With the new Antec Core HS preparing to enter the market place, how will Steam Deck competitors like Valve respond? Do they need to?

TL;DR: Antec is going to be selling a Steam Deck competitive device, based on the Ayaneo Slide. The device has a slide up screen that reveals a keyboard, which is good because using desktop windows is much easier with a keyboard. However the device’s lowest estimated power draw at low/no load is 15w, meaning it will use comparable power to the deck running at max power. This means the battery life will probably be pretty rough when compared to the Deck. It will also likely have a much higher price point.

  • RiskableEnglish
    73•6 months ago

    Unless it runs Linux it doesn’t stand a chance. The moment you decide to sell a handheld gaming console running Windows you doom it to failure. It’s the worst OS possible for that purpose.

    • @stoy@lemmy.zip
      28•6 months ago

      Nope, there are plenty worse…

      z/os, Temple OS, OpenBSD, React OS and others.

      Sorry, I am just feeling pedantic, it is late and I am about to get some sleep…

    • Domi
      17•6 months ago

      Windows is the main reason I never got one of those PC handhelds even though they have been around for a very long time.

      Never really felt like a handheld, more like an unwieldly laptop.

    • @Bogasse@lemmy.ml
      7•6 months ago

      To be honest I was recently forced back into Windows by my employer recently and I don’t get it’s good for :p

      • @Telorand@reddthat.com
        11•6 months ago

        Control. It’s metrics and data mining all the way up.

        What’s funny is that when I learned about system admin, it was all Linux.