Valve Corporation

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Content0 About Valve0 History0 The Logo0 Games

0Steam – About Steam

Features Create and Share Steam Machine0 Other Projects0 SWOT

About

0 Valve Corporation is an American video game development and digital distribution company based in United States.

0 We’re always creating - Produce award-winning games, leading-edge technologies as well as ground breaking social platforms.

0 Valve is a working environment that is boss-free. An environment where motivated and creative peers work together.

History

0 Founded in 1996 by former Microsoft employees Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington, Valve created the critically acclaimed Half-Life and Portal series, as well as the software distribution platform Steam (released in 2002) and the Source engine .

Gabe Newell

0 Co-Founder and Managing director

0  Forbes named Newell as "A Name You Should Know" mainly for his work on Steam having partnerships with multiple major developers

0 Net worth = $1.5 billion

0 March 2013, received the BAFTA Fellowship Award ( British Academy of Film and Television Art) )for his contribution to the gaming community

Games0Half Life series0Team Fortress0Portal0Left for Dead0Dota 20Counter Strike:Source

0 Valve’s debut title, Half-Life, was released in 1998. It won more than 50 game of the year awards, and PC Gamer even called it the best PC Game ever made.

0 Sold over 9.3 million copies over the past decade

0 Its sequel sold 6.5 million0 Counter strike sold 4.2 million0 The Orange Box sold 3 million0 Dota 2, 591839players online 2014/4/9 23:14

1998 2010

"Open your mind. Open your eyes."—Valve

Steam

About Steam

0Steam is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer, and communications platform.

0Steam provides the user with installation and automatic management of software across multiple computers, as well as community features.

0The software provides a freely available application programming interface (API), Steamworks, that developers can take advantage of to integrate many of Steam's functions within their software products.

Digital Distribution

0Digital distribution describes the delivery of media content such as audio, video, software and video games, without the use of physical media usually over online delivery mediums, such as the Internet.

Digital Rights Danagement(DRM)

Store

Library

0Store games0Either online or single player games

Social Community0Meet new

people, join game groups, form clans, chat in-game and more

0With over 40 million potential friends

Profile

Workshop

0User-created mods have always been one of the best things about PC gaming. Unlike on consoles, people can create mods for PC games and distribute them online. For games where the developers have added Steam Workshop integration – including Portal 2, Dota 2, and Skyrim – you can easily browse and install mods with just a few clicks.

Steam Sales

0The Steam Sales refer to annual discount events 0  Steam Summer Sale held at the start of summer

break and the Steam Holiday Sale during the holiday season

0During these events, a large selection of titles become available for purchase at a discount price for limited time

0Many Steam customers tend to make impulse purchases and overspend

Steam Stats

Steam Machines (Hardware Platform)

0 Steam Machine is a line of pre-built PCs that will be manufactured and distributed beginning in 2014 by a number of vendors using a range of different design specifications outlined by Valve Corporation.

0 Steam Machines will run SteamOS, an open source Linux-based operating system developed for Linux-compatible Steam games as well as other entertainment.

0 Some Steam Machines will also come with Microsoft Windows installed. Most pre-built Steam Machines will be upgradeable and modular to varying extents, much like traditional PCs..

SWOT

Strength

0Free0Buys and play games from home0The first and the biggest gamer social platform0Easy to join Easy to use

Weakness

0Need internet for the full experience

Opportunity

0Steam Sales0More and more pc gamers0Widespread availability of internet

0Steam Machine entering console market

Threat

0Windows Live0Battle.net0EA Origin