Jan-Peter Ewert: I don’t think there is a lot of improvement to be made there. The thing is, if you feel something is wrong and your customers tell you something should be fixed, the right response is to fix it – not to tell them, “Yeah, at some point in time we’ll fix it.” Because that’s expectation. And if you’re ultimately not able to fix it, then that only makes people even more angry.
So I think the right response around SteamOS or anything we do will be what we did with Diretide, which is to bring out the thing people want [if it works out behind-the-scenes], not just tell them we’ll fix it.
Jeff Cain, business development: Reactions start even if people don’t hear anything. We’re listening. Things happen.
AngelicPenguin wrote on Jan 12, 2014, 03:42:Suppa7 wrote on Jan 11, 2014, 23:04:
Half-life 2 was a bad sequel all around to half-life 1.
Everyone is certainly entitled to their opinion, but I have to believe you are in the vast minority on that one.
qsto wrote on Jan 11, 2014, 05:41:Suppa7 wrote on Jan 11, 2014, 04:34:I think you reminisce HL1 with far too rose-coloured glasses. On A Rail was a convoluted mess and I really shouldn't even have to mention Xen at this point...
I don't get the hype about half-life 3, Half-life 2 wasn't as good as the original. So many parts of that game dragged so badly.
HorrorScope wrote on Jan 11, 2014, 13:28:Panickd wrote on Jan 11, 2014, 10:14:
Gabe wasn't pissed at Windows 8 because it's a shitty OS, he was pissed because Microsoft made the first step to setting up it's own digital distribution network which would have cut Steam out of the picture.
Since I don't own 8... does anyone have any insight on how their store is going?
Panickd wrote on Jan 11, 2014, 10:14:
Gabe wasn't pissed at Windows 8 because it's a shitty OS, he was pissed because Microsoft made the first step to setting up it's own digital distribution network which would have cut Steam out of the picture.
Dev wrote on Jan 11, 2014, 12:56:Panickd wrote on Jan 11, 2014, 10:14:That would be the logical thing to do, yes, in a traditionally managed company. But that's not what's happening.
Steam is the money maker at the company so that's where they focus a lot of their time and energy.
They are focusing time, energy, and money, on custom hardware, custom controllers, biofeedback stuff, optical stuff, customOS, and others. Meanwhile they are letting steam languish a bit, not bothering to to hire (or contract!) UI specialists to improve some of the very obvious crap. They used to run some very cool events in the steam sales, now its kinda boring. And they continue to have inexcusable front end problems.
Panickd wrote on Jan 11, 2014, 10:14:That would be the logical thing to do, yes, in a traditionally managed company. But that's not what's happening.
Steam is the money maker at the company so that's where they focus a lot of their time and energy.
mystery8 wrote on Jan 11, 2014, 00:14:
It seems like they're so shell shocked (still) about Half-Life 2's shenanigans that they won't even announce anything until its ready to go.
The interview is full of non-information and does kinda come off as a bit indifferent. We've been waiting years and years and just silence.
Years and years go by as we wait for something of Episode 3 or a full Half-Life sequel. And what we get is Steam OS, Steam Box, more and more Steam stuff. Which is all good, sure.
But I'm starting to wonder if what my friend said last year is true.
Valve isn't a game developer anymore.
I sure hope that's not the case.
mystery8 wrote on Jan 11, 2014, 00:14:
It seems like they're so shell shocked (still) about Half-Life 2's shenanigans that they won't even announce anything until its ready to go.
The interview is full of non-information and does kinda come off as a bit indifferent. We've been waiting years and years and just silence.
Years and years go by as we wait for something of Episode 3 or a full Half-Life sequel. And what we get is Steam OS, Steam Box, more and more Steam stuff. Which is all good, sure.
But I'm starting to wonder if what my friend said last year is true.
Valve isn't a game developer anymore.
I sure hope that's not the case.
Suppa7 wrote on Jan 11, 2014, 04:34:I think you reminisce HL1 with far too rose-coloured glasses. On A Rail was a convoluted mess and I really shouldn't even have to mention Xen at this point...
I don't get the hype about half-life 3, Half-life 2 wasn't as good as the original. So many parts of that game dragged so badly.
harlock wrote on Jan 11, 2014, 02:33:
people are still waiting for that shit?
never even really cared about HL3 anyways.. HL2 was ok for me, it didnt give me a blowjob or anything like that
jdreyer wrote on Jan 10, 2014, 20:08:
When you have your addicts on the short leash, you don't have to tell'em shit.