Imagine competition being a bad thing. Is anyone complaining that there are too many laptop choices?
Steam opening SteamOS to other handhelds would be huge, though. Windows is painful.
I mean it is tho. It’s just not easy to get working when your system uses Nvidia graphics.
This article is so dumb there is like 5 different ones out calm the f down inverse
The Steam Deck wasn’t the first handheld gaming PC to market…
No one is talking about them for a reason.
Competition is always better for the consumer. More OEMs in this space tells developers loud and clear, we want games to be playable on Steam Deck and other handhelds.
Competition also drives prices down. Its a win win.
And makes things find niches.
e.g. the Ally that has stronger hardware with it’s own ul and downsides. Maybe we get even mode variety. With gimmicks and focus on certain things.
The best future is one where not everyone has one device, but peolle ask “which of these devices fullfill my personal needs the best?” and have a variety of choices with different strengths and weaknesses.
This is a FUD panic article. Trying to invoke the steam machine debacle to make the steamdeck fail is a poor tactic.
Confusion and inconsistency alongside varying prices and compatibility made the steam machines fail.
There is one* SteamDeck. Valve only advertises The Steam Deck.
We’re not getting an Asus deck or a Gigabyte deck. And I’ve heard people in the wild talk about the deck in a positive light. The Steam deck is never going to be like the steam machines.
*one in the sense that there is one model without drastic changes in design. Although the Glare-resistant screen is an outlier, most consoles have tiers of storage and even a pro/normal variant model.
