A lot of times I make people better by getting stupid, distracting, bureaucratic stuff off their desk. That's an incredibly easy way to make a senior person more productive. Gabe Newell bureaucraticdeskdistract Change image and share on social
A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going to play the Steam store now.' Gabe Newell borecollectioncontent Change image and share on social
Photoshop should be a free-to-play game. There's not really a difference between very traditional apps and how they enhance productivity and wandering around a forest and killing bears. Gabe Newell appbeardifference Change image and share on social
Traditional credentialing really doesn't have a lot of predictive value to if people will be successful. Gabe Newell credentialinglotpeople Change image and share on social
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 the PC, or Epic, or Zynga, or Google. They all wouldn't have existed without the openness of the platform. Gabe Newell bunchcloseepic share on social
The Internet is changing what entertainment and sports is. It's not just a few people authoring an experience for others. It's really growing out of what everybody does. Gabe Newell authorechangeentertainment Change image and share on social
When I worked at Microsoft, I got to go and visit a bunch of different companies. Probably a hundred different companies a year. You'd see all the different ways they'd work. The guys who did Ventura Publisher one day, and then United Airlines the next. You'd see the 12 guys in Texas doing Doom, and then you'd go see Aetna life insurance. Gabe Newell aetnaairlinebunch share on social
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; you can't exist in an Apple world because they want 30 percent, and they don't care that you only have 7 percent to play with. Gabe Newell applebookbusiness share on social
If you look at the requirements for just one piece, like art, from one generation of games to the next, it will change radically. You need people who are adaptable because the thing that makes you the best in the world in one generation of games is going to be totally useless in the next. Gabe Newell adaptableartchange share on social
I'm a handsome man with a charming personality. Gabe Newell charmhandsomeman Change image and share on social