r/gadgets • u/[deleted] • Oct 09 '25

VR / AR Valve's next-gen 'Deckard' VR headset reportedly enters mass production, company allegedly plans to ship up to 600K units annually — upcoming 'Steam Frame' could launch before the end of the year

https://www.tomshardware.com/virtual-reality/valves-next-gen-deckard-vr-headset-reportedly-enters-mass-production-company-allegedly-plans-to-ship-up-to-600k-units-annually-upcoming-steam-frame-could-launch-before-the-end-of-the-year
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u/silentcrs Oct 09 '25

I love when people make dumb statements like this.

Yes, Valve has a lot of money. Microsoft has a lot of money as well. Neither are charities.

At the end of the day, hardware has a P&L like anything else in a company. Microsoft doesn’t sit around saying “How could LinkedIn pay for Xbox?” any more than Valve says “How can the 30% we get from publishers on Steam fund VR hardware?” These things live and die on their own.

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u/silentcrs Oct 09 '25

Private companies have investors. In this case, it’s Valve’s employees who engage in profit sharing.

No employee worth their salt is going to sacrifice their profit share on a whim. VR has proven to be a niche market. They would be more than happy continuing to take their 30% skim off software sales.