Mitsutoshi

Yes, this puts them on equal footing with Microsoft and Sony, which implies that the Steam Deck is selling very well.

I wouldn't quite say that. Significant chunks of RDNA2 go back to Microsoft telling AMD things that they required from the graphics architecture of the next Xbox, back in 2016. I'm sure Sony did similar.

Valve in this case was able to take advantage of this increased R&D aspect of RDNA2 and get a custom chip based on it, but I don't think they would have that same position in the development of the architecture, if that makes sense.

Of course, I'm a beneficiary of all of the above!

I got the same bundle. One warning: the WiFi chip AMD picked for this mobo is the worst I’ve ever used. I would recommend replacing it with the Intel one. Only costs about $10. Much easier to do before your computer is cased up.