Google to buy Valve

Havoc · #1 09-17-2008, 07:54 AM

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Google is planning to buy US independent developer Valve according to a new report on The Inquirer.

"Well place sources tell us that Google is going to be buying Valve any second now," says the site, pointing to the developer's extremely popular Steam distribution platform as the motivation for the rumoured buy.

The Inquirer adds: "Valve has the best content distribution platform out there, bar none. Steam may have had rough patches here and there, but they are almost all ironed out now, and just about everyone that matters has signed up to use it.

"When Google picks them up, it will be a clean kill, no one else will matter. It is a good buy for them, a good thing for Valve, and in general, good for everyone except MS."

I don't think anyone saw that coming

. Anyway it's still The Inquirer, so it might just be a rumor.

OANST · #2 09-17-2008, 11:00 AM

Potentially bad for people who play games.

Zerox · #3 09-17-2008, 11:09 AM

Uh, why? Google'll buy TESCO at this rate. I hope Google doesn't turn into something malicious, money-hungry and world dominating like Tesco and the like.

What if Valve doesn't want to sell itself to Google?

OANST · #4 09-17-2008, 11:27 AM

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Uh, why? Google'll buy TESCO at this rate. I hope Google doesn't turn into something malicious, money-hungry and world dominating like Tesco and the like.

What if Valve doesn't want to sell itself to Google?

Why what? Why is it potentially bad? Or why are they buying Steam?

Strike Witch · #5 09-17-2008, 12:05 PM

Yay, business.

Wake me when they put a little tag on Google Earth over Valve that says' 'Google's Bitch'.

Leto · #6 09-17-2008, 01:28 PM

lol, just as Oddworld is put on Steam.

***Xavier*** · #7 09-17-2008, 10:03 PM

According to Kotaku: Valve's Doug Lombardi kills the buy out rumor.

http://kotaku.com/5051164/valve-kill...-buy+out-rumor

***Nate*** · #8 09-18-2008, 02:58 AM

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Uh, why? Google'll buy TESCO at this rate. I hope Google doesn't turn into something malicious, money-hungry and world dominating like Tesco and the like.

Everyone figured they would, after they went public and made billions but you'll find that, Youtube aside, they have made very few purchases.

OddjobAbe · #9 09-18-2008, 06:28 AM

Blow me, Google want everything.

Laser · #10 09-18-2008, 10:04 AM

Maybe Steam will replace Google! :O

Zerox · #11 09-19-2008, 10:15 AM

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Everyone figured they would, after they went public and made billions but you'll find that, Youtube aside, they have made very few purchases.

I hope it doesn't become a habit. Youtube was virtually the biggest thing on the 'net, and Valve and Steam are no small fry either. Could get scarily huge, regardless.

Like to see the situation in the next 10 years.