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Steam Deck

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A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.

Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (25 children)

Why hasn't anyone else made one to compete that's cheap? Because, Mr.Author...No one else can make their money back by selling software.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (8 children)

The Switch certainly predates the Deck, and they definitely make their money back on software, but being forced solely into the Nintendo ecosystem is off-putting. Only Microsoft is a likely candidate to make a handheld that uses their Game Pass, and I would bet they aren't really needing to push subscriptions at the moment.

[–] Waldemar_Firehammer 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Switch isn't that expensive to make, the chip, memory, and storage are all budget af.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I just looked it up, and it looks like Nintendo likely makes $40-$80 per Switch (estimated based on part costs). A decent profit, considering software (a big money maker) is just gravy at that point.

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