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In 2002, Valve launched Steam, a digital storefront and delivery platform.
Steam was announced in 2002, not launched then. Valve’s own records say Steam was created in 2003 and the Steam client was released on September 12, 2003.
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This sentence mixes up Steam's announcement with its launch.
Valve's official history page says: "We created Steam in 2003". Separately, Valve's own Steam news archive has an announcement titled "Steam Client Released" dated September 12, 2003, stating that "The Steam client has been released."
So 2002 is the year Valve announced Steam publicly, but not the year it launched. The claim is therefore incorrect as written.
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- About Us - Valve Corporation
We created Steam in 2003 to serve as a digital content distribution channel, before app stores existed.
- News - Steam Client Released
Announcement - Valve Sep 12, 2003 ... The Steam client has been released.