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Newell also explained that production had become an issue for the Valve Index VR Headset in New Zealand after learning that the world-dominating companies had already bought out the entire supply of certain parts:

 “We actually have components that are manufactured in Wuhan and when you’re setting up your manufacturing lines it doesn’t occur to you that you’re suddenly going to be dependent on this peculiar transistor that’s sitting on one board that you can’t get.

 Everybody ended up running into the same problem simultaneously – you go from, ‘Oh, we’re in great shape,’ to, ‘What do you mean Apple or Microsoft just bought the next two years’ supply of this just so they could make sure they aren’t going to run out?’

 You went from a situation where everything was getting done just in time to people buying up all the available supplies.

 So the only thing keeping us from shipping in New Zealand at this point is just getting enough of them made – we’re very much manufacturing constrained.”