SteamOS is probably the biggest risk to the Windows monopoly right now, so that tracks.
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And it's absolutely Microsoft's cycle. New game changer product comes on the market, they rush a half ass version out with the promise of a really good one later, half ass one flops, they scrap the whole idea because no one wants the half ass version, they fade into obscurity.
Tablets, VR, video chat, phones
Anyone remember this?
Always in favour of healthy competition.
This is microsoft, so I expect unhealthy competition.
If they make a device that doesn't suck, will people not just install Steam on it?
For my money? It won't allow that without jailbreaking.
I doubt even Microsoft are stupid enough to think they could release a PC-based gaming handheld without Steam support and not fail spectacularly.
If it's Xbox branded they could probably get away with it.
If Microsoft stuck with what it already does, it would be better. They already have cloud streaming technology which makes playing games on their ecosystem possible on any screen. Having a separate handheld console would complicate things. I just don't see the appeal.
They are risking Linux becoming an actual thing in the portable, desktop & living room spaces.
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People thought the same about portable, yet they did things for it to happen. If a company as inluential as Valve does the same for desktop, it could become a thing. I don't mean dominate, I mean like a noteworthy event, just like the Deck.
Do these other handhelds sell enough to justify all these different devices?
I think everyone is looking at Steamdecks success and wanting a piece of that pie.
Lol “steam deck”.
Try; switch.
Nah probably the deck. Switch has been out for a long time these companies didn't start rushing to make these portables until after steam deck. With your logic why stop at the switch. Switch? TRY THE GAME BOY MY GUY
Total Sales numbers don’t lie.
That literally has nothing to do with it as evident by the fact that these handheld didn't start coming out until after the steam deck. Switch total sales have been high for years now. This is a new trend. You're free to think whatever you want though
Ah yes the unoriginal and completely outsold “success”, keep on shillin.
nintendo fans are not ok