Gabe Newell

The PS3 is a total disaster on so many levels, I think It’s really clear that Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted.

— Gabe Newell

This isn't working.

— Gabe Newell

C'mon, people, you can't show the player a really big bomb and not let them blow it up.

— Gabe Newell

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, it's because Kevin Butler was introduced to me backstage as the VP of sharpening things.

— Gabe Newell

Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem.

— Gabe Newell

The programmers of tomorrow are the wizards of the future.

— Gabe Newell

James is an ass, and we won't be working with him again.

— Gabe Newell

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, and the notion of a separate console platform will disappear concurrent with Apple's announcement.

— Gabe Newell

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

George Lucas should have distributed the "source code" to Star Wars. Millions of fans would create their own movies and stories. Most of them would be terrible, but a few would be genius.

— 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