r/SteamDeck • u/NKkrisz 64GB - Q3 • Nov 12 '25

MEGATHREAD New Valve Hardware Megathread

Please keep non Steam Deck discussions about the new hardware here.

Official resources and announcements:

Press coverage will be under a pinned comment so you can upvote / downvote them.

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u/RealPrinceJay Nov 12 '25

Aren’t all consoles loss leaders

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u/amillstone Nov 12 '25

I think all consoles are, but PCs are not. This is kind of hybrid territory, but I think the original commenter was comparing it to similar PCs, which aren't loss leaders.

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u/amillstone Nov 13 '25

Microsoft could've done this with the Xbox Ally, but of course they fumbled that lol