• Tony Bark@pawb.socialOP
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    Even if you’re correct, it’s still too early, anyway. That’s my point.

    The DS had a seven-year lifespan and the original Switch had eight. Even living room console have an average near decade long lifespan. So, of course Valve isn’t going to throw their money into a second generation.

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      6 hours ago

      The DS had countless iterations and refreshes. The Switch was Nintendo’s flagship product. I also never said the steamdeck was useless or done. You know I didn’t, yet you pretend like I’m treating it as if its practically e-waste. I was very specific/nuanced in how I talked about it. I don’t know why this is such an important hill for you to die on but I think I’m being more than fair to the deck.

      If I didn’t think I could find good use for the steam deck for at least 5+ years then I wouldn’t have bought one. But like the Xbox Series S it is starting to show some age on more demanding titles. It is just reality, and for many people that’s not really a big deal. But for some it is.

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        5 hours ago

        But like the Xbox Series S it is starting to show some age on more demanding titles.

        Sounds like this is more of the fault of the AAA publishers than the console makers.

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              Dude come on why are you making me be so prescriptive? Stop looking for holes and try to infer meaning/understand what I am actually saying. This isn’t a formal debate, you don’t need to score points. We are trying to reach mutual understanding.

              Yes it matters in the grand sense of things. I care about the state of the industry and gaming.

              It does not matter re: the subject I am talking about, i.e. whether or not the steamdeck is getting older/its AAA capabilities. I am talking about realties, you are trying to make this a discussion about values and developers. This is an assessment of the steamdeck as hardware.