here are thousands of companies in the massive gaming industry, who seem to be in a constant struggle to get on top of the gaming world. Many gamers argue that it is the company that makes the best console, for example Nintendo, Microsoft, or SONY, who controls the industry. Other claim that the strongest company creates the most impressive games, like Ubisoft, Naughty Dog, etc. Another theory is that companies whom projects have had the largest impact on society are the true victors, like Mojang. There are a multitude of other reasons why a certain company is listed higher than the other, but looking into the extremely competitive industry of gaming it seems there is a single company that simply towers over the others, with achievement after achievement this company controls many aspects of the gaming world. Clearly the victor is Valve. Valve is the best company in Gaming, and here’s why :
There have been plenty of comparisons online between the Steam Deck and Nintendo Switch 2, but does Valve really need to compete?
Steamdeck plays Switch games better than the switch hardware.
I see no reason why this won't continue with the successors. Switch will sell more, sure. But those who game on PC always come out ahead both in enjoyment and value for their money.
you think a Steam Deck is going to emulate a Steam 2 when it's arguably more powerful than it?
Interesting..
We're going to have to wait and see. Currently, there's no technology that would allow a Steam Deck 2 to achieve a performance leap over the Steam Deck 1 similar to what the Switch 2 offers over the Switch 1, without sacrificing the device's portability.
We'll either need AMD to seriously improve the efficiency of their cores, so we can get something with the rasterization power of a Radeon 8060S but without the power consumption of an Xbox Series S, or Valve would have to invest heavily in a translation layer for ARM. Neither of these paths is easy to achieve, so we probably shouldn't expect a Steam Deck 2 for at least a 3 or 4 more years.
Considering that other companies have shat out multiple PC handhelds already while Valve hasn't even mentioned a successor tells me they aren't looking to compete with anyone. They went for a console experience and that includes holding off on new hardware til there's a generational leap.
None of those other companies can realistically compete with Valve either. Valve can sell the hardware for a minimal gain and still know they are for the most part, just having every user still use Steam.
Every other handheld has to make its profit entirely on the hardware, which is why most of them went for an even more PC enthusiast market/price point
That is the one point where Nintendo does compete with Valve, or Sony with their rumored handheld or even more so MS, if they release a first party handheld (with a decent version of handheld windows)
What many people don't get is that most of Steam Deck users have a high-end or at least a good enough PC alongside the Steam Deck. Yes, we like better graphics and higher refresh rates and we get them in our PC, we are not relying on the Steam Deck for them. We use the Deck for other reasons and in other eventualities, where we are willing to compromise on all these things, because we still get to enjoy them when we can/feel like it in the PC. Thus, a direct comparison with a sole device like the Switch is misplaced. Of course you need the Switch 2 to be strong if there is no stronger alternative to play your games in. By the way I got a Switch on day 1 and I loved it, it's just that I'm not really playing it anymore.
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They've done it again! Valve Support once again proved they value their customers by replacing a Steam Deck.
Valve makes good games (a bit too in-frequent for my likes), they have a really good game engine and are a really good game store (Steam) Not sure that makes them the best company in gaming though.
i think they're on par with Naughty dog.
They have made the best games,same with Valve. but all the games ND made, have been genre defining, unlike valve. Half life 2 may be one of the best games ever, but it did not bring anything new to the fps genre. (except physics puzzles and good pacing)
Crash Bandicoot
Jak and Daxter
Uncharted
The Last of Us
All of those games either defined, or revived a genre, which is why i think Naughty dog is the best game company atm.
this is my opinion though, yours may differ.
Oh, and It'd help a little if valve could either confirm or deny if some games will be released or not.
It has simply gone too long without any word for HL3, so i lost all interest and i just don't care about it, even if it gets announced or not.
Yes they are
They are good but not the best, say whatever you like to me about this I'll understand but after the L4D2 mess where they tricked people into buying an unfinished game, L4D, which they said they would promise to improve by free DLC like TF2 only for them to announce a sequel with worse characters, worse setting, changing the atmosphere from dark/gritty to humorous/light (a frying pan against a Tank...come on) and then bull s******* after saying they couldn't do it as DLC when they blatantly could of, it's Valve they know how to get around big problems they are very talented.
You think after though when they say exclusive DLC is coming to L4D that they are turning things around only to find out this DLC does a silly cross over when the original survivors were going North not South then kill, YES KILL, one of them off instead of the new survivors putting the final nail in L4D coffin.
I can't forgive them for that, people give them the benefit of the doubt because it was Valve fact is if it was EA, Capcom, Squre Enix, Activision, Ubisoft etc they would of been slated for it.
Lots of companies make great games. Valve makes great games, Naughty Dog makes great games, Irrational makes great games. What sets Valve apart from all these other companies that make great games is that Valve does a lot more than just make great games.
Valve has done more for the gaming industry and their gaming communities than any other company, I'd argue (save platform platform holders).
Steam created a monumental shift in the way consumers buy games. Who know where PC gaming would be without Steam.
Half-Life 2 is still widely regarded as one of, if not the best games of all time. Team Fortress 2 and Counter Strike are genre-defining multiplayer games. Portal 2 was easily the best game of 2011.
On top of that, they've given so much to their communities that there's really nothing to compare it to. Full SDK, easy access to user generated content, maps, etc. And lets not forget the Source Filmmaker. Valve stood to gain next to nothing from releasing the Source Filmmaker except for the respect and admiration of the machinima community.
This is what sets Valve apart from other companies.