[yarg]

Valve's a software distribution company, not a hardware company.

The steam deck exists primarily to expand their targetable market.

It's of no benefit to them if people's devices fail - they just stop buying games (unlike Apple, where the devices are intended to slow down or stop working altogether).

[Pr0ject217]

Valve may not be a hardware company on the scale of Apple, but they do design/prototype/create/repair hardware products. Also, they do a lot more than just distribute software [0].

[0] https://uspto.report/company/Valve-Corp/patents

[yarg]

Yes, of course they do - and all in service of steam.

[BEEdwards]

I'm confused, you're lobbing this as if it's a gotcha or insult.

No matter what you think of them as a company Steam is a license to print money, of course basically everything they do is in service of it...

[yarg]

No I'm not, I'm acting as if it reinforces my original point - which it does.

That Valve is a software distribution company.

[thomastjeffery]

Valve released the highest quality consumer VR headset 4 years ago.

Today, it is still one of the highest quality consumer VR headsets. It has not dropped in price yet.

[jonhohle]

> unlike Apple…

I liked the direction you were going, but I don’t think you made the right comparison. iPhones, for example, are used 30-60% longer (4-10 years) than a Samsung phone (3-6 years). Apple provides software updates for all of their devices for 6+ years.

I’ve had very few devices containing lithium ion batteries that didn’t require a new battery. I have devices from the early 2000s from Sony, HP, Dell, Nikon, and countless others whose batteries have failed.

[johnnyanmac]

Samsung has some very aggressive upgrade programs, so that might explain it. Used to even have an entire yearly upgrade program you could pay for.

[Daz1]

>where the devices are intended to slow down or stop working altogether

Stop spreading disinformation please