The software side of things is where the Deck shines. They still need to do some work on the desktop side of SteamOS (probably why they haven't released isos not tied to the deck?), but even that has improved since launch. The general openness of it (you can get almost anything to run on it), and how games/apps just generally work, especially in game mode, is actually impressive, doubly so when you consider most of that is through translation layers.
I think you are into something, Canadian man was talking about it
If that does happen I hope it can be easily exploited to allow for linux to be installed making for a cheaper steam deck if it end up being cheaper.
Would be nice, though Xbox consoles are generally the last to get hacked, if they ever do. To this day, you still cannot pirate games on Xbox One. They'll probably pass it off as a Steam Deck competitor by showing off that you can browse the web on it 'n' shit, but that web browser will just be the same version of Edge that's on all the modern Xboxes. It would be a miracle to have a portable Xbox that also just ran normal Windows 11, and a double miracle if you could install SteamOS.
to be fair the deck is subsidized tho, and asus can't recoup some of it via software sales. I expect other handhelds to be more expensive simply by being priced more realistically.
Hopefully this means more Steam Deck clones besides the already announced Asus ROG device.
What none of these competitors have figured out is what makes the Deck such a success. They still shove shitty Windows 11 on their systems and charge $800 or more.
If they make a deal the cost is halved iirc, but considering how fucking awful 11 runs on deck people will just wipe it out existence and install HoloISO
As long as they will support a way to install some version of linux I would be good with that.
The Z1 is pathetic, half the GPU "cores" of the Deck. The Z1X is interesting, but is effectively a normal Ryzen 7040U with tuned power firmware to maximize it's 15W celing.
A lot of the cool things the Deck does is incredibly difficult to do, if you're just selling hardware like Asus. Gamescope w/ built-in FSR scaling, per-game power profiles, Steam Input all play a part in making the Deck so versatile.
unless they go out of their way to fuck with it (which would smother any deck competitor in the crib) linux support shouldn't be that hard, meaning they could also easily support it themselves if they wanted to. which down the line could increase the amount of official linux support in general.
amd was always pretty open to custom designs, part of the reason their stuff is in consoles. nvidia much less so and more prone to burn you while working with them (fermi pun intended).
I'm pretty sure its going to end up at the $800 line. I like the cooling design and the more powerful processor is good but the efficiency is wasted on the battery size they have chosen. Its going to have the same battery life as the steam deck.
Isn't the Steam library how they're keeping themselves in profit despite a lower price tag for the Deck itself? Most competitors seem to be relying on the single purchase of their unit rather than a whole game library beyond it to give the flexibility to lower their unit cost like Valve does.
Yeah, you can run anything you want on a Steam Deck but it's a lot more of a hassle to do that than just buy your game from their store.
Tagging you again because Verge got the scoop that is supposedly going to cost 699$ with the Z1 Extreme, Asus is going balls to the wall with it
If that's the case then I'm going to assume the other version is $599
AkSHuaLLy it only means that it will run without a problem in Steam OS, if you make a more beefy computer and use HoloISO you can play any verified game without a issue as long as your hardware is not worse than the Deck, thing that is very hard to do in year of Kojima 2023
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