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Three years later, the Steam Deck has dominated handheld PC gaming (www.theverge.com)
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[-] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

They got the formula right on this space:

  • Linux, not Windows--Windows provides little that can't be done on Linux in this space
  • AMD, not Intel--AMD just has better products at this level (any level at this point, really)
  • 720p--going higher doesn't provide much at this size except suck battery life and requiring a more powerful GPU
  • Price

Now, price is partially because Valve can afford to subsidize the cost and expect to make it up on Steam sales. I'd be remiss to ignore how they're making their money. Still, they're also able to have a good price because they didn't try to make it as powerful as it could be, but as powerful as it needed to be.

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