Will Steam die when Gaben dies?

[Psycho]

Hey I was thinking... what will happen when gabe newell dies? He's the owner of steam. Like imagine if Elon Musk died right now, what would happen to Tesla...

A new CEO would probably take over Steam, but it could go downhill and be a lot different

What do you think will happen to steam when gaben dies? I hope it will live on forever and never get worse, but idk

[Andrei]

i dont think it will change anything cuz Steam/Valve is a private company and the company will just get a new Boss.

i think nothing will happen SteamValve will just continue as before without much change.

[Kargor]

Most companies have a leadership team, including a "vice"-CEO, that all share the same vision.

There might be provisions in place to enable those people to take over. I don't know how exactly this would work, but limitations on ownership transfers are common in other areas, so I don't see why it shouldn't be possible for companies as well.

[GuudBooi]

Gabe newell can't die, he right now is ascending to magic wizard status, once he will get high enough in level he will be transform into an ideal entity that will live forever.
Proof of him being a wizard and ascending to Gandalf the White level: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVu-96J6_I0
Aside from jokes and the fact that the dude is majestic with that beard and hair, i hope if changes will come for steam i hope they are for the best, also it's kinda strange to think about Steam without Gaben Newell, as much as it would be to think about Nintendo without Miyamoto or the Zelda creator i guess.

Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP2MDtWu5t0

[76561198889607656]

Concordo plenamente

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

Did Apple die when Steve Jobs died? No.

[Zekiran]

Is it running from his biomass like in the Matrix?

Of course it'll still be here.

[Elnaser80]

Like disney and Walt disney. That is what will happen.. Don't worry just play and enjoy the games every thing is under control.

[☆ƧQυiяяєL♫]

Gaben will switch to spirit mode and will continue to be a (disembodied) part of Valve and Steam, giving direction through an Ouija board.
As a high spirit, he'll naturally be imbued with poltergeist powers and will be free to haunt the women's showers :-)

[feytharn]

Nah, he will create a massive easter egg hunt to determine the new leadership of Valve.

[Morgan Fun Gamer]

What gabe WILL DIE???? How will gabe die????? HES A FRICKIN LEGEND HOW WILL HE DIE???

[Darugdawg]

gaben is not steve jobs lul.

[Zayl]

Of course steam will die when Gabe dies. Gabe is a natural leader, without gaben steam will die.

[Puggly the Grey]

He’ll probably be replaced by some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ CEO from the fast food industry, like most other game publishers.

Then that ♥♥♥♥♥♥ will try to add a bunch of anti-consumer ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to Steam, like ads for various soda and chip brands, probably some car companies too.

And he’ll probably make Steam a subscription based service, so anyone that wants to retain access to their Steam library will have to pay a monthly fee.
After that, they’ll probably add a premium subscription service, which initially gives you freedom from ads and some “free” games, but ten years later it will also have ads and no free games, but the normal subscription will now have twice the ads, and an arbitrarily throttled download speed of 6 mbps.

And then they’ll add some sort of “deluxe” service, that adds some dumb crap nobody asked for, but you have to pay for it in order to buy a premium subscription, essentially requiring you to pay a subscription fee, in order to pay another subscription fee.

And it’ll just keep going downhill from there.

[☆ƧQυiяяєL♫]

Originally posted by Puggly the Grey:

... And it’ll just keep going downhill from there.

... and dinosaurs will come back and eat everyone 🦖

[Puggly the Grey]

Originally posted by ☆ƧQυiяяєL♫:

:teddy_talk: ... and dinosaurs will come back and eat everyone 🦖

Unlikely, but if the Yellowstone super volcano goes off at around the same time that the Sun emits its next scheduled coronal mass ejection, and both of these things occur at around the time of the predicted collapse of Earth’s biodiversity, well...

Let’s just say, subscription fees will be the least of our concerns.