Steam Deck

14850 readers

52 users here now

A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.

Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title

The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.

Some more Steam Deck specific flairs:
[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.

These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.

Rules:

Follow the rules of Sopuli
Posts must be related to the Steam Deck in an obvious way.
No piracy, there are other communities for that.
Discussion of emulators are allowed, but no discussion on how to illegally acquire ROMs.
This is a place of civil discussion, no trolling.
Have fun.

Link to our Matrix Space

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

Moxvallix@sopuli.xyz

codus@leby.dev

timi@lemmy.world

RolAIDS05@lemmy.world

Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz

RolAIDS05@sopuli.xyz

221

Valve has little to worry about as new Steam Deck rival arrives (www.pcguide.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

118 comments fedilink hide all child comments

TL;DR: Antec is going to be selling a Steam Deck competitive device, based on the Ayaneo Slide. The device has a slide up screen that reveals a keyboard, which is good because using desktop windows is much easier with a keyboard. However the device's lowest estimated power draw at low/no load is 15w, meaning it will use comparable power to the deck running at max power. This means the battery life will probably be pretty rough when compared to the Deck. It will also likely have a much higher price point.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

To be honest, any hardware company can’t really compete with valve toe to toe since valves can cut cost and sell at a loss.

So far most of the companies that have tried it could have taken the same approach. They just haven't, like MSI and ASUS. I'm guessing because they know they don't need to, since there's a demographic of people who will buy "the best" as long as it's marketed at them. Why sell it at a loss when someone will pay over full price for something like the ROG Ally.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah, the market for those handhelds seems to be people who either specifically want Windows or want better specs (or think they want that), but don't mind the trade-offs.

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

No, MSI or ASUS or really any other hardware company (that primarily sells hardware) makes money from selling hardware. Valve main source of income is their steam service, not the deck. For any deck they sold, they could make a loss but they gain revenue by a first time gamer. Much like how console can be sold at a loss but making the profit from the game they sold. The primary difference between traditional console and steam deck is that any hardware competitor to steam deck is still a win for valve since they also mostly profit from sales on their steam service. Thus my point, any hardware company is not valve primary rival since if a consumer chose steam deck, valve wins, but if they chose the competitor, valve wins too. Epic, Ubisoft, and EA or whoever else that tries to provide the same service like valve should be their primary competitor.

Edit: my point being, the deck doesn't need to be faster, or more power efficient, or more ergonomic. They just need to popularize the form factor. The fact that valve makes the deck so awesome on release, only to be overtaken by another hardware is not a loss for valve.