Microsoft Reportedly Readies $16B Bid to Acquire Valve / Steam

I would&#x27;ve thought Valve&#x2F;Steam would be worth more than that.<p>It is worrying that Microsoft is dominating (trying to) in so many sectors.<p>Edit:<p>Seems to be a dud: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;metro.co.uk&#x2F;2024&#x2F;05&#x2F;23&#x2F;microsoft-not-buying-valve-counter-strike-12-000-000-000-20895608&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;metro.co.uk&#x2F;2024&#x2F;05&#x2F;23&#x2F;microsoft-not-buying-valve-co...</a><p>Source of the claim seems to be <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;xDiorCS&#x2F;status&#x2F;1793240111435420149" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;xDiorCS&#x2F;status&#x2F;1793240111435420149</a>

I hope Gabe Newell stays strong and keeps to his fundamentals. I guess all contributions to making gaming easier on Linux would have not happened under a publicly traded company.

Sounds like a purposeful leak to test the waters, and get the bidding war started. I wouldn’t be surprised if Valve execs are simply looking to capitalise for investors.<p>$16B is far too cheap for a company like them though. They almost pull that in revenue in a single year without locking out third party marketplaces. Their margins are notoriously high.<p>I’d triple it.

One Twitter user posts this tripe and now we’re here.

&gt; Let me reiterate that this news-story currently is nothing more than a rumor.

Finally, Windows will have a package management system that it can call its own! (Steam!) Also, who wants to develop Windows 12 when they can just buy SteamOS? Microsoft has needed to buy their way into the Linux market for at least a decade, and I am surprised that it has taken them this long.

I can&#x27;t imagine this would go over well with regulators. Steam is the dominant PC game distributor since the Orange Box and it going into the hands of the dominant operating system maker that it competes with (Proton)? A major console competitor? Hell-to-the-no.

Having the world&#x27;s best company at shipping consumer Linux bought by Microsoft feels like the biggest easiest to make tech anti-trust case on the planet.

No not happening. It is a private company and Microsoft doesn&#x27;t exactly know Valve&#x27;s networth.

Fortunately it is not true, but were it otherwise, it would be a black day for Linux on the desktop.

It&#x27;s not &quot;reportedly&quot;.

Will talk up all the great progress Valve has made under Microsoft then shut it down in 18 months.

Ah, so <i>that</i> is why Bing crashed today when I asked their chatbot when HL3 would be released... Sorry!

That would be the worst.

pls no