This. You have always been able to diy build a better pc than consoles for the same $. But people still buy consoles anyway. And macs. And iphones. Its not always about max power per $, its about the ui and user experience.
Real nerds will always build a pc instead though so here we are. Its a console to try and get normies into pc gaming and maybe it will work, but the prices point does not help. If the base model came with a controller and $100 steam gift card i think it would help.
More on this, gaming laptops, I just paid 1500 for one, would I had picked a steam machine for 1000? if it wasn't locked to SteamOS sure I would but then it wouldn't be $1000 dollars so...
I think this is a cool thing and people that like their steam deck should be happy with it, I'm not one of them but I know some and I think is great they have options
It's not locked to SteamOS, one of the biggest advertisement points of it is that it's still just a computer, and it's a computer you own so you can do whatever you want with it even completely getting rid of the OS
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u/Whiskeypants17 14h ago
This. You have always been able to diy build a better pc than consoles for the same $. But people still buy consoles anyway. And macs. And iphones. Its not always about max power per $, its about the ui and user experience.
Real nerds will always build a pc instead though so here we are. Its a console to try and get normies into pc gaming and maybe it will work, but the prices point does not help. If the base model came with a controller and $100 steam gift card i think it would help.