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Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update

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574 points Philpax | 2 comments | 15 Nov 24 22:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.427s | 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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danpalmer ◴[16 Nov 24 00:54 UTC] No.42153146[source]▶
For a while their stated reason was that they felt they couldn’t live up to the hype and the gaming community was too toxic and would have crucified them for it. True or not, I can see why they’d think that.

However it’s also worth noting that they were spending that time on other projects making them likely even more money. HL3 isn’t going to have live service or esports applications that make money like their other games do. It probably won’t be a big earner compared to those other games.

Valve are also a privately held company and the rumour is the top people there are crazy rich, and even those further down the ladder earn a lot more than they would elsewhere. They don’t need HL3.

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1. ric2b ◴[16 Nov 24 01:00 UTC] No.42153205[source]▶
It might not make as much money as live service but it might work like halo cars for the auto industry, giving them lots of press and attention and higher status as a game developer.
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2. karim79 ◴[16 Nov 24 01:32 UTC] No.42153366[source]▶
I think there is so much potential for a HL3. For example, messing with more recent discoveries such as the Higgs Boson to try to explain why stuff from another universe managed to be compatible with our universe, and have compatible DNA. That in itself would make for an intriguing plot.