Why is Valve called Valve?

[Hoxworth]

I guess the name steam came from their name valve so why are they called valve?

[Hoxworth]

Originally posted by RedLightning:

Personally I think Valve .. and the logo where the valve is in someones head.. means .. that..

They wanted to be the conduit in which you get all PC stuff.. they are the ones that are in control of the valve controlling the flow of games/applications into your head.

Valves can be shut off..

Good enough.

[K.N.U.A]

XDXDXD

[Levi]

But... Why is Steam called Steam? (That's where you'll find the answer)

[c313]

Its their name they chose.

Why is Twitch called, Twitch? Why is Facebook called Facebook. There are questions to many odd choice company names, but fact is, that's what they are.

[Hoxworth]

Originally posted by Robin3sk:

But... Why is Steam called Steam? (That's where you'll find the answer)

I thought it was related to the name valve.

[Luigi Mangione]

I think the Valve was always to let off Steam[dictionary.cambridge.org].

[Marty Mcfly]

Originally posted by Hoxworth:

I guess the name steam came from their name valve so why are they called valve?

2 seconds in google
welcome to the internet young padawan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation

[Rocket]

Originally posted by c313:

Its their name they chose.

Why is Twitch called, Twitch? Why is Facebook called Facebook. There are questions to many odd choice company names, but fact is, that's what they are.

Facebook is pretty self-explanatory.

[Out Of Bubblegum]

Originally posted by Marty Mcfly:

Originally posted by Hoxworth:

I guess the name steam came from their name valve so why are they called valve?

2 seconds in google
welcome to the internet young padawan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation

Correct. Valve existed before Steam. The name has nothing to do with Steam.

[Schlappohr Pyro]

From what i remember the Valve guys all drove Volvo cars and wanted to name the company after this excellent swedish brand. But at the same time they didn't want to get sued out of existence immediately. So they decided to change some letters around.

[meeessi]

yes

[bunder]

Why is Valve called Valve...

Because Volvo was taken

[Sleepy Yoshi]

"Valve was all about controlling the flow of an entertaining experience having your hand on that knob deciding when to turn it up, turn it down. That was a compelling metaphor." ~ Greg Coomer

Said quote is from 2:12 in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUmbVRuT4wo


Per the link below, he helped come up with the name so the reasoning above would seem to be accurate.

https://web.archive.org/web/20031207053608/http://valvesoftware.com/people.htm

[Fat Tony]

May be because they wanted to make game engine, and engines has valves?

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

I think about all the valves we know:

Steam valve
Water valve
Gas valve
Sewage valve

I mean, Valve did pick the proper name (from this list at least).

Although "Sewage" might have been a better name pick for this client nowadays. 🙃