Gearbox president, Randy Pitchford, has moved to calm the storm he created last year by stating "I don't trust Valve."
He told MCV at DICE, "I love Valve. Steam is very cool. They led the way, but there are some things that, if we weren't so afraid of keeping control of our silo, we could improve things and that would be better for everyone, including ourselves."
Having made the trust quote, however, Pitchford seems bemused that anybody would have read into it the fact that there's a bad relationship between the two companies.
“Look, Valve and Gearbox have had a relationship for a long time and it's incredible that anyone would believe there's a problem."
So, what did he mean by "I don't trust Valve" exactly?
“Let's not even talk about the game industry for a moment. Look at iPod. I used to have to buy music from iTunes if I wanted to play it on my iPod, but what if I want to play my music on something that isn't an iPod. I'm fucked. So now I buy my MP3s from Amazon and I can load it onto my iPod and it's cool, but I can also play it elsewhere.
“Wouldn't you like that as a customer? Who wouldn't? So that's what I was saying."
Oh, right.
He told MCV at DICE, "I love Valve. Steam is very cool. They led the way, but there are some things that, if we weren't so afraid of keeping control of our silo, we could improve things and that would be better for everyone, including ourselves."
Having made the trust quote, however, Pitchford seems bemused that anybody would have read into it the fact that there's a bad relationship between the two companies.
“Look, Valve and Gearbox have had a relationship for a long time and it's incredible that anyone would believe there's a problem."
So, what did he mean by "I don't trust Valve" exactly?
“Let's not even talk about the game industry for a moment. Look at iPod. I used to have to buy music from iTunes if I wanted to play it on my iPod, but what if I want to play my music on something that isn't an iPod. I'm fucked. So now I buy my MP3s from Amazon and I can load it onto my iPod and it's cool, but I can also play it elsewhere.
“Wouldn't you like that as a customer? Who wouldn't? So that's what I was saying."
Oh, right.
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ohms 27 Feb 2010 04:16
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I can see his point. I've bought so many games on Steam now. If something cheap comes up on DirectDrive or Impulse, I'm less likely to buy, just because of the convenience of having everything run though one program.