{"id":1390196,"date":"2025-11-12T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/MNr7TrFxGGWKudsyygRhaC"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:00:00","slug":"valve-on-viral-marketing-and-leaks-everybody-assumes-we-have-some-sort-of-like-grand-plan-and-its-literally-just-somebody-fat-fingering-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/valve-on-viral-marketing-and-leaks-everybody-assumes-we-have-some-sort-of-like-grand-plan-and-its-literally-just-somebody-fat-fingering-something\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve on viral marketing and leaks: &#8216;Everybody assumes we have some sort of like grand plan&#8230; and it&#8217;s literally just somebody fat fingering something&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>A colleague and I recently travelled to Valve to get a behind-the-scenes look at the company&#8217;s upcoming product launches. Before we entered the building, we were already discussing one of the products yet to be announced, the Steam Frame. For many, this announcement will not come as a complete surprise, as intrepid detectives glean information from even the slightest breadcrumb left by Valve in the months ahead of the launch.<\/p>\n<p>This time, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/gaming-pcs\/valve-applies-to-use-steam-frame-as-a-trademark-for-a-new-console-as-speculation-over-a-mythical-next-gen-half-life-game-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\">a trademark for the name<\/a> &#8216;Steam Frame&#8217; gave away the Deckard project&#8217;s real name ahead of our visit, but Deckard rumours have been rife for years. Some more accurate than others, but generally not miles off when you piece it all together.<\/p>\n<p>But is this some sort of clever scheme by Valve to drum up support or test out the popularity of ideas on dedicated fans?<\/p>\n<p>No, apparently not. That&#8217;s right from the horse&#8217;s mouth, too, and if you take this as further proof of some sort of grand plan, I have a bridge to sell you.<\/p>\n<p>Stood in a room surrounded by Valve engineers that drew the short straw in having to talk to press, I raised the question, how do they feel when someone gets near-definitive proof of something like the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/vr-hardware\/steam-frame-specs-availability\" target=\"_blank\">Steam Frame<\/a> early?<\/p>\n<p>Josh Hudman says, &#8220;Usually we all look around like, &#8216;who leaked?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody assumes that we have some sort of like grand plan with our leaks,&#8221; says Gabe Rowe, &#8220;and it&#8217;s literally just somebody fat fingering something.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy-box\">\n<div class=\"fancy_box-title\">Valve&#8217;s hot hardware<\/div>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' >\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"WX5CBPYBtDzfHtHQNeUz\" name=\"steam-controller-08\" caption=\"\" alt=\"Valve's new and improved Steam Controller during a visit to Valve's HQ in Bellevue, Washington.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/valve-on-viral-marketing-and-leaks-everybody-assumes-we-have-some-sort-of-like-grand-plan-and-its-literally-just-somebody-fat-fingering-something.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"pinterest-pin-exclude\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/vr-hardware\/steam-frame-specs-availability\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Steam Frame<\/strong><\/a>: Valve&#8217;s new wireless VR headset<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/gaming-pcs\/steam-machine-specs-availability\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Steam Machine<\/strong><\/a>: Compact living room gaming box<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/controllers\/steam-controller-specs-availability-hands-on\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Steam Controller<\/strong><\/a>: A controller to replace your mouse<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We actually ask if we can quote that line, to which Gabe responds, &#8220;That&#8217;s basically what it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t remember exactly who, but someone else says, &#8220;It&#8217;s true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, when you&#8217;re trying to decipher some sort of secret code from Valve&#8217;s terms of service using Gabe Newell&#8217;s initials, just know, Valve probably isn&#8217;t thinking about it anywhere near as much as you. From the impression I get from most of Valve&#8217;s engineers, it seems they spend most of their time tinkering with the products instead of thinking about ways to sell them. In fact, Valve appeared a little surprised when I mentioned that I was expecting to see the Steam Frame during my visit, which suggests those behind it aren&#8217;t even following the gossip on the street.<\/p>\n<p>Or\u2026 maybe that&#8217;s what they want me to think?<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/valve-fat-fingering-something\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A colleague and I recently travelled to Valve to get a behind-the-scenes look at the company&#8217;s upcoming product launches. Before we entered the building, we were already discussing one of the products yet to be announced, the Steam Frame. For many, this announcement will not come as a complete surprise, as intrepid detectives glean information from even the slightest breadcrumb left by Valve in the months ahead of the launch. This time, a trademark for the name &#8216;Steam Frame&#8217; gave away the Deckard project&#8217;s real name ahead of our visit, but Deckard rumours have been rife for years. Some more accurate than others, but generally not miles off when you piece it all together. But is this some sort of clever scheme by Valve to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/valve-on-viral-marketing-and-leaks-everybody-assumes-we-have-some-sort-of-like-grand-plan-and-its-literally-just-somebody-fat-fingering-something\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1390197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-1390196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-hardware"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Valve on viral marketing and leaks: &#039;Everybody assumes we have some sort of like grand plan... and it&#039;s literally just somebody fat fingering something&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A colleague and I recently travelled to Valve to get a behind-the-scenes look at the company&#039;s upcoming product launches. 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