r/gaming • u/doublah • 12h ago

Epic Games' new store is fully vibe-coded, and they're so proud of it they're taking shots at Steam

https://www.destructoid.com/epic-games-store-ai-vibe-coded/
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u/Violet-Sumire 12h ago

Even better, Valve was built upon being screwed by big business. They nearly went bankrupt due to Halflife 1 and the controversy surrounding that as their parent company decided that making money wasn’t good enough, they wanted more and sued Valve in an attempt to bankrupt them. It obviously didn’t work, but there’s a timeline it did and we wouldn’t have steam. I think that shaped what valve would ultimately become. They are a decently fair company to work with considering what they offer to consumers and the marketshare they have. I fear for what would happen if it becomes publicly traded.

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u/Nocebo85 12h ago

Wasn't that their publisher, not parent company?

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u/Violet-Sumire 12h ago

Yes, my mistake. They still had pretty big sway over Valve at the time as Valve was very small and Halflife was their first game.

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u/vkevlar 9h ago

Sierra On-Line, iirc? (looking at my disks. okay, might be old.)

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u/Violet-Sumire 9h ago

sierra studios/sierra on-line, yes. Currently the studio is disbanded and doesn’t produce or publish games anymore. I remember some of the games they had hands in… so I’m with you lol

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u/PassiveMenis88M 8h ago

I find it important to point out that Sierra had been sold to Cuc international several months before talks about publishing Half-Life started. It was Cucs accounting fraud that led to the publishing issues.

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u/sylva748 12h ago

I fear when Gabe's grandchild takes over if it remains privately owned. The first generation creates the wealth, the second protects the wealth, the third ruins the wealth. Tale as old as time

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u/McFlurrage 12h ago

Who knows what state the world will even be at that point. Heck, maybe Gabe will live forever as an actual human steam machine.

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u/turiannerevarine 11h ago

Gabe dies the second after Half-Life 3 releases

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u/McFlurrage 11h ago

I won’t let him, we also need Portal 3. And I’m sure other people as passionate as me will also forbid it till they get TF3.

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u/ArizonaFYI 11h ago

I'm here for TF3.

...and MY Hat

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u/Dragoncat_3_4 11h ago

We'll probably die in the resource wars way before that comes up as a problem

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u/zestymanny 12h ago

Being publicly traded would be a better fate for steam than falling into the hands of something like private equity.

(I would prefer gaben to be immortal)

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u/steakanabake 11h ago

both of those options are equally shit id rather steam shutdown.