During PAX Aus 2024 not only did we get the Steam Deck for Australia announcement, but the project leader on Valve's own Portal 2 did an interview with KIWI TALKZ.
  • LiveLMEnglish
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    14 minutes ago

    Yes please, and start with the next Portal entry.

  • helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    81·
    6 hours ago

    Valve doesn’t care because single player games have a short lifespan and finite income. Games like Counter-Strike people play and spend money for literal decades. The amount of money they must make from these is unfathomable.

    • sanpo@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      Sure, it’s not like their last full release was actually a single player only game.

      The headline is taken a bit out of context, the guy being interviewed seems to imply he doesn’t really consider VR “single player games”.

      And besides, he left Valve 7 years ago.

      • helenslunch@feddit.nl
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        4 hours ago

        Sure, it’s not like their last full release was actually a single player only game.

        You have to consider Valve’s position there. That wasn’t just any old single-player game, it was a VR game that was released to boost development of VR games in general, which Valve would make money off of basically any VR game ever created.

        Same reason they created the Steam Deck. Look how that worked out for them.

        • sanpo@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          53 minutes ago

          It’s usually the same reason for their best games. :)

          With previous Half-Life games came Source engine and the entire Steam.