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Three years later, the Steam Deck has dominated handheld PC gaming (www.theverge.com)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This article includes sales estimates for different handhelds from market research firm IDC.

They place total handheld PC sales of the Steam Deck, RoG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go, and MSI Claw at almost 6 million units for the past 3 years. It's estimated that the Steam Deck makes up between 3.7 to 4 million of those sales, more than all the other major handheld PC manufacturers combined.

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 6 days ago (7 children)

The Steam Deck arguably created the handheld PC gaming market.

Sure, there were handhelds before, but almost no one gave a shit about them. Gamedevs certainly didn't.

It wasn't enough just having the hardware exist, it's also the massive amount of effort Valve put in to ensure compatibility with a ridiculous number of titles.

The renewed emphasis on controller support in games alone has significant ramifications for the wider community. A lot of players with physical disabilities use input devices that map to controller actions.

[–] Burghler 4 points 5 days ago

Not much to argue, it literally did

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