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karim79 ◴[] No.42153089[source]
I can never understand why they haven't made a HL3. Given that they could literally make approximately 3.88 bajillion dollars from it in 24 hours.

I suppose this is the very definition of developer integrity.

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1. HatchedLake721 ◴[] No.42153138[source]
They already make 7.76 bajillion dollars every hour from Steam, they don’t need to make anything for money.
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2. cubefox ◴[] No.42171149[source]
Exactly. They probably make more profit from most Steam games than the publishers of those games themselves. Basically like Apple with the App Store. Steam exemplifies a failure mode of capitalism: Rent seeking.