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caffeinade on 30 January 2018
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JEMC said:
caffeinade said:

"Valve’s official Facebook page: “We’re also still making games”"
See, I told you.
Left 4 Dead 3 in 2018!

Yeah, yeah. Unless they actually launch those games, what's the point?

And we all know that Valve can't count to three, so it won't be L4D 3 .

caffeinade said:

"Microsoft blames Valve for the lack of a Steam version for Age of Empires: Definitive Edition"
Microsoft, Xbox: We don't want to use Xbox Live.
Quit throwing a tantrum and just put your games on Steam.

I hope they would put their games on Steam, but it looks like they only do it with games they publish, not develop. Alan Wake and Quantum Break made it to Steam, but Gears, mainline Halo and Forza haven't.

We'll see if this new AoE makes it to Steam like 2 did or not.

caffeinade said:

"Steamworld Dig and Fe developers merge to become studio Thunderful"
The indies are coming to take down AAA studios.

But if indies merge together to make a bigger studio, doesn't it make them AA or AAA studios?

L4D3:
This year, Source 2, Vulkan, partnered with AMD / Radeon.
Just you wait.
Get ready to have some fun, and buy some microtransactions.

If Microsoft thinks they can push PC users to their store with AoE 4, they will likely fail.
At best, they will be treated as fondly as Origin or Uplay.
Microsoft has virtually no chance of becoming a GOG or Steam: not in Microsoft's current state.

Indie means independent.
I would put Valve under the indie label, as they are free to do whatever they like.
Valve does not have to abide by their shareholders' or publishers' demands.

This partnership looks to be mutually beneficial, and seems to respect both parties autonomy.
Thunderful doesn't look to be a situation where: one company holding power over another.
It looks to be like two buildings sharing a parking space, if that makes sense.