Well, that’s still $50 that’s not passed to the consumer. Not much, but it’s a week’s groceries.

Aren’t removable controllers on a handheld gaming device patented by Nintendo?

I wonder how much they’re saving not having to ship Win with it.

While that may be true, I still use my Steam Deck in desktop mode for a bunch of stuff besides gaming. Writing, job applications and interviews, using reddit because it’s the only device I have that isn’t detected for ban evasion, watching shows/Youtube. Maybe I’m atypical, but I don’t see why the Deck would offer a desktop mode if it wasn’t meant to be used.

Yeah, I misspoke lol. I meant to say Arch but I shortcirced or something.

How? SteamOS is still Linux.

It’s also recursive.

Wine Is Not an Emulator

Is

Not an

Emulator

Better than having Win on it. Anyway, it’s a smart move. Cap more userbase in the high-end market while still providing a low-end option yourself.