Gabe Newell Hints Valve to Release More Games on Consoles - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 June 2021 / 1,711 Views
Valve co-founder and president Gabe Newell during a question and answers session at a public school in New Zealand hinted the company might release more games on consoles.
"You will… uh… get a better idea of that by the end of this year," said Newell when asked if Steam would be putting any games on consoles.
The last time Valve released a game on consoles was in August 2012 with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, alongside its PC release.
Gabe Newell has teased Steam/Valve games could be coming to consoles, there will be an announcement later this year.
— Idle Sloth (@IdleSloth84) May 11, 2021
Gabe was at a public Q&A held in a public school yesterday. pic.twitter.com/rsBdUdWHau
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The real news here is that Valve might be making games.
With how vague his answer is, it could technically also mean Valve will be taking a(nother?) stab at making their own console. Not likely, but this answer really could mean anything.
Interesting as Gabe has notoriously talked crap about consoles over the years. I wonder what he means by this in terms of "Steam" games. Valve hasn't exactly been releasing games lol. Maybe Half-Life: Alyx coming to PSVR or (HIGHLY unlikely) bringing Steam to consoles via Big Picture mode? Unless Valve has been secretly developing multiple titles this whole time! Maybe they'll count to 3 for all their franchises lol.
I would consider Portal 2 to be the last console game released by Valve because CS:GO on 360 and PS3 was immediately abandoned after launch.
I dunno if there's any point in a HL3, since there's only one writer left from the OG team, and I'm not really one for new writers after I saw what 343 did with Halo's lore.
It's so very rare even in the film industry to see a new team treat an old IP with good respect (Look at how the new Star Wars sequels treated previous lore and characters for example).
I haven't played half -life alyx to know how that sits story wise and I realise being a prequel it may have been easier to come up with the goods, I also wasn't to thrilled with old script outline for HL3 and the whole concept revolving around leaving a blank slate at the end , I would be happy with a continuation of the story of Gordon and Alyx, and their relationship since they are two of my favorite game characters especially Alyx since she and her personality carry the story more than the silent Gordon.
Oh the irony, he talked crap about consoles for years but now he wants the money coming from them.
Wat. The dude went on last year saying he liked the Xbox system. Gabe also released orange Box on 7th gen and even after that Portal 2 as well.
He's not really in it for the money when he has Steam, the most popular PC store on the market.
I don't think he ever said consoles are bad at making money.
Valve is a company , so self interest being the driver of criticism isn't unusual , the trouble is how that criticism is directed, singling out and attacking another player in the industry because it's action doesn't match up with your philosophy of a more open and less proprietary industry is not the best way to advocate your philosophy, as shown when it turned Gabes Sony E3 appearance into one smacking of of hypocrisy and self service, rather than collaboration and openness.
Gabe has a long history of making statements so vague they make Bob Dylan's most surreal lyrics seem straightforward often followed by even vaguer answers that would make the most evasive politician weep in envy.
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