• Why I won't be buying a Steam Deck.

    From LundukeJournal@1337:1/100 to All on Thu Mar 3 04:15:04 2022
    Why I won't be buying a Steam Deck.

    Date:
    Thu, 03 Mar 2022 04:09:30 GMT

    Description:
    The Steam Deck is cool. No doubt. But, try as I might, I can't find a good reason to buy one.

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    The Steam Deck, from Valve, is taking the Linux gaming world by storm. Darn near every Linux-focused commentator and YouTuber has spent the week salivating and fawning over Valves hand-held gaming computer.

    And, honestly? For good reason.

    A Linux-powered, hand-held gaming console? From a major gaming company?
    With a pretty large game compatibility list?

    Theres a lot to like in there! Heck, the hardware doesnt look half bad, either!

    NVMe SSD storage. A pretty doggone beefy AMD CPU, backed by a similarly
    fancy GPU, powered by 16 GB of RAM. I mean. Dang.

    Just look at it!

    But, you know what? After thinking on it long and hard

    Im not going to be buying one. Allow me to elucidate.

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    Link to news story: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/why-i-wont-be-buying-a-steam-deck


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