Gabe Newell Quotes

“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 exit the market. I think margins will be destroyed for a bunch of people.”

“But the more I think about it, the more I think PC words are a crock of shit. If I want to describe something using a stupid word, I should.”

“Just as we could have rode into the sunset, along came the Internet, and it tripled the significance of the PC.”

“People often call fighting racism being 'PC' when they don't want to confront their own prejudice”

“I play PC and Xbox games at home, and I just got a PSP as a birthday present.”

“People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged.”

“The PC principle is to always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.”

“Developing games for the PC and consoles is all about everything and the kitchen sink. In many ways, you don't have design decisions to make. You do it all. So I enjoy going back to making decisions about what's important as I'm working on a game.”

“To maintain the P/PC Balance, the balance between the golden egg (production) and the health and welfare of the goose (production capability) is often a difficult judgment call. But I suggest it is the very essence of effectiveness.”

“First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we've realized it's a brochure.”