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
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
Traditional credentialing really doesn't have a lot of predictive value to if people will be successful. — Gabe Newell Being successful 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
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 Book 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
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
One of the things that's important about family is the narrative history they create for themselves. — Gabe Newell Create 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
The programmers of tomorrow are the wizards of the future, — Gabe Newell Inspirational 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
It feels a little bit funny coming here and telling you guys that Linux and open source are the future of gaming.… — Gabe Newell Bits Copy Share Image
The internet is super smart. If you do something that is cool, that's actually worth people's time, then they'll adopt it. If… — Gabe Newell Dollars Copy Share Image
As somebody who participates in the overall PC ecosystem, it's totally great when faster wireless networks and standards come out or when… — Gabe Newell Business 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
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
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
