Does Valve still exist?

[Jeffro]

Does Valve still make games? Or are they sitting in their mansions stuffing their faces with chimichangas laughing at the people that are still waiting for a continuation of Half-Life? A yes or no answer would be actually professional unlike Gaben's childish crap.

I quit buying games here that aren't Ys titles well over a year ago. Why bother with this platform if we're just feeding the vultures? If Valve is finished developing I would like to know so I can officially stop supporting steam. I only made an account to see the continuation of HL anyways.

[Satoru]

Yes Valve is doing nothing except

DOTA2
CSGO
HTC Vive
Vulcan/OpenGL
Linux/Mac adoption

But yeah they're totally doing 'nothing'

Here's a tip. "Not doing what I want" does not mean they are doing "nothing"

[Jeffro]

Oh, so they're working on simple garbage, nice to know their talents are put to good use.

[Satoru]

So you're just trolling then? Glad you cleared that up

[Parabola]

Valve does not make games anymore, but the do update some of the games. It can be very hard to come up with game ideas. It easier to update a game then to make a new game. It is also hard to make a game because it is your devotion to making that game that is hard. They probably have big ideas but fell that it is not going to be good.

[Jeffro]

All of that is so far beneath the original Valve team it's sickening. I assume Valve just consists of html developers now?

[Black Blade]

So The Lab is not a game?
They also said there are likely working on a new VR title

Valve are making it easyir for developers to get there games out, to create a stronger PC market, and open new ways for developers to make games (VR)

Are there making a game? maybe, maybe not

But these:

Originally posted by Jeffro:

All of that is so far beneath the original Valve team it's sickening. I assume Valve just consists of html developers now?

Ya i mean, just look back at there back log sooo many games...

But really man, valve has there own time and way to work, they take a game out when its ready and they are ready, that is better then taking a game out no one really wants

[llefty]

Gabe Newell recently said that Valve had a major unannounced game in the works, so they're working on that.

Also, I think it's kind of hilarious that you think the development of the most immersive VR system on the market is "simple" and "beneath the original valve" when they're literally working on the most cutting edge gaming technology there is

[Lostedge]

They make more money from trashy multiplayer microtransaction games. No point releashing anything new as people will buy skins for the Price of full games.

[BlackSpawn]

Originally posted by Lostedge:

They make more money from trashy multiplayer microtransaction games. No point releashing anything new as people will buy skins for the Price of full games.

Sadly, there is some truth to this.

[Reported.]

Originally posted by Llefty:

Gabe Newell recently said that Valve had a major unannounced game in the works, so they're working on that.

Also, I think it's kind of hilarious that you think the development of the most immersive VR system on the market is "simple" and "beneath the original valve" when they're literally working on the most cutting edge gaming technology there is

I couldn't care less about VR. What does ValVE do for me as a gamer that does not care about VR?

[Black Blade]

Originally posted by mudlord:

I couldn't care less about VR. What does ValVE do for me as a gamer that does not care about VR?

They let you get games easyir
help you find games
make torments

And with VR set you to what may be later on the way to play some games

[Der Weiße Ritter der Tafel]

Gaben did recently state a game was in development, related to half life

[Marcy]

Valve is still working on games. Source 2 is still in development. I expect them to finish their work and then use their new engine for any plans they currently have. Knowing Valve, it could take a while. They like to take their time.

[Gallifrey - CSSC Gaming Founder]

I'm not taking the same aggressive line as the OP but the last PC game (non VR) released by Valve was DOTA 2 back in 2013. Bearing in mind that the hype machine hasn't even spluttered into action yet (some VERY obscure and apparently inaccurate clues in the Winter 2015 comic apart) that means that Valve will have been out of PC gaming for at least four years between major new releases. That's a long time for a customer base with a lot of churn.

Many gamers who were around for the launch of Half Life and Half Life 2 will have stopped gaming now or some even shuffled off this mortal coil. I'd expect probably somewhere in excess of a third of Steam's customer base now weren't around (as in were PC gaming) when Half Life 2 launched.

Valve has ridden a wave of success. It has a claim to arguably be the most consistent developer of top PC games. But the world has moved on a lot since their last release. Rockstar, Bethseda, 2K, Blizzard, and even to a degree Electronic Arts have brought out top games in genres where Valve had once been supreme. And the allegation that Valve is now making large sums of money by charging heavily/ overcharging for colour changes on in-game items is not entirely unfounded. You could get an older AAA game complete in the sale for the price Valve puts on a single TF 2 taunt.

The longer Valve stays out of PC gaming the greater the expectation will be on their next release and it may be very hard for any new release to match that expectation after all that elapsed time. Being a private company frees Valve from the obligations of public companies where there would er Annual General Meetings attended by shareholders to tell of your future plans. Valve seems to take a perverse delight in not communicating with its customers when, through Steam, it has a better means of communication with them than 99% of companies.

When you're hot and your customer base is predominantly fan boys who think you can do no wrong this aloofness adds to the company's mystique. But away from that pinnacle of cool that aloofness begins to resemble arrogance and you end up with people celebrating yor misfortunes, not commiserating with you over them.

If I was in charge of Valve's marketing I'd have a regular online newsletter, accessible from the homepage, with company announcements and previews and reviews of games (there'd be a "broadcast" programme as well as a written document).

S.x.

[profile name]

Originally posted by Black Blade:

So The Lab is not a game?
They also said there are likely working on a new VR title

Valve are making it easyir for developers to get there games out, to create a stronger PC market, and open new ways for developers to make games (VR)

Are there making a game? maybe, maybe not

But these:

Originally posted by Jeffro:

All of that is so far beneath the original Valve team it's sickening. I assume Valve just consists of html developers now?

Ya i mean, just look back at there back log sooo many games...

But really man, valve has there own time and way to work, they take a game out when its ready and they are ready, that is better then taking a game out no one really wants

VR = a fad that will die 3 years from now, at most. Valves too busy reaping money from csgo, doya 2 and tf2 microtransactions to develope new games.