One thing that we have learned is that piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue, — Gabe Newell Inspirational Copy Share Image
Traditional credentialing really doesn't have a lot of predictive value to if people will be successful. — Gabe Newell Being successful Copy Share Image
One of the things that's important about family is the narrative history they create for themselves. — Gabe Newell Create Copy Share Image
We started off with a set of objectives for what we needed to communicate with the company's identity, created several proposals intended… — Gabe Newell Best job Copy Share Image
Greenlight is a bad example of an election process. We came to the conclusion pretty quickly that we could just do away… — Gabe Newell Bad example Copy Share Image
The culture at Valve is pretty much crowdsourced. The handbook is a wiki. One of the first things we say to new… — Gabe Newell Change Copy Share Image
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,… — Gabe Newell Bunch Copy Share Image
I'd like to thank Sony for their gracious hospitality, and for not repeatedly punching me in the face. If I seem a… — Gabe Newell Butlers Copy Share Image
I have no direct knowledge of this, but I suspect that Apple will launch a living room product that redefines people's expectations… — Gabe Newell Console 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 Clear 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 Audience 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 Access Copy Share Image
I consider Apple to be very closed. Let's say you have a book business, and you are charging 5 to 7 percent… — Gabe Newell Apple 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 Bunch 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 Business Copy Share Image
Steam is about creating tools for content creators and customers — Gabe Newell Creating Copy Share Image
We came up with the name and logo pretty much the same way we do everything else. — Gabe Newell Came Copy Share Image
Most DRM solutions diminish the value of the product by either directly restricting a customer's use or by creating uncertainty. — Gabe Newell Creating Copy Share Image
We just always focus on quality, which can be frustrating during the wait, but which pays off when we're done (we hope). — Gabe Newell Done Copy Share Image
The programmers of tomorrow are the wizards of the future. You're going to look like you have magic powers compared to everybody… — Gabe Newell Future Copy Share Image
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 Clear Copy Share Image
“Don't ever, ever try to lie to the internet - because they will catch you.” — Gabe Newell Catch Copy Share Image
I think that Windows 8 is kind of a catastrophe for everybody in the PC space. — Gabe Newell Catastrophe Copy Share Image
Everybody understands that you're supposed to say 'our employees are our most valuable asset' to the point where, even if it's really… — Gabe Newell Customers 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 Almost Copy Share Image
The big problem that is holding back Linux is games. People don't realize how critical games are in driving consumer purchasing behavior.… — Gabe Newell Behavior Copy Share Image
I think margins will be destroyed for a bunch of people. If that's true, then it will be good to have alternatives… — Gabe Newell Alternatives 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 Experience Copy Share Image
Most people who end up being successful have good grades, but it's orthogonal - there's no extra information than if they put… — Gabe Newell Being successful Copy Share Image
George Lucas should have distributed the 'source code' to Star Wars. Millions of fans would create their own movies and stories. Most… — Gabe Newell Code Copy Share Image
The Internet is changing what entertainment and sports is. It's not just a few people authoring an experience for others. It's really… — Gabe Newell Entertainment 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 Better Copy Share Image
I remember back in the early days of Microsoft that from the day that you decided that you were just going to… — Gabe Newell Able Copy Share Image
When I worked at Microsoft, I got to go and visit a bunch of different companies. Probably a hundred different companies a… — Gabe Newell Bunch Copy Share Image
