Today the industry is abuzz about Facebook games and mobile games on devices like the iPad. Valve has neither. But online gameplay, like the co-operative campaign in Portal 2, will surely be important in the future. In fact, Portal 2 will probably be Valve’s last game with an isolated single-player experience. What this all means is something Newell is still trying to figure out, but he knows Valve needs to continually innovate by placing both short- and long-term bets.
Valve has had huge success with their multiplayer titles in the past. Games like Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 have large communities playing the years old titles and still shelling out for additions to the games at the Mann Co. I think there’s room for the conclusion of one high profile franchise’s single player experience…don’t you? I’m looking at you Half Life 2.
- This article was updated on July 24th, 2021
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