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Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update

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566 points Philpax | 1 comments | 15 Nov 24 22:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.265s | source
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karim79 ◴[16 Nov 24 00:46 UTC] 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. boomboomsubban ◴[16 Nov 24 00:58 UTC] No.42153195[source]▶
I doubt it'd be the guaranteed best seller you think. Most people spending a ton of money on video games weren't cognizant when HL2 came out. And those that were have been burned before/changed and would probably need to see raving reviews to be that interested.

Portal 3 seems like the easy money grab. That had more lasting pop culture relevance, and "it's more Portal" would be enough for a bunch of people to buy it.