The thing runs Windows so it’s not a Steam Deck competitor… It’s a has-been at launch.
Windows is absolute garbage for a handheld gaming device. When are these manufacturers going to learn and just ship the things with Linux? Many Chinese devices (made for running emulators) ship with some customized Linux so why aren’t more mainstream manufacturers doing it? Seems like a no-brainer to make a better device and save money on licensing costs.
It’s a handheld PC with a built-in controller. I don’t know how you can say that it’s not a competitor. Plenty of people are happy to deal with Windows for whatever reason. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t make it not a competitor.
If I wanted to make an argument for why it’s not, I’d say it’s because it doesn’t matter what hardware you have, they’re all going to be used to buy games on Steam.
The answer to your question is in your comment. The reason is that those devices are designed to run emulators (usually nothing past gamecube/ps2 era). They run Android because Android has support for emulating software, but the chips used in those devices aren’t designed to run current Gen games nor are they usually designed to run most Linux distros.
Although someone could try to do it, but if I had to guess it’s more work to do it right (Valve made a custom OS for the steamdeck).
The thing runs Windows so it’s not a Steam Deck competitor… It’s a has-been at launch.
Windows is absolute garbage for a handheld gaming device. When are these manufacturers going to learn and just ship the things with Linux? Many Chinese devices (made for running emulators) ship with some customized Linux so why aren’t more mainstream manufacturers doing it? Seems like a no-brainer to make a better device and save money on licensing costs.
It’s a handheld PC with a built-in controller. I don’t know how you can say that it’s not a competitor. Plenty of people are happy to deal with Windows for whatever reason. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t make it not a competitor.
If I wanted to make an argument for why it’s not, I’d say it’s because it doesn’t matter what hardware you have, they’re all going to be used to buy games on Steam.
It’s because they’re hyperfixated on Linux, just like the majority of the Lemmy userbase.
In reality any x86-based handheld is potential competition for the Steam Deck.
The answer to your question is in your comment. The reason is that those devices are designed to run emulators (usually nothing past gamecube/ps2 era). They run Android because Android has support for emulating software, but the chips used in those devices aren’t designed to run current Gen games nor are they usually designed to run most Linux distros.
Although someone could try to do it, but if I had to guess it’s more work to do it right (Valve made a custom OS for the steamdeck).