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Really, we've looked at a lot of what we've learned as boxes that we needed to check if we were ever going to talk to customers again about that category. The operating system wasn't quite there, the number of games you could play on the system wasn't quite there. Greg Coomer: Steam Machines was a really good idea. All of it is stuff that we've done before, and we're just drawing on all that prior experience to make this device as good as we can make it.
Lawrence Yang: When we say culmination, we really mean it's not only the combination of the hardware that we built, but also the experience that our team members gained while making hardware products. So all those earlier products really feel like they've informed this one. The Steam Controller was really valuable, it taught us a lot about what's necessary and valuable to a customer. Steam Link has proven really valuable in establishing what it means to stream games from PCs. Greg Coomer: Steam Deck feels like the culmination of a lot of that earlier work. Speaking to IGN, though, the engineers behind the Steam Deck explained that the Steam Machines, alongside other products, helped Valve nail down the upcoming handheld.