Comment by Nexxxeh
5 years ago
>Same thing for Valve, their money printer is so loud that they barely bother to make games anymore and let the Steam client languish for years (how did they let Discord/Twitch happen?).
Not sure that's a fair criticism.
Alyx was widely praised. Artifact... Wasn't. I don't know about Dota Overlords. And that's just the last couple of years.
They've also developed hardware like SteamLink, Steam Controller, some high-end VR gear...
They develop a LOT. They just don't release a while lot.
I agree there should be a lot more work and effort in the client. And they constantly fuck up handling their esports.
But I don't think "barely bother to make games anymore" isn't one of them.
It's fair. They are not a games developer anymore. Alyx was good but a boutique game made by a behemoth games marketplace company and before it came out, almost a decade had passed since Portal 2...
Valve released Dota 2, and then ported it to a brand new engine, they've been consistently adding updates to that game for 10 years, they've been working on CS:GO, with similar effect, I think you lot forget that the majority of Valves developers were working primarily on team-fortress and counter-strike as mods before they hired them, they're primarily a multiplayer house.
Valve unlike most companies maintains their games for more than 10 years.
Just because they haven't released anything obvious to the casual observer like new single player titles that is easily marketed is only showing your ignorance of Valves entire catalog of games, and attitude to development.