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I suppose as long as they keep being showered with money from Steam, they don't really have an incentive to end with that chaotic way of organising the corporation.

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At the same time, it would be nice to have that level of resources to devote to a project like HL3, even if it was only "sold" to the bean counters as an excellent way to boost the company's reputation and "standing" from a marketing angle.

Then again, as picky and vocal as gamers can be, would they even want to risk ending up with a less than stellar result? At this point the status of HL3 has become so huge as to provide countless running jokes and cliches. Could they even risk putting out something that wasn't the second (third?) coming?

Is it long-term good to make a something no one wants to make well?

Remember what happened to Star Wars? Lucas pumped out a prequel trilogy that made a ton of short-term money, but then put a 15 year delay to wash away the filthy taste, before Disney took over and started self-perpetuation engine pumping out enjoyable and massively profitable movies

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