Here’s the inside story of how one former Microsoft staffer turned Half-Life, a single best-selling game, into a nearly $10 billion fortune — and what he’s working on next.
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Talk about snake oil they release first as a better drm non pirate verification for developers then turn around and say we really didn’t own that to sell it to you sory. Good thing I picked up most of my steam catalog on some other system over time like switch or f box 360.
No, he turned Steam into a 10 billion dollar DRM dystopian nightmare, not the game Half Life
I am bummed there wasn’t a real interview. I am glad what Valve has done for Linux gaming
The founders of Valve saw the future before anyone else. Dude took his money and sailed off into the sunset.