EA has been playing relatively nicely recently. EA also doesn't have a record of your whole life down to what commercial you get up to drop a deuce while you watch Lost. I'd rather have EA.
Either way, I seriously doubt this is at all true at this point. It would be more believable if it were Microsoft.
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Doesn't mean they wouldn't offer at a later point. Google and Valve don't seem to be a good fit.
Valve has a very different style of developing games that would likely conflict with the interests of management at a larger company. I seriously doubt that they will sell out until most of the founders are ready to retire/leave.