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Microsoft claims: Steam Deck Did Not Need Call Of Duty To Succeed (gameranx.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M] to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
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[–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

The deck is only successful because Valve is already successful enough to take the first loss on a console

This may be true(and I wouldn't doubt it being the case, at least on the $399 model) but it's pure speculation on your part.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    There are a dozen consoles like the Steam deck that didn't have the impact that Steam had. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_handheld_game_consoles It's not pure speculation. It's certainly backed by history. Playstation is the other company that tried this and was big enough to release 2 iterations of a failed handheld that was very good on all accounts.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    I was only talking about your claim that they're selling at a loss, nothing about success or not.

    We don't know their BOM so its speculation that they're taking a loss. (Unless I misunderstood your claim)

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Sorry, I mean the overall loss. Not selling at a loss from a manufacturing point but a loss on the development and research of a console. They spent years just designing and building prototypes of the Steam Deck. It is an assumption but I think a fair one to say that they've yet to make their money back from those costs to break into the console industry.

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