“What's the right way to think about the distribution part of Steam? You need to worry about viruses and people trying to publish other people's content, but the underlying thing is to eliminate that barrier between people who create stuff and people who want to have access to it.” PeopleThinkingWayWantNeedsTryingStuffWorryAccessBarriersRight WayDistributionPublishVirusesSteam Author: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?'” ThinkingWantTryingBigsAnswersToolsInvestmentProducersUsersSteamBig PictureDevelopersAlways Thinking Author:Gabe Newell
“I think it's really clear that Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted. I'd say, even at this late date, they should just cancel it and do a do over. Just say, 'This was a horrible disaster and we're sorry and we're going to stop selling this and stop trying to convince people to develop for it'.” PeopleThinkingShouldTryingWantedLostClearLateSorryTrackCustomersDisasterHorribleSellingConvinceStop TryingDevelopersSony Author:Gabe Newell