They're done, aren't they?Some of my best gaming memories come from old Valve titles (CS1.6, HL1/2, EP1/2, TF2, L4D2, Portal1/2, Dota2 beta, etc.). But, let's be real guys...They're 100% washed.It almost makes me feel sad to see them fall from such height. Kinda like when you to your high school reunion and see some old friend who took the wrong path in life and is now a drug addict living in a trailer.I don't know what demons got to Valve, but if I had to guess I would say GREED. Their main goal nowadays seems to be the accumulation of what modern African-American rappers refer to as "dough", "bread", "moolah", "racks", "guap", "scrilla" or "greens".From a quick google search about one of their latest games:>Artifact failed due to its heavily criticized pay-to-win mechanics, a high $20 upfront cost, and a secondary market that felt predatory. These monetization and gameplay issues resulted in a staggering 97% player drop-off within months of its 2018 launch.When you lose 97% of your players within months (couldn't even last ONE YEAR), do we all agree you're f*cked? If your internal quality control and playtesters gave the green light to release SUCH AN ABOMINATION... then I think you're royally f*cked and c-o-m-p-l-e-t-e-l-y out of touch with reality/players.Just look at pic related.You can't call yourself a serious gaming studio in 2026 and have such depressive numbers for your flagship title. You can't let some obscure Croatian game called "SCUM" outshine you. You just can't.Valve is done.
Only goycattle are hype for GTA 6.
>>738954473Alyx being on there is stupid since it's a VR title. OF COURSE 14M people aren't going to go out to buy hardware for it and two other titles (Superhot VR, Beat Saber).SCUM died once it was sold by Devolver to where the Developer put in malware that keeps the game open on Steam to avoid you refunding it.
>>738954473Gta is a medical phenomenon, like a mass hypnosis that works on goycattle. Remember there were gta clones? They died because they did not get even 10% of gta sales
another flavor of steamchart thread
>>738954714QRD?
/v/ is about to be baited so fucking hard by OP, its not even funny.
>>738954473fidget spinners were more popular at the time than HL2 ever was so I guess it's hecking depressing ro something. See I can be retarded and use your logic.
>>738954473Are we just ignoring Deadlock then? I don't even like ASSFAGGOTS and I understand that game is popular and in active development right now with an expected release date either end of this year or next.
>>738954473Joggers gonna jog
>>738955103yeah it's doing really well just like artifact
>>738954473What the fuck is this delusional post? You're comparing the most well known gaming franchise of all time to a VR title from a popular PC franchise?There's no this thread is serious.
>>738954473Go to bed, Tim.
>>738954473Good goys are gonna buy gta on every platform, they (you) dont even play games. Just jump from one goyslop to another, if game doesnt have big budget and marketing you ignore it then say games are dying.
>>738955129alright smart guy, what kind of videogames do prim and proper WHITE gentlemen play?
>>738954473this bait is absolutely dripping with desperation
After suffering through RDR2 I can proclaim with complete confidence that I will not be pirating GTA VI.
>ArtifactI know what this is, so I'm just going to put sage in options and move on. You should all do the same.
>>738955547Battle Brotherswhichever milsim floats your boatDragon's Dogma 2 maybe? it's a good game, it just doesn't bring anything new to the table
>>738954473>Artifact schizo's melty is still going after 8 yearslmao
>>738955252Well it's a closed beta and still has a pretty active player count so I'd say it's doing better than most might expect.
>>738955404You're retarded if you think only Epstein was behind all of the shit that went on, or that he was the only person with a private island doing that stuff, or if you think that his list comprised everyone involved or who participates in those activities, or if you believe it all suddenly stopped just because he was arrested.
>>738955416According to this "The Top 50 Video Game Franchises of All Time, Voted by Gamers" list on Kotaku, Grand Theft Auto is not first (as you falsely claim). Not only is it not first, but it's only four places higher than Half-Life. Also, both Half-Life and Counter-Strike are ranked higher than... literal FIFA.Also, VR doesn't matter for the trailer views comparison with GTA. People don't have to have a VR set to watch the trailer of the so-called "game that would break the internet" at the time. Even the Counter-Strike 2 (not a VR title, and one of the most popular multiplayer franchises) launch trailer on Valve's Youtube has only 2.6M views. Ouch.My nephew's small town school talent show has more views on their videos.
>>738955404thanks for admitting you are a tranny lmao
>>738956242so exactly the same as artifact huh
>>738956418the "epstein created pol" narrative was created the day that the email where epstein and his fellow jews discuss how grooming kids into being trannies is beneficial and attractive to jewsepstein had nothing to do with 4chan other than wanting to compromise it to the benefit of jews which was literally his job
>>738955404I didn't need to be groomed. I was a born chud.
Pretty sure Half-Life Alyx is a VR game that requires expensive peripherals. Did you just make this thread to stroke GTA6?
fuck rockstar and fuck gta! but seriously Valve screwed over the Artifact fanbase by cancelling the Artifact 2.0 beta without even allowing users to invite friends like they said they would in January 2021 and does not deserve your financial support for these gross consumer-unfriendly practices.
>>738955976BB is good shit, basedwould recommend dwarf fortress and morrowind too
>>738957550GTA 6 is a game that requires expensive hardware too. Exclusive to current-gen consoles like the PlayStation 5 or Series X/S.Do you think that will stop people from buying it?
What's wrong with Scum? I liked that game. shame its pvp garbage. the survival autism, performance and world is great but not enough pve content to justify playing.
>>738958162Nothing wrong with SCUM. Seems like a decent game with lots of details (maybe even too much, based on your pic). I was just surprised to see it had TWENTY times the amount of players the "spiritual Half-Life 3" currently has. Especially considering the gigantic difference in budge between both companies.
>>738956812>more players than artifact ever had on a random thursday, months since the last update, two years after the playtest startedartifact didn't last two months but I guess you got me to reply
>>738954473Valve is to blame for the worsening of FPS
bump
>>738958012Do you think anybody will look at your post and go "wow, that guy is doing an amazing job at pretending to not understand things, I'm convinced"?
