I don’t see it happening. Before Steam, the only way PC games were being sold were GameStop (barely), computer stores and retailers. I don’t think anybody wants to go back to that or maybe they do just for nostalgic sakes but PC gaming has largely taken off from the physical media days.

God forbid the freaking Saudis start pitching offers for Valve. Or Tencent. Or Epic Games.

All that needs to happen is just one gullible person to allow it to happen, just one, within Valve when Gabe is gone.