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HP are interested in making a SteamOS handheld as the Windows experience sucks (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 4 days ago by QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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[–] tal 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A point made by HP's SVP and Division President of Gaming Solutions Josephine Tan when talking to XDA Developers, Tan mentioned "If you look at Windows, I struggle with the experience myself. If I don't like it, I don't know how to do a product for it.". Tan continued "If I'm buying a handheld, I want a very simple setup. The minute I turn on my handheld, it will remember the last game I played. In the Windows environment, it doesn't".

Okay, I'm not saying that HP shouldn't do a SteamOS handheld, but...this seems like such a bad rationale. Surely, surely it is possible to write a relatively-trivial piece of software for Windows that simply remembers the last game played? Especially if we're just talking stuff running out of Steam?

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It costs more money to hire software devs to make a custom piece of software that needs to be maintained and fully supported with customer service than it sticking SteamOS on it and providing support and having customer service. Valve did all of that hard work and rnd and paid for it all, hp just needs to pay for an oem license —probably a very good deal for them

[–] phuntis@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

pretty sure they don't even have to pay for an oem licence I'm pretty sure it's free for them

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

You're probably right that they can just put the os on their hardware for free, but I would think they do pay something for the rights to have the "powered by SteamOS" mark. I would bet that valve has some sort of hardware partner criteria to maintain valves image if you use their mark, like their old steam machine program.