The handheld gaming PC has proven to be a big hit for Valve.
  • Joelk111
    2•2 years ago

    Multiple millions, aka millions?

    If we’re being extra pedantic I’d say it was at least 4 million.

  • arefx
    7•2 years ago

    Valve has an incredible product on their hands, with the OLED model surely they will sell millions more. In a few years when a steam deck 2 comes out it will be an instant purchase for me. Valve hit a new stride with the deck.

    • @[email protected]
      1•2 years ago

      Out of interest, do you own a steam deck already?

      And if not, why are you so confident you’ll buy the theoretical future “steam deck 2” instead of buying this current OLED gen?

      • @[email protected]
        4•2 years ago

        I currently own a steam deck. I got it in the first batch of deliveries. As far as a tech product goes, I have never consistently used a tech product for this long outside of my desktop. I almost always find myself migrating back to my desktop for everything, except with the steam deck. I actually find myself doing things on my deck instead of my desktop.

        When version 2 comes out (or if I can get a sweet deal on the OLED down the road) I will for sure be upgrading without hesitation.

  • regulatorg
    1•2 years ago

    Now valve needs to sell a kernel level anti cheat that works on steam deck so we can play them games

    • @[email protected]
      3•2 years ago

      That’s very much against the philosophy of Linux. At best you’d divide Linux gaming into trusted (known operating system, hypervisor, no root access), and untrusted systems.

      It’s essentially what Google are trying to do with attestation, Web Environment Integrity, etc.

      Edit: there’s no way to stop cheaters without also stopping software freedom in general. The best path forward might be to focus on building communities of people who enjoy playing games together.

      • ISometimesAdmin
        2•2 years ago

        Or here’s a revolutionary thought: let people voluntarily (and reversably) opt-in to kernel-level anti-cheats.

        Part of freedom is the freedom to choose.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•2 years ago

          Nobody should be letting a closed source black box run on their kernel, especially not from Epic Games (a CCP company).

    • @[email protected]
      3•2 years ago

      We use Linux to get rid of malware and you want to reimplement it, use Windows if you don’t mind

  • @[email protected]English
    1•2 years ago

    I got mine like a month or two ago and it’s by far my favorite device. I’ll keep buying steam decks for as long as they make them.