Valve: the Gabe Newell Empire

Valve is a company that every PC gamer knows but is generally unknown among other gamer's but that is about to change when they release the new steam OS they have advertised. Valve first started out as a company by Gabe Newell who originally worked at Microsoft  and became a “Microsoft millionaire”. He left Microsoft claiming he was the producer of Microsoft 1,2 and 3 which were big claims at the time. He then went on to create Valve and develop  Half-life which was a game made on the quake engine and they also went on to make Team fortress.

For they’re sequel to half-life they created they own engine the source engine which will go on to be one of their biggest creations and they still use it to day to make their games. Half-life 2 came out and was considered one of the best PC games ever made but Valve has not made the sequel to that or even announced it. But probably the biggest thing they have done in their career is create Steam.

Steam is either a love or hate relationship because of what they have achieved of Steam.I personally love it because Steam is the major place to buy games on PC and for many people the only place to buy PC games. They were one of the first companies to create a game platform for PC only.  But what puts them ahead of their competitors so much is the outrageous prices and the nonstop crazy sales  they put up. If you show up for one of their seasonal sales you are in for a treat because you can find games, new games old games and brand new games for extremely low prices. You can be games for only a quarter or some new games from anywhere from 50% to 90% off. Now you think that they would not make any money for sales like these but what happens is they trick people. I have fallen for this many a times with Steam, seeing a game on sale that you are not really interested in but because it is priced so low you just have to buy it. Because of the successes of just about every game Valve makes plus the fact that they are the main powerhouse behind Steam makes Valve one of the biggest companies in PC gaming and one of the most powerful.