Valve and bankruptcy

If Valve was at the point where bankruptcy was a realistic concern, then Valve would probably have to be at the point where it wasn't very popular or widely approved of.

So don't worry about it! If Steam ever falls, you will probably be saying "Good riddance! It's about time they died off. Why did they ever think Steam could possibly compete with the industry leaders, GameStop Online and UOrigin? And their dumb Steambox3 consoles were hopeless against the PlayStation 13, the Xbox 5760, and the Wii Z."

LoL

EA sucks and is gready, Ubisoft is awsome and would want it to take over steam

Yaay for offline mode!

In the case that this happens, GOG and Desura will team up and recreate the empire that Valve has made.

Without Steam I would probably pirate games, the only ones I would pay for would be Ubisoft games since they've been making better and better games lately, and Uplay isn't too bad.

I think it would have a similar effect on most PC game consumers until someone came up with an actual decent replacement for Steam.

No idea. Not at all, might have to download replacement exe for some games though. Dead. No. Bad luckily?. $0. ???

"If Valve opened a donation to return Steam, how much would you donate?"

I question the intelligence of anyone who would donate a penny. Unless they work for Valve, that is.

I would download all my games. The end.

SHIT MAN, YOU SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME, I THOUGHT VALVE WENT BANKRUPT

What if Electricity stopped working? What if the internet permanently shut down? What if... what if... what if...

If Valve was to go bankrupt tomorrow i think it would have a dramatic effect on the PC industry because many companies rely on Valve for DRM and security checking. It is also the most popular place to buy Indie titles. Also having such a hardcore modding community would have an effect on the future of video games. You would also be missing out on Valve developed games as well which would be extremely dissaponting to many gamers. Personally I would be rather upset but I would either go back to buying PC games from retailers, or move to a different online distribution platform or even just give up on PC gaming entirely and become a console gamer. I believe SteamGifts would end. It is a possibilty that it could become OriginGifts but is a highly unlikely circumstance. If Valve oopened a donation system I dont think I would give them any money because I would just get my games from elsewhere. I have no idea what company would replace Steam.

There's no point on living anymore.

Suicides. Lots of them (especially with autistic game collectors)

Well, considering GabeN said that they would never do something like shutting everything down instantly and deny access to games you've purchased, I assume Steam would continue to live on after Valve is bought by some other company, or they'd allow users to download the games they've bought on Steam until a limited time and then shut down the system, but thinking the Internet, people would never allow such a system to go down IMHO. At least someone would hack the client and allow download of games from another server.

I guess in case Valve went bankrupt, EA would be willing to buy all its assets, which will probably make Steam as bad as Origin, until they merge both one or two years later. I definitely wouldn't want that, but in terms of monopolizing, you know how EA is, and you also know how they feel about Valve.

I'd possibly cry for both the money and time I've wasted on Steam. Achievements would be removed too probably, so all those times grinding on games would be for nothing. :<

The thought of seeing a Humble valvE Bundle gives me chuckles, but I'd donate what I could to keep the system alive.

In case of everything being shut down (and not transferred to another company) SteamGifts, as well as all Steam related sites would be shut down. I'm not sure how Origin works in terms of Community. Desura is somewhat similar to Steam in terms of user profiles and store I think. Maybe a DesuraGifts would pop up? Highly unlikely though.

But yeah, I personally believe that no matter what happens to Valve, people would never allow Steam to be shut down.

Let's consider why Valve could go bankrupt.

One option is that Steam dies. Steam is where Valve's money is, and if it stops selling games, then Valve will be in trouble. On the other hand if that happens (for example if the PC is dead and everyone is playing games only on iOS and Android), then few people will care, there will not be Steam Gifts and it will just fizzle away.

Most reasons for Steam's death, like World War 3, total economic collapse, etc., will likely also result in Steam's death not being that important at that moment.

Another option is that Gaben embezzles all the money, buys Atlantis and retires there, away from the world. In that case I think that Steam is likely to survive and end up in other hands, probably run by EA.

More possible is EA bankruptcy....

The odds of me winning the lottery is higher than Valve going bankrupt.

The worse that can happen is Valve being bought over by someone. Maybe Microsoft or EA.

And the most important thing is this; Valve and Steam are separate entities. Valve makes video games. Steam sells games. If one gets sold or closes, the other would still be around.

THIS is why it will never happen

Well I know one thing. I still wouldn't use Origin.

Considering the way they do sales, it's a thousand times more likely for me to go bankrupt first.

They kinda can't... Only if EA gives better deals than them so... that would be like never.

If Valve go bankruptc somebody will sell crack's for games.

Origingifts you say ?