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Valve is probably doing the two most important things in gaming right now:
Setting a low-end benchmark for devs to build/optimize games to ("how well does it run on steam deck")
making gaming on Linux more readily available.
Both are critically needed, but like your other commenter, I would like to see more competition.
Unfortunately the competition isn't as forward thinking as Valve. They are too busy trying to corner their little markets to build a larger more robust one with room for everyone. Petty, greedy, and low-brow.
I could see that changing. I think a lot of the other competitors went with Windows mostly because they either come from a legacy manufacturer (Lenovo, ASUS) or have been making handhelds longer than Valve (GPD).
But now that SteamOS is practical and able to actually run games i bet well see some shifts. Lenovo is already selling a SteamOS version of their Legion Go S handheld.