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Re: What the hell is Valve thinkin'? Yeah I understand what it does....it's essentially called being an Application Service Provider, and with the exception of a few companies who are providing off-site educational software to schools, it hasn't been successful.
Partially because broadband is still only in 15-17% of the populace.
EBGames hasn't had success with their model....RealPlayer is doing ok with theirs, but they're busy selling games like Checkers and Pro-minesweeper.
My question is....like I said...Valve has plenty of massive money makers sitting there on the shelf...Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike 2....why suddenly decide to become an ASP? Seems like a big risk for a company that essentially had a road before it paved in gold... |
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join:2002-09-19
Champaign, IL | studies show the first successful model in a particular business is always 20% higher revenue than anyone that comes later on. they're banking that the broadban number is jumping much higher this year [hich i agree] and their planning for the future. if steam sucks well CS condition zero comes out march 31, and from their reports you'll have to buy it to play - there's no free mod of it for previous CS owners/downloaders.  |
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