Steam Deck no longer requires waiting list...

And I've already ordered the dock :D

@xianc78
This one looks nice :D
4G is a nice feature, and I love the keyboard... Do you think it would support Steam OS?

@LukeAlmighty It does. It also supports multi-boot unlike the Steam Deck. Unfortunately, it's not out yet.

@xianc78
I'll keep my deck for now, but it definitelly looks like a great alternative.

Do you know the price already? I cannot find in on that page for some reason.

@LukeAlmighty It's probably going to be in the $800-$1000 range given the previous GPD Win models. That might be it's only drawback (or second drawback if you really don't want to give money to the Chinese).

I had a GPD Win 2 and its performance was extremely exaggerated in the advertisements. It performed similarly to an overclocked Raspberry Pi, though it did run Windows 10, which was the main reason I bought it. The build was solid but goddamn did it get HOT sometimes. After about a year it stopped turning on and became e-waste. 😢

https://gpd.hk/gdpwin2

@caekislove @LukeAlmighty Really? I heard nothing but praise from it, but this was long before the Steam Deck was even announced and handheld PC gaming was still seen as a novelty. And people were disappointed with the under-performing Dragonbox Pyra (which I think still hasn't even come out yet).

LOL, I remember being hyped about the Pyra in like 2014. I actually own its predecessor the Pandora and it still works to this day! I guess I've always had a fascination with the concept of a handheld PC , and thanks to the popularity of the Steam Deck, the market will probably be flooded with them soon!

@caekislove @xianc78
An idea existed for decades, but noone ever dared to make it properly...

Funny ain't it?

Until the Steam Deck (and now I guess the GPD Win 4), everyone who tried seemed to be stuck in the mode of making PC-like cell phones using system-on-a-chip setups running software designed for way more powerful hardware, which of course was always going to disappoint. Even the Nintendo Switch is basically a cell phone that can't make calls shaped like a game console.
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@caekislove @xianc78
I think the breakthrough was GPD Win 2, that served as the first proof, that it's time to take the market seriously.

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