Gamer sells it to Microsoft for a few billion dollars, and Gabe’s legacy is ruined.
I’d like to think it’s not so simple. Valve has a profit vaguely like $1 billion a year. If I was making a billion dollars a year, why would I sell the company for a few billion? Why would I sell it for anything? With $1 billion I can literally buy anything I’ve ever wanted to buy forever.
When we’re talking money of that scale I don’t see what the motivation is to sell out. You already have basically infinite money.
While we’re on the subject, Gabe, if you’re reading this, I swear on me mum if you give me Valve I will take ownership of the company to my grave. I won’t sell a single share for as long as I’m still breathing. It’s not just about me. It’s a responsibility to PC gaming.
This sounds like the plot of a 90’s movie
Let’s call it Charlie and the Ready Player 2 Factory 🤣
So the Walmart version of Ready Player One.
Unsuspecting? I’m pretty sure it’s on my wishlist…
In all seriousness, he could someday move to an employee and customer ownership model and give or sell shares of steam to uses. Would be an awesome fuck you to all the big corporations trying to dominate the games industry.
I don’t think giving ownership to accounts like shares would work. But probably employees owned