Switch being as popular as it is, should Valve just buy the SmachZ

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>>382657090
The fuck is that?

>>382657090
For some reason I see this being a thing.

Why would they? They already tried the steam machines and failed
What makes is money is software, not hardware

>Valve
>trying to fight Nintendo in their own territory
NIntendo is the undisputed king of handheld sales.
The only handheld to come close was the PSP.

it wud cost 2 much

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>>382657897
Steam machines tried to fill a need that did't exist. A handheld PC is a thing that we don't have. Much like Valve's Controller and Link.

I'm PRETTY sure if the SmachZ releases with the noname company that currently owns it, it'll flop.

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>>382657090
>Thousands of lightweight games at launch
>Only "Console" to ever do that

How could it fail.

>>382658438
Nvidia shield exists pham.

>>382657090
The SmachZ is about as weak as the Switch, but it lacks exclusives such as BotW. I considered this thing for a while, bus since all I would use it for is streaming from my desktop, I'm much better off with my Switch than this.

>>382658438
No one wants an underpowered handheld PC
The Switch is popular because of first party Nintendo support

>>382657090
Smach Z is going to come out with an Intel Atom. Their plan of using that AMD SoC is going to fail spectacularly, you're not fitting a 35W CPU into a fanless handheld, no matter how hard you wish.

>>382659659
But my indie games. Fez, Super Meat Boy and the like.

>>382658674
But does it let you play it while outside? What's the point of a portable if you can only play it in your house.

>>382661502
Yeah you can. Geforce Now is also a thing.

>>382657906
but only because microshill didn't try
imagine a handheld for codfags

>>382661686
Ah, didn't know this existed.

>>382657897
Steam machines failed because Valve tried to make them like a PC instead of a console.

There should have been one steam machine.

>>382657090
Only if the architecture was x86-x64, and that's expensive for mobile.

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>>382662351
>Ryzen mobile

>>382657090
That looks offensively bad.

>>382657090
Theres little money to be made on hardware, its a race to the bottom.

>>382662151
>There should have been one steam machine.

There should've been 2 or 3 max per year or every 2 years. Entry, mid and high level machines for people that just can't into legos. Too much options are bad.