The Steam Machine Has Already Lost Is Biggest Advantage Before Launch

When Valve launched the Steam Deck in 2022, the little PC handheld was released into an uncontested market. Its good, but not great, performance was easily overlooked because of its novelty, but saw fierce competition when the likes of Asus launched its first ROG Ally X and further cemented its performance advantage with the recent Xbox ROG Ally X last year. Yet despite that, the old Steam Deck is still selling out because it offers what most other handhelds don't: SteamOS. It's an advantage tha