Valve Explains Its Erratic Release Schedule

[Sniper Team 4]

Bah. I'll believe a Valve game is released when I have it in my hands and I'm putting it in my system. Valve's track record is too messed up to believe anything else.

 

[GeorgW]

This is nothing new really...
The problem with valve time is that IF HL2E3 ever comes out, if it isn't completely perfect, everyone will hate it.

 

[teknoarcanist]

Valve puts out extremely high-quality games.

Valve lets its development cycle stretch on for as long as it needs to.

Protip: These two facts are not unrelated.

 

[Couch Radish]

with the money they make from steam they can afford to take their time, by nearly monopolising the digital distribution system they have the resources to wait for their games. Companies that dont have this other source of massive income, have to release games faster to stay afloat.

Also that Valve cares about polish and whatnot before releasing a game.

 

[Tulks]

This is nothing new really...
The problem with valve time is that IF HL2E3 ever comes out, if it isn't completely perfect, everyone will hate it.

No matter how good Ep3 is, no matter how quickly it releases, someone will hate it.