Why does Valve still update their very old games?

[Speeder]

I have a few old valve games in my library, half life, hl2, day of defeat source, and the original counter strike. Despite being games that are 15+ years old, they still get monthly updates. But why does valve even bother updating these old games?

[OV3RDR1VE]

What else would they update?

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

Because people still play them? They still support them?

[Speeder]

Originally posted by Silence:

What else would they update?

half life 3

[Crowbaria]

Originally posted by Speeder:

Originally posted by Silence:

What else would they update?

half life 3

Ricochet 2 is coming first

[Azza ☠]

Valve game developers get to work on what they want...

In other words, some quite enjoy working on Dota, etc, plus there's still quite a large player base and they might even be playing it themselves.

[gugnihr]

Things would be much better if every developer did the same for every one of their games.

[Brucecat]

Because people play them

[Xautos]

Originally posted by Speeder:

I have a few old valve games in my library, half life, hl2, day of defeat source, and the original counter strike. Despite being games that are 15+ years old, they still get monthly updates. But why does valve even bother updating these old games?

why shouldn't they?
Valve isn't the only group that continue to update their games well past their release date. Egosoft, Blizzard, even Ubisoft and EA do it if needed.

it shows that these games aren't going to be abandoned and left forgotten even though they should of been. it used to be, but with games going digital, it is a lot easier to go back and update than before.

[Knee]

the big cs 1.6 server bug that got patched this past month is a good reason

[AmsterdamHeavy]

Originally posted by Crowbaria:

Originally posted by Speeder:

half life 3

Ricochet 2 is coming first

I would be SO down for that.

[DAMSEL]

Bug fixes and patches.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

They still get bug fixes and security updates. Most are not worth mentioning in an announcement.

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

better to fix than abandon

[Alliesaurus]

Can you give an example of some games you are talking about, some developers update and bring out DLCs for their older and best selling games

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Ne0n Ri0:

Can you give an example of some games you are talking about, some developers update and bring out DLCs for their older and best selling games

Read the OP.