Given many new handhelds coming on the scene and general disinterest of Microsoft to support the market, do you think SteamOS will take place of default OS the same way Android did on phones some time ago?
this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
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Looking at how many celebrated ROG Ally shipping with windows I doubt it will catch on. Only possibility I see is if valve would do profit sharing with the handheld maker for purchases made in the steam store.
For a third party to ship with steam os now would essentially mean they are also supporting the largest player in the market with no gain for themselves.
I hope so, but only if the option to install other OS's remains an easy option. I love android but installing a different operating system on my phone is so much of a pain in the dick that it's not even worth it.
I feel like I'd probably avoid a handheld if the option to install windows wasn't there, even if I don't end up using it much.
If my choice was a default windows install with the option to install steamOS myself, or a default steamOS install with no other options, I'm choosing the windows install every time.
No. Steamos is only really great on deck because of the whole making the hardware and software thing. If other people use it it loses that and you end up with a computer with a less compatible OS.
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I do not get reference to smartphones. In US iOS is dominated system.
Like how Android OS is developed by Google but published for other phone manufacturers to use and build off of.
Ah! Got it. Like windows, Linux, etc…