mr_MADAFAKA ( @mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml ) to Linux Gaming@lemmy.ml · edit-22 years agoAyaneo next handheld is going to use SteamOSwww.dexerto.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up194cross-posted to: steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up194external-linkAyaneo next handheld is going to use SteamOSwww.dexerto.com mr_MADAFAKA ( @mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml ) to Linux Gaming@lemmy.ml · edit-22 years agomessage-square10linkfedilinkcross-posted to: steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
minus-square Gork ( @Gork@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoI don’t understand why Valve would allow this. Wouldn’t this be a direct competitor to the Steam Deck, even if it at a lower price point?
minus-square Stephen Greenham ( @solarisfire@mast.solarisfire.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years ago@Gork @mr_MADAFAKA The deck and all these handhelds just drive game sales on Steam, which is where Valve makes all it’s money… Competition between handhelds doesn’t bother them!
minus-square mr_MADAFAKA ( @mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 years agoAnd that’s Valve’s ultimate motive, to have as many handhelds(and PCs) to use SteamOS and distance themselves from Windows Microsoft.
minus-square makingStuffForFun ( @makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years agoValve made the steam deck to encourage other device makers to follow suite. They’re trying to bootstrap a new market segment. They don’t actually want to be a hardware company. They want to sell games. Lots, and lots of games. They’re providing all they can to help other manufacturers come onboard, so they can sell games, and make wads of sweet cash. They never hid it. They were clear about it from the start. The deck is a proof of concept for the industry to follow.
minus-square Cwilliams ( @Cwilliams@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago They don’t actually want to be a hardware company. They want to sell games. Lots, and lots of games. They’re providing all they can to help other manufacturers come onboard, so they can sell games, and make wads of sweet cash. That’s genius!
I don’t understand why Valve would allow this. Wouldn’t this be a direct competitor to the Steam Deck, even if it at a lower price point?
@Gork @mr_MADAFAKA The deck and all these handhelds just drive game sales on Steam, which is where Valve makes all it’s money… Competition between handhelds doesn’t bother them!
And that’s Valve’s ultimate motive, to have as many handhelds(and PCs) to use SteamOS and distance themselves from Windows Microsoft.
Valve made the steam deck to encourage other device makers to follow suite.
They’re trying to bootstrap a new market segment. They don’t actually want to be a hardware company. They want to sell games. Lots, and lots of games.
They’re providing all they can to help other manufacturers come onboard, so they can sell games, and make wads of sweet cash.
They never hid it. They were clear about it from the start.
The deck is a proof of concept for the industry to follow.
That’s genius!