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[Mokus]

Hard to believe. Valve is one of the healthiest businesses out there. It should be more valuable than Activision Blizzard who probably still has overstaffed studios even after recent job cuts.

 

[Hugare]

Gaben is one of us. And he is filthy rich.

MS would be probably laughed at just like they were with Nintendo

Gabe havent probably cared about money for a loong time now

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Seems like this is dead - please lock thread

How does that kill the rumor? Not saying I believe it, but how does that random Harris guy have any more credibility than this Dior dude?

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Imagine MS owning Steam....

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Fake news.

Some of these Twitter insiders are desperate for engagement. That's all this is.

How does that kill the rumor? Not saying I believe it, but how does that random Harris guy have any more credibility than this Dior dude?

The rumor is BS if you put any thought into it.

Microsoft just bought Zenimax a couple years ago. Just completed (more or less) the ABK acquisition late last year. Have already fired over 2K people across Zenimax and ABK, including closing down studios like Tango Gameworks. They are being immensely pressured to increase profitability margins.

...in what sense does buying Valve help whatsoever with their goodwill/optics among the industry or help increase profits after already sinking $80+ billion into other gaming acquisitions that have yet to make returns?

This isn't even getting into the blatant monopolistic aspects of that purchase. Valve control at least 80% (or more) of the PC gaming space in terms of storefronts. Microsoft owns the #1 PC OS in the world with a > 70%/80% market share. What sensible regulator is going to let them buy their way to the #1 PC gaming storefront after already buying two of the largest 3P publishers and firing thousands of people afterwards AND closing down multiple studios after those deals were finalized?

At some point the regulators would be asking for investigations to be opened up on themselves if they kept approving blatantly terrible M&As that do nothing but consolidate the market at the expense of the market, its customers, and its fans.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

How does that kill the rumor? Not saying I believe it, but how does that random Harris guy have any more credibility than this Dior dude?

Common sense kills the rumor. That just tweet just points out the financial “absolutely not” to it.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Imagine MS owning Steam....

I wonder what would happen to all the porn games.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Every game on Steam on Game Pass day one

Probably said numerous times in the thread.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Seems like this is dead - please lock thread

Edit:

He means he’s going to remove his post so he doesn’t look like a twat for falling for it.

Nothing to do with X revenue.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Why would you say that? Hard to lock down exact numbers, but if they have revenue of 12-15 billion, and net profit was 2 billion a year, 16 billion would be an overpay. (Based on traditional valuations of 5 times net profit)
Professional evaluations had valve at a value of 8-10 billion.

Activision net profits are about 2 billion.

But public company valuations are particularly idiotic.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

I wonder what would happen to all the porn games.

There ARE PORN GAMES ON STEAM?!?!!??!

 

[T4keD0wN]

70bil for ABK, but only 16 for Valve? Dude who made up this nonsense is missing a bunch of zeros and/or braincells.

 

[midnightAI]

How does that kill the rumor? Not saying I believe it, but how does that random Harris guy have any more credibility than this Dior dude?

Yeh, exactly, now I don't think the rumour is true either, but they don't know either, they even admit as much in their tweets other than it's common sense.

 

[demigod]

Gonna remove my post so I don’t look like a twat you mean?

What was it?

 

[SidViscous]

It’s a private company and gabes kids have already said they have no interest in running it. Would make sense to sell it, and I can only think of three companies that can even afford it. Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia

 

[alphachino]

fuck microsoft.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

What was it?

Quoting Linnemann - gonna remove his post to avoid giving x revenue whereas he’s going to remove it because he’s a twat for falling for it more like.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Yeah... Hopefully made up.

I'd argue that a valve take over by MS is far more in need of being blocked by regulators than Acti ever was.

It will be blocked 100%.

 

[Gamezone]

With Steam they might actually be able to earn those money back.

 

[N1tr0sOx1d3]

16 billion surely is a massive undervaluation….

 

[FalconPunch]

I would move to the epic games store & sail the high seas if this happened...

 

[Wildebeest]

The Microsoft death embrace is how Epic Game Store wins.

 

[Spyxos]

Is it April 1st again? Sounds very, very unlikely.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

I would move to the epic games store & sail the high seas if this happened...

Realistically, I doubt many people would do that. They're already locked in.

 

[Gamezone]

They should give Tim Sweeney the same offer for EGS. They might get a yes from him.

 

[Katatonic]

Lmao @ ponies begging for this to be true

So you're presuming that MS would fuck it all up.

 

[Jesb]

So they wanna buy it for 1/4th of what they paid ABK? lol.

 

[Topher]

 

[lh032]

Seems like this is dead - please lock thread

 

[demigod]

Quoting Linnemann - gonna remove his post to avoid giving x revenue whereas he’s going to remove it because he’s a twat for falling for it more like.

No i mean what exactly did he post that was deleted? Was it just a retweet or did he actually say something?

 

[Spukc]

Reminds me of microsoft wanting to buy nintendo. And them laughing their asses off.
This is not a hoax fyi

 

[AJUMP23]

Please no. and No thank you.

 

[FIREKNIGHT2029]

Seems like this is dead - please lock thread

Exactly what I thought. Critical thinking is very rare on the internet for some reason.

People see any bullshit and retweet it.

It doesn't make sense at all that the largest game distribution store in the world will be selling for a fraction of what ABK sold for.

 

[Dazraell]

Even if it's true, Valve will most likely laugh at them and continue doing what they're doing

 

[ComputerBlue]

RIP in peace Steam if it happens.

Gaben won’t live forever.

 

[KaiserBecks]

I hope Gaben reacted the same way Nintendo did.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

No i mean what exactly did he post that was deleted? Was it just a retweet or did he actually say something?

Ah right. Sorry not sure

 

[Negotiator101]

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

I hope Gaben reacted the same way Nintendo did.

By saying “Satya Nadella can suck my huge white balls?”

 

[Topher]

 

[squarealex]

I hope so, to see PCMR burning the internet

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Just seen on my feeds

Edit: I saw this reposted by someone (linneman?) who reposted/retweeted it - which I thought lent some form of legitimacy. The value seems very low, Gaben is known to have said "no fuckin way" in the past etc etc.

OH NO!!!!!

Microsoft want to destroy VALVE!!!!

 

[Wildebeest]

An expert on Twitter says big business deals are happening.

 

[Katatonic]

As long as Steam is dependent on Windows, does it really change much?

 

[dragonyeuw]

I wonder what’s the pitch this time. Just give me the email conversation

From: Phil Spencer,
To: Team Xbox

Hey gang,

So contrary to my popular belief, it's not Nintendo's future that exists off their own hardware, it turns out that it is ours. Whoopsie!

So now that we have completely screwed the pooch with our own console ecosystem, let's see if we can completely upend another ecosystem by acquiring Valve. It would be a career moment.....wait I'm getting Deja vu.

Anyways, we have money, and with the ABK acquisition we hoodwinked all the regulators into thinking waving around our dic... I mean wallets is great for the industry, so why not see if we can go two for two with Gabe? It's taking him a long time to realize that their future exists beyond their own ecosystem....ok there's that deja vu again.

Always sincerely,

Smilin' Phil

 

[lh032]

As long as Steam is dependent on Windows, does it really change much?

it does, under Microsoft management

 

[alphachino]

From: Phil Spencer,
To: Team Xbox

Hey gang,

So contrary to my popular belief, it's not Nintendo's future that exists off their own hardware, it turns out that it is ours. Whoopsie!

So now that we have completely screwed the pooch with our own console ecosystem, let's see if we can completely upend another ecosystem by acquiring Valve. It would be a career moment.....wait I'm getting Deja vu.

Anyways, we have money, and with the ABK acquisition we hoodwinked all the regulators into thinking waving around our dic... I mean wallets is great for the industry, so why not see if we can go two for two with Gabe? It's taking him a long time to realize that their future exists beyond their own ecosystem....ok there's that deja vu again.

Always sincerely,

Shit eatin', smarmy, lyin' phil

fixed it for you

 

[Topher]

As long as Steam is dependent on Windows, does it really change much?

Running on Windows doesn't mean Microsoft controls Steam.

 

[Neo_game]

Too late, never understood why they din't they consider this before or instead of ABK. If they want control of PC gamers which is a huge market they should have gone after Steam long time back instead of trying their own store.

 

[alphachino]

TV/Living Room Steam machine and StamOS standalone CANNOT COME SOON ENOUGH