The PS3 is a total disaster on so many levels, I think It's really clear that Sony lost track of what customers… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of games lose money; 10 percent make a lot of money. And there's a consistency around the competitive advantages you… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
In order for innovation to happen, a bunch of things that aren't happening on closed platforms need to occur. Valve wouldn't exist… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
What's the right way to think about the distribution part of Steam? You need to worry about viruses and people trying to… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
The PC is successful because we're all benefiting from the competition with each other. If Twitter comes along, our games benefit. If… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
It feels a little bit funny coming here and telling you guys that Linux and open source are the future of gaming.… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
If I buy a game on Steam and I'm running it on Windows, I can go to one of the Steam machines… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
To people who traditionally charge $10,000 for a 3D animating app, we say you should be free-to-play and generate a revenue stream.… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
If you look at the requirements for just one piece, like art, from one generation of games to the next, it will… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
About half the people at Valve have run their own companies, so they always have the option not just to take a… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
In order for innovation to happen, a bunch of things that aren't happening on closed platforms need to occur. Valve wouldn't exist… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
It used to be that you needed a $500-million-a-year company in order to reach a worldwide audience of consumers. Now, all you… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
We tend to think of Steam as tools for content developers and tools for producers. We're just always thinking: how do we… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
I think it's really clear that Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted. I'd say, even at this late… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
One thing that we have learned is that piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue, — Gabe Newell Copy Share
I have no direct knowledge of this, but I suspect that Apple will launch a living room product that redefines people's expectations really strongly,… — Gabe Newell Copy Share
Traditional credentialing really doesn't have a lot of predictive value to if people will be successful. — Gabe Newell Copy Share
We started off with a set of objectives for what we needed to communicate with the company's identity, created several proposals intended to meet… — Gabe Newell Copy Share
In order for innovation to happen, a bunch of things that aren't happening on closed platforms need to occur. Valve wouldn't exist today without… — Gabe Newell Copy Share
I consider Apple to be very closed. Let's say you have a book business, and you are charging 5 to 7 percent gross margins;… — Gabe Newell Copy Share
I think it's really clear that Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted. I'd say, even at this late date, they… — Gabe Newell Copy Share
Greenlight is a bad example of an election process. We came to the conclusion pretty quickly that we could just do away with Greenlight… — Gabe Newell Copy Share
One of the things that's important about family is the narrative history they create for themselves. — Gabe Newell Copy Share
I think Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space. I think we'll lose some of the top-tier PC/OEMs, who will… — Gabe Newell Copy Share
In order for innovation to happen, a bunch of things that aren't happening on closed platforms need to occur. Valve wouldn't exist today without… — Gabe Newell Copy Share
I'd like to thank Sony for their gracious hospitality, and for not repeatedly punching me in the face. If I seem a little nervous,… — Gabe Newell Copy Share
About half the people at Valve have run their own companies, so they always have the option not just to take a job at… — Gabe Newell Copy Share
It used to be that you needed a $500-million-a-year company in order to reach a worldwide audience of consumers. Now, all you need is… — Gabe Newell Copy Share
