• echo64@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Steam deck is a top seller on steam when they release a new steam deck, and nothing much else has released recently.

    It would be news if it wasn’t

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 years ago

      Also, it’s not clear if Valve is just comparing Steam Deck sales against other hardware Valve sells or against game sales.

      If its against other Valve hardware, the measurement of “top seller” is a joke.

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        2 years ago

        They are comparing the totality of the value something has been bought for. So a $60 game needs to sell 10 copies, when $600 piece of hardware just needs to sell one. That’s been the reason why Valve Index was nr 1 for so long - it was very expensive, with purchases comming from the enthusiast market. Same thing for the steam deck - not many people will buy it, but it will be worth a lot of AAA games.

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    2 years ago

    I am actually happy if this pushes more developers to ditch DX in favour of Vulkan, high time if you ask me.

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      2 years ago

      Same here, super frustrating and it seems we are not the only ones. There are a bunch of people who haven’t received their decks. F GLS, delivering goods with donkeys. It took them

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          2 years ago

          Yes, it should be today at some point, I got an email notifying me that it is out for delivery at last. I can’t wait to get it and install the 2Tb SSD inside.