genuinely lost respect for anyone who lacked the critical thinking to believe MS could purchase Valve for just $16b
this sort of dumb unverified rumor is the shit that happens when we lose all of our actual games journalism & everyone just tries to spin hype out of computer hallucination
It would shock me quite a bit if Valve actually wanted to be bought, seems like they're just happy being The Videogame Store and occasionally making games on an as-they-feel-like basis.
Gamers being gung-ho about every potential acquisition (real or not) is not a new thing unfortunately.
I remember in the GameCube era people were sure MS was going to buy Nintendo at one point.
my Uncle who works at Steam said it was happening and also gave me the Mario games they only have in Japan its called Tentacle Mario I havent played it yet
The fact that they threw 60b at Activision, a company barely held together by the brands it owns, makes the idea of buying Valve for cheaper is so laughable.