> Tuesday, October 15, 2002, 7:05:25 PM, you wrote: > b> I'm just trying to point out that you can't believe everything you hear or > b> read. The saying "they can't print it if it isn't true", is not a true > b> statement. > I just wanted to ask that because magazine is rather "proffesional" and > never published rumor news....Couldn't you just write "No, it is not a > true" !?
I don't know if it's true or not. Valve typically doesn't post things to this list that they have not announced publicly, so asking about future Valve projects on this list probably won't get a response. I do know that Sierra and Vivendi Interactive (Vivendi has ownership in Sierra) have had financial analyst speculations of financial problems and Vivendi at one point had announced that it would sell off it's ownership in the gaming companies that it has (Sierra is one of them). As far as I know, this never happened, but it doesn't mean that it won't happen in the future. Sierra may get sold off to somebody else or may cease to exist. Only time will tell. If Sierra does cease to exist, Valve would, more than likely, pursue other publishers to distribute games (Microsoft, et. al.). Microsoft seems to be pushing everyone who develops games for them to come out with an X-box version of a game. In some (many?) cases, the X-box version comes out before the PC version does (can anyone say Halo?). I don't know anything about what Sierra, Valve, or Microsoft have planned for the future, but you should not believe anything that you read unless it comes directly from the company that is making the product. And you should not necessarily believe anything in this e-mail either, since I am only stating an opinion, not absolute fact. Jeffrey "botman" Broome _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
