You are correct in that all technically fit the definition of computers. However consumers don’t care about technical definitions or think rationally about purchases. They don’t all do a rational analysis of the products on the market that would accomplish their goals and spend accordingly. They walk into GameStop and buy one of the boxes that makes call of duty show up on their living room tv. Just like the Deck fits the definition of a handheld computer with a built in screen and controllers for playing games but isn’t stealing any customers from the switch.
Deck isn’t selling millions and it’s doing just fine. The Steam Machine will be a small computer box priced as such and there won’t be a single person that decides to buy it over a ps5, and that’s fine. Valve doesn’t have to compete with consoles cause they don’t make consoles.
Valve themselves have said that the Machine will not be priced like a console but like an entry level PC whatever that means. The only people that will notice this to buy it are people who already know what a PC is.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Consoles.
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
That’s a small computer my guy
deranger@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
No, it isn’t, in practice. Xbox and PS5 have more in common with my iPhone than my desktop PC or NAS when it comes to being able to do what I want with it.
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
As far as how most people use their computers there is little difference.
ag10n@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
The steam deck is also a small PC, just like the consoles and was priced perfectly for success