近日，《克蘇魯的呼喚》TRPG創始人、《毀滅戰士》與《雷神之錘》設計師Sandy Petersen在其個人社交平台公開發聲，強烈支持Steam創始人 Gabe Newell（「G胖」），並稱讚後者「幾乎是單槍匹馬地守護了Steam」。
他表示：「Gabe Newell 幾乎是憑一己之力，阻止了Steam被那些潛伏在陰影中、隨時準備下手的惡意力量摧毀——若不是他，Steam恐怕早已淪為像Epic Games商店、微軟商店或EA App那樣廉價又坑人的平台。目前唯一還能保持體面的只有GOG，但它實際上並未形成真正的競爭。」
Petersen進一步指出，「Gabe早已擁有足夠財富，足以讓他餘生過得安逸」，並且「他本身就是真正的玩家，因此真心在意自己所做的事」，這對整個遊戲產業而言是一種幸運。
但他同時也提醒了潛在的風險：「如果有一天Steam不再由他掌管，除非他能親自、極為審慎地選定接班人，否則這個平台很可能會被一群貪婪的禿鷲啃得只剩骨頭，而剩下的部分也將變得糟糕透頂。趁現在還能享受，好好珍惜吧。」
此外，他還補充了自己之所以做出這些判斷的依據：「我認識他，也親自見過他，並且和他以及他的許多員工都有過實際接觸和交流。」
I have zero games on Steam. Well to be more precise I DO have games I designed on Steam, but none of them give me any money when sold. Anyway, Gabe Newell has single-handedly prevented Steam from being destroyed by the forces of evil that lurk just off-screen, waiting to turn it into the same kind of shabby rip-off as Epic Games, the Microsoft store, and the EA App. The only similarly decent site is GOG, which really doesn't compete. It is a blessing to the gaming world that Gabe has enough money to keep him in comfort the rest of his life, and is an actual honest-to-God gamer, so he cares about what he's doing. If Steam ever leaves his control, unless he has carefully hand-picked a successor, it will be picked to the bones by wicked vultures, and whatever remains will suck. Enjoy it while it lasts. Source for info on Gabe personally: I know and have met and interacted with Gabe personally, and many of his employees.
