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Given many new handhelds coming on the scene and general disinterest of Microsoft to support the market, do you think SteamOS will take place of default OS the same way Android did on phones some time ago?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Looking at how many celebrated ROG Ally shipping with windows I doubt it will catch on. Only possibility I see is if valve would do profit sharing with the handheld maker for purchases made in the steam store.

For a third party to ship with steam os now would essentially mean they are also supporting the largest player in the market with no gain for themselves.