CthulhusIntern [he/him] to games • 3 years agoRemember when g*mers absolutely worshipped Gabe Newell and Valve?message-squaremessage-square68 fedilinkarrow-up181file-text
arrow-up181message-squareRemember when g*mers absolutely worshipped Gabe Newell and Valve?CthulhusIntern [he/him] to games • 3 years agomessage-square68 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCthulhusIntern [he/him]hexagonhexbear29·3 years agoIs Valve doing the DENNIS system on us? Demonstrate value: Released high quality games. Engage physically: Created a storefront for games. Nurture dependence: Made it effectively a monopoly, so we could only get PC games from them. Neglect emotionally: Not releasing games and filling Steam with awful asset flips, with no quality control whatsoever. Inspire hope: Released Half-Life Alyx and the Steam Deck. So all that's left is for them to Separate Entirely. link
minus-squarebbnh69420 [she/her, they/them]hexbear6·3 years agoAnd in Separating, taking all of steam with them! link
minus-squareCthulhusIntern [he/him]hexagonhexbear10·3 years agoThat would be funny if one day, Valve just said "we've made enough money. We won capitalism. We're calling it quits now." And then just shut down. link
minus-squareSwoosegoose [he/him]hexbear3·3 years agoeven better, they sell steam to epic games. Imagine the gamer rage link
Is Valve doing the DENNIS system on us?
Demonstrate value: Released high quality games.
Engage physically: Created a storefront for games.
Nurture dependence: Made it effectively a monopoly, so we could only get PC games from them.
Neglect emotionally: Not releasing games and filling Steam with awful asset flips, with no quality control whatsoever.
Inspire hope: Released Half-Life Alyx and the Steam Deck.
So all that's left is for them to Separate Entirely.
And in Separating, taking all of steam with them!
That would be funny if one day, Valve just said "we've made enough money. We won capitalism. We're calling it quits now." And then just shut down.
even better, they sell steam to epic games. Imagine the gamer rage