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[–] kennocha 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really do love my steam deck, but more importantly for me, I am excited to see all the effects of gaming becoming more viable in Linux.

I reaaaaally dislike windows at this point.

[–] Cmar 17 points 1 year ago

Steam Deck using Linux puts it above anything else in the handheld category. It’s truly a device you yourself can do anything with, with no limitations or hard locks.

Not to mention the sw and hw support which both are excellent.

Realising that there is absolutely no way for me to, for instance, make a local backup of saves / settings, not even a way to access them on my Switch is a very sobering experience.

[–] AToM_exe 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The article doesn't say much but that the price is better then their competitions and that it runs on Linux.

Their is so much more to it.

[–] EveningNewbs 1 points 1 year ago

It's windowscentral.com. Did you expect a real article?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Has any info been leaked about the profit margin Steam Decks are for Valve?

I get it's a loss leader to increase Steam software purchases, but would be neat to know how much of any they earn per deck.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Has any info been leaked about the profit margin Steam Decks are for Valve?

Well, seems like it's very unlikely that they lose money the more Decks they sell, I'd expect the 64gb model to go out at pretty much their cost per device.

The Markup between the 512 model and the 64gb model is much higher than any OEM cost I would expect, so there's probably a little margin in there.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I’ll pick one up once they release a model with OLED. My Nintendo Switch has it, and it would be really hard to go back.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] CaptainEffort 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t see that happening for a while, and tbh it still blows my mind that Nintendo prioritized OLED over any sort of performance upgrade. OLED is undeniably better looking, but it’s not worth it imo when some first party games can’t even hit 30 fps.

[–] overzeetop 7 points 1 year ago

That seems like a weird hill to die on.

[–] Nibodhika 4 points 1 year ago

I prefer the hundreds of games I already own on steam and the ability to own my system and customize it as I see fit, but to each their own. Ifixit sells screens, they might release an OLED one at some point for people who want it, but I wouldn't hold my breath for it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Burn-in is overhyped with the newer prevention tools. I’ve used my Switch for over 2000 hours, and I’ve yet to see any burn-in. I also have an OLED widescreen monitor that I’ve used for work and gaming 12 hours a day for the last two years, and it looks fantastic. Hard to go back when the colors are so much more accurate and vibrant.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Has any info been leaked about the profit margin Steam Decks are for Valve?

I get it's a loss leader to increase Steam software purchases, but would be neat to know how much of any they earn per deck.