The worst part for me, is it sounds like it has good well thought out software, but the hardware choice crippled them. It sounds like better specs but the steamdeck (proud owner) was made on the cheap and is outclassing them at half price.
The steamdeck is a masterclass in prioritisation and optimisation, but even considering that I think valve is likely still selling most variants at a loss. The claw does seem fucking shit tho. I’d say they should have used Linux but I wouldn’t trust msi to make that work in any kind of sensible way tbh.
What baffles me is I’ve yet to see another handheld with touchpads that can even begin to rival the Steam Deck’s.
AYANEO has them on the Retro Mini PC but they’re smaller and way too far down to be comfortable to use regularly.
The touchpads are one of the Steam Deck’s greatest features. They actually make it enjoyable to play games designed for use with a mouse. Why are none of the other manufacturers getting that?
Those other manufacturers didn’t launch a new controller design. Valve did. It was fine and they learned how to make it great. Valve learned by experimenting with shape, button locations, track pads themselves were entirely new; it must have been a wild time in those hardware labs.
The worst part for me, is it sounds like it has good well thought out software, but the hardware choice crippled them. It sounds like better specs but the steamdeck (proud owner) was made on the cheap and is outclassing them at half price.
The steamdeck is a masterclass in prioritisation and optimisation, but even considering that I think valve is likely still selling most variants at a loss. The claw does seem fucking shit tho. I’d say they should have used Linux but I wouldn’t trust msi to make that work in any kind of sensible way tbh.
What baffles me is I’ve yet to see another handheld with touchpads that can even begin to rival the Steam Deck’s.
AYANEO has them on the Retro Mini PC but they’re smaller and way too far down to be comfortable to use regularly.
The touchpads are one of the Steam Deck’s greatest features. They actually make it enjoyable to play games designed for use with a mouse. Why are none of the other manufacturers getting that?
Those other manufacturers didn’t launch a new controller design. Valve did. It was fine and they learned how to make it great. Valve learned by experimenting with shape, button locations, track pads themselves were entirely new; it must have been a wild time in those hardware labs.
The funny thing is that reviews at the time mentions the track pad as being inspired but under baked on the Steam controller. Valve iterated and came up with something great. AYANEO just had their first attempt. Let’s see how much they learn.