Gabe Newell, Managing Director of Valve, made it quite clear recently that he’d rather see his company “disintegrate” than be absorbed into a larger company that would scavenge it for resources. In an interview with The New York Times, Newell stated, “It’s way more likely we would [let Valve go bankrupt] than say, ‘Let’s find some giant company that wants to cash us out and wait two or three years to have our employment agreements terminate."