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Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update

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566 points Philpax | 4 comments | 15 Nov 24 22:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.699s | 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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sorenjan ◴[16 Nov 24 01:56 UTC] No.42153457[source]▶
Gabe owns yachts worth a billion dollars. I'm sure the others are doing just fine as well.

https://luxurylaunches.com/transport/gabe-newell-luxury-yach...

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1. paulryanrogers ◴[16 Nov 24 02:58 UTC] No.42153747[source]▶
Damn. I do not understand owning more than one yacht. It's like private planes. Why more than one?
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2. karim79 ◴[16 Nov 24 03:15 UTC] No.42153827[source]▶
One needs more than one yacht. Once you've hosted a massive orgy, you need a clean and sanitary retreat to escape to while the first one is worked on by your cleanup crew.
3. danpalmer ◴[16 Nov 24 05:03 UTC] No.42154441[source]▶
I would assume because moving yachts requires a lot of planning, so he'd likely have one in each location he wants to stay.

Not excusing this behaviour, but there is a reason for it.

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4. archon810 ◴[16 Nov 24 17:06 UTC] No.42157461[source]▶
My guess is he's treating them as collectibles. If he can afford another, different yacht from the ones he already owns, he buys it. It's a passion.