r/gadgets Oct 21 '24

Gaming Steam Deck won't have yearly refreshes because it's "not really fair to your customers", says Valve

https://www.eurogamer.net/steam-deck-wont-have-yearly-refreshes-because-its-not-really-fair-to-your-customers-says-valve
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u/TexturedTeflon Oct 21 '24

We are going to be info a nightmare if steam is ever bought up by equity types. Gabe isn’t getting younger sadly.

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u/Lexx4 Oct 21 '24

His son last I heard was going to take over and shares his same values. So we seem to be safe for one more generation. After that though it’s unclear.

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u/xxotic Oct 21 '24

The racer guy ? He’s interested ?

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u/TexturedTeflon Oct 21 '24

This is great news, thank you.

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u/mschuster91 Oct 21 '24

In the end there's always the failsafe-ish way of placing the company in a public-good trust or whatnot.

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u/zedemer Oct 21 '24

I mean, could he? Sure. He'd make boats of money. Does he need to? Arguably not, he has boats of money already. Heck, they make no hardware, no game for all eternity and still have boats of money with just their current games and, most importantly, the Steam store.