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Chazore said:

People mentioning Steam machines and forgetting that Valve didn't have direct control over who made them and when they were made, make me both laugh and die inside internally.

Steam link was also limited in it's lifespan, but let's be honest, not everyone wanted the damn thing, same goes for the Steam gamepad and their VR headset is just too damn expensive (but like other headsets it still gets game support).

The Deck is their proper attempt at decently priced hw, using their own OS, their own storefront, no 3rd party bs, no third parties running the show, or a one trick gimmick (steam gamepad, Steam link). I honestly don't get how some folks think this is going to die as fast as the Ouya, or that it has to sell as much as the Switch to be a success. I swear 90% of this site is filled with wannabe adolescent boardroom execs (seriously, the sale focus on here is almost childish and disappointing to watch).

Yuri's out here posting the sales data leaks and no one cares but us, and that's just fucking sad (for a site that's all about sales data, ppl are willingly ignoring this for some fucked reason), because in all honesty, the damn thing looks like it's making rounds in terms of pre-orders and talk about it. The device has far more talking about it than the damn Ouya. 

The funny thing about that meme is if you read the comments, it will show you how much nonsense there really is and the creator of that meme doesn't actually know anything.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/olmnlt/please_dont_preorder_this_at_least_wait_for_user/

Steam controller: Got updated plenty, still perfectly functional. Certainly not for most people hence why it flopped.

Steam link: The reason why the hardware got discontinued is because Valve released a software version instead for iOS, MacOS, Linux, Android, tvOS, Android TV and Samsung TV. So instead of forcing you pay for the hardware, it became literally free that can be used on a ton of TVs and devices.

Steam machines: Probably the biggest blunder Valve has done but because the computers are running Steam OS, you install Windows and they will function as normal PCs. This isn't a console situation where if there are no support for it, you don't have options.

Vive: One of the best entries into the VR space and Valve has made a successor known as Index. I don't know why anyone even thinks this is a failure.

Imo you could argue that Valve has had two failures (Steam Controller and Steam Machines) and two successes (Steam Link and Valve Vive/Index). But I think the reaction overall from a lot of PC gamers have been positive for the Deck so I doubt it will be the same as their Steam Machines/Controllers.