The Valve and Steam Platform Discussion Thread

[KVVRR]

Just don't buy early access games. I thought everybody learned this lesson years ago?

 

[cvv]

Just don't buy early access games. I thought everybody learned this lesson years ago?

 

[Latelistener]

I guess it's fine for Advanced Access but restricting Early Access refunds is BS. You should be able to refund a half-finished game even after years of testing it if the devs abandon it or fuck up in any other way.

They didn't change anything regarding Early Access. You could never refund it past 2 hours.

 

[PlayerEmers]

5 years ago

lol

 

[I eat frozen vegetables]

5 years ago

lol

This greasy tweet didn't age well.

 

[Mitleser2020]

The most isolated Steam user


https://twitter.com/Fongus9/status/1787448673909051460

 

[Caim]

Imagine having a gaming rig so powerful you need to be in the arctic to cool it... and you just play Dark Souls with it.

We should invite this guy to the Codex.

 

[lightbane]

Should have played Doom.
Or Blade of Agony, or any other Doom mod with inflated prerequisites.

 

[Caim]

Should have played Doom.
Or Blade of Agony, or any other Doom mod with inflated prerequisites.

Or, you know, The Thing.

 

[schru]

Alas, this seems to be the only one on Steam:

 

[Monk]

 

[Melcar]

Have seen that circulating. Surely it's fake right?

 

[Tyranicon]

Have seen that circulating. Surely it's fake right?

From what I understand, the rumor is strong but it's in "lol trust me bro, this is totally real" territory.

 

[Alienman]

That would destroy the PC gaming market for good.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Surely, our Lord Gaben would simply say No, no?

 

[Gerrard]

There is no way the FTC would allow it.

 

[Elttharion]

Surely, our Lord Gaben would simply say No, no?

The rumor is that Gaben got fucked by his wife when they divorced and lost a ton of shares. He apparently only owns 25% of Valve's shares now. Probably fake but you never know.

 

[Catacombs]

There is no way the FTC would allow it.

The FTC couldn't block Microsoft's acquisition of Blizzard because of its embarrassingly weak case in court. The failure set a precedent: If the FTC continues to be sloppy, it stands no chance against the Microsoft's army of highly paid lawyers.

 

[Kev Inkline]

Should have played Doom.
Or Blade of Agony, or any other Doom mod with inflated prerequisites.

Or, you know, The Thing.

Maybe he plays the Long Dark to cheer up?

 

[Gerrard]

There is no way the FTC would allow it.

The FTC couldn't block Microsoft's acquisition of Blizzard because of its embarrassingly weak case in court. The failure set a precedent: If the FTC continues to be sloppy, it stands no chance against the Microsoft's army of highly paid lawyers.

Last I checked Blizzard didn't own the biggest PC game distribution platform.

 

[ds]

There is no such thing as blocking acquisitions anymore, that frog is already well above boiling. At best MS will have to make some small concession like pinky swearing to not abuse their monopoly too hard for a couple of years.

 

[Melcar]

That would destroy the PC gaming market for good.

Doubt it. Coomsumers will coomsume and all that. It will certainly put a damper on Linux gaming, that's certain. Maybe that's MS' goal, keep the monopoly on PC gaming, which is the only thing they have left.

 

[Rövtomte]

On the bright side, we'll get frequent valve titles (doubt it), but on the negative side they'll be crap.

It wont happen, but we're living in the dark ages, so anything is possible at this point.

 

[Alienman]

*Before we can create your Microsoft Steam account, you must provide an up-to-date rectal scan and sperm sample*

 

[Tehdagah]

16b is too low for Valve.