If not a games console, what is the Steam Deck? Calling it just any ol’ personal computer would be ignoring the two halves of a gaming controller fused to either side of it.
It’s a handheld gaming PC. It can perform literally any task than any other personal computer can without needing to connect an external accessory.
Playstation, Xbox, and Nintendo don’t browse the web, you cannot readily use them to write a document or code, there is no filesystem accessible to the user, and you cannot readily install any other operating system on those devices.
I’ve done all of that on my Nintendo 3DS… I’m being obtuse with that, but what you listed is not the Steam Deck’s primary intended purposes either, gaming is its primary use and Valve’s not being nefarious omitting secondary uses.
As a converse example: the fact you could play games on a Tesla vehicle, doesn’t mean Elon Musk has to call it a games console car.
If not a games console, what is the Steam Deck? Calling it just any ol’ personal computer would be ignoring the two halves of a gaming controller fused to either side of it.
It’s a handheld gaming PC. It can perform literally any task than any other personal computer can without needing to connect an external accessory.
Playstation, Xbox, and Nintendo don’t browse the web, you cannot readily use them to write a document or code, there is no filesystem accessible to the user, and you cannot readily install any other operating system on those devices.
I’ve done all of that on my Nintendo 3DS… I’m being obtuse with that, but what you listed is not the Steam Deck’s primary intended purposes either, gaming is its primary use and Valve’s not being nefarious omitting secondary uses.
As a converse example: the fact you could play games on a Tesla vehicle, doesn’t mean Elon Musk has to call it a games console car.
From their own website:
https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck/
Console-like =/= Console
PC = **P**ersonal **C**omputer