Run to the hills! Zenimax (Beth) wants Valve!

[Makenshi]

Rumor: Bethesda to purchase Valve?

October 26th, 2009 @ 05:20
By Nathan Grayson

Bethesda? Valve? Is there something going on between you two? Because we read this editorial by Eurogamer, and well, just look:
“However, it’s also worth watching closely what happens to Steam in the coming months. Unconfirmed industry scuttlebutt suggests that Zenimax – the parent company of Bethesda, which made headlines back in June when it acquired legendary PC studio id Software – is still on the acquisition trail, and has been making eyes at Half-Life creators Valve across the bar,” said the article.
If true, it’s certainly out of left field, but then, so was Zenimax’s annexation of id Software. Guess we’ll see what’s up in the coming months.

http://www.vg247.com/2009/10/26/rumor-bethesda-to-purchase-valve/


Running to the hills may not be enough, run to the vaults! Oh wait...

 

[Patton89]

Zenimax would be buying it. NOT BETHESDA.
And the site doesnt really seem to have much to back its bold claim.
Untill i hear it from a more reliable source, i am ignoring this.
Its just a rumour. Untill VALVE says something that would prove it.

 

[TheWesDude]

i wonder why zenimax would aquire valve when bethesda has been so deep in windows pocket with GFWL and the no-DLC-for-PS3 stuff...

plus i do not see why steam would be willing to be purchased... they are a private company i believe so they dont release all their financial records so we dont know if they are in financial trouble...

if they are not in financial trouble, why sell. if there is not financial trouble on the horizon, why sell.

although it does seem like valve has been putting up a shitload more games than they used to have. or it could just be me.

 

[The Vault Dweller]

I pray this never comes to pass. Valve is one of the best developers by far and they could never be replaced if lost. In fact 50% of all my time spent playing FPS's whether single or multiplayer has been, because of their games.

 

[SuAside]

blah blah blah. not this shite again...

Zenimax is big, but not big enough to take a majority share in Valve/Steam. sure, maybe they'll purchase a piece of the pie (since they're publishers as well, i bet they'd love to have an online sales platform), but taking controle of Valve? un-bloody-likely.

 

[Puokki]

Well, at least if I konw any maths, shit + shit = 2 shits, so what's the big deal? Both of those are companies world could live without.

 

[Deleted member 53669]

Fucking conglomerates.

 

[Serge 13]

i soooooooooooo fucking hope that this isn't true!

 

[TheGM]

Yeah the foundations of tomorrow's Mega-Corparations are being laid TODAY!

Well I wish.......

 

[Tagaziel]

That's bullshit. Valve has nothing to gain from it.

 

[UnidentifiedFlyingTard]

Unless Valve is loosing a shitload of money I would see no reason for this to go down, I really hope its only a rumor.

 

[Stag]

Valve has been independent for quite a long time and done very fucking well for itself, I don't think it'll be bought out anytime soon.

I don't even know why I post here, this is such a stupid thread.

 

[Wooz]

Zenimax isn't Beth, Makenshi. It's Beth's parent company. Kind of like how Fiat owns Ferrari. Only in this case it's a Ferrari that makes Ford Pintos and slaps Ferrari stickers on it.

 

[SuAside]

Unless Valve is loosing a shitload of money I would see no reason for this to go down, I really hope its only a rumor.

someone that owns a lot of shares within Valve might want to bail though (probably to retire from the industry).

that's about the only reason i could think someone would sell off parts of Valve. that said, in that scenario i think it's more likely that that person would sell his shares inside Valve, rather than outside to Zenimax.

 

[SimpleMinded]

Seems like a stretch. Valve seems too entrenched to suddenly give in and do soemthing like this.

 

[Grimhound]

Unless Valve is loosing a shitload of money I would see no reason for this to go down, I really hope its only a rumor.

someone that owns a lot of shares within Valve might want to bail though (probably to retire from the industry).

that's about the only reason i could think someone would sell off parts of Valve. that said, in that scenario i think it's more likely that that person would sell his shares inside Valve, rather than outside to Zenimax.

Valve is a privately owned company. It is not on the stock market. You cannot buy it out.

 

[SuAside]

your reading comprehension sucks, Grimhound.

just because something isn't traded publicly, doesn't mean that a current owner cannot sell his part of the company if he wants out. the stock market doesn't even enter into the equation.

 

[SharkClub]

I fucking hope this isn't true.

 

[OakTable]

I fucking hope this isn't true.

Relax. Valve is a triple-A producer. They're pretty solid right now.

 

[GreyViper]

I think they might have an eye on STEAM mostly. Reason, the must have finally admitted to themselves that Windows Live was more trouble then it was worth it.