This is starting to feel like 20+ years ago having to wait for me deck, we are in the days now where in the UK we have Amazon who ship from warehouses in Spain and Germany and can deliver the same day they are sent out, Argos, sports direct and other store offer same day or next day delivery. And for this being a launch I’ve had items directly from Sony and Microsoft get delivered on launch days when I’ve ordered from them. I think the biggest mistake valve did was not opening pre orders for the OLED deck to find out the demand also only having one shipping option when they could of added paid shipping options and people could have paid for it themselves if they wanted to
Had to wait like 7 months for my 512gb LCD deck. Then just 7 days for my OLED. Think valves doing better, not worse.
Plus, you can’t compare valve to a shipping giant like Amazon. That’s like asking why your high school basketball team can’t beat a pro team. They are in two different leagues.