"Gabe [Newell] in particular, he had a pencil sketch of an idea in his head of what would become Steam," says Erik Johnson ... Your retail sales force will never let it happen.' ...

Sometimes it's a joke—the various Gabe memes around Steam sales, 'Praise Gaben,' that kind ... fear that Steam might rapidly enshittify once Newell's no longer the boss. But it turns out that ...