Why is Gabe Newell so famous?

[Tiamat]

Hi
I want to find out, what Gabe Newell reached in his life, what make him so popular...I really cant understand all the hype and worship of this guy.
Why?
Welll lets compare to Bill Gates, one of his former teammates, Bill is researching water transformation systems what could save the human species, while Gabe Newell didnt release Half Life³ in 10 years.
So the question is, for Gabe Newell fans, please tell me, what he does what makes him so famous.
This is a serious question and I hope for a nice and respectful discussion.

[Tiamat]

Yes for the second language English, Im done.
You can write the essay in grammatical correct german to see the difficulty for non native speaker.

[Vince ✟]

He made Valve, and he has been seen in several supermarket checkout lines at the same time all across the world. He can silence you with a glare, paralyze you with a finger (or is that backwards) and has been known to date many gamerkins mothers at the same time while still managing to be a pro kickboxer in his off time. (or something like that).

[Tiamat]

Vincent původně napsal:

He made Valve, and he has been seen in several supermarket checkout lines at the same time all across the world. He can silence you with a glare, paralyze you with a finger (or is that backwards) and has been known to date many gamerkins mothers at the same time while still managing to be a pro kickboxer in his off time. (or something like that).

So you say Gabe Newell and E.T. are brothers? ;-)

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Tiamat původně napsal:

Vincent původně napsal:

He made Valve, and he has been seen in several supermarket checkout lines at the same time all across the world. He can silence you with a glare, paralyze you with a finger (or is that backwards) and has been known to date many gamerkins mothers at the same time while still managing to be a pro kickboxer in his off time. (or something like that).

So you say Gabe Newell and E.T. are brothers? ;-)

LOL

[Astro_80 (WASH YOUR HANDS!)]

He worked for Microsoft before Valve.

[Skyvastern]

He is famous but you will mostly hear his name in the gaming area and especially in PC Gaming, and btw Bill Gates is more famous.

[Vile]

I didn't know who he was when I was a console gamer. In all honesty, he's similar to a silent business partner more than anything else. I mean there are game developers like Tim S that are the face of their company and love the interviews, etc and there are others that aren't into that stuff.

That's not to say that Tim or others that are like him are arrogant, some people are just into that stuff and others aren't. It's similar to anything else really. I'm sure that there are some actors in movies that are famous and some like the attention from interviews and others hate them.

Gabe is similar to the Houser brothers (from R*) where they all let the games do the talking for them.

Gabe is a former member of Microsoft and he worked alongside Bill Gates. Gabe for the most part likes Microsoft and that's why Left 4 Dead and Counterstrike were also on Xbox 360.

Gabe was said to be highly influenced by the game "Doom" and it was a game that his friends and him would play constantly. Gabe predicted that video games would be the next popular form of entertainment after he played Doom.

Gabe is also famous for creating Valve and Steam. Steam is the biggest gaming platform for PC and it is to the PC what PSN is for the Playstation and what Xbox Live is to Xbox.

Valve has a near flawless track record and they are one of the few game developers to create award winning games one by one. Wasn't the highest rated game of all time for many years, Half Life 2, at a perfect 100 on Metacritic ?

[Tiamat]

I played Half Life 2 but I was not impressed.
I can understand why so many Highschool / University people like it, because Gordon Freeman is a scientist and action hero, but the game itself, didnt impress me.
But I have to say I am not the shooter genre guy, I would like if Valve produces hiqh quality simulators, like a new FSX or Train Simulator.

[Linus Hyper]

I wonder the same thing.

Tiamat původně napsal:

I played Half Life 2 but I was not impressed.

Neither was I.

[Autistic Whales]

Beef JERKy Productions původně napsal:

Tiamat původně napsal:

Yes but why is that actually so famous?

VALVE MADE TF2, PORTAL, HALF LIFE, LEFT FOR DEAD, AND VALVE OWNS STEAM so if it wasnt for gabe you wouldnt be on here

Actually we would because there were other people involved.

[Washell]

Phobos⛧Anomaly původně napsal:

Tiamat původně napsal:

I played Half Life 2 but I was not impressed.

Neither was I.

At launch, or years after?

[Tiamat]

I had it on Xbox 360 when it was new

[Linus Hyper]

Washell původně napsal:

Phobos⛧Anomaly původně napsal:

Neither was I.

At launch, or years after?

At launch.

[Hatman]

Half Life 1 had way more (positive) impact on gaming and gamers opinion of valve than Half Life 2, because it literally came out of nowhere. And then there was all the mods, of course most prominently CS that made it even more popular.

Half Life 2 had a lot of Hype to live up to already. And that always means there will be people who don't like it. Even more so when you don't get along with the FPS genre in general. Still, at the time it was an impressive game. And the atmosphere it creates still holds up to todays standards.

Still, what gave Gabe his celebrity status wasn't valve itself or the Half Life games. It's just what happens when you create and own the single, dominating distribution plattform for any kind of media overnight.

[Commander Makara]

Don't confuse "fame" with "celebrity" nor even life-accomplishments or philanthropy.