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Unbeatable in value... Ehh, really depends what you want to do with it. I don't care about consoles so I will just disregard them entirely, they don't run a normal Linux distro.
Steamdeck is great, sure. But if you were looking for low spec desktop gaming you could look at some low spec mini PCs for about half the cost of the steamdeck. You would be able to run a vast amount of games on it just fine. Old hardware might cost less used but will most likely end up costing more in power consumption.
If I didn't want to play on console and had a tight budget, I'd look into AMD apus or steam deck, yes, or used if that were an option in the market I were in.
My point was, for the price, you'll be hard pressed to get better perf/visuals out of a game like the guy in the article said. Surprisingly enough, consoles still deliver an impressive presentation. Even more so if Jimbo RyRy hadn't poured over 2bn in developing live service trash instead of core gaming experiences like Returnal, which is likely my game of this gen (together with BG3).