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Steam Hardware Announcement (youtu.be)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

I think the main hangup is going to be: how easy and simple is this thing for the average person?

The Steam Deck is, any way you slice it, a better value than the Switch or Switch 2. The Steam Deck has sold roughly 6 million units in 3 years. The Nintendo Switch 2 has sold close to 11 million units in about 5 months.

I hope you're right and that Valve really shakes up the whole industry, but I'm not going to start expecting that until I see it.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    I think Switch has a different market (albeit a bigger one)than the Deck.

    There is definitely market overlap with Steam Deck but I feel the Deck offers things that the Switch doesn't. In a similar vein, I think Steam Machine provides a kind of value that extends just beyond the console market. There are people who would not consider getting a console but would definitely consider getting a powerful and compact Mini PC with good gaming capabilities. Therein lies the greatest value of their offering.

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