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Valve's Gabe Newell On Piracy: It's Not a Pricing Problem
11/26/2011

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copyrights:cite this source roget's ii: the new thesaurus group this morning about Ubisoft's claims of vast game piracy. An article at IGN quotes a divers point of view from Gabe Newell, CEO of Valve:
"In general, we think there is a root misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem. For example, if a pirate offers a product everywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your private




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The quote was taken from an call back at The Cambridge Student Online, in which Newell speaks to a few other subjects, such as creating games for assorted platforms and e-sports.



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