| xstonexcold316x said: Isn't Valve one of the wealthiest game developers, seeing as Steam seems to be making boatloads of cash? I know they don't disclose their numbers, but I'd wager they have more than a pretty penny to invest in the hardware. Valve may not have the deep pockets of the big three, but they have do have a great cash flow from what I've heard, great consumer support for Steam, and a huge and incredibly loyal fanbase. I believe that Valve will be just fine. |
Valve just managed to be the first big company to make user acceptable DRM, and turned that feature into a storefront for all PC games. Their entire first party lineup is just their renditions of user made Half-Life mods and Portal. They have Dota as well now, which is clearly their most popular game, but mobas don't work on consoles.
Personally, I'm a huge fan of Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Steam but I still don't see the steambox being very successful. I'm certainly not interested in it. All of their games play better with a keyboard and mouse and other than Left 4 Dead none have been particularly successful on consoles.
The free Steam online service has a total of 40mil. Certainly an impressive figure, but again this is a free service. Personally I don't think a lot of their fanbase is even interested in a steambox. I think Steam's fanbase is mostly westerners with decent gaming PCs and Russians/Asians whos computers can't handle anything more than Counter Strike 1.6 or Dota 2. Why exactly will either base be interested in the steambox.
The only way they will succeed is if they create a unique features that the mass audience falls in love with like the wii managed to do.
