n the February 2007 Issue of Game Informer Magazine we spoke with Valve’s Gabe Newell about Half-Life, Steam, Windows Vista, and Wii. While you can read the entire interview in the issue, here’s a quick excerpt from the interview in which he talks about his thoughts about everything related to the next generation..

Game Informer: What about the PS3?

Gabe Newell: The PS3 is a total disaster on so many levels. I think it’s really clear that Sony lost track of what customers wanted and what developers wanted. I’d say, even at this late date, they should cancel it and do a “do over.” Just say, “This was a horrible disaster and we’re sorry and we’re going to stop selling this and stop trying to convince people to develop for it.” The happy story is the Wii. I’m betting that by Christmas of next year, the Wii has a larger installed base than the 360. Other people think I’m crazy. I really like everything that Nintendo is doing.”

GI: What’s your opinion of the Xbox 360?

Newell: Microsoft has so many problems with Vista; I wish they were focusing more on the thing that runs on hundreds of millions of PCs rather than six million proprietary clients. Vista really shows a lack of focus on making a better consumer platform. I came out of the Windows group, and right now, I’d go with a Macintosh as being a better solution for most consumers than a Vista-based PC. It’s shocking to me. If you’re an XP user, you’re going to be more comfortable upgrading to an Apple than Vista.

The February issue of Game Informer will be arriving to newsstands by the end of this week.