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The SteamOS era is imminent: Valve adds a new compatibility rating for games that’ll run on ‘any device that’s not a Steam Deck’ (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Ayaneo and GPD are too expensive for to be compared to consoles imo. They've been above a grand and in general similarly priced as a laptop with the same internal hardware. Edit: The Steam Deck basically halved the price for an powerful x86 handheld, and made it comparable to a Switch. This is imo the only reason it sells so well.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 days ago

Having steam as a platform to advertise the steamdeck probably helps. Tens of millions of people being told about your product, people that are already using your platform as well.

But if it gets more people using Linux I am alright with that. Kinda want a steamdeck but also don't really want to spend steamdeck money right.