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TBF, with the INSANE hype for HF 3, it is actually the best course of action for Valve. Releasing something less than perfect will wreck their game development portion.

Yeah, since HL2 still regarded by many as 'the second coming' of sorts, anything less than objectively perfect would most likely create a shitstorm of grand proportions

I'd say to Valve... YOLO

And thus was brought on the beginning of the end for Valve.

Valve's game dev sector is practically dead, at best they develop proof of concepts for upcoming hardware...
They're the largest distribution platform for PC games by a country mile, and a multi-billion dollar company because of it, there's no reason for them to risk the investment.

There will be no Half-Life 3 or Source 2.5/3 other than maitaining the visuals of their current titles that net massive profits due to their persistent economies. Lets not forget that many of their previous games were essentially official adaptations of popular mods.