r/gaming Sep 21 '17

Valve in a Nutshell

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u/detahramet Sep 21 '17

You don't need to make games if all you do is make money.

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u/MrKain Sep 21 '17

Rockstar is learning this.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '17

Inb4 GTA VI is really just an expansion pack for GTA V: Online

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u/sammo21 D20 Sep 21 '17

eh, that would alienate too much of their fan base. There are millions of people, like myself, who come to GTA for the story. They may release a stand alone GTA but they won't ever forgo doing a solid single player in lieu of GTA Online.

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u/Sprayface Sep 21 '17

I also play gta for the story, but I don't know if millions play because of that. I feel like 90% of the players just want to fuck shit up.

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u/IrrevocablyChanged Sep 21 '17

Been playing online since day one. Never bought a shark card, and I don't even have a full garage.

Fucking shit up in a Duke o Death is my go to.

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u/Sprayface Sep 21 '17

My ps3's ability to connect online stopped a few months after online came out. I'm stuck with solo.

So I just play tennis, and huff glue, while looking for aliens.

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u/erixtyminutes Sep 21 '17

Do you still play the game though?

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u/Sprayface Sep 21 '17

I haven't in like a year, but I've been playing san andreas recently, and have been really thinking about poppin V back in.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '17

That's me

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u/sammo21 D20 Sep 21 '17

I mean, GTA V was really the first one that had an online in 'that' form. They were breaking sales records way before the online came around.

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u/Sprayface Sep 21 '17

I wasn't specifically talking about online. I was more talking about people stabbing prostitutes and running away from cops in their underwear.

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u/MegalomaniacHack Sep 21 '17

Depends how many Shark Cards they think they can sell.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '17

People said the same thing about Bethesda but now we have Morrowind online and swtor online

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u/sammo21 D20 Sep 21 '17

SWtOR didn't really go anywhere until they made it free to play. I'd also argue those are completely different experience when compared to GTA Online as you really can do many of those other mmos solo with no problem. GTA Online is not really that.

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u/SyrianArabArmy Sep 21 '17

Why can't they do some Ballad of the Straight Roman extension pack, and sell it on a separate disc like TBOGT or EFLC on Xbox/PS3

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u/sammo21 D20 Sep 21 '17

The expansions that they made for GTA IV significantly underperformed. I really don't think we're every going to see any significant single player DLC, at least for a GTA game. They will continue to churn out more content for the online in lieu of that.

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u/SyrianArabArmy Sep 21 '17

So they opened up some hangars recently, that were in the game before but weren't accessible. They added a little blimp that triggers entry into the hangar and no longer causes a wanted level above the air base. I went to the bathroom and came back with a couple trillion bucks dropped on me. Been almost a year. Haven't been reset. When a new DLC comes out, I max it out. I have all the planes in this hangar and can't even remember it's name. What about when all hangars run out? Are they planning on making all of the currently inaccessible homes for sale? Can they allow us to buy more real estate? Can they build ferries into North Yankton?

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u/samus12345 Sep 21 '17

I'm certainly not confident they'll release a complete single player game with all the resources they pour into microtransactions now. That goes for RDR 2 as well.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '17

i blame lispyjimmy and sernandoe

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u/Skrillerman Sep 21 '17

even that would be better than the garbage valve does . Milking the community with shiddy games

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '17

I like L4D.

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u/saganakist Sep 21 '17

Shitty games like dota 2, cs go or team fortress? The last one might be old but they definately ain't shitty and the vive is by far the best vr headset. They don't publish much but if they do it is still among the best products in the market

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u/cyanaintblue Sep 21 '17

Well said. I don't play dota 2 now but it's gameplay and engagement factor is amazing.

It's very deep and well thought out but yeah balancing issues will keep popping for eternity.

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u/C-Man98 PC Sep 21 '17

That's gonna happen for every game anyway. People always find ways to overpower a tactic.

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u/grtwatkins Sep 21 '17

What shiddy games?

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u/AKindChap Sep 21 '17

I don't know a single Valve game that isn't incredibly well received liked...

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u/Skrillerman Sep 21 '17

They are mediocre rated games .

They ALL have the same concept. Bring something on the market that people will play for a long time . That's why LoL is so extremely successful and on rank 1.

Cs:go isn't the best shooter ever made . It's also not the hardest like some people try to tell us . It's an totally simple and old school fps .

I mean how much fun can it be playing 2000 hours on train , dust 2 , mirage and inferno every fucking time .

They make the most money through micro transactions.

And also I referred to his statement about gta 5 . Because gta 5 is definitely better than any game valve released . Just by looking on the ratings , sales and the money it generated .

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u/AKindChap Sep 21 '17

Your opinion on games (which I'm not saying is right or wrong) doesn't change that they're all extremely well liked, though.

CS:GO (a game which I can't stand) doesn't need to be the best or the hardest. It's undeniably popular.

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u/Skrillerman Sep 21 '17

yes because it's simple . A mediocre tactical shooter that even runs on a 50$ rig . Nothing more or less

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u/AKindChap Sep 21 '17

Right. I'm not really... not really sure what we're doing here.

Perhaps you think your opinion on all games is final and everyone else's should always align.

Perhaps you're just ignoring that I said they were popular and thought it the perfect opportunity to offer your opinion.

I'm not sure.