As much as everyone lauds valve, and its company structure, they do have problems with actually making things.
There’s no real financial push to make things. They’ll make the same amount this year if they release a new game or not.
So it’s down to if people at the company want to make something. And it seems they choose hardware more often and struggle to get things to the finish line without any real push to make that happen.
Losing people like Chet Faliszek doesn’t help much. People who got projects finished.