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Valve confirms Steam Deck sales amount to “multiple millions” following announcement of OLED version | Game World Observer (gameworldobserver.com)

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[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 95 points 1 year ago

Can't say anything bad about this. They made a good product that people want, it doesn't have a walled garden, and it's supporting the Linux community at the same time.

I hope they continue to keep hold of the values that gave them this success.

[-] mryessir 20 points 1 year ago

Came here to say this. They earned their success. Hopefully their current values remain.

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

They likely will until Gabe either sells his shares or someone else inherits them and sells them. (Though maybe whoever inherits his shares might continue the legacy, who knows). At that point Valve will probably either get acquired or go public, and become another shitty tech company, beholden to quarterly growth above all else.

Valve is a great example of a private company not becoming another cog in the machine, but that probably won’t last forever

https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-would-buy-valve-if-opportunity-arises-said-phil-spencer-in-leaked-email/

[-] rho50@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 year ago

I really like Valve. They have done a few things that really annoyed me (usually owing to their refusal to sell stuff outside of the US)… But you can’t argue with their excellent support of the community and loyalty to their customer base.

[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm seriously considering giving up my gaming desktop in a year or two and switch to a Steam Deck instead of building a new battlestation. I'll likely keep my desk and get a docking station for it.

The fact that it's open and let me run games outside of Steam (I have many games bought on GOG) is a major selling point. Plus almost all of the apps I rely on are available in Flatpak format, which should work great when I'm not gaming.