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It takes consistent organizational effort spanning years to build hardware, maintain vendor relationships, merchandize the product (advertise, sell, ship, liqui
by simfree 5y ago
It takes consistent organizational effort spanning years to build hardware, maintain vendor relationships, merchandize the product (advertise, sell, ship, liquidate), inventory management, and continuously develop new hardware to bring to market.
Valve has traditionally focused on their Steam platform, which has a much tighter feedback loop and none of the aforementioned effort that comes with physical products.
- LegitShady 5y agoNot to mention Ben Krasnow's comment about the hardware culture at Valve probably meant a lot of talented hardware people wouldn't be interested working somewhere where their accomplishments are seen as worthless. Not having good talent and good culture are not good for developing good hardware.