Some are, some are not. Eric Wolpaw in example returned to Valve early this year, while he left in 2017. He's the co-writer for Half-Life 2 and Portal. Jay Pinkerton who left at the same time as Wolpaw, also returned last year. He wrote for Portal 2. Mark Laidlaw, the lead writer for Half-Life however, hasn't returned. He released the "fanfic" for Half-Life 3 after departing.Do we even know if the developers from Half Life and Portal are still there?
It's so weird to me that only Valve seems to have this perception issue, especially when there are now direct comparisons between them and Epic.
Hasn't the Unreal series of games been dormant almost exactly the same amount of time as Half Life, with the newest one officially having development halted in order to pour resources into Fortnite?
It's not weird, it's just posters and press rehashing the same tired shitty memes without informations.
It's funny how Epic is making games by moneyhatting games 2 weeks before release and killing off Paragon/UT for Fortnite when Valve isn't when they buy a new studio and release new games.
And don't forget, they sold off one of their recent big IPs in Gears of War. Imagine if Valve did that.It's so weird to me that only Valve seems to have this perception issue, especially when there are now direct comparisons between them and Epic.
Hasn't the Unreal series of games been dormant almost exactly the same amount of time as Half Life, with the newest one officially having development halted in order to pour resources into Fortnite?
I love how the options are basically either "Yes Valve will make games because of Muh Competition" or "No, valve will never make games again"
Where's the "Valve was gonna make games again regardless of Epic's store" option?
So you think it's just purposeful trolling? If that is the case, I guess I should stop giving any benefit of doubt.
That does seem more plausible than a group of concerned and dedicated fans of a classic PC FPS series bemoaning Valve's shift to be a platform holder and GAAS provider, while at the same time celebrating Epic following the same route to the detriment of their own classic PC FPS series.
If only Epic could develop more games.
No lied detected. Artifact counts as a game. It flopped, but still counts.They could make HL3 and people would still think of ways that it doesn't count as a real game to them.
Valve is losing sources of revenue from the biggest and most critically anticipated games not going to their store.
1 first party game isn't going to make up 10 third party games.
The only way Valve can salvage this is find new ways to make their platform more attractive for 3rd parties.
I think their strongest possible move is to create a system where mods can be monetized and that way the original devs can get a cut from mods being sold on Steam.
It still is their best move as long as they desire to maintain their current percentage cut.They tried this and got a ton of backlash, and backed out on it...
Valve gets perception issues because their best games hit a much wider audience here than Epic's.It's so weird to me that only Valve seems to have this perception issue, especially when there are now direct comparisons between them and Epic.
Hasn't the Unreal series of games been dormant almost exactly the same amount of time as Half Life, with the newest one officially having development halted in order to pour resources into Fortnite?
Yes, it does sound like that.Some of it is purposeful trolling, a lot of it is ignorance, contrarianism, console players who don't have a stake in the PC ecosystem just chiming in with hot takes, people blinded by the FUD of the likes of Galyonkin and Jim Sterling (who again, gains more money the more shit he stirs). Most of these are still not worth engaging with, because they're not here to actually discuss these things, just shit on Valve because they don't really care to begin with. I know this sounds like I'm framing everyone I disagree with as completely wrong bad actors, but I've been enough of these types of threads that I know that there's just no reaching some people, no matter how many facts you confront them with.
I'd love to watch gamers across the net as their minds twist and bend during their attempts to reconcile Half-Life 3 as both a 'AAA game' and 'a VR exclusive'All signs point to them making games - but they aren't "reel gaemz" as is argued constantly, as will become evident when the first set are VR related.
I don't think most people would dispute that if the VR games are actually fully fleshed out games, and not just minigame collectionsAll signs point to them making games - but they aren't "reel gaemz" as is argued constantly, as will become evident when the first set are VR related.