When the Steam Deck was still just an idea, Valve says some staff were like, "I just want that for me" and "the point wasn't even to make a product out of it"

Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz · 8 months ago

When the Steam Deck was still just an idea, Valve says some staff were like, "I just want that for me" and "the point wasn't even to make a product out of it"

Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz · 8 months ago

I remember one of my first thoughts on the Deck was “even if this fails commercially or can’t play any new games, I want it for old games and emulation. Even if it goes nowhere else, it would be worth it for me.”

yetiftw@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

and that’s the secret to a good product

Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

And it’s why I hate capitalism as a consumer.

“People need an incentive to invent things!”

Well, if that incentive is making money instead of making a great thing, it’s probably not going to be a great thing. Great things make money.