quake 4 leak

if there is a contract in place that says VU will manufacture the CDs and be the distributor for the HL2, then that contract does entitle them to some share of profits. not the sold online profits but all distribution profits of physical CDs. i think what will be argued is whether VU had **exclusive rights** in the contract to distribute the HL2. i havent looked thru the contract so i dont know. otherwise, they dont have a leg to stand on. my understanding is that they were contracted to distribute the CDs and they get the profit from that. if thats the case, then Valve can distribute HL2 all they want online and not have to pay a dime for that kind of distribution. think about it, why should VU get a cut of the profits for something that they didnt contribute to or put any work into. Valve created steam and they want to use it as a distribution channel. they can do that. many companies have multiple distribution channels and online is one of them. if VU didnt contribute to steam or that dist channel, then they have no right to that profit **unless** they exclusivity rights in the contract.
 
very tru. so whats gonna end up happening is that ur gonna have a lot of angry gamers at VU because they will be considered the company that delayed HL2 even longer (even though it was ready to go). not a good public relations strategy if u ask me but when ur blinded by greed, u'll do just about anything.
 
Let's hope VU does the smart thing and doesn't delay HL2 for this.

Someone at valve said they were going to release hl2 on steam no matter what the court ruling was.
 
*bangs gavel* Back on-topic! Quake 4 is much too cool to be covered up by the likes of Valve's shenanigans!

Oh, but do feel free to start a separate thread about the HL2 drama. I just want my Quake 4 news kept pure as the driven snow.
 
WHAT?! HL2 will own your pitiful Q3...

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didnt he say quake 4?
anyway Ithink the quake games are just crappy version of unreal, which is crappy in the first place... I used to play it, when all i wanted to do was kill people I dont know
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VUG already has a lawsuite against them by a former employee for violating California overtime laws for their programmers. Seems they are not shooting themselves in the foot legally, they are killing themselves by threatening to hold out on Valve.

I give VU 2 more years, then bankruptcy.

Cory
 
Yes, how about it?
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I dunno, I'm not holding my breath. I played the Doom 3 demo and while the graphics are snazzy, the game itself was kind of ho-hum (but it sure was scarey! I jumped out of my skin several times, but after a while you realize it's all scripted events). If Raven weren't involved I might've written Q4 off completely. But now that my expectations have been adequately lowered, I can't wait to be proven wrong.
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Quote[/b] (Shagz @ Oct. 04 2004,9:15)]If Raven weren't involved I might've written Q4 off completely.
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w00t, Raven! Aye, it's shameful that I thoroughly enjoyed both Hexen and Heretic II (both games featured magic and other icky stuff), but I did. Heretic II had one of the best multiplayer experiences in FPS history and Hexen's coop mode occupied Elihu and me for many, many hours after we had burned out on Doom II.
 
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