During a rather lengthy interview with Penny Arcade, Valve co-founder and Managing Director Gabe Newell said that he wants hardware production, as it is now, to move forward, and said that Valve is willing to go into making hardware if it's necessary for that to happen.

"If we have to sell hardware we will," Newell said. "We have no reason to believe we're any good at it; it's more we think that we need to continue to have innovation, and if the only way to get these kind of projects started is by us going and developing and selling the hardware directly then that's what we'll do."

On the matter of hardware production moving forward, Newell said: "We're thinking of trying to figure out how to do the equivalent of the [Team Fortress] incremental approach in software design and try to figure out how would you get something similar to that in the hardware space as well."

However, he would rather have the people whose specialty lies with hardware to take on the job.

"It's definitely not the first thought that crosses our mind; we'd rather hardware people that are good at manufacturing and distributing hardware do that. We think it's important enough that if that's what we end up having to do, then that's what we end up having to do."

Does the thought of Valve entering the hardware business get you excited? If so, be sure to leave a comment in the box below. And if you wish to read more, you can find the full interview via the source link below and read on what Newell thinks on such things as pricing, tablet gaming, and wearable computers.

Source: Penny Arcade

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