Gabe Newell quotes - page 2
Gabe Newell is an American businessman and co-founder of the video game company Valve Corporation. His influence has shaped the gaming industry through the development of iconic titles and the Steam digital platform. He is widely recognized for his innovative vision and impact on modern gaming. Here are 39 of his quotes:
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
People who are constantly looking for the opportunity to do something new are also people who are not going to be helped by having job titles - job titles create expectations of specialization and focus which don't map really well to creating the best possible experience for your customers.
Gabe Newell
We tend to think of Steam as tools for content developers and tools for producers. We're just always thinking: how do we want to make content developers' lives better and users' lives a lot better? With Big Picture Mode, we're trying to answer the question: 'How can we maximize a content developers' investment?'
Gabe Newell
The original Half-Life took two years to create and Half-Life 2 took six years. That means Half-Life 3 would ship in approximately 2022. By which time we'll all be retired. With episodic content we can answer everybody's questions about what happened at the end of Half-Life 2, and we can do it in 18 months rather than 18 years.
Gabe Newell
Gabe Newell
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Occupation: American Businessman
Born: November 3, 1962
Quotes count: 39
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