Steam Deck
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I won't buy it but if I did I would just emulate the Switch.
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It'll be funny if this ends up selling as much as the steam machine did.
Remember when that was supposed to be the next thing? Lmao
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@yoshi Steam Machines were really just compact computers. I think they didn't do well because there just wasn't a market for them when you could buy equivalent hardware in regular PC form at the same price, while maintaining all the other great things about PC.
But a portable device that can run today's games at decent settings, supports basically everything under the sun with zero modding/custom firmware/etc, for a pretty reasonable price? Sounds like a hit to me, and the pre-orders seem to support that.
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@el-shmiablo
Communism also works in theory. Just in theory though.Now let's see how things actually play out with the steam deck sales.
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@yoshi https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/07/html-holes-provide-a-glimpse-of-steam-decks-initial-preorder-numbers/
110k pre-orders in the first 90 minutes of being available, and that only counts the 256 and 512 models.Seems to be doing incredibly well.
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@el-shmiablo wii u also did well in pre orders and look how that played out long term...
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@yoshi I really liked the WiiU.
:)
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People are buying houses for $500k above asking nowadays. I could release a middle school robotics caliber back scratcher and psycho’s would aggressively buy it for 2 straight years.
Steam Deck will do very well.
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The one concern I have for this is the battery life. It might be comparable to the Switch for indie/older games, but playing stuff like Horizon or Red Dead 2 is likely going to drain the thing in a couple hours tops.
It will be interesting to see what the first hands-on impressions bring up.
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@yoshi Okay?
This isn't the WiiU.What are you doing, dude?
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@el-shmiablo clearly i'm pointing out that the steam deck having decent preorders means nothing. It could easily be a sales flop in the long term just like the wii u was.
How bout actually waiting more than 5 minutes before bragging about "success"?
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@yoshi Whatever helps you cope, I guess.
Anyways, more memes!
Also, DigitalFoundry posted a video that gives us a hint at what kind of power the thing will have.
tl;dr it's basically closer to an XBox Series S in power, but with half the power draw. Literal generations ahead of the Switch on terms of power.
Considering the base model is only 50 bux more expensive than the Switch OLED, that is pretty wild.
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Kudos for valve for making PC gaming affordable as GPU prices are raising to sky.
Hand held PC gaming is definitely innovation.
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@el-shmiablo yes more memes indeed!
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I'm will be very surprised if this doesn't "fails". Seems to me like a cool niche thing that will be very lucky to pull even 10% of the Switch sales, even if the hardware is much better.
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Here's a novel idea. Enjoy and discuss this new product without weaponizing it for dumbass fanboy console wars lobbying.
This disingenuous back and forth isn't clever or valuable. Even if you're obsessed with that comparison, there's your usual list of pros and cons for each that the "memes" purposely ignore.
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@mbun I absolutely agree.
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@el-shmiablo If you did you'd stop purposely baiting more of it.
