Possible Change in Valve's Business model Not Too Far in the Future?





Gabe Newall, Valve Founder, speaks about his past and how Valve became to be in this interview, but that's not all. Specifically towards the end of the interview he speaks about the development of games. He see's a future where the community/gamers pay the developers to make a game rather than just the publishers. This would mean if you like the idea/development of a game you would have the option of spending maybe like 30 bucks and "part" of the game is kinda yours in a sense. It's an interesting marketing theory and with the success with Valve's Steam and it's steady release of Indie games that you never have heard of, it doesn't seem to far fetched for Valve to attempt to try this business model. There are millions of gamers out there. All with their specific likes and taste, and the idea of feeding those likes and taste with "development money" just seems like a Win Win situation.