u/Technus

Tell me your company leadership has ADHD without saying it.

Have they actually worked with Valve before? How could they be dumb enough to not reach out first?

Or was this maybe an attempt to strong-arm Valve into granting them a license? Like, did they expect them to go, "well shit, you've got so many preorders now I guess we'll _have_ to sign off on it"?

Or did they simply expect Valve not to care?

I've yet to see another handheld that has touchpads like the Deck. IMO those are a must-have because a lot of older games especially don't have good controller support.

The Steam Deck arguably _created_ the handheld PC gaming market.

Sure, there were handhelds before, but almost no one gave a shit about them. Gamedevs certainly didn't.

It wasn't enough just having the hardware exist, it's also the massive amount of effort Valve put in to ensure compatibility with a ridiculous number of titles.

The renewed emphasis on controller support in games alone has significant ramifications for the wider community. A lot of players with physical disabilities use input devices that map to controller actions.