When did EA buy Valve?!!?!??!

fiddolbrfrho · 10-18-2007, 04:31 PM

my heart sank yesterday when i saw a television commercial for orange box. it opened up with the EA logo (only tinted orange).

is there any decent game company out there that isn't owned by EA anymore?

JCC87 · 10-18-2007, 04:36 PM

EA are trying to take over the world.

stinkypitz · 10-18-2007, 05:04 PM

WHAT!? they took valve!?

damn them... i must unleash the T-virus at EA headquarters immediatly

jamieisamonkey · 10-18-2007, 05:22 PM

ummm.... they havent! valve corporation has nothing to do with ea!

stinkypitz · 10-18-2007, 05:23 PM

Thank god.

Alg · 10-18-2007, 07:22 PM

Valve isn't owned by EA, they just have a publishing agreement.

fiddolbrfrho · 10-18-2007, 10:27 PM

that's a relief... but still, why the publishing agreement? is it no longer possible to publish a game without EA's godforsaken logo stamped on it?

jimmy_Bish · 10-18-2007, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by fiddolbrfrho

that's a relief... but still, why the publishing agreement? is it no longer possible to publish a game without EA's godforsaken logo stamped on it?

For the same reason music stars still publish through record labels. They can afford to do it themselves, but would rather someone already established in it to take over the hard work for them.
EA is a damn good publisher. They have the funds to really push a product, they have the experience, and they have all the tools of the trade required.
If Valve were to do similar, it would cost a lot of money and resources to get set up as a publisher. The costs of doing it themselves probably outweigh paying EA. And since Valve don't make console games that often, they wouldn't do enough business to justify those costs.