i don't like these questions :P

It's like saying Gaben will release HL3. It won't happen. Don't worry.

End of the world.

I don't think that's possible. But to answer, it would hugely impact the PC industry, many people want Steam DRM games over DRM free ones (I'm one of them, to be honest). SG would probably eventually close, no one would use Origin. I'm too poor to donate and would wait for others to do so. EA is obviously the best company to rule Steam. sarcasm.

You can't really even think about that... should they find themselves in troubles, they'd just release Half Life 3.

Valve can't spend the money quickly enough, so they just throw 2mil dollar price pools for a beta game

bankrupucy...what?

Why Origingifts? Desuragifts seems much more realistic.

Now I'm going to have nightmares

if they go bankrupt we lose all our games. I'd want gog to take over because there the only ones i can think of that don't have a policy allowing them to revoke ownership. Or more likely than them desura.
impact on computer industry would be minimal, others are poised to take their place.

probably valve will be bought by another company, maybe in an auction

"If Valve were to go bankrupt tomorrow how much of an effect it would have on the PC industry?"

I'd be more concerned with what state the industry would have to be in for Valve to fail in the first place.

Considering I do not buy Non-steam DRM games anymore.. it would impact the industry a lot as I know a lot of my friends now a days will only buy a game as long as it is Steam.

It's easier to have Steam than to install Xfire and all these other gaming clients that used to exist.

Consoles take over the world.

To me, I'd be pissed. No valve = no steam right? = all my games are gone.

What are you talking about? Valve and bankruptcy are antonyms

wait a little and Gabe will dominate the world, he could do it if all about Steam Wallet Cards gone well and no companies complained, so wallet card could be available not only in some countries, but in all the world, ( hope this will happen and will be the end of physical videogames, I mean that useless thing called disk)

Dota 2 will make enough money for Valve for the next 100 years, so yeah, dun worry! ^_^

a question that can scary a little more: what if internet becomes unavailable because of some alien invasion so that you can't download the game you want to play right now?

Valve can't go bankrupt.

Before it comes to that, there's plenty of new TF2 hats to steal yer money.

The real question is, what will happen to Valve when the sun explodes?!

(I know I said I'd never reply to your posts again, but I need some entertainment once and a while!)

Origingifts? I'd rather support GOGgifts.

Amazon is trying its best to put Steam (as a sales model) out of business.

I think we, PC consumers, have enough of a spine to not immigrate to Origin - although it's likely that some people take the opportunity to stand up for their rights and choose a service that respects that (ex. Desura), while some will stick to whichever service comes easiest. The choice of platform on which games would be released after this crash would be the decisive factor.

But I'm calling the Steam store becoming P2P before anything like this happens.

Gabe will take over the world

BOW DOWN TO YOUR ALMIGHTY KING