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|Description=American video game company known for distribution platform Steam and game series like Half Life, Portal, Team Fortress, and Counter Strike.
|Description=American video game company known for distribution platform Steam and game series like Half Life, Portal, Team Fortress, and Counter Strike.
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In collaboration with iFixit, Valve makes many of the Deck's parts available on iFixit for reasonable prices with first party repair guides.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steam Deck LCD Repair Help: Learn How to Fix It Yourself. |url=https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Steam_Deck |url-status=live |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=iFixit}}</ref>
In collaboration with iFixit, Valve makes many of the Deck's parts available on iFixit for reasonable prices with first party repair guides.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steam Deck LCD Repair Help: Learn How to Fix It Yourself. |url=https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Steam_Deck |url-status=live |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=iFixit}}</ref>


Except for the first party repair guides, the same praise<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Steve |last2=Clayton |first2=Jeremy |last3=Gaglione |first3=Mike |last4=Makhnovets |first4=Vitalii |date=2023-11-11 |title=They Changed Everything: Valve Steam Deck OLED vs. LCD Tear-Down |url=https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=9jhRh11bTRA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=9jhRh11bTRA |archive-date=2026-04-29 |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=Invidious}}</ref> alongside the parts availability for reasonable prices on iFixit is applicable to the updated OLED model.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steam Deck OLED Repair Help: Learn How to Fix It Yourself. |url=https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Steam_Deck_OLED |url-status=live |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=iFixit}}</ref>
Except for the first party repair guides, the same praise<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Steve |last2=Clayton |first2=Jeremy |last3=Gaglione |first3=Mike |last4=Makhnovets |first4=Vitalii |date=2023-11-11 |title=They Changed Everything: Valve Steam Deck OLED vs. LCD Tear-Down |url=https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=9jhRh11bTRA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=9jhRh11bTRA |archive-date=2026-04-29 |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=Invidious}}</ref> alongside the parts availability for reasonable prices on iFixit is also applicable to the updated OLED model.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steam Deck OLED Repair Help: Learn How to Fix It Yourself. |url=https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Steam_Deck_OLED |url-status=live |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=iFixit}}</ref>


====Steam Controller (2nd Gen)====
====Steam Controller (2nd Gen)====
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</ref> There was an unofficial method of re-enabling the loadout system so these weapons could be equipped and used in game but this method was patched in the May 8th 2025 Counter-Strike 2 update.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Csgo_Legacy_2023 – BaseQ WiQi |url=https://wiki.baseq.fr/Installation-Guides/Source/Csgo_Legacy_2023?revision=7fa46e#enabling-back-your-inventory |url-status=live |access-date=2025-10-24 |website=BaseQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260105023533/https://wiki.baseq.fr/Installation-Guides/Source/Csgo_Legacy_2023?revision=7fa46e#enabling-back-your-inventory |archive-date=5 Jan 2026}}</ref> Although patched for its intended purpose, some CS:GO Legacy community servers still require this method for players to join their servers.<ref name=":3" />
</ref> There was an unofficial method of re-enabling the loadout system so these weapons could be equipped and used in game but this method was patched in the May 8th 2025 Counter-Strike 2 update.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Csgo_Legacy_2023 – BaseQ WiQi |url=https://wiki.baseq.fr/Installation-Guides/Source/Csgo_Legacy_2023?revision=7fa46e#enabling-back-your-inventory |url-status=live |access-date=2025-10-24 |website=BaseQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260105023533/https://wiki.baseq.fr/Installation-Guides/Source/Csgo_Legacy_2023?revision=7fa46e#enabling-back-your-inventory |archive-date=5 Jan 2026}}</ref> Although patched for its intended purpose, some CS:GO Legacy community servers still require this method for players to join their servers.<ref name=":3" />


== Products ==
==Products==


=== Hardware ===
===Hardware===


* HTC VIVE (1st Gen)
*HTC VIVE (1st Gen)
* Steam Controller (1st Gen)
*Steam Controller (1st Gen)
* Steam Controller (2nd Gen)
*Steam Controller (2nd Gen)
* Steam Deck
*Steam Deck
* Steam Machine (1st Gen)
*Steam Deck OLED
* Steam Machine (1st Gen)
*Steam Machine (1st Gen)
* Steam Frame
*Steam Machine (1st Gen)
* Valve Index
*Steam Frame
*Valve Index


=== Software ===
===Software===


* SteamOS 1.0
*SteamOS 1.0
* SteamOS 2.0
*SteamOS 2.0
* SteamOS 3.0
*SteamOS 3.0


=== Games ===
===Games===


* Counter Strike
*Counter Strike
* Counter Strike Global Offensive
*Counter Strike Global Offensive
* Counter Strike: Source
*Counter Strike: Source
* Counter Strike 2
*Counter Strike 2
* Half Life: Alyx
*Half Life: Alyx
* Half Life
*Half Life
* Half Life 2
*Half Life 2
* <s>Half Life 3</s>
*<s>Half Life 3</s>
* Portal
*Portal
* Portal 2
*Portal 2


==Lawsuits<!-- For articles that will branch from here, try to include more diverse references!  Also, all disputes listed here MUST be related to something that harms or helps the consumer, eg. Valve Corporation v. Zaiger, LLC  Additionally, could we please get a better preamble here? -->==
==Lawsuits<!-- For articles that will branch from here, try to include more diverse references!  Also, all disputes listed here MUST be related to something that harms or helps the consumer, eg. Valve Corporation v. Zaiger, LLC  Additionally, could we please get a better preamble here? -->==