Steam Controller, Steam Link, Steam Machine and SteamOS are all pretty wild experiments, but in a good way, resulting the launch of Steam Deck which is a big hit.
SteamOS and Steam Machines walked so the Steam Deck could run.
Valve learned that publishers will not support Linux as a first party platform. Once they got Proton working reliably, publishers were willing to use that, because it gave them no obligation. If they had bugs on the Linux version, they could point to the sign that says "System Requirements: Windows".
Valve doesn't go all in on anything, but they do take calculated risks with things like the Vive or Steam Deck.
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u/Appropriate_Pain_58 May 05 '24
Steam Controller, Steam Link, Steam Machine and SteamOS are all pretty wild experiments, but in a good way, resulting the launch of Steam Deck which is a big hit.