I find this train of thought weird, because these are all niche devices.
It’s strange to hear that there’s no demographic for boutique handhelds at the same time any mention that the Switch sold an order of magnitude more than the Deck gets a dozen responses that the Deck is “experimental” or “a first try” or “not competing directly”.
And hey, all that’s true. The Deck will never move 150 million consoles or sell 5 million in a week. There’s value in limited run hardware that does things that aren’t mainstream propositions alongside the “let’s get every kid to get one of these from their grandma” devices.
I find this train of thought weird, because these are all niche devices.
It’s strange to hear that there’s no demographic for boutique handhelds at the same time any mention that the Switch sold an order of magnitude more than the Deck gets a dozen responses that the Deck is “experimental” or “a first try” or “not competing directly”.
And hey, all that’s true. The Deck will never move 150 million consoles or sell 5 million in a week. There’s value in limited run hardware that does things that aren’t mainstream propositions alongside the “let’s get every kid to get one of these from their grandma” devices.