https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/half-life-alyx-sequel-unlikely-as-valve-moves-on-from-vr-to-steam-deck/
 
According to Tyler McVicker, while Half-Life: Alyx has a big team, most of those people have now shifted to working on the Steam Deck. There is apparently a very small team working on a new Half-Life VR game, but lack of interest and a lengthy prototype stage means this will likely be cancelled.
 
With the majority of Valve developers now working on the Steam Deck, the main game focus has become Project Citadel, a game that has been appearing in Valve leaks for years. This game is said to be an RTS and FPS hybrid game and VR elements have been removed to turn this into the flagship game for the Steam Deck, much like Half-Life: Alyx was the flagship game for the Valve Index headset. Interest in VR at Valve may well pick up again in the future, as currently, there is a team working on a standalone, wireless VR headset. Until that hardware is ready though, it sounds like the majority of Valve developers will be working on other, non-VR projects.
 
I understand this. Valve probably believes more money will come from the Steam Deck gaming. 

I also don't understand this because they really pushed the envelope with Half-Life Alyx which feels miles ahead of any other VR game. With Valve making so much with the Steam Store it's not like they couldn't fund both. I think the biggest problem for them though is the headset they released was expensive and a lot of Half-Life Alyx players decided to go with a cheaper Quest 2. I do however think that as development of VR games improves it will become more common for games like Half-Life Alyx and Valve really needs to be ready for that. Them making a wireless headset gives me hope for the future since in reality I don't really see people using a Steam Deck anywhere but home mostly and at that point wireless VR seems better in a lot of ways since probably everyone who buys a Steam Deck will also have a PC in the house with a much better screen and playing experience then the hand held.

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Even tho half life is desired by millions of fans, they don't do it.
 
Not sure I understand this.....but they're going to do what they're going to do.
 

Right? But they'll make a VR version which is desired by... thousands of fans?

It was a big reason I decided to try out VR and really Half Life Alyx and Star Wars Squadrons have shown me that done right VR can really enhance a game in a nice way. The black friday sale though of getting $50 Amazon credit on a Quest 2 also really helped. I don't think I would have jumped on to a $500 headset but $250 (after the credit) seemed like a good deal.