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Which isnt unprecedented.. they did the same thing with Alyx and Index, didnt they?
Similar thing with Orange Box back in the day, too
the orange box wasnt released along side any steam hardware? that i can recall at least.
No, Steam didn't have their own hardware back then afaik, but it introduced Portal alongside new installments of two extremely popular existing franchises. That's why I said it was similar instead of the same thing.
Team Fortress was not an "extremely popular existing franchise" even among dedicated PC gamers. What the Orange Box did was let Valve experiment with marketing materials like the teaser videos for Portal and "Meet the Heavy."
man.. I really wish valve would go back and make new Meet The videos.. or just TF2 videos in general. The first ones, like Heavy, got so ripped off compared to later ones like the Pyros
The comics were pretty good too.
Comics were great too. Wish there was more of those too.
There was almost a TF2 show on adult swim, too.. I dont remember all the details, I think it fell through cause Valve refused to listen to any input the CN execs had?