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Maybe I took this the wrong way, but when I saw this headline over at several sites (I think it was GamePro first, as well Kotaku- originally Kotaku AU), I thought, "What the hell?"Gabe Newell of Valve Corporation says he's interested in fan-funded games. He says that instead of going to fickle publishers for approval when it comes to games, he wants fans to give their money over to fund development.
One person over at Kotaku said that it wouldn't be practical with AAA games that cost tens of millions.
It's not usually how things work, but then again, Valve has brought new things to the table before. Think of Half-Life, and Half-Life 2, and how they both changed the way we looked at games. They became games that people aspired to- almost like measuring sticks of their respective eras, if you will.
Then there's Steam, the digital distribution platform, also by Valve, and DD is set to be the future of games.
But this...now fans have to fork out money for a game to be developed, and might even have to pay for the finished product as well.
I think this is going to be a controversial topic, and might even further alienate former and current Valve fans- the ones he's considering reaching out to. Remember L4D2, and how it was announced about five years too early?
All I want to know is, how did Gabe become so greedy, in addition to all ready being a fat b@stard?
He probably learned it from spending time working at Microsoft.
Sources:
Kotaku AU
Gabe Newell - Valve Software
Valve: Let Fans Fund Games Development [Valve]
Valve interested in fan funded projects
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