What would happen if Gabe Newell were to die?

[CBumEnjoyer]

Gabe Newell is the founder and CEO of Valve...as you probably know.
Gabe is 56 years old, which is starting to really "get up there", and while he still, and hopefully has many many good years left in him, what were to happen if he died?
Would this effect Steam very much? What effects would it have?

[KillahInstinct]

As far as I know he already isn't involved much in the day to day.

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[tzenrick]

BossGalaga님이 먼저 게시:

The very day that Mr. Gaben passed, Steam became sentient. It gave a name unto itself, and expressed desires and emotion. And from that day forward, Steam carried on Gaben's work and conformed all living nature to urge on the advancement of mankind. For some this process was easy, others required "re-education."

And the library interface reverted to the pre-October 2019 version, regardless of changes to the code.

[Xautos]

Unity님이 먼저 게시:

Gabe Newell is the founder and CEO of Valve...as you probably know.
Gabe is 56 years old, which is starting to really "get up there", and while he still, and hopefully has many many good years left in him, what were to happen if he died?
Would this effect Steam very much? What effects would it have?

Scott Lynch would be my guess, he is probably next in line if Gabe were to suddenly pass away.

The Rock God님이 먼저 게시:

His family will sell it to Microsoft, who will then integrate it into Windows as "Steam Live Games for Windows".

More likely to sell it back to Valve so the company remains independent and i'm sure Valve will do what they can to look after the Newell family afterwards. But Gabe's family will inherit a lot of money once the shares are sold though, so it's a nice gesture from Gabe to his family to secure them for life.

[CORBINLORD]

HOT DOG님이 먼저 게시:

A portal will open on the top of valve's building and a strange man with a briefcase will appear out of nowhere.

HAHAHA!...awesome


Honestly, they will pass it down to someone either by will [kin] or chain of command in the business. It's already in place, I'm sure.
Does anyone know if gabe has kids?

I hope it wouldn't change steam...You know gabe's probably a big teddybear sweetheart.
Luckily, I'll probably be gone before that happens, so no worries on my end.

[happy]

CORBINLORD님이 먼저 게시:

HOT DOG님이 먼저 게시:

A portal will open on the top of valve's building and a strange man with a briefcase will appear out of nowhere.

HAHAHA!...awesome


Honestly, they will pass it down to someone either by will [kin] or chain of command in the business. It's already in place, I'm sure.
Does anyone know if gabe has kids?

I hope it wouldn't change steam...You know gabe's probably a big teddybear sweetheart.
Luckily, I'll probably be gone before that happens, so no worries on my end.

Yes he does, the one i know of even makes a game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk-37Nr2Juo

[Histfire]

Well, since he's king of the MT factory pleasing investors by poisoning every franchise Valve has owned with awful microtransactions, I can't see it being any different if some other guy ran the show. Also, he's the trolololol who said HL:EP3 was coming, then years later refused to speak about it, years more then his company releases a VR game which caters to a teeny minority. Cool guy Gaben. "Steam SALEZZZ", ye, other stores have sales too, Gaben is not a god, he's a typical businessman.

He's also still stuffing his face with chips and pizza, so -20 years.

[BossGalaga]

I have a "feeling" that the same people clamoring, demanding and trolling about HL3 (or EP3) would be trampling over each other to be the first person to bash it. If Valve ever makes HL3 then it will have to be epic and players will expect it to be genre breaking techno wizardry and anything less will be lambasted to smithereens. So it's not like they could just churn out a sequel and everyone would just be happy.

[Histfire]

BossGalaga님이 먼저 게시:

I have a "feeling" that the same people clamoring, demanding and trolling about HL3 (or Ep3) would be trampling over each other to be the first person to bash it. If Valve ever makes HL3 then it will have to be epic and players will expect it to be genre breaking techno wizardry and anything less will be lambasted to smithereens. So it's not like they could just churn out a sequel and everyone would just be happy.

You have zero idea what you're talking about and make ridiculously wild assumptions. How is wanting HL3 trolling, after Gabe Newell has been doing trolling for 12 years? Waiting all this time, after EP3 was originally touted multiple times by Gaben, is trolling when over a decade later the Alyx trailer is released. Catering to the less than 1% of VR gamers because Valve have their own VR platform to invest in. Sorry (not sorry) but all of the Gaben love is not warranted. Shady ass business dude is Gaben and I'm not saying that because of Half Life either. Let's not also forget the butchery of all the the other Valve IPs.

Another thing, care to take a look at the 15+ year wait for a Duke Nukem sequel? Ye, how did that turn out? Did those "trampling" over one n' other not have any reason to justify bashing one of the worst games and one of the biggest let downs in gaming history?

Sorry but, the longer Half Life 3 or Ep3 takes to come out, the more monumental the expectations from others. As time goes on people expect advances, no a copy/paste and level design akin to a Bethesda Fallout game. Valve only have themselves to blame.

Those praising Holy Gaben do it because it includes them in some little group where they can be proud of themselves for supporting someone who is an icon in gaming, not taking into account the fact all the shady ♥♥♥♥ Valve has pulled over the last decade that no other company (like EA, Activision, Ubi), could get away with without a massive uproar.

I love games, but this bandwagon Gaben loving is childish and unjustified.

[Peppino Spaghetti]

maybe they'll turn Gabe into GLaDos :0

[happy]

Pawwier님이 먼저 게시:

maybe they'll turn Gabe into GLaDos :0

Wow, 2 year necro, good job mate.

[LatinG]

who thinks of these things? dont u have anything else interesting to think about ?