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Handheld consoles are the industry's next battleground | Opinion (www.gamesindustry.biz)

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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 13 points 9 hours ago

Microsoft normally solves problems like this by abusing their monopoly and crushing their competition. In this case though, Microsoft is the underdog since Steam is the one with a much larger gaming monopoly. They're going to have to spend billions and billions if they want to stand a chance against the Steam Deck.

Oh, they still do it regardless. There was a handheld that was supposed to release with HoloISO (SteamOS) preinstalled instead of Windows to hit a lower MSRP.

Microsoft stepped in (and probably gave them free Windows licenses) just so that wouldn't happen.

Source:

News article from January showing the spec sheet saying "pre-installed HoloISO".

Product website with the spec sheet saying "pre-installed Windows 11"