2021 Valve had $10b revenue from steam, and $3b revenue from other sources (heh, source, get it)