Google Eying Valve for Next Acquisition?
These days you can’t say the word “Google” in an acquisition rumor post without setting the internet a-buzz with chatter and that is just what has happened this morning. Citing “well placed sources”, the Inquirer is reporting that Google may gobble up video game company Valve any second now. Of course the fact that Valve is a gaming company is likely of little relevance to the giant G. Instead, the consensus is that Google has its eye on Valve’s beloved content distribution platform Steam. Steam is known throughout the land as the godfather of download services, currently hosting 440 game titles and roughly 15 million active users. Ask any one of them how great Steam is and you’ll get a pretty quick read on why Google might be eying Valve. This could mean big things for Google and bigger things for Google competitors – Valve makes content distribution so easy a caveman could do it.
I find that last sentence very condescending towards cavemen.
Yeah. I hope geko doesn’t sue you for the caveman comment. LoL
Cool! Now if they can just get Half-Life running on the Android. Steam is great, just add mobile downloading and Google will be way out in front.
Gotta disagree. Steam is terrible. I had it on my last PC and it was constantly freezing up, playing havoc with my firewall, and slow as molasses. I have kept my 9 month old PC Steam Free and am VERY happy about it.
Steam may have had its bugs in the past, but it’s almost flawless now. I’m always connected, and Valve games are ownage. I just hope that Google’s ownership will not screw up what is now an excellent platform.
What kind of picture is that?
I think that this is a power move for google.