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GN24: Half-Life 3 was in development until 2015, but Valve was invested in VR.
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badblue
Member
th4tguy
Member
What is the incentive to making and releasing Half Life 3 as a traditional (and maybe even non traditional) AAA release?
What value does it offer Valve? They make more money than they know what to do with from Steam. It wouldn’t truly matter even if the game sold gangbusters compared to normal Steam income.
The good will of it? They aren’t bringing anyone new (in any meaningful numbers) to the platform. Steam store pretty much has a monopoly on pc gaming.
Now what do they stand to lose if they release it and it doesn’t live up to the hype or if it’s straight up bad?
Half Life 3 is never going to come out and sadly that’s the smart choice by Valve as a company.
What value does it offer Valve? They make more money than they know what to do with from Steam. It wouldn’t truly matter even if the game sold gangbusters compared to normal Steam income.
The good will of it? They aren’t bringing anyone new (in any meaningful numbers) to the platform. Steam store pretty much has a monopoly on pc gaming.
Now what do they stand to lose if they release it and it doesn’t live up to the hype or if it’s straight up bad?
Half Life 3 is never going to come out and sadly that’s the smart choice by Valve as a company.
Fuz
Banned
FTFY
I dont know I sure remember PC gaming being fucking awesome long long before steam?
March Climber
Member
You guys still want HL3? At this point they will probably officially remake 1 first.
FrozenFlame
Member
I mean... You can replace "HL Alyx" with "Half-Life 2 ep2" and well... It really doesn't mean much, does it?
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MrTroubleMaker
Member
Dang, maybe someone else at valve will pick it back up.
ZoukGalaxy
Member
*ding ding ding*
Someone never tried VR in his entire life, I won't believe you in you say otherwise anyway, that would be a big 3D lie.
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Kataploom
Gold Member
Then good that VR market is finally being understood, those lost big players that started betting too much on it can go back to core gaming, maybe leaving VR as a side thing as RE and GT games do is their best bet.
I'd fear a world where Meta becomes an actual gaming leader... Actually, they must be the reason why VR never took off lol.
I'd fear a world where Meta becomes an actual gaming leader... Actually, they must be the reason why VR never took off lol.
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SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
It's been picked up and put down so many times, including after Alyx, but each time it's more or less a new thing. I'd say it stands more of a chance now that they have a more mature engine and tools to work with, but if it happens it won't resemble past attempts.
I wouldn't put much stock in the article, it seems like an extremely loose/jumbled interpretation of a youtube video, and based on the distinctly terrible writing and poor informational literacy, I'm guessing it was written by
Eddie-Griffin
himself. Valve has never had "higher ups" that tell people what to work on. That isn't what the source claims, and it just didn't happen like that.
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12Goblins
Lil’ Gobbie
ppl need to stop pretending they care about the half life lore. Half life is 1000% about cutting age gameplay in a cool and immersive environment. HL alyx on the index is literally cutting edge and the pinnacle of video games, just like HL and HL2 were at release, and somehow people are still crying about valve when they are the only developer as far as I'm concerned pushing the medium while everyone is just rehashing the same garbage over and over and getting praised for it, see: elden ring and god of war 2. If it got canned it's because it did not meet their standard of quality, stop crying
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Ristifer
Member
That's a nice bunch of bull you just typed. Even Valve cared about the lore. Otherwise, they wouldn't have gone episodic after Half-Life 2's release. The whole point was to carry the narrative to that story's conclusion with more episodic content, so as to not make the players wait years and years on end. And yet, here we are.
Telling people to "stop crying" when Valve was planning on actually doing the conclusion to begin with is a lame attempt at looking down on fans of the games. It doesn't have to be black and white. They can still push the medium and conclude the story. The notion that they have to make a choice on one of them is beyond ridiculous.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
Bad call. Half Life is a tentpole, should always be working on one.
Eddie-Griffin
Banned
It's been picked up and put down so many times, including after Alyx, but each time it's more or less a new thing. I'd say it stands more of a chance now that they have a more mature engine and tools to work with, but if it happens it won't resemble past attempts.
I wouldn't put much stock in the article, it seems like an extremely loose/jumbled interpretation of a youtube video, and based on the distinctly terrible writing and poor informational literacy, I'm guessing it was written by
Guys too slow to see the article is quoting a person who didn't even write it.
Wonko_C
Member
It's not unheard of established game series to lose the number after a few installments. HL4 will be titled: Half-Life: Freeman. I am calling it now. Hehe.If Alyx is HL3, why Alyx is not HL3? In name at least
I was ecstatic to see Quest 2 outselling the Xbox Series, it was going to become the 4th console pillar next to it, PS4 and Nintendo Switch. Then their "metaverse" focus happened, they're killing Echo VR among other things, and now I hate that they are single-handedly kind of killing VR, or at least souring its reputation more than it already is.
Kataploom
Gold Member
Well, IDK what has Meta done in VR space but the fact that they are too involved in devices with multiple cameras that constantly scan the house/room doesn't bring much confidence, it just feels uncomfortable...