Tim Sweeney Quotes

People talk about games and loneliness - it's a lonely activity. I didn't understand that. 'Gears of War' was the first multiplayer game for me that I enjoyed. But I wasn't sad. I liked being alone. I liked playing games by myself. I had lots of companionship at the house.

For me, I have a bunch of friends back home in Canada who play online all the time - so we get mic'd up, join the same party, and just play. We are good enough to compete with 'Call of Duty' pros, so, the competition is what keeps bringing me back.

Games like 'Fortnite' are way more fun to play with your real-world friends, and they're so accessible that anybody can play.

The idea of the 'lone gamer' is really not true anymore. Up to 65 percent of gaming now is social, played either online or in the same room with people we know in real life.

I've played pretty much every single-player RPG there is, has been, ever will be. But as far as the MMOs go, especially with the voice chat, it becomes like hanging out with your friends in a chat channel, and you're playing at the same time. So it becomes a lot more social than people would probably think.

I like the first-person games, but I like the two-person element in terms of playing basketball games with my friends. That's a good time; we have tournaments and things.

The social element has really transformed the gaming experience.

We're excited to bring the expansive world of Roblox to Android users around the world.

We think we've got it taken care of now. Multiplayer is something that's hard to do in a turn-based game, especially a turn-based game that lasts a long time, like Civilization.

Gaming has been a great way to get to know people. That's part of what I love about games, that they are social.

First off, the PS2 and PSP can play against each other online.

I just moved into the world of Xbox Live. And I've discovered that everyone on the Internet is a lot better than me. I spent half an hour the other day designing a boxer, and I got knocked out twice in the first round.

I'm a middle-aged dad, which means I have no social time or life to speak of, and so I connect with my buddies with my Xbox.

I play 'World of Warcraft,' which means I end up hanging out with teenage boys a lot.

Games are the most social of all things on the web.

People already love to play casual games. But when you take a casual game and stick it inside a social network, it becomes way more exciting.

For PSP, we play the 'SOCOM' game as a team on the plane, and it's pretty cool because you can connect to everyone.

It's not as if I've never been awkward myself. I'm a big gamer, so I've had access to that type of personality. I used to go to these LAN parties; that was before high-speed Internet. The only way you could get lag-free gaming was to haul these huge computers to people's houses.

Everyone has friends that are limited to one platform and ecosystem, whereas what we've built with 'Fortnite' is a friends system that works across seven platforms. You can have friends across Xbox and PlayStation and PC.

I love playing online games with my fans.

Facebook has revolutionized social games, as friends can see your points, achievements and in game events.

We feel the game industry is changing in some major ways. 'Fortnite' is a harbinger of things to come. It's a massive number of people all playing together, interacting together, not just playing but socializing.

When we play games online, it's always so fun because that's something that we genuinely connect with because they usually like the same stuff that I like, so connecting with them there is amazing.

We believe Roblox, as well as many other social games, can be experienced across platforms with great native controls.

Most people play games alone, against the machine. But if you're playing against a real person, it's going to be that much more fun.