EA trying to purchase Valve? wtf?

[Kingdaro]

http://www.develop-online.net/news/41912/EA-held-talks-to-acquire-Valve-for-1billion

i saw this in my rss feed and I was all like

"NO

NO STOP IT

NO

NO"

[Ad Bot]

[KadeBL_ID12958]

lol why is EA a thing anymore, they won a golden turd for god's sake

[Cybertails1998]

forget no
not valve
i like my steam as it is
i don't want my only good DRM get raped by a handicapped leper colony ;-;

[Raeyok]

"The studio would more likely disintegrate than be sold." - Gabe Newell

yeah good luck with that EA lmao

[Freek]

I forgot why EA was so bad. Can someone refresh my memory?

[Night Fox]

"the publishing giant has been on an acquisition spree over the past few years, purchasing companies such as Playfish, Firemint and PopCap, the latter of which alone cost $750million."

what the forget
they're going to get into a serious money problem (if we're lucky)

[KadeBL_ID12958]

I forgot why EA was so bad. Can someone refresh my memory?

new game- costs $60
Okay, whatever, nothing new gameplay
usually an idea they ALREADY used
WHATS THIS? *halfway through the game* I HAVE TO BUY THE 90124 friendRY PACK TO CONTINUE PLAYING? AS WELL AS THE *FEEBLE MINDED HUMANS DLC" and the "OLYMPIAN richardHEADS PACK"

it's also usually a really stuffty game.

[fred da kiko]

I forgot why EA was so bad. Can someone refresh my memory?

ea kills devs


Valve will never give in.

[Freek]

new game- costs $60
Okay, whatever, nothing new gameplay
usually an idea they ALREADY used
WHATS THIS? *halfway through the game* I HAVE TO BUY THE 90124 friendRY PACK TO CONTINUE PLAYING? AS WELL AS THE *FEEBLE MINDED HUMANS DLC" and the "OLYMPIAN richardHEADS PACK"

lol

[Nikki]

God dammit EA. I just want the newest expansion pack on Steam already. You have enough people on your Origin already.

[KadeBL_ID12958]

you can't just spit out some piece of stuff you made in an hour an give it to people, then just add on dlcs to pretty much triple the price you paid for the box. you're gonna have a bad time.

[Night Fox]

BF3 is actually a pretty good game

it's everything else that's bad
like Premium

[KadeBL_ID12958]

yeah i hardly realized battlefield 3 was by EA. until i saw the big fat button that said "PREMIUM, BITCH"

[fred da kiko]

BF3 is actually a pretty good game

it's everything else that's bad
like Premium

IE the dev ice cream is great but the EA syrup tastes like stuff.

[The Corporation]

I hope EA devs are reading this forum right now, so they know how we feel.