According Brad Wardell, Stardock leader of (company that manages Impulse digital distribution service), the success steam have "had effect of Valve activities. "Steam has had an effect on their development cycles. Do not publish a half-life for years and people are complaining," said Wardell at IndustryGamers.
"I think they had a problem similar to ours. When one of these groups in your company generates profits, tend to make the best employees in that branch, because that's where you're making money. This is business." "If you look at the games developed internally by Valve Steam before and after you see the difference.
I'm not making value judgments, only that the effects are seen." After publishing in 2007, Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and Team Fortress 2, Valve has launched Portal, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2 and Alien Swarm. Portal 2 will be available in April while DOTA2 (Defense of the Ancients 2) has already been announced, and could rise in 2011.
However, Portal has been designed by a group of students then recruited by Valve, Left 4 Dead has been developed by a team acquired from the creators of Half-Life, and Alien Swarm was made by modder made by Valve, such as DOTA 2. Well, maybe not the boss of Stardock has a point ... 
"I think they had a problem similar to ours. When one of these groups in your company generates profits, tend to make the best employees in that branch, because that's where you're making money. This is business." "If you look at the games developed internally by Valve Steam before and after you see the difference.
I'm not making value judgments, only that the effects are seen." After publishing in 2007, Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and Team Fortress 2, Valve has launched Portal, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2 and Alien Swarm. Portal 2 will be available in April while DOTA2 (Defense of the Ancients 2) has already been announced, and could rise in 2011.
However, Portal has been designed by a group of students then recruited by Valve, Left 4 Dead has been developed by a team acquired from the creators of Half-Life, and Alien Swarm was made by modder made by Valve, such as DOTA 2. Well, maybe not the boss of Stardock has a point ...
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