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[–] Carrot 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

While I understand the sentiment, if they switch to SteamOS as a primary focus, what's the problem with buying someone else's handheld that's built to run SteamOS? There are already handhelds more performant than the Steam Deck out there, once they have official SteamOS support what's the difference? Don't get me wrong, I've actually bought an absurd number of Steam Decks so far for myself and for friends/family, but once they die, if there's no Steam Deck 2, I'll probably just pick up a handheld that is built specifically to run SteamOS

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Valve has the most power to set a fair price for these handhelds.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

I have a shitty Nintendo switch and no steam deck. Consider yourself lucky the availability is there lol. Steam Deck 2 just sounds like over saturation to me.