Is Microsoft buying steam?

[Jade]

Is it true?

[xBCxRangers]

İlk olarak Crazy Tiger tarafından gönderildi:

Odd how you could deny all kinds of facts surrounding Win 7 and Steam for months, but somehow now it's not ok to deny a rumour?

If you're referring to me, i think the Win 7 matter, is a perfect example in how 'nothing" is certain in this business. We were told Jan 1, then it was March, not its May or June, or maybe never.

We just do not know, as we do not know, what will happen here.

[xBCxRangers]

İlk olarak Nx Machina tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak xBCxRangers tarafından gönderildi:

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We cannot rule out anything, being they did not rule it out. And knowing MS did want to buy Valve, by their own official emails they themselves leaked, if it doesn't happen now, i think it's inevitably going to happen.

We can rely on the FTC and CMA, and i do all the time, but on these matters, they have no hope in hell. MS is too big to fail. Too many jobs, and too much money for they to have ♥♥♥♥♥♥ denied over the A/B matter.

And there are other gaming companies, not just A/B or, Steam.

If they want it, they're gonna get it. The question is, do they want it? And they answered their own question, thru their own emails. Mr Newell is aging.

Therefore, until it is denied by these parties, we cannot responsibly deny the rumor.

We can because the FTC dislikes businesses becoming monopolies.

Secondly with co-pilot and recall Microsoft tracks everything you do on your PC. Every mouse click, keyboard input, programs you open etc, literally everything, and you can thank Spycrosoft for that.

I am a huge fan of this new FTC Commissioner. But she has failed on the A/B matter, and the CMA had to backpedal, being MS is just too big, run most all the systems in the world, and Valve is small potatoes, not publically traded, not many employees, and a rather easy acquisition.

I'll leave it there, being this has been talked out, and as of today, nothing has come about to change the matter at all.

[Nx Machina]

İlk olarak xBCxRangers tarafından gönderildi:

If you're referring to me, i think the Win 7 matter, is a perfect example in how 'nothing" is certain in this business. We were told Jan 1, then it was March, not its May or June, or maybe never.

We just do not know, as we do not know, what will happen here.

You were told Valve would drop SUPPORT for Windows 7 on Jan 1st and that is correct as they do not include any updates for Windows 7, because Microsoft killed support for Windows 7.

Steam will fail at some point in time because that is exactly what happened with other Windows versions and i am someone who has being here 19+ years and seen it happen.

[xBCxRangers]

İlk olarak Nx Machina tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak xBCxRangers tarafından gönderildi:

If you're referring to me, i think the Win 7 matter, is a perfect example in how 'nothing" is certain in this business. We were told Jan 1, then it was March, not its May or June, or maybe never.

We just do not know, as we do not know, what will happen here.

You were told Valve would drop SUPPORT for Windows 7 on Jan 1st and that is correct as they do not include any updates for Windows 7, because Microsoft killed support for Windows 7.

Steam will fail at some point in time because that is exactly what happened with othef Windows versions.

Well, it seems most of the "experts" here ended up wrong on Win7, and likely wrong here, and so we're wasting time.

It's very important not to get stuck in these nonsensical traps, of the blind leading the blind, on matters we cannot possible know. The answer to the OP, is we just don't know.

Pure and simple.

And it would def help on these forums, for folks to just admit, "we don't know", rather than excuses, word salad, and predictions that many times end up, wrong.

[76561199648916059]

To late Microsoft already owns steam and has complete access to all,of steams data collection as was prearranged in the original steam and valve creation contracts written over 22 years ago. Gabe worked for Microsoft and took Microsoft trade secrets with him when he created steam in doing so he was legally bound to microsoft

[AlienWired]

LOL!

Where do people come up with this stuff.......

[AlienWired]

Valve began its own platform development in 2002, using the working names "Grid" and "Gazelle".[7][8] The Steam platform was publicly announced at the Game Developers Conference event on March 22, 2002, and released for beta testing that day.[9][10] Prior to the implementation of Steam, Valve had a publishing contract with Sierra Studios; the 2001 version of the contract gave Valve rights to digital distribution of its games.[11] Valve took Sierra and their owners, Vivendi Games, to court in 2002 over a claimed breach of this contract. Sierra counter-sued, asserting that Valve had been working to undermine the contract by offering a digital storefront for their games, directly competing with Sierra.[11]

In November 2004, Half-Life 2 was the first game to be offered digitally on Steam, and to require installation of the Steam client for retail copies. During this time users faced problems attempting to play the game.[7][12][13] The Steam requirement was met with concerns about software ownership, software requirements, and problems with overloaded servers demonstrated previously by the Counter-Strike rollout.[14]

In 2005, third-party developers were contracted to release games on Steam, such as Rag Doll Kung Fu and Darwinia.[15][16] In May 2007, ATI included Steam in the ATI Catalyst GPU driver as well as offering a free Steam copy of Half-Life 2: Lost Coast and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch to ATI Radeon owners.[17] In January 2008, Nvidia promoted Steam in the GeForce GPU driver, as well as offering a free Steam copy of Portal: The First Slice to Nvidia hardware owners.[18]

In 2011, Electronic Arts removed some of its games from Steam because of its restrictive terms of service, and launched its games—beginning with Mass Effect 3 in 2012—on its Origin service.[19][20][21] In 2019, Ubisoft announced that they would stop selling their future games on Steam starting with Tom Clancy's The Division 2 because Valve would not modify its revenue sharing model.[22] In May 2019, Microsoft distributed its games on Steam in addition to the Microsoft Store.[23]

[AlienWired]

As far as Rumors about MSFT buying Steam....

No word from MSFT itself but, this rumor started in the rumor mills of Reddit and Youtube.

Since then speculation and rumors is all that is known.

It would be a good move for MSFT, bad move for the rest of us.

[That Fish Guy]

No

Nor does steam care about what you do with your account when you're dead

Nor does "sweet baby Inc" have control over game developers

Nor is unity charging developers for every distribution they've ever made

Nor did Linus tech tips run a brothel/sweat shop/sex dungeon

Nor is gamer-gate in control of all videogame media.

People reading this who aren't attention trolling, please use your brain and let these threads perish, trolls don't need your assistance in making "gamers" look gullible.

[❤ Sly Succubus ❤]

As it stands, currently Microsoft cannot buy Steam/Valve due to the Fair Trade Commission having an eye on the company more then ever after hte whole Blizzard buyout situation. With how Fair Business regulations work, Microsoft would never be able to buy a number of large companies including Epic, GOG, Flash/Adobe or Valve as the market each one holds would make them wipe out all other existing companies within the United States and I'm rather dang sure a few others.

This is also ignoring the entire idea that Congress would even allow it which in complete clear regulations: the buyout would have to be brought to every-single-nation that Valve operates in, just like how Microsoft had to do the same with Blizzard and how the last 2 nations to finally allow the buyout was the United States and the United Kingdom.

Even if it was all true, Microsoft currently would not be able to buy Valve, they just bought out Blizzard and given how tiny Blizzard is to the other giants that remain, the chances of Congress even allowing it are very, very slim, not 0 but its low enough to not humor it.

[That Fish Guy]

İlk olarak AlienWired tarafından gönderildi:

Prior to the implementation of Steam, Valve had a publishing contract with Sierra Studios; the 2001 version of the contract gave Valve rights to digital distribution of its games.[11] Valve took Sierra and their owners, Vivendi Games, to court in 2002 over a claimed breach of this contract. Sierra counter-sued, asserting that Valve had been working to undermine the contract by offering a digital storefront for their games, directly competing with Sierra.[11]

We could've had "steam-blizzard" but got stuck with acti-blizz.

I wonder what that would've been like...

[AlienWired]

İlk olarak That Fish Guy tarafından gönderildi:

No


Nor did Linus tech tips run a brothel/sweat shop/sex dungeon

Damn, I was hopeful of finally losing my virginity...

[AlienWired]

İlk olarak That Fish Guy tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak AlienWired tarafından gönderildi:

Prior to the implementation of Steam, Valve had a publishing contract with Sierra Studios; the 2001 version of the contract gave Valve rights to digital distribution of its games.[11] Valve took Sierra and their owners, Vivendi Games, to court in 2002 over a claimed breach of this contract. Sierra counter-sued, asserting that Valve had been working to undermine the contract by offering a digital storefront for their games, directly competing with Sierra.[11]

We could've had "steam-blizzard" but got stuck with acti-blizz.

I wonder what that would've been like...

Ohh wow, We could have a Paradox Steam Interactive.

That would be cool though, get all of the developers and build ONE BIG GAME!


They could name it "Star Planet Citizen Universalis Field"

[❤ Sly Succubus ❤]

İlk olarak That Fish Guy tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak AlienWired tarafından gönderildi:

Prior to the implementation of Steam, Valve had a publishing contract with Sierra Studios; the 2001 version of the contract gave Valve rights to digital distribution of its games.[11] Valve took Sierra and their owners, Vivendi Games, to court in 2002 over a claimed breach of this contract. Sierra counter-sued, asserting that Valve had been working to undermine the contract by offering a digital storefront for their games, directly competing with Sierra.[11]

We could've had "steam-blizzard" but got stuck with acti-blizz.

I wonder what that would've been like...

Given the lawsuit that put Blizzard in the grave to start with, we actually got the better future; like Activision had zero part in it, they still got firebombed just for being near Blizzard; I recall when people on Steam review bombed their games despite the studio having zero connections to Blizzards lawsuits.

[AlienWired]

I do love Blizzard ice cream though...

Just sayin'......