Microsoft is not buying Valve & Counter-Strike for £12 billion - unsurprisingly
metro.co.uk
A rumour that Microsoft wants to take over the PC market with a £12 billion acquisition of Valve is being ridiculed on social media.
  • GerudoEnglish
    1172·
    5 months ago

    I’m sorry…ppl thought this was real? They paid like 60 something billion for blizz. VALVE is EASILY worth that, if not double.

    • lemmyvoreEnglish
      870·
      5 months ago

      Also Gabe hates Microsoft, and Valve is a private company so he doesn’t have to sell.

      • the_thirdEnglish
        430·
        5 months ago

        I fear the day that man dies. I hope I have lost interest in gaming at that point.

        • 9point6English
          340·
          5 months ago

          I’m assuming there will be a willy wonka style competition to determine his heir any day now

        • psycho_driverEnglish
          160·
          5 months ago

          He and Linus both will leave behind interesting vacuums.

          • flying_sheepEnglish
            90·
            5 months ago

            Not Linus. He has a lot of people he trusts

            • sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
              100·
              5 months ago

              I’m guessing Gabe Newell does too. I highly doubt he hasn’t considered succession at this point, and I’m guessing people he trusts are already largely running everything anyway.

          • the_thirdEnglish
            30·
            5 months ago

            “Interesting.”

            Yes. Likely and unfortunately correct.

    • MikufanEnglish
      160·
      5 months ago4 months ago

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    • blargerer
      83·
      5 months ago

      Obviously this is fake, but if it was spinning off steam from the game developer, then maybe?

    • overloadEnglish
      40·
      5 months ago

      $12b seems far too low by that comparison. 30% of all games sales would be an outrageous annual figure.

    • HotzillaEnglish
      20·
      5 months ago5 months ago

      If steam is included, 12b is a joke, if just valves game rights, meaning HL and CS, then the price is not THAT stupid (still quite).

      Maybe this would be the way go get HL3, it would ofc be horrible cashgrab, but HL3 would be out.

      Edit: bit details, in 2021 Valve had $10b revenue from steam, and $3b revenue from other sources (heh, source, get it)