Developer "threatens" to kill Gabe Newell - has game pulled from Steam

I'd go to EA and try and make it a Origin exclusive, might be able to get a payoff from them. This does highlight my issue with Steam though and that is it has to much of the market share. The only other thing to do is use Origin for some of the games but even then that isn't a great option.
 
Doogles said:
I'd go to EA and try and make it a Origin exclusive, might be able to get a payoff from them. This does highlight my issue with Steam though and that is it has to much of the market share. The only other thing to do is use Origin for some of the games but even then that isn't a great option.
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Some sloppy indie game that nobody had heard of before, and still doesn't want to play after?

Yeah EA will probably throw millions at it.
 
Gimpymoo said:
Valve needed to be the bigger people here and they failed.

Be careful the next time you call Gabe "Fat", who knows what will happen to your Steam account or Steam store listing.

Are they setting out new "unofficial official" policy on what to do when developers say bad things about us when we make a mistake? Instead of fixing the mistake, they remove the item from the store.

Disclaimer for those who need it:
*obviously, saying your going to kill someone is not in the same league as calling someone "Fat".
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I don't see anything wrong with Valves response. You cannot publicly call out and abuse a business partner like that and not expect there to be repercussions.

The fact Valve made a mistake to begin with is immaterial as his response is unjustified in any professional environment. Being an indie developer isn't an excuse to act like a spoiled child, and hopefully he'll have learned a lesson about how to conduct himself in the future.
 
If a simple admin error caused this childlike, over-reactive and idiotic response then who on earth would even want to buy a game from said developer if it remained on Steam.
 
Surely the best thing to do was to raise the issue, wait for it to be fixed and if it took too long/affected their message then ask if they can get a few hours of front page exposure as compensation or something like that than go on like this.

I don't blame valve at all.
 
No, and only someone with a known anti-valve agenda (studiously avoids looking at anyone in particular) would think otherwise :D
 
Indeed very silly but I would like to find something out. If valve took the threat seriously did they report him to the police? If they didn't Valve obliviously didn't take the threat to seriously and just removed his game because he raged if in a distasteful manner. Also why did they only do something about his game when the threat was issued and not earlier.

At the very least there's a lack of transparency on valves part in terms of the original issue from Valves/Steams CS department
 
think this sounds fair, steam has channels to deal with the error, the fact there was a problem on steams part isnt a problem.

what he should have done if he was going to post on twitter at all is to point out the error and that steam was working to fix it. double whammy of getting his message across and subtly coaxing valve into doing it quickly [to make them look efficient at fixing things] without being confrontational.

if i walked into a bar and threatened to kill the barman, you can be sure he wouldn't serve me a pint [at the very least]
likewise if i walked into a bar and the barman threatened to kill me, you can be sure i wouldn't buy a pint.

as for steam having a monopoly, they provide a good service and [disclaimer]imo[/disclaimer] don't really charge anything more than the odds, certainly if anything i've both saved time and had convenience using steam compared to buying discs, so if they have a monopoly its a deserved one.

tl:dr
dev is impatient, makes stupid comment, steam cuts service to dev, seems fair
 
FortuitousFluke said:
http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/21/the-developer-who-threatened-gabe-newell-has-quit/

Looks like he's now stepped down as CEO and sold his stake in the business. Even now his tone sounds petulant and self pitying
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Exactly, stuff like this sounds particularly stupid:

"If I do continue to work in games it'll be as an anonymous 1 of 1000 at some ****** corporation," he said.

That same corporation could google you after an interview and decide not to employ you based on what you've said on the internet.

Regards
Gary J
 
Besides all the other idiotic comments in this thread, the funniest one was people asking if this was a real death threat ....I mean really?
 
npjnpj said:
I don't get the reasoning behind Maulbeck's tantrum at all. So it was mislabled, and? It gets corrected and the customers will just start buying it a day or two later. So what?
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It was on the front page. Viewed by millions.
In a day or two, fixed or not it's into obscurity. His lost revenue would be astronomical assuming even 0.5% of people bought his game.
 
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