Rob Pardo, the executive vice president of game design at the Diablo 3 studio, quoted Newell's comments on his personal twitter account before adding that Windows 8 is "not awesome for Blizzard either".One of the thinks the game developers fear is that Microsoft will gain more control over various applications and purchases made through Windows 8 by closing the platform. The new Windows Store could restrict companies' options to sell software directly, and force them to give Microsoft a 30 percent fee of every sale made through the store.
Discussion on the value of Windows 8 has hitherto been relatively quiet among games designers. Yet Newell, the co-founder of Valve Software, sparked debate on the subject by describing Windows 8 as "a catastrophe".
Source: CVG