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I'm find by it if Zenimax doesn't ruin the company or take to much control in the process but that won't happen. 

I'm not sure what specific benefit Valve would receive if this were to happen.  Last I heard, Valve is doing well independently.  It doesn't surprise me that Zenimax is watering at the mouth with desire to own Steam, though.

@Ping5000 said:

" I don't think this is something Valve would commit to. They have vaults and vaults of cash, they're doing extremely well independently and they have vaults and vaults of cash. They have so much money. Vaults of them. "

I would be shocked if this comes of anything. But boy oh boy it's a sign of how ambitious Zenimax is getting. They must still have Fallout 3 money to spend. Good luck to them.

Considering there was rumour EA was going to buy Valve and that turned out false I am inclined to say this is as well.
 
Valve wouldn't sell themselves, why? They have too good of a thing going with Steam and to be bought over by a larger parent company means that all of the ideals and efforts Valve have put into shaping Steam to be what it is today could be jeopardised. And I imagine any company wanting to buy Valve would do so because of Steam and the Half Life IP. Both are two things close to Valve's heart and not something I imagine they would willingly sell away in a company buyout / takeover bid without some clauses or legal obligations put in place first assuming Valve ever entertained the idea of allowing that to happen.
 
If I had to put money on this then I bet this is more a case of Valve perhaps looking to buy out Zenimax or purchase a studio owned by them. Over the years Valve has really established their solidarity and independence to the point they could probably afford to expand their company and work on multiple IPs of various game genre and style. And a great way of doing that is by bringing in new talent, the easiest way of course to do this is buy out a small studio who are used to working with each other and set them on a new project.