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[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (47 children)

"And there are people [at Valve] who were like, ‘I just want that for me.’ The point wasn’t even to make a product out of it. It was just, let’s see if you can actually make something that I would want to use for that purpose.”

I don't even know what that's supposed to mean. Seems highly unlikely Valve was dedicating valuable dev/engineer time and money to make a toy they had no intention of ever producing...

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The more I learn about Valve culture the more I realize they definitely have teams just throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks. I bet there are some really wild prototypes that we never get to see.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sure, with the intention of finding a product to sell. But the whole point of this article is that they never intended to sell it:

The point wasn’t even to make a product out of it

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You do not understand what you're talking about.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

Wow, thanks so much for your insightful input.

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