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Valve on Being Acquired
[Aug 05, 2008, 09:20 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

A Q&A with Valve's Lombardi Gamasutra from yesterday (thanks Ant and Play.tm) makes mention of Valve's openness to being acquired, though it seems like this is more an answer to a hypothetical question, rather than an indication that a deal for the developer is in the works. On being acquired Lombardi says they are "happy to have that conversation," but adds: "By the same token, the company's doing pretty well, and we're really happy with what we're doing, So we'll see. I mean, anything is possible." The remainder of that piece concentrates on heaping praise on Electronic Arts. The main body of the Q&A is posted separately on Gamasutra, focusing on Valve's acquisition of Turtle Rock Studios and progress on Left 4 Dead.

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Aug 5, 2008, 17:33

theyarecomingforyou

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Aug 5, 2008, 17:33

theyarecomingforyou

it bears pointing out that Valve co-founders Gabe and Mike Harrington had boatloads of money before forming Valve

Exactly. Valve is a successful company with a great reputation and an innovative business model (much like Blizard, though that's a worrying comparison). Its owners already have a lot of money and presumably a high quality of life, which means there isn't much benefit to selling up - it makes more sense to be doing something with their lives. Bill Gates worked for Microsoft for an incredibly long time considering that he was the richest man in the world... obviously money isn't all important (especially when you already have bucketloads).

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