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Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:13 am
by losCHUNK
You're right they have an obligation to the shareholder but that obligation isn't tied to share price, the owner can run the company as he sees fit. On the public market if a quarterly report shows shares fall for whatever reason a huge power struggle will surely follow and opens valve up to litigation from damaging the comapanies value.
The stipulations I mentioned are also important. Usually shareholders are required to stay silent.
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:28 am
by Don Carlos
I read an article ages ago that Gabe have each employee a tiny amount of the company when steam came out and now every single one of those employees is a millionaire...
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:57 am
by losCHUNK
Eurgh, private shareholders can take valve to court for devaluing stock n all, we know this they operate in the same environment :/. It's just harder to do this because they don't have to provide projections for end of year reports and the end of year accounts would have to show a big loss consistantly for the claim to be taken seriously. I should have really said the importance of that obligation isn't geared to share price.
It's early :/
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:59 am
by Eraser
THE PLOT THICKENS!
The Valve voice actor who last week suggested Half-Life 3 was not currently in production has retracted his statement.
John Patrick Lowrie has removed the comments from his personal blog and posted a retraction - reproduced in full below.
So, is Half-Life 3 in production after all? Lowrie now claims "I really don't know".
"My comments just seemed to cause a whole bunch of confusion and when I tried to minimize the confusion I misspoke and caused a whole bunch more confusion," he said. "The most important thing to know about voice actors is that we're the last to know anything. We don't find out about a project until we get hired to do voices for it.
"What I was trying to say before (and failed) is that whatever Gabe Newell has to say about a project is the best info you're going to get. He owns the company and knows what's going on.
"Sorry that I gave the impression that I know what's going on. I really wasn't trying to and I really don't know."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013- ... evelopment
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:29 pm
by Don Carlos
AHHA!!! PROOF IF EVER THERE WAS ANY!!
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:58 pm
by obsidian
I was right, proof that Gabe ate it.
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:22 pm
by scared?
Half life 1 and 2 sucked...
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:59 pm
by xer0s
It's obvious it's in the works. Secrets are only kept for things that are actually happening. If they weren't working on it, they'd just say so...
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:43 pm
by Eraser
xer0s wrote:It's obvious it's in the works. Secrets are only kept for things that are actually happening. If they weren't working on it, they'd just say so...
Either that, or keeping the HL3 hype alive is a sure way to keep yourself and your games in the spotlight. I mean, whenever Valve announces doing something (or it leaking out) they can be sure of gazillions of articles about how game X they're doing is not HL3.
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:45 pm
by xer0s
But how long can they keep that up without producing the goods and pissing fans off?
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:57 pm
by MKJ
About 6 years and counting.
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:58 pm
by MKJ
Not entirely true, they did release some vague and generic concept art 2 years ago.
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:26 am
by MKJ
oh my GODDDD
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:31 am
by Don Carlos
Woohoo!!!
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:39 am
by MKJ
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:41 am
by Don Carlos
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 1:27 pm
by Tsakali
Suck it non believers... thread delivers.
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:47 am
by AmIdYfReAk
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:49 am
by mrd
heh
Re: Half Life 3 semi-confirmed
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 3:21 am
by Whiskey 7
Tsakali wrote:Suck it non believers... thread delivers.
Yes, might yet.
Me, well just entered
Nova Prospect. I am sure they didn't have achievements last I played just after release
