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caffeinade on 20 October 2017
Teeqoz said:
caffeinade said:

If Nintendo can be worth forty somthing billion; Valve could be worth twenty billion, easy.

Like I said, we have no data on how much money Valve really makes, so it's tough to say. Nintendo on the other hand has enormous, still untapped, potential when it comes to leveraging their IPs to make money. They have just started getting their toes wet in the mobile market, once they dive in for full, and the money from the super succesfull Switch starts flowing in for completely, not to mention that they're about to start a subscriber based online service, they'll be making billions (plural) a year in profit. It's tough to say how Valve stacks up compared to that, because Valve is so tight lipped with their financials.

Valve too has great, untapped potential.
Imagine how much money they could be pulling in if they really pushed for it.

Though you are right, we do not know Valve's financial status.



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HoloDust on 20 October 2017

Yeah...he always reminded me of Mr. Creosote:



kirby007 on 20 October 2017

He won't release HL3 because if it is less then stellar the damage to the steam brand will be greater that any potential profit



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Teeqoz on 20 October 2017
kirby007 said:
He won't release HL3 because if it is less then stellar the damage to the steam brand will be greater that any potential profit

This might be a joke post but I'm not sure if there's much that could possibly do much damage to the Steam brand by now. Paid mods didn't do it. Steam Greenlight didn't do it. Not making HL3 didn't do it. Valve not making games anymore didn't do it. Nothing will.



kirby007 on 20 October 2017
Teeqoz said:
kirby007 said:
He won't release HL3 because if it is less then stellar the damage to the steam brand will be greater that any potential profit

This might be a joke post but I'm not sure if there's much that could possibly do much damage to the Steam brand by now. Paid mods didn't do it. Steam Greenlight didn't do it. Nothing will.

anything involving HL3 is a joke ?:))



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