Never bought into game pass. It’s also a subscription and prices are subject to change at any time, and be tiered differently, and all that. It might even just end up streaming everything. I’m not a fan of other of those. I’m out.
Perhaps I’m making a wrong assumption that Microsoft is trying to build some sort of PC compatible gaming store around the device that I see as an inevitable failure. Maybe it will be something completely different and open.
And of course, just because I fail to understand the goal of this device doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have one with merit. It still got half the year to build up hype targeting a 2025 holiday season release.
We already have Windows handhelds. There’s some comparisons here with Windows phone and the smart phone OS industry. If it is to be successful that’s quite the uphill battle being late to the game.
The goal is to have a Windows OS that is actually usable on handhelds with native controller navigation an UI for controllers. You will still be able to use Steam, Battlenet, Epic, etc…
Yeah it can be a hassle, but is it such a hassle people would rather buy this specific handheld to play the handful of multiplayer games a steamdeck cant?
Not to mention theyre mainly esports titles that people prefer not to play on an underpowered handheld anyways…
What do you mean? Gamepass users?
You can use gamepass on ANY device, including steamdeck.
Idk if paying another $500-$1000 usd is worth it for most people to have a slightly more convenient gamepass handheld experience.
Presumably you mean SteamOS. That could be answered simply with “it plays more games” and “Game Pass”.
Never bought into game pass. It’s also a subscription and prices are subject to change at any time, and be tiered differently, and all that. It might even just end up streaming everything. I’m not a fan of other of those. I’m out.
That’s cool. I didn’t either. But 35 million other people did.
You can also cancel it at any time.
Perhaps I’m making a wrong assumption that Microsoft is trying to build some sort of PC compatible gaming store around the device that I see as an inevitable failure. Maybe it will be something completely different and open.
And of course, just because I fail to understand the goal of this device doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have one with merit. It still got half the year to build up hype targeting a 2025 holiday season release.
We already have Windows handhelds. There’s some comparisons here with Windows phone and the smart phone OS industry. If it is to be successful that’s quite the uphill battle being late to the game.
They already have one. It’s called XBOX.
And they’re atrocious.
The goal is to have a Windows OS that is actually usable on handhelds with native controller navigation an UI for controllers. You will still be able to use Steam, Battlenet, Epic, etc…
A steam deck already plays gamepass, and if you install windows on the deck, it will the few windows-only PC games that SteamOS cant.
Ew. No one is doing that.
Yeah it can be a hassle, but is it such a hassle people would rather buy this specific handheld to play the handful of multiplayer games a steamdeck cant?
Not to mention theyre mainly esports titles that people prefer not to play on an underpowered handheld anyways…
I mean it’s partly that it’s a hassle but it’s mostly that it’s a shit experience that nobody wants.
This thing, in theory, gives them the games they want without the shitty experience that is Windows.
I mean if they really nail the UI, and i mean REALLY nail it(which involves nailing game/launcher compatibility as well)…
Then maybe this handheld will forge the way for a new windows gaming OS.
But even then without an Xbox game compatibility layer, they arent going to convert any steam users at all.
They’ve already converted thousands of users without it.
What do you mean? Gamepass users? You can use gamepass on ANY device, including steamdeck. Idk if paying another $500-$1000 usd is worth it for most people to have a slightly more convenient gamepass handheld experience.
We’re going around in circles. We’ve already been over this.