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Making HL3 only GNU/Linux exclusive would be the gigachadest thing ever done. Well even better than exclusivity. Make the game playable on windows but only with a downgrade in performance or need of emulation, like the whole industry has made with GNU/Linux.
What would be the point of actually making Half Life 3? The void caused by that game's non-existence is too culturally important to ever replace!
Ewww exclusives.
There are grown ass adults born after the last main story Half-life game.
While I have no doubt there would be some hype for a Half-life 3, I don't think it would be the firestarter this author is thinking.
Genius way to create a ton of ill will towards Valve, SteamOS and Linux as a whole.
Exclusivity is bad for gamers. We should reject it at all times.
Inclusivity then again means that even nazis should be allowed to game if they behave.
Exclusivity can eat my ass.
Horrendous idea, sorry.
If anything making it exclusive would just make your average Joe resent SteamOS
The same could be argued about HL:Alyx for VR, yet here we are...
VR has a major physical problem that no one has been able to solve: Nausea.
I feel bad for people who do but I’ve never gotten nauseous from VR. Maybe it doesn’t need to be for everyone? I haven’t played HL Alyx but from what I’ve heard it’s heavily crippled and reduced compared to something like Boneworks because it tries to accommodate those with motion sickness etc
No. Exclusives suck for everyone in the long run. In this case, it would also be pretty heavily set against the Linux / FOSS ethos, too.
probably all the fanboys will come out of the woodwork to defend it just like console exclusives
Nah sounds like a waste of time and resources to make a game built on their multiplatform engine and then lock it down to one environment.
not saying that valve would do this or that they should, but if that they did people would defend it. People defend a lot of things that don't benefit anyone
We all know Valve can't count past two.
SteamOS 3.6 though 🙂
I stand corrected.
There is no chance Valve will make HL3 SteamOS or Linux exclusive.
There is no chance Valve will make HL3 ~~SteamOS or Linux exclusive~~.
I think it will get made someday but likely will suck and/or be too late for anyone to really care
It's already too late. HL1 came out 27 years ago, HL2 came out 20 years ago.
Only old people will be hyped. Old people don't hype well.
I think his is underestimating how big HL3 is as a part of gaming culture. Half Life really wasn't part of my generation, but I grew up with HL3 being memed constantly. The constant fake leaks and rumors have kept the idea alive. Just a couple months ago I saw a lot of people genuinely believe it was going to be announced during The Gaming Awards thanks to a leak that Valve would be present. Every gaming event has chat full of people spamming Half Life 3 memes. Plus, Alyx got a lot of younger gamers to play the series.
If Half-Life 3 were actually announced the hype would 100% be there, even if most of it will be from people who had never played the games.
alyx was really good though. Like still top 10 VR games ever made.
It's because we are all tired and something usually hurts. The thing that hurts and the reason it hurts changes, but "something hurts" is near constant state of being.
It won't suck because Valve playtests the hell out of their games, but it might be bland/old fashioned feeling. The biggest issue with Valve is that they've really lost their edge. They used to be this young scrappy company that would innovate as easily as breathe, but over time they've begun to become so senior-heavy that now they just foster promising talents more than actually produce games.
bland/old fashioned feeling.
Would be described as sucking by many
A competent, fun-to-play game that does nothing new doesn't suck IMO, thus the distinction.
Saying anything that doesn't do something new or exciting sucks is a pretty bad take IMO.
Like you wouldn't say a new horror movie sucks just because it's about a serial killer holding a family captive in their house and there's like 50 movies with that premise already, y'know? Execution counts and Valve is still amazing at execution, is my main point. They would absolutely make a fun game that feels intuitive to play with great level design. It just might not necessarily be anything special in terms of mechanics. Mechanically I haven't seen much new from them since maybe Portal 2.
you wouldn't say a new horror movie sucks just because it's about a serial killer holding a family captive in their house and there's like 50 movies with that premise already, y'know?
Lol perfect classic example of something I would say sucks for the exact reason you named
But, maybe we can make a super clickbaity article anyway?
Are ‘super-clickbaity’ articles a thing of the past? The signs point to yes!
@DScratch 7 reasons why you don't see super-clickbaity articles anymore, number 4 is going to blow your mind!
This is not only dumb, but also manages to ignore Gabe's past declarations on the matter. It even ignores the fact they even released CounterStrike (of all things) on consoles.
There won't be exclusives. That isn't good business for Steam or Linux.
We already got half life 3. It was called half life alyx specifically to get away from the massive pressure that came with the meme.
Its also important to know valves strength is that they don’t need to pump out games, they make profit enough though steam. This makes sure they can put time in exploring new concepts and innovation and only release games that maintain the perception of excellence, which they could lose fast if they released a “mid” tier game.
As much of a Linux fanboy as I am, I just kinda hate platform exclusives in general when it comes to gaming.
Something fun could be Steam items you can only gain through playing the game on Linux, Like the promotional in-game items you got for playing TF2 on the launch of the Mac and Linux versions.
I think it would be cool as a freebie to steamOS users. Would encourage people to try out installing steamOS to get the game for free.
Could either be that they just need to try it once to claim the game, or the game is free to play as long as they stay on Linux/steamOS to encourage them to use it long enough to finish the game.
I think if they did a special launch on SteamOS and made it super polished it would be a nice demonstration... Or maybe an exclusive demo or minigame or something along those lines. They did some nifty stuff for VR this way and it got people pretty hyped about it for a while back when Vive launched.
I'll copy what I said on Mastodon
I don't know, even though Valve are pushing Steam OS they still treat all their platforms equally, and I don't think asking gamers to replace their OS (or install alongside their existing one) or buy a new PC in order to play Half-Life 3 is a good marketing strategy. Half-Life Alyx is a great example: as great a game it is, few people actually bought VR headsets to play it.
PS: I'm one of those guys who bought a headset for HLA, but I know I'm part of the minority here.
back when they were trying to do steam machines, i was saying that's what they needed. even if it was just a limited time exclusive, like hl3 comes out on linux in june, and on windows in december, it could've done a lot to solidify their os and hardware scheme. now though? idk if there's enough hype remaining around the idea of hl3, and steamOS is already a success due to handhelds, and proton has made it way more appealing to do games from linux in general, so i don't think it'd be so dramatic of an effect, and they'd probably lose out on sales to people who're really into windows.
all that said, exclusives are usually the deciding factor when choosing between systems. linux has never really had a 'killer app'. nobody wants to develop a program exclusively for linux because of its small market share, and it stays at a small market share because its competitors have important exclusives that folks can't bear to go without.
Yeah, stupid memes are exactly what we need. Just like the cybertruck was exactly the meme tesla needed, right?
I don't know who the fuck even wrote this trash, and I'm not dignifying the article with a click to find out, but I'm dumber now just for having read the title.
Ars Technica is a pretty well respected tech news site, which is basically the only reason I considered sharing this to begin with. They cite that we know a new Half Life game is in development, and the critical role that half life played in the foundation of steam as a game platform in general.
Overall it's a much better article than the title would otherwise suggest.