Steam Deck is on the lips of almost every gamer these days, be they a fan of consoles or gaming PCs. According to Valve, their new handheld console wouldn't have been possible without the idea for Steam Machines.
Firstly, the company claims that they want their handheld to occupy a class of its own. They're saying that they designed the console, not as a direct competitor to the Nintendo Switch, for instance. And for all intents and purposes, they're right. The two handhelds are entirely different pieces of hardware, and it's not only a question of how much more powerful the one is compared to the other.
Steam Deck is made to be a fully portable, all-in-one PC. By all intents and purposes, it's no different from a laptop or a desktop. Users can even connect the system to an external display, install Windows on it, connect a mouse and keyboard, and use it as a fully functioning computer.
The Nintendo Switch, on the other hand, is a gaming console through and through. All you can do on it is game and not much else. And it's significantly more portable than the Steam Deck too, which makes it a lot easier to bring around. Plus, Nintendo's library of niche games is a good change of pace from the Steam Library's hordes of open-world titles and first-person shooters.
Demand for the Steam Deck is already high, it's now being scalped. While this sounds bad for a lot of gamers, it's great news for Valve. It means that profit margin potentials are soaring and that they can carve a new path into the gaming hardware industry without competing with anyone else.
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Written by RJ Pierce
