SteamOS officially supports ROG Ally X. Installing it on it is like a first class experience, as if you would have purchased a preinstalled device. Legion Go S was sold with SteamOS preinstalled. Steam Deck is not the only device with SteamOS.
This is categorically not the same thing as a “3rd party Steam Machine”. You can make your own today with virtually any PC, that’s not what’s being discussed though.
I guess there is some misunderstanding or confusion here then, as we thought you referred to “there’s only been one” to the Steam Deck. Because there are at least two, if you don’t count ROG Ally X.
As said, there seems to be a misunderstanding of your original message, because you were not precise. And you never mentioned “3rd party product” in your initial message. I can only reiterate what I said before, we assumed you forgot other devices than the Steam Deck existed. No need to dig deeper, its all just a misunderstanding.
There were ROG Ally X and Lenovo Legion Go S, with official SteamOS support.
There was never a SteamOS version of ROG Ally
SteamOS officially supports ROG Ally X. Installing it on it is like a first class experience, as if you would have purchased a preinstalled device. Legion Go S was sold with SteamOS preinstalled. Steam Deck is not the only device with SteamOS.
This is categorically not the same thing as a “3rd party Steam Machine”. You can make your own today with virtually any PC, that’s not what’s being discussed though.
Go Legion S is officially listed on site but I guess you’re just ignoring that part.
I already said there was 1 in my initial reply.
I guess there is some misunderstanding or confusion here then, as we thought you referred to “there’s only been one” to the Steam Deck. Because there are at least two, if you don’t count ROG Ally X.
You consider the Steam Deck to be a 3rd party product?
As said, there seems to be a misunderstanding of your original message, because you were not precise. And you never mentioned “3rd party product” in your initial message. I can only reiterate what I said before, we assumed you forgot other devices than the Steam Deck existed. No need to dig deeper, its all just a misunderstanding.