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Steam Deck

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months ago (37 children)

Why hasn't anyone else made one to compete that's cheap? Because, Mr.Author...No one else can make their money back by selling software.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (20 children)

The Switch certainly predates the Deck, and they definitely make their money back on software, but being forced solely into the Nintendo ecosystem is off-putting. Only Microsoft is a likely candidate to make a handheld that uses their Game Pass, and I would bet they aren't really needing to push subscriptions at the moment.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The Switch isn't that expensive to make, the chip, memory, and storage are all budget af.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I just looked it up, and it looks like Nintendo likely makes $40-$80 per Switch (estimated based on part costs). A decent profit, considering software (a big money maker) is just gravy at that point.

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