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Engineering #PortableElectronics that are in constant contact with a user's skin is NOT trivial and the #SteamDeck certainly started it's development way before the #NintendoSwitch or #GPDwin were announced.

Valve Steam Deck Secrets: Engineering & Design of Memory, PCB Layout, and Thermals

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Like the #SteamDeck propably got started propably before the #SmachZ got announced...

STEAM DECK: The Handheld PC Has Finally Arrived

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For those who don't remember: #SmachZ was that scammy #Portable #SteamMachine running off a #Tablet-PC #IntelAtom SoC.

SMACH Z EXPOSED!! $652,909 SCAM?

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So yeah, #Valve really nails the #meme from ages ago:

I mean, look at the comment section of the Announcement Video:

People go apeshit on #Valve being able to "#ReadTheRoom":

'You own that hardware!'
no mention of "#AI"
no mention of #Subscriptions
no mention of other bullshit
'Play as YOU want!'
'It just works!'

Tho I guess people will be disappointed the "#GabeCube" aka. #SteamMachine (2nd Gen) won't be a $499 box and neither will the #SteamFrame aka. "#VirtualGabe" and even the #SteamController aka. "#WaveGabe" will be over $99 simply because #Valve ain't gonna have the money to preorder like 10M before #launch, and also "AI" is driving price hikes for #RAM and #Flash...

Steam Hardware Announcement

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Granted, #Valve ain't saints - far from it!

Or as #StephanieSterling would likely word it:

'Valve is a corporation, and corporations are explicitly NOBODY'S "Friend"'...

Either way, I've to give Valve credit where it is due, and admit that so far their hardware by all accounts was in fact solid and not restrictive.

Not because Valve likes #Gamers or #Linux but because they need to be better than what others could cook up!

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James Wells

@kkarhan
My wife bought me a OLED SteamDeck 2 years ago. In the past I have had a ps2, a ps3, and a ps4. I had seen the psLive and the Switch but they really didn't do it for me, but the SteamDeck just feels right to me. As a long time Linux user, engineer, admin, and programmer, I was happy to see that it runs Linux, but I really love the care and quality that Valve has put into it.