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Chicho on 24 July 2021
Darwinianevolution said:

It's definitively going to be interesting. Steam doesn't have a spotless record with its hardware, and considering there's only been one non-Nintendo succesfull dedicated handheld (the PSP), the Steam Deck has a lot of work ahead of it.

The Gamegear had a good run. It didn't sell as much as Nintendo's handhelds but over 10 million sold at that time was good enough to not be considered a failure.



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Soundwave on 24 July 2021
Chrkeller said:

Hardware is nothing without Nintendo games. Same reason ps5 sells despite much stronger computers.  The Deck isn't direct competition, different demographics.

The funny thing is the Steam Deck probably will be able to play most Nintendo games. 

This is the GPD Win 3 emulating the Switch and the Steam Deck is considerably more powerful than the GPD Win 3 so this will run even better than what's shown in this video:

Then you factor in it will be able to run NES to Wii U titles and Game Boy to 3DS titles, this thing will play more Nintendo games than the Switch, lol. 

Obviously the selection of retro Nintendo games on the Switch is pretty badly lacking with many systems missing. 



Paperboy_J on 24 July 2021

I didn't know PC gamers wanted a handheld. Since when?



Chazore on 24 July 2021
Leynos said:

The over 100 games on Switch I own are.

Compared to a few thousand that do not...

You weren't going to get a deck regardless.



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Chazore on 24 July 2021
Paperboy_J said:

I didn't know PC gamers wanted a handheld. Since when?

Since pocket computers were a thing.



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thetonestarr on 24 July 2021
jlauro said:

Looks good, but sounds like it's at least a year away... it's getting harder and harder to get excited about things a year away...

Q2 2022. Close to a year but not quite that far.



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SvennoJ on 24 July 2021
Paperboy_J said:

I didn't know PC gamers wanted a handheld. Since when?

Since it has better specs than the Switch. There are PC handhelds already.

PC gamers want to play Nintendo games too, but are too mature to buy a kiddie console :p



Peh on 24 July 2021
KLAMarine said:

Do it Steam! Give Nintendo a kick so they step their game up!

They won't as long as they keep selling their current stuff like crazy. 



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 24 July 2021
Paperboy_J said:

I didn't know PC gamers wanted a handheld. Since when?

There is certainly a market for it as GPD Win 3 which starts at $800+ and it's alternatives like Aya Neo that has similar pricing to the GPD Win 3 seems to get yearly iterations and gets sold out during their kickstarter/indiegogo campaigns. The Deck costs significantly less while giving more performance than those.

But the thing that makes the Steam Deck truly unique is the fact that you are getting 16GB of ram for $399 or even $529. Now consoles obviously give you that but they aren't full pledged PCs. So when you compare the Steam Deck to say a pre-built desktop and you go to say bestbuy or where ever, you will be very hard pressed to find any pre-built desktops that are new that will give you 16GB of ram for $399 or even $529. So while I am not recommending it for a desktop replacement, if a person was on a really tight budget... It could be a good desktop with a cheap USB-C dongle + keyboard/mouse if they need a PC in general.

And that's really the unique thing. We never had as far as I remember, a subsidized PC. Consoles/handhelds were always subsidized but never a PC and that's what makes this exciting apart from it's other cool stuff like RDNA 2 and etc.



                  

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Paperboy_J on 24 July 2021
Captain_Yuri said:
Paperboy_J said:

I didn't know PC gamers wanted a handheld. Since when?

There is certainly a market for it as GPD Win 3 which starts at $800+ and it's alternatives like Aya Neo that has similar pricing to the GPD Win 3 seems to get yearly iterations and gets sold out during their kickstarter/indiegogo campaigns. The Deck costs significantly less while giving more performance than those.

But the thing that makes the Steam Deck truly unique is the fact that you are getting 16GB of ram for $399 or even $529. Now consoles obviously give you that but they aren't full pledged PCs. So when you compare the Steam Deck to say a pre-built desktop and you go to say bestbuy or where ever, you will be very hard pressed to find any pre-built desktops that are new that will give you 16GB of ram for $399 or even $529. So while I am not recommending it for a desktop replacement, if a person was on a really tight budget... It could be a good desktop with a cheap USB-C dongle + keyboard/mouse if they need a PC in general.

And that's really the unique thing. We never had as far as I remember, a subsidized PC. Consoles/handhelds were always subsidized but never a PC and that's what makes this exciting apart from it's other cool stuff like RDNA 2 and etc.

Ok I'm beginning to understand the appeal now.  It's just kind of weird to me because PC gamers have never really expressed much interest in handheld gaming before now.  Or maybe they did want one, but with the power of a PC.