mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Linux Gaming@lemmy.ml · edit-210 months agoAyaneo next handheld is going to use SteamOSwww.dexerto.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squaremakingStuffForFun@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up35·10 months agoValve made the steam deck to encourage other device makers to follow suite. They’re trying to bootstrap a new market segment. They don’t actually want to be a hardware company. They want to sell games. Lots, and lots of games. They’re providing all they can to help other manufacturers come onboard, so they can sell games, and make wads of sweet cash. They never hid it. They were clear about it from the start. The deck is a proof of concept for the industry to follow.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tealinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoYup, they did the same thing with Steam Machines, but that didn’t take off. Valve is a POC hardware company, and they only make hardware to drive game sales.
Valve made the steam deck to encourage other device makers to follow suite.
They’re trying to bootstrap a new market segment. They don’t actually want to be a hardware company. They want to sell games. Lots, and lots of games.
They’re providing all they can to help other manufacturers come onboard, so they can sell games, and make wads of sweet cash.
They never hid it. They were clear about it from the start.
The deck is a proof of concept for the industry to follow.
Yup, they did the same thing with Steam Machines, but that didn’t take off. Valve is a POC hardware company, and they only make hardware to drive game sales.