Apple CEO Tim Cook Spotted at video game designer Valve headquarters

Post by kennywinker » Sat, Apr 14, 2012, 5:56 AM UTC

veemjeem wrote: post #56

kennywinker wrote: post #54

Surprised nobody has mentioned this yet: Apple is buying Valve. Creating a new "Apple Gaming" wing of the company. Valve + Steam + GameCenter + AppleTV + Steambox === AMAZING. Launches with HL3 exclusive. Like MS did with Bungie and the Xbox, only classy and aluminum. Saying this not because there is any evidence of this, but because I want this so bad. shutupandtakemymoney.png

So if Tim Cook visits Microsoft, we can assume Apple is buying Microsoft too?

Post by nitrogen » Sat, Apr 14, 2012, 9:40 AM UTC

kennywinker wrote: post #61

nitrogen wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For the record, if Apple buys Valve, I'll never buy another Valve game again. If they make HL3 a Mac exclusive, I'll publicly burn (nonessential parts of) my paperweight of a Mac Mini in protest.

I was thinking HL3 Exclusive to the new Apple TV / Steambox device... but only for a month or two.. then a full pc release. I have an xbox but not an Apple TV... seems redundant as I'd mostly use the Apple TV for netflix and the Xbox already does that. If Valve releases a steambox, and Apple releases a new Apple TV I'll be in the same place I am now... But if they were the same box? Win.

Post by technoslut » Sat, Apr 14, 2012, 2:32 PM UTC

bookwormAT wrote: post #65

ary wrote: post #50

From: http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/valves-gabe... Quoting Gabe Newell, > Well, if we have to sell hardware we will. We have no reason to believe we’re any good at it, it’s more we think that we need to continue to have innovation and if the only way to get these kind of projects started is by us going and developing and selling the hardware directly then that’s what we’ll do. It’s definitely not t…

Wait, what? Valve's main product is an app store with an ecosystem. Are you suggesting Apple would sell hardware that ships with Valve's steam/steamworks instead of their own platform?

Post by DaveMebs » Sun, Apr 15, 2012, 5:33 AM UTC

krashidov wrote: post #60

ary wrote: post #50

From: http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/valves-gabe... Quoting Gabe Newell, > Well, if we have to sell hardware we will. We have no reason to believe we’re any good at it, it’s more we think that we need to continue to have innovation and if the only way to get these kind of projects started is by us going and developing and selling the hardware directly then that’s what we’ll do. It’s definitely not t…

In terms of casual gaming, the xbox 360's Kinect and Wii have already been wildly successful. One could argue that as an entertainment all in one hub, where the whole household buys casual games over the marketplace and watches TV shows and movies effortlessly, the xbox has failed. This is the device Apple and Valve might be building. Not only are they going to try and streamline the software and UX of the whole thin…