“If I buy a game on Steam and I'm running it on Windows, I can go to one of the Steam machines and already have the game. So you benefit as a developer; you benefit as a consumer in having the PC experience extended in the living room.” IfsI CanRunningGamesRoomsBenefitsWindowMachinesConsumersLiving RoomSteamDevelopers Author:Gabe Newell
“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 need is a Steam account. That changes a whole bunch of stuff. It's kind of a boring 'gee, information processing changes a stuff' story, but it's going to have an impact on every single company.” NeedsYearsKindWholeStoriesUsedOrderStuffCompanyMillionsAudienceInformationNeededAccountsImpactBoringBunchUsed To BeConsumersSteamProcessingInformation Processing Author:Gabe Newell
“The big problem that is holding back Linux is games. People don't realize how critical games are in driving consumer purchasing behavior. We want to make it as easy as possible for the 2,500 games on Steam to run on Linux as well.” PeopleWantWellsProblemBigsRunningGamesEasyRealizingBehaviorCriticalDrivingConsumersSteamBig ProblemsLinuxPurchasingHolding Back Author:Gabe Newell
