Ninety percent of games lose money; 10 percent make a lot of money. And there's a consistency around the competitive advantages you create, so if you can actually learn how to do the art, the design, and the programming, you… — 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 Image
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 Image
Traditional credentialing really doesn't have a lot of predictive value to if people will be successful. — Gabe Newell 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 to meet… — 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 today without… — Gabe Newell 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 gross margins;… — 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 date, they… — Gabe Newell 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 with Greenlight… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
One of the things that's important about family is the narrative history they create for themselves. — Gabe Newell 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, who will… — 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 today without… — Gabe Newell 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 little nervous,… — 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 job at… — 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 need is… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
