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Re:A Third of Valve Is Now Working on VR by blastofpast on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @10:09AM (#11945684)
I wish Valve was publicly traded so that I can invest.
Re:A Third of Valve Is Now Working on VR by ungzd on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @10:19AM (#11945758)
Invest in Clash of Clans, not this nostalgic shooter company. New generation never played such quakey games. Even Valve already knows that Half-life and so on has commercial value comparable to Nethack and is building new click-to-pay free-to-play mobile-first responsive disruptive VR-first AI-first isomorphic madness.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/21/11986712/tencent-supercell...

Re:A Third of Valve Is Now Working on VR by zelias on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @11:01AM (#11946096)
Valve would be a fantastic investment. Steam is essentially the app store for PC gamers -- which is an extremely dedicated (albeit smaller) userbase that consistently spends money buying and installing new games that come out on the platform (unlike actual mobile apps, installations of which are on the decline).
Re:A Third of Valve Is Now Working on VR by rocky1138 on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @10:32AM (#11945863)
As soon as a gaming developer or publisher becomes publicly traded, the quality of their games drops through the floor.

I'm very happy that Valve is private.

Re:A Third of Valve Is Now Working on VR by blastofpast on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @11:49AM (#11946581)
You might be right, but it would still be interesting to see how a holocracy run company would cope with being public.