@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 8 months agoCrazy rumour suggests Microsoft are preparing $16 billion offer for Valvewww.altchar.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down162
arrow-up1-36arrow-down1external-linkCrazy rumour suggests Microsoft are preparing $16 billion offer for Valvewww.altchar.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 8 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareGhostalmedialinkEnglish1•8 months agoLooking at the sales estimates, the numbers appear pretty modest compared to the other gaming devices. They’re probably under 5m units sold since early 2022.
minus-square@9point6link12•8 months agoEA is worth several times that and they don’t have the #1 PC games platform or any hardware Valve should at least be in the same ballpark
minus-squareGhostalmedialinkEnglish3•8 months agoYeah, just saying that most of Valve’s value is probably in their software. Their hardware installed base is pretty small compared to others.
Looking at the sales estimates, the numbers appear pretty modest compared to the other gaming devices. They’re probably under 5m units sold since early 2022.
EA is worth several times that and they don’t have the #1 PC games platform or any hardware
Valve should at least be in the same ballpark
Yeah, just saying that most of Valve’s value is probably in their software. Their hardware installed base is pretty small compared to others.