Valve boss lets off steam about DRM
Published 12/3/2008 by Wily Ferret at Home - THE INQUIRER
Wily Ferret the Inquirer , Wednesday 3 December 2008. 13:12:00 Just dumb PRESIDENT OF VALVE SOFTWARE Gabe Newell has said that he thinks the DRM on computer games is "just dumb". In email correspondence with a fan, Newell wrote that "The goal should be to create greater value for customers through service value (make it easy for me to play my games...
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