If they were publicly trading, they could easily try to perform a hostile takeover - beyond that, as a privately rub company, there is no way Valve is getting sold and there is no way Gabe is giving up his billions for Microsoft of all corporations.
Given that Valve is privately owned and they are not beholden to any shareholders, I expect Gaben to say the truth.
This is the way Newell always responds to these sort of things.
"Not that I know of"
He is the owner of valve and valve is a privately held company which makes him the sole owner. If there had been any offers or moves made by MS he would know.
I am baffled by how many people bought into these rumors of Balve and/or EA being acquired. Y'all are letting your own biases cloud your judgement if you think these things are at all likely to occur.
Given that Valve is privately owned and they are not beholden to any shareholders, I expect Gaben to say the truth.
Valve isn't for sale.
Writing it now."Not that I know of"
Confirmed Gabe being forced out of Valve. Print it.
Here we will all act like this is common knowledge, seemingly forgetting there was a 90+ page thread on this nonsense that was full of people who thought this was a real possibility.
He wouldn't need to humour a response in the first place.So if Valve were in negotiations with MS, you think Gabe would tell some random guy that emailed him?
I doubt he'd reply at all if he was.So if Valve were in negotiations with MS, you think Gabe would tell some random guy that emailed him?
This is a message board about gaming. Why wouldn't we discuss a rumor like this, and given the possibilities and potential fallout, why wouldn't that discussion be considerable?
No, he just wouldn't reply.So if Valve were in negotiations with MS, you think Gabe would tell some random guy that emailed him?
Anyone with an ounce of sense and knowledge about Valve as a company knew the part about MS buying Valve was complete BS and not worth discussing. It was never anything more than pure fanboy fantasy. We know no one can buy Valve unless Gabe chooses to sell, and he hates MS. It was a very easy thing to shoot down.
Woke up last night in a cold sweat because of it.
The truth lol
I rather HL crash and burn with Valve or see a return with them than farmed out for perpetual sequels till its wasted away and they either reboot / make some other franchise. There are plenty of franchises and companies you can get that from.
I imagine Valve and Gabe is somewhat like Lucasarts and Lucas, when the time comes to move on he will reach out to someone and that will be it.
RIP email account