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Re:Why Steam Deck Is One of the Most Significant PC Gaming M... by dageshi on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:24PM (#34712396)
I've no doubt they can make it technically speaking. It's just not enough people would buy it to make it worth their while.
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Re:Why Steam Deck Is One of the Most Significant PC Gaming M... by TulliusCicero on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:46PM (#34712766)
Exactly. iOS and Android are good enough for most people. The number of people who'd buy a 'real' Linux-based smartphone simply on principle is tiny.
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Re:Why Steam Deck Is One of the Most Significant PC Gaming M... by jononor on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @04:42PM (#34715682)
How many would buy a gaming-first phone (by Valve)? I don't quite know what such a product would mean in practice, or if there is a killer "app" (game) for phone. But it would have higher probabilities of success than "a real Linux phone".
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Re:Why Steam Deck Is One of the Most Significant PC Gaming M... by TulliusCicero on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @04:52PM (#34715845)
Gaming oriented phones exist for sure. One by Valve with SteamOS, yeah maybe.

It's hard to get around the awkwardness of the physical button problem though: having buttons makes the phone awkward, not having them makes gaming awkward.

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