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Valve's Newell Thinks PS3 Needs To Be "Open Like a Mac"

Posted by Soulskill on from the open-like-something dept.

Eraesr writes "Apparently Valve boss Gabe Newell thinks the PS3 needs to be more of an open platform, drawing a comparison to Apple's Mac platform. In an interview with 5BY5.TV, he said he would like to see the PS3 be 'open like a Mac' instead of being 'more closed like a Gamecube.' 'Platform investments, like the Mac, are difficult because you have to be aware of what direction that platform is moving,' Newell said, referring to the firm's recent move onto Macs with its titles and distribution service Steam. 'We need to target platforms that do a better job of looking like where we want to be in a few years.'"

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  1. Yeah by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Open like a Mac, I get it,

    kind of like, Secure like a Windows?

    1. Re:Yeah by figleaf · · Score: 2, Funny

      Mac and Open together in a sentence is a Oxymoron.

    2. Re:Yeah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      You're a fucking idiot. Please return to Digg.

  2. Open like a Mac? by _pi-away · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sorry, my irony detector is overloading.

    --

    "The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw."
  3. Re:word association by Fross · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's another month for Episode 3.

    Thanks a lot buddy! >:|