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FWIW, the Steam Deck is literally the device I've been waiting for my entire life since I first played a computer game.

I mostly don't use it as a handheld. More as the "living room console for the kids" and as the "portable friends/family" device, in that way that e.g. the Switch advertises (but supports stuff like the Jackbox games)

We should have had "gaming device that is also an actual general purpose computer" a long time ago, but I"m glad it's here now.

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I'm really hoping for a Steam Deck that completes the original Valve idea of a console-like experience.

Basically I'd be perfectly fine with the Steam Deck hardware in a small box without the controller, battery or display. Just power button and usb-c for power/data, and maybe even integrate the Steam Dock[0] hardware in the box with the extra connectors (USB ports, HDMI, Display Port, Gigabit Ethernet).

[0] https://www.steamdeck.com/en/dock

Same. The only reason I bought the Steam Dock for it was so that I could pop it in and switch my game to the TV. 90% of my playtime on this thing is on-the-go. It took the concept of the Nintendo Switch and actually delivered on it. Now, my Switch sits in a drawer and the Steam Deck is my go-to.

I get the aesthetics of wanting something like that, but I feel like the Deck plus the dock (I didn't wait for the "official one," the third-party one is fine) is close enough? Isn't the functionality technically identical, if slightly clunkier? 4 Xbox controllers and I'm good to go.

I'm looking for a lower price here, not just functionality.

If they can shave off 100€ or more off the price doing this and maybe even allow people to use full size M.2 SSDs it'd sell like hotcakes. Nvidia Shield but one that can actually run games, not just stream them.

It would be a great product and what the steam box should have been years ago. Unfortunately proton wasn't a thing yet.

Just an FYI but the Switch actually does have all the Jackbox games, we play them all the time on ours.

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