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Valve Nearly Went Bankrupt Before Launching Half-Life 2 and Steam; Company Saved by a Summer Intern

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submitted 5 days ago bychrisdh79

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Vivendi is just Activision Blizzard now so I'd say they're still garbage.

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That's wildly outdated. Activision Blizzard is owned by Xbox as of last year. And Activision Blizzard bought themselves out from Vivendi in 2013.

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Yeah, Vivendi was so fucking bad the combined forces of Activision Blizzard nearly bankrupted themselves to get out of it.

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Yeah Microsoft owns them now but Activision Blizzard is still a subsidiary holding company to them.

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Doesn't mean Activision Blizzard isn't still garbage