p_mamusz: *chuckles*
*laughs*
*chokes*
wodmarach: EA seriously could they have more buying power etc than Valve if EA wanted to they could simply BUY VALVE and shut down steam that way...
As far as I know, to buy Valve, Valve must be selling. Valve isn't selling, so, buy valve is kinda tricky to take place.
If EA is so mighty as you think it is, and Valve with Steam is the gorilla of digital distribution, then there might be other legal blocks to. Then again, if EA could acquire Valve, there would be a replacement sooner or later. The other publishers wouldn't accept to pay tax to EA.
What I am trying to say is, Valve is not going to be part of EA any time soon. It's more likely that Microprose will buy Activision first.