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submitted 3 months ago by JRepin@lemmy.ml to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

One of the Steam Deck's primary advantages over more powerful handheld gaming PCs is its operating system, which is designed to mimic a game console interface within a Linux PC environment. Valve has long planned to bring the OS to other devices, but a recent Steam Deck software update includes the first mention of a rival handheld.

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[-] MashedTech@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

I want to see all of the handhelds that have poor performance because of Windows bloat move to SteamOS and see an improvement. This will be such a huge blow to microsoft, SteamOS will get a bigger market share, because for that form factor it is the best OS! And I hope that developers will make Linux more important in their list because of this. Gaming is slowly going to become even less important on Windows. I want fucking Microsoft to be forced to offer a better Windows experience. I want competition again! Right now, Microsoft can fuck everyone over because they can, I hope that won't be the case anymore.

[-] MashedTech@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

And Valve because it doesn't have investors that yell "More PROFIT RIGHT NOW", they can play in the long game, which other companies cannot do, because of investor pressure. Investor pressure for quick profits is what causes companies to cannibalize themselves and their future success.

this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2024
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