Valve sees MMOs as the future of the medium
by Michael Zenke 
Jul 11th 2008 at 7:30PM
Filed under: Business models, Culture
We've talked previously about the tug-of-war that seems to be happening between the PC-yes and the PC-no crowd. Gabe Newell, head of the well-known Half-Life developer Valve, firmly stood up in the PC-yes column late last month. His impassioned statements were even referenced by the folks at Blizzard in their own denouncement of PC platform haters earlier this month.It's worth noting, though, that Newell sees MMOs specifically as the future of PC gaming. Valve itself is looking at the subscription fee and microtransaction models for future projects. They're also looking to the genre itself, something we've talked about here on the site once or twice before. Ultimately, they feel, the Wrath of the Lich King expansion is going to do more for the medium of videogames than the best efforts of groups like the PC Gaming Alliance. Make sure to check out Newell's now-slightly stale comments with a new eye towards the MMO-love.
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Geo Lara said on 9:52PM 7-11-2008
I'd be happy with some Mac MMO love. I've always wanted to try something PVE other than WoW. Not many options out there.
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zeroNth said on 11:49AM 7-13-2008
Clearly the only developer with the resources, dedication and polish to make Blizzard pay attention. I love WoW, don't get me wrong, but this genre needs some genuine competition. And no... the half a million other MMO's and pseudo-MMO's out there with a combined 9% market share don't qualify as "genuine competition" and I don't see that they will. Just my $0.02.
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