No 'XYZ' destroyer has done any destroying yet. Ever...

Remember when 'XYZ' was the iPod, the iPhone etc.

I'll believe it when I see it. (Honestly, those press outlets writing these headline don't have any idea.)

If you want to analyze:

the only significant drawback of the Steamdeck: "no 100% windows games compatibility" hasn't hurt it. And this is the only thing where that new competition is a "bit" better. However it is only a "bit" better. Let's see how large that "bit" is. If history has taught us, it requires to be quite a large "bit" - and I'd wager this one is not large enough.

Compare for example Microsoft's foray to enter the mobile phone space. Their offer seemed to be the "bit" better than Android. It failed spectacularly. And it is not that they didn't try.

If you want to challenge something, you have to be "far" better, not a "bit". (And they never have been "far" better.)

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Repeat after me: "DRM is bad for the customer"

It is not that we are starved for good games...

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Let's see if Microsoft manages to turn them around (and in line).
(Also let's also hope it is not just a ruse by Zotac to get better Microsoft conditions.)

However I am reluctantly optimistic.

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A pity that the statistics have been canceled. )-:

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Adventuuures of Cat in Space... 🎶

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Oh, and really great for game preservation.

Also when was the latest data breach in the PSN?

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I call shenanigans!

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Opt out is not the right thing to do. Why not integrate it into a nice welcome application and make it very clear why and what data you want to collect.

One of THE pro arguments supporting the Linux choice are - after all - the freedom that your software does not spy on you.

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Quoting: SakuretsuRequiring a PSN Account makes it unplayable IMO.

Not upgrading my original HZD until that bullshit is removed.

I totally agree! Why account (and therefore online) requirement for a singleplayer game?
I will vote against it with my purse.

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Greatest revelation - and the only one I'm interested in - would be if it was Linux based.

Even should it be perfectly supported by a Linux distro, I'd still recommend not buying it if it means that you can't unbundle the Windows license. That would send the wrong message.

The Steamdeck was a clear and immediate BUY the moment I heard it will be a Linux handheld.
I (and I think we all) would hope others will jump on that bandwagon.
(And surely Microsoft's 'subsidy' will work against that.)

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