What is the motivation to NOT make Half Life 3?

What is the motivation to NOT make Half Life 3?
Valve stands to lose millions of dollars in potential sales by shelving it.

the moment gaben gets the motivation to hit the fucking treadmill perhaps we could have it.

but not in this life.

They're still working on Source 2, expect HL3 to come with its release

it will be a fucking shit and we all know that

The longer they go without releasing, announcing, teasing, or even acknowledging it the more people stop caring. The only sensible move for Valve is to just pretend it doesn't exist and move forward. It will never live up to anyone's expectations and anyone who has already lowered their expectations to be more realistic has probably stopped looking forward to the game entirely.

no matter how good it is it'll get overhyped and won't live up to that hype
on top of that, HL formula and gameplay is too dated for these days, so they'd have two possible options
>stick to gameplay like in 1/2
casuals and modern game reviewers hate it and sales plummet
>change things up
everyone loses their shit over how casualized it got and that it isn't half life anymore, sales plummet


the only winning move is not to release

>stands

IS THAT A MOTHERFUCKING JOJO REFERENCE?

Pretty much this.

Goldsrc = HL1
Source = HL2
Source 2 = HL3

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