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shakarak on 27 November 2012
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theprof00 said:
shakarak said:
theprof00 said:
shakarak said:

Exit Sony, enter Valve.

Valve has the resources to make a move. With estimated equity at around 2.5 billion dollars, consistently improving revenues through Steam, as well as multiple blockbuster franchises. I would love to see Valve enter the console market.

valve...AND sony....together.

Think back to the past 3 years of valve and gabe praising playstation.


Not very feasable though.  Sony as a company probably isn't interested in another joint venture considering their financial situation and how Sony-Ericson turned out.

While I like the input, the counter-example you've provided was not a very similar one except for it being a joint venture.


well the prior point is probably the more relevant one considering their finances.  With their cutbacks, consolidations, and deemphasis on higher risk investments, I don't see a joint venture  being something they would ever do in the near future. Sony was in a much better money situation when they did the joint venture with Ericson back in 2001 and while it turned out well they were a much better fit for each other then Valve and Sony.  They both exceedingly benfited from it.  I don't see Valve really benefitting as much from this.