The Rise & Fall of Valve

Valve used to be the 'Good Guy' of game developers. From their outstanding hits in Half-Life, Team Fortress 2, Portal, Left 4 Dead and so on, they have dominated the PC market and revolutionized gaming. But somewhere along the way they had a fall from grace. They stopped selling games and started selling hats. Gambling, lawsuits, illegal activities, after 2011 Valve was getting involved in all kinds of shady stuff.
And it's time I filled you in on the Rise and Fall of Valve.
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___TIME STAMPS___
Introduction - 0:00
Rise of Valve - 2:06
Workplace Environment - 7:30
Game Releases, Delays, Failed Projects - 14:58
Steam Controversies, Anti-Consumer - 21:42
Exploiting Your Audience - 26:43
Gambling, Loot Boxes and Skin-Betting - 29:48
Selling Mods & Quality Control - 32:33
Artifact Failure - 34:31
Conclusion - 37:21
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[@TheActMan]

Valve is a company of two extremes. They are both the 'Good Guys' and the 'Greedy Corpos.' I both respect and admire Valve in the past, but I find their current business practices despicable. Despite all the Anti-Consumer things Valve has done, Half Life: Alyx is a great sign, because Valve actively made a game they knew wouldn't make shit loads of money. It was the first game made with passion as the focus instead of making shit loads of money. So for that, I think Valve is on the right track.

[@TheActMan]

____TIME STAMPS____ Introduction - 0:00​ Rise of Valve - 2:06​ Workplace Environment - 7:30​ Game Releases, Delays, Failed Projects - 14:58​ Steam Controversies, Anti-Consumer - 21:42​ Exploiting Your Audience - 26:43​ Gambling, Loot Boxes and Skin-Betting - 29:48​ Selling Mods & Quality Control - 32:33​ Artifact Failure - 34:31​ Conclusion - 37:21

[@faketoddhoward7280]

Lying about fallout 76 almost makes you wish that the actman would do a "why is the last of us 1 a masterpiece?!"

[@MatthewShep]

@@TheActMan "Why is kotor 2 a masterpiece? " video isn't released yet... Influence lost: Kreia

[@philippelavoie799]

@@TheActMan You should edited your comment :)

[@mariusuncu7501]

Act Man son of God. I have been waiting in St . Denise at the train station. Please the time has come , I ask that you tell Arthur Morgans story . It was his dying wish . Please Review Red Dead Redemption 2

[@H3Vtux]

"Blizzard, Valve, and Bioware could never do anything to lose my respect" -Me, in 2010. To be young and naive...

[@jacobjandt7216]

The good days, first time playing half life 2 it just seemed so revolutionary.

[@GuiiBrazil]

CDPR is for the new generation, what Valve was for people above their 30's. Amazing how the great falls in similiar ways.

[@Marinealver]

Hey kids, have you heard about this company in Poland named CD Project Red?

[@superspies32]

The same with Grinding Gear Games

[@grilledmoistpeepee6682]

That's why you don't put your trust in companies, Follow the storytellers and actual devs.

[@hannibalcase1100]

"It could be a Chinese sweatshop or Disneyland for all I know" You just said the same thing twice.

[@TheActMan]

Hahahaha

[@jacobmeza91]

Hehe what’s the difference -Patrick

[@sahymakhtar7445]

@@TheActMan valve is not a completely evil company, at least compared to epic games lmao

[@lzy3]

@@sahymakhtar7445 and epic is basically Jesus compared to EA

[@hannibalcase1100]

@@sahymakhtar7445 Epic does not set a high bar to surpass. If that's the standard things are being held to, then God help us all.

[@SuperDanielHUN]

Honestly, the philosophy of "letting people do what they want" is cool, until you actually have to deliver something. Some degree of direction and order is always needed.

[@handson4580]

i think its great to small groups but when you got a monopoly corporation like valve it extremely hinders progress

[@chbrules]

It's kinda like communism - sounds good until you realize humans are involved.

[@GolAcheron-fc4ug]

order is necessary for anything to continue existing.

[@julianmangan9752]

Agreed, but somehow the video still projects them as a bottom-line focused company. Doesn’t make sense. And that NDA is such regular practice - not indicative of anything nefarious

[@balabanasireti]

​@@julianmangan9752It makes sense

[@KarlRock]

I just need them to finish Half-Life 2: Episode 3 (without VR!). Then just say you’re not making another one so I can live in peace.

[@carlacastrodasilvasantana6960]

When the checkmark only has two likes o-o

[@VitZ9]

It's never happening, friend. It's been over 15 years of waiting. Most of the original devs, artists and writers who worked on HL2 and Episodes 1+2 are long gone. Not only that, there are 3 generations of consoles and young gamers who never experienced a Valve game being released. And no I don't count HL: Alyx, because the entire thing is a tech demo gimmick majority of gamers will never play. All it proved was Valve games are dead, and modern gamers don't care about a sequel to a 20 year old franchise, that they know the developer doesn't care about finishing, or respect their fans enough to communicate with.

[@Itsgyro]

Woah, you’re a gamer tooo??

[@Ubertheheavy324]

@@VitZ9 Who hurt you?

[@trustypotato9998]

half life 2:episode 2:part 2

[@RoanokeGaming]

Sending head crabs now

[@guardsmanlars6797]

ROANOKE! buddy how you holding up?

[@1sano_]

just watched this mfs days gone virus video

[@iamilibitirenbetter3266]

Hey Roanoke!

[@thefoxxx3082]

Hey it's the starting with the feet guy

[@connorcaddy5661]

You, i know you.

[@MrLockeSocke]

when gordon freeman has to make a video about being disappointed in valve...

[@CzarekKwasny]

Let the silent man speak...

[@AtemiRaven]

He certainly is speaking a lot more than usually. He must be pretty pissed off.

[@KunaevNS]

Lmao

[@williamyoung9401]

Gabe's Will: "Bury me with the Half Life code...so Half Life 2, Episode 3 can never be made..." lol.

[@KingRumar]

@@williamyoung9401 he's going to have the coffin lead-lined and sealed with an indestructible salve so it can't open even with vault cracking gear. He's going the J. Edgar Hoover route

[@splycerrr]

I will forever love valve for TF2, that's what started PC Gaming for me.

[@SimuLord]

As long as Steam works and gives me an all-in-one storefront and archive for my PC games, all the stuff involving the games they actually make, I couldn't care less about. Although when I say "works", I use that term kinda loosely. I've gone onto the Steam store actively looking to buy a game and come up empty because their storefront is such a massive clusterfuck. And their algorithms, which have on occasionally found for me absolute hidden gems, still haven't learned in 13 years that 'recommended for you because it's popular' has never, not once, resulted in a sale. It's just clogged up my shopping experience like an annoying salesman in a store.

[@Zipperskull_]

Same for me but I gotta side eye valve for being a missing grandfather of gaming unless they're dead.

[@Arthurroundtable]

Same

[@BilboniousBagODonuts]

First thing I ever registered on Steam, I couldn't even tell you how many I have now

[@emperorpalpatine6239]

You should love the people who created Team Fortress 2, not the greedy company that is destroying it

[@SirDucky99]

Valve will always have a place in my heart because of all the revolutionary things they've done. And like a wise man just said "If Wolfenstein 3D and Doom was the shooter genre understanding how to use fire, than Half-Life was the genre learning how to harnessing electricity."

[@emperorpalpatine6239]

Love the game devs, not the company

[@thebigsandvich6924]

The tf2 community has been screaming this for almost 4 years - thx for joining in

[@tacticaltwinkies3847]

we will never give into those bots

[@oldmanjinkinsskyrim737]

@@tacticaltwinkies3847 actually, the bots are a blessing in disguise. Now that no one wants to play casual mode anymore because it's infested with bots, we can all return to community based servers, y'know how tf2 used to be like.

[@tacticaltwinkies3847]

@@oldmanjinkinsskyrim737 and wait 20000000 years to find one with players in it, yeah no thanks.

[@venturo3066]

Since 2017 they don't do anything

[@nodraw_]

@@venturo3066 You forgot about the SNAKE UPDATE!

[@ThatRotundGamer]

I bet that if Gabe made a post on social media saying 3, the world would go crazy

[@abramsullivan7764]

Oh man that would've blown everyone mind.

[@pnutz_2]

RICOCHET -TWOOOO- THREEEEEEEEEE

[@charly6066]

3 new hats for team fortress 2

[@karlisulmanis3810]

@@charly6066 that would be nice.

[@jimster1111]

turns out to be left 4 dead 3 instead

[@blacklight683]

You either die a hero(valve) or live long enough to see yourself become a villain(Bethesda) Valve died in 2011

[@deuswulf6193]

Sad thing about Bethesda. Its founder partnered with a corrupt lawyer, who joined him in making Zenimax. It didn't take long for that partner to steal the company out from under him, which is how we got to where we are today.

[@sliver64209]

(Watching this on my steam deck)- “i see what your saying bro…”

[@Abel-Alvarez]

As did Rockstar games, they died in 2013/14.

[@originalname8770]

@@Abel-Alvarez why 2014? i thought it was shortly after RDR2’s release

[@Mojojojo9001]

that 2nd one also describes EA perfectly well too

[@reykoranteng9089]

I am so happy I was able to be a part of the TF2 glory days. It saddens me that experiences like that aren't really possible anymore, just to think of the friendships that came of that.

[@Sasha-zw9ss]

I recently joined the game, no regrets.

[@EthanBalkfield]

What are you talking about? TF2 is very much alive and kicking

[@fenneck9676]

​@@EthanBalkfield You right but the point is the health of the game, even if the game is good you can't say how disaster the casual it's is..

[@EthanBalkfield]

@@fenneck9676 huh? What are you even what?

[@chaseroberts8863]

Valve whenever they see any trace of tf2 being alive:”I don’t know what this is and I don’t like it”

[@catuluj4385]

Pain.

[@48waffles36]

💯

[@Jazz-dh2ds]

The fact they/one of the devs actually BUFFED the already strong Phlog to be unbelievably OP for a month....... God I felt like they actually didn't want us to play the game/give the game love.

[@blobofmeatwhoexist8460]

well valve prepare an update for tf2

[@daimonbro5015]

hell yeah and is gonna stay alive by the community

[@Elgar337]

Important correction: Counterstrike wasn't made by Valve. It was a mod for Half-Life that Valve bought from the creators. It's also funny that Blizzard missed the opportunity to do the same with Dota, and Valve bought that too. So, an eye for good shit is also a part of Valve's arsenal.

[@invoker6219]

Most of Valve games are from a mod Dota 2 = warcraft frozen throne mod Tf2 = Quake mod CS = Half Life mod

[@sandk7969]

I'm waiting for Dota world RPG they could do it, there are a lot of Dota 2 mod with good RPG elements and with the fall of DIABLO and other ARPG they could make more billions if they do that.

[@Isaiah-ft5nx]

@@invoker6219 That's probably why they always encourage community support. I imagine Gabe knew he could use the consumer as an idea machine and capitalize on it while looking like the hero. He could pay them well enough, make billions, and nobody would be the wiser that they used the community to cut expenses and development. It's the perfect sociopathic plan for dominating the gaming community.

[@raizer903]

@@invoker6219 yeah but their games are rlly fkin good too HL2 and Portal

[@jaimeantonioolaguezchirino5805]

@@Isaiah-ft5nx It would be but they don't even do that anymore, they are that lazy.

[@kingatheist7231]

All I know is Left4dead 1 and 2 still play like new games for me. All these years later and they still amaze me with how great they are. So much fun too!

[@miruharabae]

Constantly play each campaign all over again & enjoy it so much. Then replay them again.

[@hyperleap4876]

Valve really did create modern gaming...

[@Nitrous_Busa]

Lmao.

[@MortCodesWeb]

true

[@SergyMilitaryRankings]

Not even close

[@SergyMilitaryRankings]

@@MortCodesWeb tell me you're a casual gamer without telling me

[@monkeebunz8580]

@Don't Care sure but steam is one of first to have game collection and cloud storage. Most importantly servers, oh my God severs are AMAZING. ps 1 servers are gone, ps2 and almost all ps3 older games are gone, same goes for wii, wii u, Xbox classic, and some of xbox 360 games, all dead because no severs are online to let you play it. All gone, only on pc can you even touch or play games online, and I can only do it through steam servers.

[@angelsilva7207]

I love how Act Man somehow still manages to include a Halo reference in every single one of his videos, even if the subject doesn’t include Halo at all

[@Damien-pd2xp]

Lol

[@Hyperio606]

yes.

[@luccavg4559]

Im here before tousend likes

[@steveweast475]

Here's your silver medal for being the second comment 🎉

[@TheActMan]

It's a curse I have to fullfill, actually

[@samuiluzunov5428]

The sentence is, in a nutshell : "Either you die a hero or you live long enough to become a villian".

[@whiterunguard6415]

taking an arrow to the knee is almost as painful as waiting for actman's why skyrim is so awesome

[@FizCap]

@@whiterunguard6415 Skyrim has to be awesome for him to make a video on it... Can't compare Skyrim to something like Fallout New Vegas

[@superspies32]

With Grinding Gear Games it will be: "Either you die a blind pioneer or live long enough to become a shitty version of EA"

[@andrewscocozza4340]

@@whiterunguard6415 please don’t stop spamming this under act mans videos! We NEED a Skyrim video lol. Subbed to u for fighting the good fight

[@whiterunguard6415]

@@andrewscocozza4340 thanks dude, spread the good word of skyrim.

[@hellionsmith]

I liked the bit about VALVE absolutely shaking the foundation of everything they get their hands on, Half Life Alyx made VR not a boring BeatSaber only machine

[@VitZ9]

Funny you mention that, when BeatSaber still gets daily uploads on social media, while everyone has forgotten about Half Life: VR tech demo.

[@test_account939]

@@VitZ9 beatsaber doesn’t have an ending, half life alyx does

[@justingovas415]

@@test_account939 It's still been largely forgotten. There are games with endings that are still being uploaded.

[@oliversherman2414]

I still play TF2 to this day because it's a fun game. It's just a shame how Valve's reputation has fallen

[@sdHansy]

Team Fortress - A Quake mod DOTA - A WC3 mod Counter-Strike - A mod for Half Life Portal - Originally made by some students

[@Adrian-vy5vn]

Well, at least they offered some sort of patronage to some projects that were worthy of it.

[@sdHansy]

@@Adrian-vy5vn True. I just thought that proved that maybe Valve hasn't made that many games after all. At least not theirs originally.

[@Dillbob1]

@@sdHansy L4D was done by the Turtle Rock team as well

[@drakk5]

Counter strike was a quake mod

[@grigss3027]

@@drakk5 it was lit a hl mod, have you not played the old betas?

[@itcamefromabox]

When I look at how much time went into Steam, I don't know if I can blame 'em for focusing on that platform :O

[@AxxLAfriku]

I am the cool kid from Germany making videos for the USA and the rest of the world. I will make your day so don't say nay to me today, dear ca.

[@KpK1Cioby]

you can't. If that platform didn't exist, you wouldn't have multiplayer for thousands of games, I still remember using shady garbage apps to create LAN with friends to play games.

[@SillierExtra]

b

[@atticusherodes6648]

@@KpK1Cioby i own solitary games that wont let me play offline with out a key :( thank you steam. for not letting me play games i own when my internet is down

[@latinaparfait]

@@atticusherodes6648 you can literally play all steam games offline, the only games you can't is if the game itself needs online.

[@justintime5021]

After playing Alyx I want more of that... That game raised the bar so damn high for VR that all the other VR games look incompetent by comparison.

[@Tallzom]

Boneworks still was incredible and honestly far better in terms of player freedom

[@justintime5021]

@@Tallzom it's pretty good. Personally I found it a little too janky. I feel like Alyx sort of cut out anything that is inherently janky in VR. like 2 handed weapons and melee weapons. So in that way I feel like Alyx came through a lot more immersive and polished.

[@Duckbusinessman]

@@justintime5021 well you can’t just say they cut out two handed weapons and forget about the dynamic grabbing system where you can hold pretty much anything with two hands at once..

[@justintime5021]

@@Duckbusinessman I didn't forget.... Crates are not weapons. You can't kill an enemy with a crate. Sure you can hold onto anything with two hands..... Anything except any weapon.

[@Duckbusinessman]

@@justintime5021 ok? So what makes a two handed weapon more janky than holding anything else with two hands?

[@chymeow9207]

L4d 1 and 2 is what got me really into gaming as an adult (i was 18). I use to play daily. I miss those days on Xbox 360 and meeting new people. None of my friends now really game and it's usually a shitshow trying to play online on public servers

[@SourRobo8364]

You got it on Steam? My friends and I are looking for another teammate.

[@chymeow9207]

@I Slay Goblins only on Xbox :( thank you for offering 🖤

[@animation2040]

@@chymeow9207 I had the same experience like you! Left 4 Dead was also my introduction to Valve and their games but I did play the hell out of them on my Xbox 360 with my sister a lot :D

[@ViolentSparkle]

Yeah I miss playing l4d in the 360 party chat

[@nrg6245]

Good old days. Nothing beats those old days of games bc the passion was there now days games aren’t passionate it’s cash grabs 😊l

[@tienkieu4806]

I feel like Valve is the case study of a company that captured lightning in the bottle and now refuse to try new thing because they are too afraid to ruin that image

[@apieceoftoast768]

Ironically causing the image to be ruined.

[@exoticcreature3059]

Usually when a company... 1) Stops releasing games that the fans ask for, in fact beg for... 2) Breaks consumer protection laws 3) When caught, spends millions in legal fees and court costs to avoid giving refunds...the very reason they're in court to begin with 4) Inevitably loses only to continue breaking consumer protection laws and ends up in court again...and loses again 5) Then finally releases a game, except it's a disgraceful pile of shit pay to win game that nobody wants (Artifact) Amazing reputation is long gone. Just the lawsuits alone and Valve's choices are enough. It would have been much cheaper to simply pay the fines and give people refunds. A company once known for making amazing games is now known for being run by nothing but fat greedy assholes.

[@dantediiorio7547]

It's not that they refuse to try new things in fact quite the opposite they always want to revolutionize for example with half life hl1 revolutionized story telling in fps, hl2 physics and alyx vr. Behind the scenes they are constantly making prototypes but get bored or don't like how it's going and scrap it

[@BlaacHollow]

Valve is like the ice cream machine at McDonalds that is always out of order. There is a documentary on it but in a nut shell, McDonalds makes more money with a broken machine in constant repair that it would if it was up an running. Money is made by exclusive repair people and taking a cut. They point out that other fast food places have their own ice cream machines from the same company, but they are not breaking down.

[@mohdsarul1530]

Uhh... Valve have tried making a sequel and got a huge backlash from the game community. Now after the sequel success valve take the community word and never to make a sequel. Thats what i remember back in 2008.

[@andremonteiro9372]

Clicked faster than Gabe running away from HL3 questions

[@TheActMan]

Faster than Valve trying to sell you hats

[@train_go_boom2065]

Clever

[@andremonteiro9372]

@@TheActMan LOL i love your channel my dude, keep it up!

[@mr.lordstarscream1570]

@@TheActMan *wandering the safe shallow in your seamoth* *Makes you wish act man would do a WHY IS SUBNAUTICA GOOD JUST REALLY BUGGY*

[@nikolasxyinidis7514]

This needs to go on r/murdered by words

[@anasshahid224]

Valve has made some of the greatest games of all time, Half Life, Portal, Team Fortress, it’s a shame they stopped making games, with new gen consoles, one can only imagine the incredible and unique games Valve could have made, Half Life Alyx was a step in the right direction, really hope it leads to a Half Life 3 someday

[@parizer9394]

Half life 3 has to come out sometime in the next 3-4 years,that cliffhanger at the end of alyx is so fucking good and it perfectly sets the game up.

[@hjrgf]

@@parizer9394 everyone knows valve cant get to 3 they never made portal 3 half life 3 nothing is 3

[@parizer9394]

@@hjrgf k

[@Bhavyo]

Alyx was a VR test for Valve, but VR isnt on a level Valve want it to be to make HL3. Its quite obvious, when/if Valve is making HL3, they will do it to revolutionize gaming in VR. They dont need the money, they can wait. If its made, my guess would be, they will start around 2025.

[@parizer9394]

@@Bhavyo the fuck do you mean it was a test?

[@dominicmanester8125]

I'll be honest, I love the 'wild west' nature of steam right now, even with the questionable releases like 'rape day'. I think it's important that we have places where anyone can publish art, even bad or offensive art uncensored. I might not like all of it or even most of it but I don't want any individual or corporation gatekeeping it. Theres a few experiences out there that most people would find bad but appeal to me and other niche communities that would never get greenlit otherwise.

[@brutusb8004]

thanks for confirming to everyone here that you play rapeday. Get a life dude.

[@dominicmanester8125]

@@brutusb8004 Ah yes, the 'if you defend a things right to exist then you must like it' angle. No, I think it's trash but if there's a market for it then it should be sold. I like games some people would say are very boring but it appeals to a minority of people who are very passionate about it.

[@brutusb8004]

@@dominicmanester8125 Sure thing bro. Get help.

[@dominicmanester8125]

@@brutusb8004 You first, furry boy. ;)

[@lolibetic2206]

@@brutusb8004 you got owned mane XDD

[@dud5606]

Maybe the real reason Valve doesnt release games anymore is because Gabe got sick of reading 10,000 emails each time?

[@RadiumMuncher]

Oh crap you might be on too something...

[@Pangora2]

Who does he think he is, the Yandere dev?

[@ChilupaKing]

Or the jokes. It is written in the tablets "For every Gaben joke, he delays Half Life 3 a day." We must pray for forgiveness, and maybe he shall return to us 🙏

[@gasaiyuno6021]

On some Yandev type shit.

[@ninjachicken5263]

Guess we found Gabe's alt

[@bridgesbane7032]

"rose from nothing and fell to greed" Sums up the whole video game world at this rate.

[@Ghostred10101]

True

[@wasteplace1705]

Seriously. And it’s a damn shame

[@joshgutteridge2909]

It's the same problem with every industry now these days: The wrong people took over and theres nothing we can do about it.

[@edwardrichtofen1252]

I mean, as somethings grow, there are many other things that grow along with it. In this case, Economies across major Countries increase and slightly drop by the minutes, either rushing or flowing to get that extra push on what drops. The World is about money, now, more so than ever.

[@joshgutteridge2909]

@@edwardrichtofen1252 people have finally discovered that money really does make the world survive.

[@honor_1086]

According to my mathematical theory, currently as of 2022 “valve time” is approximately 32 times of the original factor This is represented by the original 6 month time for HL 2 p3 to 16 years Which is 6 months x 32 which gives us 16 years “Valve time” is an ever changing value, next year I’ll try and update valve time to its accurate value Yours faithfully Honor_

[@garisonhayne668]

So, based on your hypothesis, I propose that the first derivative of valve time is not a constant, but rather is increasing as time progresses. Something like a hyperbolic tangent. Tanh(x).

[@norrlandisawesome5794]

@@garisonhayne668 I would propose that Valve and time are relative to another but should be viewed as one (Valvetime) and when a game is epic enough it can actually warp and bend "Valvetime" thus slowing it down. Then as a game is released the marketplace economy explodes sending skins and other useless junk across the market place creating a black hole that even the cents between the couchpillows cant escape the microtransactions devouring your savings. V=HF³

[@legotheepic3611]

I like your funny words, magic man.

[@kovak4576]

amazing

[@ramonandrajo6348]

They are just lazy.

[@akimbanguehe3454]

I love how you used music from every major valve game (Half-Life, Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead; after all can't be talking about Valve without using their music) but also included my favourite Star Wars Sith theme.

[@JR-to7er]

This was the only appropriate video to make after the L4D2 video

[@KTTstudios]

I haven’t played a valve game but I’m surprised to hear they’ve fallen

[@lasterman94100]

@@KTTstudios Well, they have not really, simply because they're behind steam, so basically they own the PC video game market, it's more to the eyes of theActMan, but nowhere near what Blizzard has become

[@Deadsea_1993]

@@lasterman94100 . So being a revolutionary in gaming and being the heavyweight champion in the PC market excuses anti consumer business practices ? As a whole they are as bad as Nintendo and EA. All three changed the market up (for good and for bad) and they don't get a free pass. Bethesda fucked up big with Fallout 76 and no one gave them a slap on the wrist and said "Well at least they redefined the Rpg genre, so it is ok"

[@lasterman94100]

@@Deadsea_1993 At what point did I support them in my comment, chill the fck out dude, don't try to agress me based on things I didn't even touch upon, all I said was that they didn't "fell" in the most common use of the term, because they and will certainly continue to own most of the PC games economy, which means that even if most people sees their evolution as really bad for the consumers, they still do finacially very well, unlike activision Blizzard or Bethesda which are on the losing side more than ever

[@gentletal5101]

Yes

[@OfficialMaxGames]

You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain

[@FatheredPuma81]

I think a better quote for corporations would be "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself dance between being a villain and a super villain."

[@mikeexits]

I don't like seeing this quote everywhere in YT comments. It promotes a very cynical and pessimistic perspective of life. It can realistically go either way. I've seen plenty of not-so-great people get their shit together and make very positive changes in their lives. There are also "evil" people who will probably never jump to the other end of the spectrum like Klaus Schwab, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, most politicians, etc. And there are very good people who will stay that way. And yes, people change; that doesn't mean they have to change from good to evil or vice versa in every case though. The only constant in this universe is change. Everything is in a constant state of flux and motion. If something appears static, it's because it's changing so slowly (or even so quickly) that you can't see it with your current frame of mind, senses, etc. "They say people never change, but that's bullshit, they do" - Tame Impala/Kevin Parker

[@cri_c]

@@mikeexits I mean you're right but...chill man, it's a quote from a Batman movie.

[@mikeexits]

@@cri_c I couldn't possibly be more chill hahaha. Wasn't trying to come across as angry. When I see a discussion that seems too one-sided or an aspect of our culture that has clear flaws, I always do what I can to plant seeds and balance it out. Much love :)

[@oilcan3585]

Mikeeureko human have feeble mind and no power on earth can change it

[@gunitaz3842]

6:63 reminds me that for the official TF2 comics, Valve reached out to a fan artist because they enjoyed their rendition/fanart of The Administrator. From what I remember they bought the design and the artist made more art for them

[@zakaryhoage5770]

3:16 that was the best transition in the history of transitions my dude hahahaha I love your vids!💙💯👌🏼

[@shweatypalms4423]

The TF2 soundtrack is criminally underrated

[@julian23561]

In this video or the TF2 soundtrack overall? Because if the latter, you'd be talking at a wall because everyone knows the TF2 soundtrack is a banger.

[@theluiginoidperson1097]

"INTRUDER ALERT, RED SPY IN BLU BASE." "There's a RED Spy in BLU base?" _pit tam poom DEAUN DEAUN_ _Dun Dun Dun, DUN Dun DUN_ 'hut hut hut hut hut hut' *"PROTECT THE BRIEFCASE!"*

[@John_Segieda]

That’s an understatement

[@comradekenobi6908]

Not really

[@katt1172]

Not really

[@ELPRES1DENTE45]

The greatest troll of all time would be if they titled their next Half-Life installment "Half-Life 4."

[@debishvebishwish4839]

For some reason, I would love this to happen.

[@lbk1744]

it could be a great idea like for example the expedition to the borealis went so wrong that nobody want to talk about it or something like that and you from the evidence left in game must speculate what happened or for exemple instead of being gordon you are some sorte of detective that have to find out what happened .

[@igorkoskin5214]

Half 4 Life

[@ELPRES1DENTE45]

@@igorkoskin5214 - 4 Half 4 Furious.

[@WayStedYou]

@Ecard Ecardian Then make Half-Life 4 the prequel, which is actually Half-Life 3 to fill in the gaps, but they won't have called it 3.

[@Fosi94]

17:27 this is gold.

[@darthdude5122]

my first experience with valve was when I bought l4d1, I recall being utterly pissed that I was being forced to install steam and lamented the end of physical game ownership, I saw what gaming was going to become and goddamit I was right

[@GuerrillaGorilla023]

Hold on now, I have almost 200 titles on my steam library spanning 13 years and at least 5-6 different PC setups. What they did was legendary considering backwards compatibility usually isn't a PC issue (have experienced some titles no knowing how to handle multi-core processors). Also, in the case of many PC games we would need multiple blu-ray disks to hold all the files (which probably need a day 1 patch). I thought it was great to open Unreal Tournament 3 or FEAR 2, drop my CD-Key into steam and being able to download it anywhere and everywhere from then on. What's BS is when you pay for a physical copy that doesn't have the complete game on disk The lack of physical media is a tragedy for consoles when they become outdated.

[@ArchSchizo]

An SSD is better than a CD. Looking through 200 CDs for games on PC would suck. Also, you had to use delivery or go to a store hoping they had a game in stock. There are worse things than Steam. Cloud gaming might be competitive within your lifetime, marking the death of modding, community fixes, and one-time purchases of games. The industry itself is trying to replicate Hollywood with celebrities and cinematic cutscenes being favored over interesting or fun gameplay. Innovation in games technology/processing power has become focused on zits on human characters, rather than actually complex mechanisms like voxels or AI. There is a good side, however. Indie game studios don't need publishers for retail markets, making them less bound by industry meddling. Indie games are typically incapable of the AAA graphics, so they divert resources to interesting artstyles, presentation, sound design, gameplay... whole genres exist from indie games while AAA games keep chasing trends.

[@lovelymayapop]

having steam is literally so much better than physical copies what

[@yearoldsinger]

@@ArchSchizocloud gaming would only take over the electronic copy system if it somehow became mod accessible, too many pc and even Xbox players love modding for them to give it up, they might go to cloud to see what games they like, then buy the electronic copy to mod it, but I don’t see a way for cloud gaming to kill the modding community

[@admiralkaede]

I don't really mind it I can't be bothered to even buy a disk 📀 drive to put a game 💿 into

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"Valve really has become Harvey Dent, two sides of the same coin, one good, one evil" Perfectly put, The Act Man.

[@Eternal_Sky_Universe]

Hyori ittai yubi de hajiku koin ga sora ni mau

[@Ndlanding]

Do I detect a problem with figures of speech?

[@donaldotrumpu2069]

Gimme this mustache

[@Owen221]

This guy comments everywhere

[@lorddukfoxyzeppeli7921]

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO YOU ARE HERE TOO!

[@rkaneproductions9827]

Valve is the video game equivalent to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory

[@gsogaming5783]

This is perfect

[@coobk373]

Gabby newells vid'game factory

[@carlthesanellama3633]

small men doing a tribal dance in celebration of the dead children

[@SwindlerJeff]

Slavery?

[@bushesbakebeans2063]

Dead Children?

[@0fficialdregs]

i do enjoy they are the only ones to have a community area where you can address issues with a game and offer constructive feedback

[@Technephagia]

Thank you for your insight Mr. Freeman. I know this subject is very near and dear to your heart.

[@Laxhoop]

We could have had a TF2 Adult Swim TV series, back before Adult Swim was a shell of itself, but Valve dragged its feet for so long, that the deal fell through. And now Rick May has sadly passed, so it’s never going to happen.

[@mariano98ify]

what about a Venture Bros cross over??

[@blaniac6591]

@@mariano98ify i don’t even know what that is

[@mariano98ify]

@@blaniac6591 sacrilege, check YT

[@ranfan1820]

@@mariano98ify Venture Bros got canceled.

[@mariano98ify]

@@ranfan1820 I know, fucking sad

[@ironicorca9743]

The Hate is an essential part of loving a game.

[@selpak3138]

Fax

[@mBowK]

The way you know I like something is I critique it heavily.

[@troyroberts9489]

D2 community from my experience lol they literally got #nerfstasis trending

[@Gigi-zr6hp]

@@mBowK You must be a League of Legends player posting 15 paragraph essay on r/leagueoflegends

[@mBowK]

@@Gigi-zr6hp I do play league but nah on the reddit part. Now I do give my lectures on discord from time to time but I try to avoid shouting into the void. Edit: no hate on those who do. I occasionally browse the subreddit and read their shouts. Sometimes agreeing.

[@milkywayish9315]

I hate geo-blocking, I really wanted to pay or watch something at once and the only way I could done it was through other means then easily getting it through steam... (one of those things are Ghost in the Shall SAC seris)

[@spekmannetje]

the good valve games give off a feeling that no other game can, and it's sad that feeling will probably not be replicated again

[@techsquid3015]

“Did you ever hear the tragedy of the legendary Valve?”

[@marcoe.3314]

(Slight head turn) No

[@overlordmae9090]

Valve was a Dark Lord, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to create Games... He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful... the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did.

[@whiterunguard6415]

taking an arrow to the knee is almost as painful as waiting for actman's why skyrim is so awesome

[@techsquid3015]

@@whiterunguard6415 I’d be down to watch act man give a review over Skyrim

[@aleisinwndrlen7113]

I thought not. It's not a story Epic Games would tell you.

[@y0av359]

Valve isn't a triple A company they are a double A episode 1 company

[@RinRin72769]

They're so good, they're actually an Alyx A Company

[@near5148]

Espoide 3 for half life was cancelled lol

[@coltforceplayer]

@@near5148 do u know how to spell Episode

[@DreamyAileen]

@@coltforceplayer *Espoide

[@coltforceplayer]

@@DreamyAileen oh yeah my mistake

[@4legolover]

21:05 thanks for the shout out man!

[@kristopherenglehart8704]

I wonder if you have other studios who could deserve that kind of video. Me I started gaming in 2010s so aside from ubisoft I didn't get to witness this dramatic of self destructions. (Thanks for all the knowledge you carried from the great times btw 🙏)

[@Ferroni03]

For me Valve is like that child who is very lazy in doing things, but when he does them they are great

[@mikecabrera7393]

"Brilliant but lazy" - Spider-Man 2

[@a-blivvy-yus]

Valve *WAS* that kid. Now it's the entitled selfish 20-something who expects everyone to worship the ground they walk on because of past success. And kicks them in the face if they miss a spot then still tries to play the hero when called out for it.

[@Isaiah-ft5nx]

Yep, just like me. I'm gonna make the best game ever, as soon as I get off my butt to do it. 😂

[@cinemalazare4850]

@@Isaiah-ft5nx no no no no- smart small,learn to program, 3d model, and evrything in game develepmont, just make small stuff just for the learning and when u learn maybe u can go for the big fish (that is whataver idea u have for a game)

[@a-blivvy-yus]

@@Isaiah-ft5nx Do it. But don't release Steam exclusive (seriously, growing numbers of people are finding out the client's been a health risk since late 2019), launch on GOG or itch.io or somewhere else as well. And I say this as someone who's made a card game and published it (and earned like $10 in the past year from it), so DO IT! Even if just for the experience, it's worth it. Yes I know digital and physical games are a very different production process, but I did the ezmode option of using a print on demand service for my game so I'm making (small) profit on every sale.

[@enlightenmentdoesntcomeeas5337]

Act man: Companies strive to be respected, trusted and admired. EA has left the chat.

[@gentletal5101]

Remember when EA was good? Old sims Need for speed Battlefront Etc

[@enlightenmentdoesntcomeeas5337]

@@gentletal5101 We live in a society where honor is a distant memory.

[@troypowers750]

And Activision.

[@enlightenmentdoesntcomeeas5337]

@@troypowers750 Sadly. I have fond memories of COD3 and 2. And I know EA and Activision are not the only ones guilty of this.

[@JRyan-lu5im]

@@gentletal5101 RIP Medal of Honor ;_;

[@SkinnyFG]

5:07 if I'm not mistaken, the Orange Box has/does receive little to absolutely 0 updates

[@Asalent]

I remember the day it was announced that some big company I had never heard of was going to release a brand new version of my absolute favorite mod of any game ever. That company turned out to be Value and the game was DOTA. I have spent 15,000+ hours to date on this game and I will forver appreciate Value for helping create DOTA 2.

[@covefernandez9838]

Team Fortress 2 was one of the best games in the world to me. Music, idea, execution, movement. I just love that game so much.

[@uberfeel]

Don't forget about their great characters lore and personality.

[@tuanmuda8543]

The characters are also likeable and the artstyle too.

[@covefernandez9838]

@Well I just had bad grammer sorry it still one of my favorite games

[@LastGenRichtofenn]

Isnt tf2 only multiplayer tho? A shitty one at that? Or does it have a singleplayer that i missed out on?

[@Isaiah-ft5nx]

It was fun, but for anyone who spent a lot of time playing the first team fortress there wasn't a whole lot of difference to it. It just felt like a re-imagining of the same game. The added bells, whistles, and gimmicks only go so far. I also hate microtransactions with a vengeance, so perhaps that was part of it too.

[@millionare5446]

valve is probably the only big gaming company that is dumping money to advance the progress of gaming on linux. all their games have linux ports, and their vr headsets are the only ones that work native on linux. i can appreciate them for that

[@cj-3810]

Tell what you want on their gaming development schedules and “anti-consumer” [fucking better than the other platforms by longshots] practices; Valve has and will continue to throw millions and work hard in R&D to push gaming to new extremes and accessibility, if it’s anything Valve loves, it’s community driven accessibility and supporting such ventures of modding, and Linux is open-source, literally the core concept of easily modified OS is something valve shares with games and no wonder they support it. They have faults but they aren’t a Bethesda or EA, theyre focused on technology than games, evident by the fact they are working with multiple companies in VR and even fucking BIC’s (Brain-Interfacing Computers) to advance such technologies to its best potential, and Alyx proved that by starting the push into VR AAA games.

[@darkmaster539]

This is because they are worried about Microsoft having control of windows and being a big gaming company at the same time. It's not because they are a good guy.

[@brettvv7475]

@@darkmaster539 Valve includes support for Linux and windows because Microsoft "controls" windows? How does that make any sense?

[@marcelotononBR]

@@avae5343 yeah, they are a company. In capitalism (don’t know other systems) there is no good heart that lasts when they get big. That being said, as a Linux user I am very excited for what steam deck may do for Linux (even though I won’t buy one). Not sure it will be all (or any) I expect, but a man can only hope.

[@marcelotononBR]

I would love to see what @Act Man has to say specifically about Valve third side (Linux and etecetera)

[@onikrux]

I never had seen that Forum post about HL2 leaks- the basic and simple yet kind things people said in response touched my heart

[@ozthebeeman]

God imagine the fucking hype if half life 3 would be confirmed like literally imagine if they were like oh youre excited about the gta6 tease hold my fucking beer. That would have been such a power move

[@soovi4522]

Me, who bought The Orange Box for £6: *_This is business baby_*

[@imtoddhowardandimadeskyrim6553]

I bought it for 4 and got half life with it, take that

[@javierriveraparra7429]

6 what?

[@imtoddhowardandimadeskyrim6553]

@@javierriveraparra7429 pound

[@thenameusmitch5270]

I HAD A PLAN

[@coltforceplayz5285]

@@thenameusmitch5270 sure you did

[@tristenbrown4208]

“Valve used to make games, now they only make money.” -Sun Tzu

[@DRGEngineer]

Zanny and Act Man were a duo that was meant to happen

[@StolenAlias]

Definitely

[@the_bane_of_all_anti_furry]

he never say that...

[@camtubecamtube]

@@the_bane_of_all_anti_furry that imposibl..

[@Glue_Eater06]

Sun Tzu said that and I'd say he knows a little more about gaming than you do pal, BECAUSE HE INVENTED IT

[@evanjsx]

Separate from all of this, I am curious on Act Man's thoughts on the Steam Deck and what Valve has done for the (non-Windows/multi-platform) gaming community over the past few years

[@benjaminfuller3390]

Really great video man I can tell this took a long time. I am doing a school project about Valve and I appreciate all the info you compiled here.

[@VitZ9]

A school project on Valve? That explains why the education system is in the toilet.

[@twoface9959]

“We are concerned that Valve may be replicating the experience for which EA is known.” Keep the meme alive

[@stoyangenov6793]

"We are concerned that this coment may be replicating the expirience that PUBG is known for"

[@twoface9959]

@B T R Something similar. Check out the Tragedy of PUBG. The exact quote is in the first few minutes of the video.

[@stoyangenov6793]

@B T R yep the devs said that about fortnite That is the origin

[@nexusaimer]

@@stoyangenov6793 we are concerned that this reply may be replicating the experience for which YT comments is known for.

[@DrHundTF2]

“The Valve promises updates for you. Might be a lie, an illusion... But it’s there. Just around the corner. and it keeps you going.” -Pootispunk 77 (Ceno0)

[@beastcoastindigo173]

This is one of THE BEST videos detailing the history of a company and how consumers reacted to that change. Both informational and entertainment value through the roof. Very well done Act Man. Well done

[@thespiralgoeson]

I subscribed the moment you made the Futurama reference. Well done, sir. You had me at blackjack and hookers. Edit: The "you stupid" Simpsons clip later in the video was the icing on the cake. Classic Simpsons and Futurama references used for comedic beats? A man after my own heart!

[@commodore7331]

Gamers: God I can't believe Valve doesnt make games anymore and just absorbs money from steam Valve: *[internally screaming about Source 2]*

[@Mr_War_]

that engines going to be 200 years in development before they decide to do anything major with it. our grandkids will be able to enjoy source 2

[@commodore7331]

@@Mr_War_ HLA is made with it and the S&box team finally finished the SDK

[@ucngoc227]

@@Mr_War_ and dota 2 after Wukong update using early stage of source 2

[@alanbossdon1386]

There are 3 things that make Valve known: 1: they make awesome games 2: have questionable methods to gain more money. That' it.

[@firelord3361]

Why do so less people understand the "3" joke XD

[@I_am_somebody_1234]

@@firelord3361 lit

[@tuanmuda8543]

4. Can't count "Three" or what is that is.

[@sygneg7348]

The fact that you didnt include fact 3 makes so much sense because valve doesn't know how to count to 3.

[@TheoKregaard]

Genius! xD

[@michaelcullum7284]

I love your content and channel @theactman. My experience with steam has honestly been a positive one. I remember when ARK survival Evolved first came out I just started getting into PC gaming. I didn't really understand at the time how PC specs translated into gaming performance. So, like the ignorant and electronically stunted person that I was as a teen, I bought ARK. I booted it up and it was so unplayable that it would almost kill my laptop. So, I sent them an email explaining the situation and they refunded me. However, I should mention that I did say in my email to them that there were other games I had my eye on and wanted to purchase with the refund, which I promptly did. So, that may be why they refunded me.

[@roadrash2005]

Basically they lost no money and had a happy customer. Sounds like a good deal for them

[@admiralkaede]

Doubtful from my experience u can refund any game under 2 hours no questions asked as long as u are not refunding constantly one time I just put not what I expected and still got a refund that same day u saying u will buy another game won't impact it oh and it has to be within 14 or 30 days don't remember of buying even if u haven't played

[@justingovas415]

@@admiralkaede Wow your shilling is very much palpable holy shit

[@Hawkenwhacker]

@@justingovas415 You're talking out of your ass.

[@paglaith5561]

@@justingovas415 It's mentioned in their refund policy genius! No one is shilling for a corpo here.

[@galbelol766]

bro hit the hardest valve edit and didnt think we would realize

[@SuperWiiBros08]

I thought Valve had a new rise with Alyx but knowing what you explained, I gotta agreed.

[@bananaman9226]

THEY ARE HARVEY DENT OMG!!

[@MagicHamsta]

Honestly Alyx feels more like a demo of a game.

[@Reuboid]

@@MagicHamsta have you played alyx?

[@awesomebrawel4050]

@@MagicHamsta what?

[@Arjun-eb1yc]

Half Life Alyx was a fantastic game. So much immersion and attention to detail.

[@diogofelix8626]

I mean, Valve has been working on Proton (a fork of wine) to run Windows games in Linux computers since their Linux-based Steam Machine was released, and years after the project being cancelled they revived Proton for their (also Linux based) Steam Deck, which is basically the only serious modern competition to Nintendo Switch. And they're are working on Valve Deckard, the successor of the Valve Index. They are not very active at game development nowdays, yes, but they are innovating in the hardware industry a lot. Definitely they didn't fall yet.

[@mrconroy4672]

To say Steam deck is competitive toward Nintendo switch seems a bit silly. I do agree otherwise. I do think they have enough money to work on at least an original new ip or make a sequel.

[@diogofelix8626]

@@mrconroy4672 Well, it kinda is because it's a hybrid "console" like Nintendo, you can play it like a portable and also use a like a standing console (with a USB-C to HDMI or with it's dock - which is sold separately). But technically speaking, it's a portable computer altogether (x86 architecture), and yep, comparing it directly to the Switch is kinda unfair to be honest.

[@SergyMilitaryRankings]

@@diogofelix8626 it is unfair because the switch is vastly superior than the deck, don't know how you can even support a company that pushes gambling on kids

[@hjrgf]

@@diogofelix8626 it can also go into regular desktop mode and look like a standard linux install

[@Dylan03917]

Valve's biggest issue was that they never learned to count past 2. They failed kindergarten.

[@Maxx-kq5qh]

I feel like tf2 went severely undermentioned despite it being the best example of how terrible valve can. Its the perfect example to see just how dysfunctional they are, as the case of tf2 is far more drastic than any other valve game.

[@dusk5927]

Yeah the last big update for tf2 was launched in 2017 and no one gets rid of those bots in casual.

[@FolstrimHori]

WE GOT SNAKES

[@pyroclastic_phantom]

we got worms

[@Maxx-kq5qh]

@@FolstrimHori you're goddamn right

[@windnguyen2703]

I still having fun with TF2 for all these years Xd

[@davidcole3532]

"How did a 6-month period turn into 13 years" sounds a lot like "how did a 2-weeks to stop the spread turn into 1 and 1/2 years"

[@azealous5108]

Careful with that wrong-think there.

[@leandersearle5094]

@@azealous5108 No, no. Just hand him a big red button, I wanna see where this goes.

[@nobleradical2158]

@@leandersearle5094 one errant twitch...

[@leandersearle5094]

@@nobleradical2158 And we all get more fun than we are legally entitled too. Everybody wins!

[@TruePT]

@David Cole Based.

[@codyjacobs6899]

Letting consumers create art for their game and giving them a cut for the sales of it is an incredibly cool idea and it sucks that they completely screwed that whole idea.

[@smbsuperfan271]

know what they should do? Have a specific team (that you can apply to join within the company) which is Valve Core (or called something similar). This team focuses only on the Valve Company and its 1st party releases, full time, and votes on which projects to pursue and who will manage what internally. Then, the rest of the company can be completely flat. I think that would be cool.

[@Whatdotheycare]

"You Either Die A Hero, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain"

[@mr.mysteriousyt6118]

AND THEM COME BACK TO THE GOOD SIDE

[@verdantater9797]

Valve basically became EA of PC Gaming :(

[@kennythefatnord]

@@verdantater9797 no they didn't lmao

[@caduXxXlouD]

@@verdantater9797 EA manages to be worse, and don't forget about Activision

[@ok-rn2un]

@@verdantater9797 not even close

[@eshaanjain9379]

The funny thing about Gabe and Microsoft is that gabe worked on Windows 1 ,windows 2 and windows 2.1 So that is why he cant make a 3rd part

[@CommissarChaotic]

Imagine if that was an inside joke Gabe's so committed to even until now..

[@VashStarwind]

LOL this is an underrated comment lol

[@spacedaniel492]

Valve is literally the only game company worth having confidence in and they don't even make games.

[@vicefamgaming]

Damn bro. this video was damn good. I'm not talking about just the topic, it's literally everything about it.

[@tasmaniansyrup1645]

As someone with VR i'm happy to see things like Half Life: Alyx but I admit it is a rather big slap in the face to everyone else.

[@compatriot852]

As somebody poor, that's what drew me to Steam and Valve games. TF2, Dota 2, etc. we're all free games that I could run on my potato of a PC. VR is ridiculously expensive and that's the main thing that has pushed me away from Alyx.

[@Anthonyspartan514]

@@compatriot852 oculus rift granted its 399 but a full version system package

[@punchykarma6685]

When they said it was VR only I was pretty disappointed cause I personally rather play keyboard and mouse and after waiting over a decade a new half-life comes out and I don’t even get to play it which makes me pretty mad. This does give me hope for a future of half life being revived but idk everybody just wants half life 3 and to be on keyboard and mouse not VR only. To me it seems like Alyx is a test run so we will see

[@Anthonyspartan514]

@Snowwy do you mean you can find it for $243?

[@you8just]

Isn't there a 2D mod for alyx?

[@3unskippableads51]

The tf2 ost is one of the most hype soundtracks ever

[@a-10warthog78]

Meet the like button

[@lestranger7440]

@@a-10warthog78 TU,TU,TUT! I don't know what to start with you. I mean,do you even know who you like tho?

[@a-10warthog78]

@@lestranger7440 I met this really cool Panzer VI once, she had a nice machine gun... but she was too old and ended up in a museum.

[@The_Punisher]

Don't forget they refuse to give TF2 any actual full updates

[@Zipperskull_]

And that's why I don't play with a rotten corpse when the kids are trying to put make up it and cover the smell with cologne of optimism and mitigation, literally just embalming it.

[@BlueCreeperGang]

god TF2 was a mistake that game spawned the worst part of the valve community I hope that game never gets update.

[@rossharper1983]

I started PC gaming even before Doom and Wolfenstein 3D, half life was a masterpiece but likewise, so is Half Life Alyx. I bought VR just for it and haven't regretted it since, VR is great fun and the next step forward in PC gaming, but I also know it'll never replace flat gaming

[@spartanipods]

What’s funny about Artifact was that, because its reach was so small, people were able to get away with streaming hardcore pornography on Twitch despite putting “Artifact” in their stream titles

[@dragoonman1478]

Like seriously?

[@Zitronbtw]

@@dragoonman1478 yeah, among many other things that were entirely unrelated

[@Villager_U]

@@Zitronbtw among us

[@RobinLundqvist]

that trend started with fans of livestreamer "forsen" when he got banned. Artifact was always a meme in the community, being a dead game on release and all, so they chose that to entertain themselves until forsen got unbanned.

[@AtemiRaven]

Anyone else remember operation crow bar when people started mass mailing crow bars to Valve as a protest for no info on HL3?

[@andrescamiloramosr]

Holly shit, I never know about it, the power of internet and memes is understimated

[@AtemiRaven]

@@andrescamiloramosr Basically what happened - I can't remember exactly when but it was a while back. People logged onto Amazon and bought the cheapest crowbar they could find, and had it posted to the Valve HQ in Bellevue, Washington. They got literally thousands of them and had to spend money disposing of them.

[@tearex8688]

@@AtemiRaven . . . Hold my credit card

[@FreshlyFried]

Valve hasn’t fallen yet. They just don’t pump garbage out of the studio just to make absurd deadlines

[@wubbers662]

Because they don't make anything period.

[@FreshlyFried]

@@wubbers662 touché

[@finnish_hunter]

Because they make nothing, it has been 17 years since their last title.

[@joshuawillis602]

I honestly don’t know which is worse a company that makes bad games or no games

[@harris23456]

Actman: makes a video analyzing valve and ends on a negative conclusion Valve less than 6 months later: *drops half life alyx*

[@justacanadianguy07]

only took them 16 years to release a half life game.

[@denizseyhan1053]

​@@justacanadianguy07It was a good game , so good that it is the best game according to Metacritic user scores. Yeah it sucks that they do not relase games anymore but they are overall still a good company.

[@I_am_somebody_1234]

the only place where valve´s fall is undeniable is tf2, they killed the best hero shooter because it wasnt bringing the dough...

[@thepizzatime3502]

“Frickin’ unbelievable” - Scout

[@traveler-vii]

I wouldn't say it's the only place where their downfall is undeniable, but it's certainly one of the most grievous examples (if not the most).

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

From what I understand the team became frustrated because the game became so bloated, that adding or fixing anything with the convoluted code always broke something.

[@emmae11685]

What's funny is that TF2 is definitely profitable, it's one of the biggest games on Steam, Valve just got bored of it.

[@_GhostMiner]

They're killing it by not caring about it

[@matthewduncan5037]

The ironic thing is, all they’d have to do is make HL3 or L4D3 and the hype around them would make them an absolute fortune

[@ovadyarachman7243]

Can't make em if you can't count to 3

[@joemamayiursobadiamepicyoy8170]

The thing is. They know that

[@maxrobert123]

I believe they make so much passive money through steam that they don't want to risk making anything really. Especially HL3.

[@awzp918]

I think that (despite Artifact existing) Valve cares about the quality of their games, and they don't really want to chance it by making another game in one of their critically acclaimed series because they might not be able to outdo what they've already done in their prime, and it will just backfire horrendously.

[@muhammadyaseer9673]

@@awzp918 ironic most game studio would milk the hell out of it

[@andrewlincoln9946]

i just got to say that the deadrising mall music in this video is perfect with the setting of where this video is heading

[@Lucaluciano-sc2db]

It reminded me of that song called "La Argentinidad al palo" when the lyrics said that "We can be the best or the worst just as easily"

[@indeimaus]

oh BABY i've been waiting for this

[@GhostIsAYandere]

Indie baby

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

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[@FranklinThe1]

"Jimmy has 2 pizzas and he makes another. How many pizzas does Jimmy have now?" Valve: 2

[@betaversion9654]

He has Alyx pizzas

[@thedgzgames427]

He has more than 2 pizzas but less than 4.

[@alvianekka80]

2 pizzas + episode 1

[@whiterunguard6415]

taking an arrow to the knee is almost as painful as waiting for actman's why skyrim is so awesome

[@jacquescousteau3194]

Pizza 2 Episode 1

[@ThatPurpleGirl81]

Coming here from your video about Blizzard is trippy. Valve is like the anti Blizzard when it comes to consumer relations (or at least they WERE!), but they still obviously have other problems...

[@raute2687]

no matter what valve do, their support for linux gaming is all i need to love them.

[@anthonysoto2923]

What's a Linux?

[@hjrgf]

@@anthonysoto2923 an open source operating system based on bsd known for being hard to use as you need to know the terminal but steam is trying to make it user friendlier it has many distributions the easiest to use are fedora and ubuntu because they have an app manager

[@speedytruck]

@@hjrgf It's not based on BSD and it's not hard to use lmao. On most distros like Fedora, the terminal is just there if you want to use it, but you don't have to... you know, just like windows' cmd.

[@hjrgf]

@@speedytruck no it is since most of the appstores are bad and theres many issues that you will encounter that you need to know nano and terminal

[@speedytruck]

@@hjrgf "Appstores" There is one, and it's called Flathub. There maybe various frontends, but one appstore. And why do you use nano? You do realize there are GUI text editors like gedit on GNU/Linux, right?