why is Valve such a popular company in the PC world

[Jackson LeRoy Briggs]

They came through with both long-standing classics (Half Life and TF) and more low-key releases that turned into gold mines like Portal. I think the primary reason folks are :inlove: is because their record isn't nearly as spotty as bigger companies.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

you'd kill their DLC.

What they fail to realize is that they can monetize the mods as well (the successful ones). It also extends the life-cycle of your game even more than DLC can ever do. I literally only played Battlefield 2 for some of the mods that were created. Like I said, just look at what Counter-strike and Team Fortress did for halflife and their company. Plus, it's only for the PC, its not like consoles have access to these modifications (thus they'd still buy the DLC).

 

[hex]

was half life really that serious when it got released

now they releasing consoles

"Half Life" sold 10 mill, "Half Life 2" sold 12 mill. Then Steam dropped, which currently has 65 million users, more than Xbox Live.

"Half Life" changed the game. Most of the stuff people take for granted in FPS was fathered by the "HL" series. Action set pieces, physics, enemy/squad AI, all kinds of shyt, wasn't considered the norm until those games.

Peep this "Half Life" trailer from 1998:



Or this "Half Life 2" trailer from 2004:



You can see the inspiration for everything from "Battlefield" to "Bioshock" in those trailers.

Fred.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

They have a creative approach and actually push innovation without regurgitating the same crap and nickel n diming consumers unlike 99% of other devs

 

[Liquid]

They have a creative approach and actually push innovation without regurgitating the same crap and nickel n diming consumers unlike 99% of other devs

they kind of nickel and dimed us with L4D and then dropping L4D2 shortly after tho

 

[Tetris v2.0]

they kind of nickel and dimed us with L4D and then dropping L4D2 shortly after tho

I feel you, but we been eating off L4D2 for awhile now....at least I know I have

 

[Rekkapryde]

What they fail to realize is that they can monetize the mods as well (the successful ones). It also extends the life-cycle of your game even more than DLC can ever do. I literally only played Battlefield 2 for some of the mods that were created. Like I said, just look at what Counter-strike and Team Fortress did for halflife and their company. Plus, it's only for the PC, its not like consoles have access to these modifications (thus they'd still buy the DLC).

I know this, but EA's greed is so shortsighted it's rediculous.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

I know this, but EA's greed is so shortsighted it's rediculous.

You can do so much with the engine for BF4, they're robbing us of gaming joy

 

[LucaBrasi]

after halflife, and counter-strike, STEAM was their bread and butter. Counter-strike's success was integral to everything because then you had other people use their halflife engine to make other successful mods, such as Team Fortress Classic, which they bought and later turned into a cash cow that is Team Fortress 2. Since people were making successful mods they got the idea of making the source engine and licensing it out to diff companies to make their games with. Steam was released around the time that the beta for the first counter-strike expansion and they built their success through the STEAM marketplace.


Something that pisses me off is companies like EA who used to release developer kits for battlefield no longer do that. You can't even imagine the amazing mods we're missing out on for Battlefield 3/4. They used to have star wars battlefield mods for BF2, and other interesting mods as well.

Aaaaaaw man that Star Wars battle field 2 mod is legendary breh

The memories you brought back

 

[nyknick]

They gave us Counter Strike

 

[chineebai]

Counter Strike……..Lan Parties………Go go go fire in the hole…De_dust, de_aztec

 

[Czerka]

Counter Strike……..Lan Parties………Go go go fire in the hole…De_dust, de_aztec

All I need is my awp and deagle and I'm good

 

[Boolean]

until half life 3 is confirmed, fukk them

 

[StraxStrax]

And lets not forget that Steam was hated back in the day, maybe even more then microtrnsactions are now.

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Still waiting in half life 3