XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11

This BBC report on the vapourware Microsoft-Asus Xbox-Windows mashup
product <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1de113lkdpo> led me back
to their coverage of the release of the original Steam Deck <https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60500327>.

That older report surprises me by its omission of one important fact:
that the Steam Deck did not run Windows, and the threat to Microsoft
that presented. They only briefly mentioned that other handheld gaming
PCs were much more expensive, without going into details about how the
various platforms were a help or a hindrance to the playability of the
games (a key selling point of the Steam Deck).

Note this quaint quote from the latest report:

"Because these handhelds run Windows, you have access to games you
can't get elsewhere, so you can enjoy the full freedom and
versatility of PC gaming," said [Xbox head of gaming devices
Roanne] Sones.

Presumably she was making a comparison to previous Xbox devices, not
to existing handheld PC gaming devices -- the Steam Deck and its
competitors. But of course that’s not made explicit: that’s how PR
people talk, after all.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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