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I'm really excited by this. I sold my nintendo switch a while ago and I miss handheld gaming while going on trips. and also the fact that alot of games will probably be ported to linux because of this. what do you all think?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

and what do I see popping on my feed, little did we know that thing actually took off

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (5 children)

Honestly I think it will be a flop.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys 5 points 2 years ago

Wow, this has aged poorly

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago
[–] JC1 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

All will depend on the pricing. But it will be hard to go against the big three.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Head's up, this post is 2 years old. It was referencing the Steam Deck, which is actually successful

[–] JC1 1 points 2 years ago

Yes lol, realised it right after I pressed send...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I want it to succeed, but it probably won't.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

We were so wrong, yay!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've never been more happy that someone was wrong, sorry it had to be you

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I’m happy it was me too, I love my steam deck!

[–] ncrranger 1 points 2 years ago

I don't believe his expectations about the vr thing but overall mote linux consoles seems pretty cool. I haven't had a chance to try the steam deck out so if this has a reasonable price I would want to buy it.