Jim Allchin Quotes

For Nintendo Switch, it really is about a big-game experience.

I have been playing games since I was about 6, and they've always been a big hobby of mine.

If I buy a game on Steam and I'm running it on Windows, I can go to one of the Steam machines and already have the game. So you benefit as a developer; you benefit as a consumer in having the PC experience extended in the living room.

I do NOT think that PC gaming is over... it will always be the choice of the gaming enthusiast who is willing to put in the extra effort for a richer, more rewarding experience.

The console games, as they come out with this new generation, will have a temporary advantage in price performance, but there are still many things you can do on a PC, more conveniently than you can do on a console machine.

There is absolutely zero doubt that you can technically do an excellent full-featured FPS game, because these devices are more powerful now than, like, a previous generation Xbox.

Xbox is one of the most revered, loved brands in games.

It's funny because I remember playing 'Grand Turismo,' and I would get yelled at by my brother for moving the controller as if it was a wheel. He was, 'It's not gonna help you.' Now you have a Wii, and you could actually move and control it.

If you want to move through a virtual reality it’s called a video game, it’s been around forever.

I play PC and Xbox games at home, and I just got a PSP as a birthday present.

I got to play with Nintendo's Wii, yes it's a funny name and not very revolutionary but it was fun whipping your arms around.

Everybody's saturated with the marketing hype of next-generation consoles. They are wonderful, but the truth is that they are as powerful as a high end PC is right now.

The big problem that is holding back Linux is games. People don't realize how critical games are in driving consumer purchasing behavior. We want to make it as easy as possible for the 2,500 games on Steam to run on Linux as well.

The modern video games kind of - they're too three dimensional.

A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going to play the Steam store now.'

We look at Sony as someone who's jumping into the space to help evangelize and build out VR. They're very centered around a console experience.

I'm a huge gamer, everything from PC to Xbox to PS2.

I've been a gamer all my life.

The new generation of consoles has as much power to do the kind of games that we do as the PC does.

The thing we learned the most with the Xbox is the Xbox Live experience.

I'm big into the PlayStation 2. From what I've heard, the Xbox is the better system, but I can't get used to that controller.

Wii on Nintendo is amazing.

I'm so glad to have Xbox as a franchise, especially at a time when gaming is becoming even more important - as a digital life category and in the mobile world.

I grew up and went from Nintendo to Super Nintendo to N64 to GameCube to Nintendo Wii to Xbox - I've always enjoyed playing games.

We want the consumer who has bought into the Nintendo Switch platform. When there's a great third party experience, we want them to jump in immediately.