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m0ney said:

hinch said:

There is already a market for them (however large/small it may be) with Chinese manufacturers who make handhelds like the GPD Win's, Ayaneo's and Onexplayer. The Steam Deck will most likely pull in significantly higher numbers by Valve's SD lower entry level barrier with highly competitive pricing and brand awareness. That should give it a big boost in global mass market appeal. And so far preorders for the thing look really good.

I think we can call it a success if it hits 10% of what PSP sold. Preorders are just tech enthusiasts and hardcore gamers, but the masses are on phones.

As hinch said, there's already a market for it, but we still don't know how big it really is. After all, many predicted the death of handhelds and that the Switch would be another failure for Nintendo, and we know how that turned out, right?

As for selling those 2 millions you say (PSP sold around 21 millions), I don't really know if it will manage that. You're asking it to sell as much oas the PSV did and we don't know how many units will Valve be able to make or if they'll be able to be purchased from other stores outside of Steam.

Personally, if Valve decides to launch a Deck 2 in two or three years with a better SoC and other tweaks, that could be the prove that it has been a success. After all, they wouldn't do it if it's a failure.