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Quoteworthy - "Windows 8 is a Catastrophe" - Gabe Newell

[Jul 25, 2012, 4:42 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

"The big problem that is holding back Linux is games. People don’t realize how critical games are in driving consumer purchasing behavior," says Valve's Gabe Newell as quoted on AllThingsD. "We want to make it as easy as possible for the 2,500 games on Steam to run on Linux as well. It’s a hedging strategy. 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. If that’s true, then it will be good to have alternatives to hedge against that eventuality." Thanks VG247.

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Re: Gabe Newell, confirming what I already knew

Jul 25, 2012, 16:48

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DukeFNukem wrote on Jul 25, 2012, 16:47:
Thank you Gabe. Maybe Microsoft will start listening to their customers now. "Can you hear us now?" Don't want a cellphone UI on my desktop. Thanks, but no thanks.

Apple is doing it with Mountain Lion, too, bragging about a return to full-screen apps.

I don't want full-screen apps unless that space is necessary. Games, PowerPoint, Excel, web browsers? Yeah. Almost anything else? Nope.

Actually, let me edit that to I don't want apps. Games and true productivity suites? Sure. Nearly everything else can be web based. And not $0.99.




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Comment [quote="Beamer"Jul 25, 2012, 16:48][quote="DukeFNukem"Jul 25, 2012, 16:47]Thank you Gabe. Maybe Microsoft will start listening to their customers now. "Can you hear us now?" Don't want a cellphone UI on my desktop. Thanks, but no thanks. [/quote] Apple is doing it with Mountain Lion, too, bragging about a return to full-screen apps. I don't want full-screen apps unless that space is necessary. Games, PowerPoint, Excel, web browsers? Yeah. Almost anything else? Nope. Actually, let me edit that to I don't want apps. Games and true productivity suites? Sure. Nearly everything else can be web based. And not $0.99. [/quote]

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