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It's Time to Bring Back the Steam Machine (steamdeckhq.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The Steam Deck works so well because it's dedicated hardware.

Lots of other hardware would not work quite so smoothly, without direct support from Valve. It's why there are manufacturers that make money selling Linux laptops. They have to choose specific components that are well supported on Linux. Lots of people experience problems with WiFi, BT, Ethernet, audio, fingerprint readers, etc. etc. on Linux.

Not to mention developers specifically targeting the hardware, some even going so far as to have dedicated presets for Steam Deck.

And not to mention Valve's marketing presence.

And not to mention the lack of any official release of SteamOS.