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How the fuck is Steam Deck a monopoly? Literally anyone could have made a great Linux based handheld. Anyone still can do it. Only Valve did.
Yeah, anyone can but no one has yet
It’s a niche market. Niche markets are always under served.
As great as the steam deck may be, it’s only going to appeal to a small percentage of gamers. Generally more tech savvy players who frequently travel some distance with enough down time to justify that purchase. Whether that’s commuters or guys who travel for work. Or guys who just want a really expensive controller so they can play from their favorite chair.
device to play theI have done nothing complicated with the steam deck. It arrived, I turned it on. Hit download. Played a game.
Best part.
Put it to sleep. Took a piss. Picked it up and immediately starting playing again.
I’d love to see Windows do that. Until they can. It’s a non starter.
Is valve supposed to wait for someone else to do it first?
Actually, there are a few different ones. If you look for pocket PCs or even specific for gaming. The mainstream just didn’t know about it because they don’t have marketing reach.
They weren’t even the first, Ayn and Ayaneo were making handheld gaming computers well before Valve or the other major companies started to get involved.
This isn’t even Valve’s first dedicated platform, either. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_Machine_(computer)
And Valve would probably love for the new handheld to also use the Valve libraries, if that helps them penetrate the market even faster.
Hey if paying for a game isn’t owning it, pirating it isn’t stealing it
It never was, it’s just copyright infringement.
Eyyy, it’s that phrase I came up with again! It’s so goddamn great seeing everyone pick it up!
Too bad it’s just factually incorrect, but hey, congrats on the successful meme I guess.
Coming up next: Gamers whining that studios don’t put as much effort and time into game development anymore.
I think you are 20 years late
Valve is a massive company because they put their customers first, go figure.
It’s not a monopoly, most pc gamers choose to use steam because of the significantly better user experience it offers vs the competition
It’s so funny when you remember what people said (or better: screamed) when Steam first came into existence… It was pretty much the opposite of what you wrote in your post.
Meanwhile Nintendo releasing the same chip from 2016 for the 8th year in a row on an underpowered handheld.
the GrEaTeSt HaNdHeLd EvEr
I don’t understand people. I hate using the Switch. My phone seems faster.
They’re using a cut down 700 series Nvidia gpu. Your phone doesn’t feel faster, it is faster.
New Nvidia chips are very power efficient. The switch could be a powerhouse for wattage if they used a new chip but then they couldn’t pocket as much profit. And people keep buying the switch anyways it seems. No matter that Zelda TOTK runs like a laggy potato.
