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[-] cRazi_man@europe.pub 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The answer to making something mainstream accessible and acceptable is the experience for normies. This is where the Steam Deck really shines. Valve gets it. You say you don't get it. I don't fully understand peoples' tech anxieties either. But people won't install Bazzite or Steam OS themselves. Normies consider that to be akin to black magic. The Steam Deck doesnt even need the tiniest bit of tinkering. You literally start it up and go. And this is what has made it mainstream acceptable (even though the majorities of normies in my social group still need explanation......."PC games on a handheld? Is it like a laptop?, isn't the Switch 2 better?").

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