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[-] djsoren19@yiffit.net 0 points 4 months ago

I'm always surprised by how small the Steam Deck playerbase is. It has such strong word of mouth, but the niche it supports seems pretty small.

[-] highball@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

First iterations of a console always start out small. It's the second iteration that has the consumer confidence and you get a boom in sales. If the Steam Machine drops this year. I expect it to sell 10 million consoles in the first year.

[-] zephorah@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago

The screen is small.

It’s an old person thing, probably, but I don’t enjoy phone sized screens beyond reading and such. I don’t know how people see an Apple Watch well enough to use it comfortably.

Laptop is fine most days but I really want that desktop screen when I can get it.

I can’t imagine Stellaris or AC or even Pathfinder on a phone or iPad mini sized screen. Like TV, most people aim bigger not smaller. I can still have portable games at 15” instead of 7”.

[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago

I don’t know how people see an Apple Watch well enough to use it comfortably.

My sister struggles, I don't (not the Apple Watch, the small screen) . I have a decent set of glasses, she cant be fcuked.. I'm 58.

Steam Deck is on my list for '25

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