I'm gonna chime in.
You're all dumb, Sony, Xbox, and Nintendo do not have an ever expanding Library of games. Valve has a daily increase of games, some are great, some are crap, some are just meh, others are okay, some may steal info on your PC because you aren't careful.
End of the day though, Steam is the only platform that has a Library of games that constantly expands, not all the games run on crap engine 5, some have their own engines that are easier on hardware. Yea the Steam Deck doesn't have any changes to hardware sure, but Steam itself is always updating, unlike other consoles that force you to update every now and then, steam is a platform not a console. You can move that one account to any other PC, you can move that account to a friends PC, you can play your older games and a crap PC, you can move those games to a brand new upgraded PC.
Steam is a platform worth far more than Sony, Nintendo, or even Microsofts xbox. $200 more on something that connects to a Library that is always expanding, I'll be honest it's worth the price, but I'm not buying any of them. If you're leaving your PC for any reason go do another project or touch grass don't go bringing a mobile steam library with you to play more games.
It's a dream come true that I get to announce I'm producing a Bloodborne R-Rated Animated Movie with Sony. I can't say much else about it yet but I will pour everything I have into this!
@RinoTheBouncer Neverwinter nights 1 & 2
Dragon age Origin
Sims 2
Need for Speed Underground 2
Lord of the Rings battle for middle Earth 1
Ghost Recon Future soldier
So... real talk.
I was against Steam in the early days. I thought a gaming platform was a terrible idea for the longevity of gaming itself.
I was mad when I brought home my first game that didn't install off the disk, but rather downloaded directly from Steam instead.
I grew frustrated as I watched all of gaming coalesce into one major ecosystem - I felt this was too much power for one organization to have over gaming itself, as other platforms simply failed to reach the expansive library Steam boasted.
Years down the line, as we've seen literally every other gaming company seem to grow more and more awful, Steam has just been quietly continuing to do their thing, and in fact, releases features people actually genuinely ask for. They seem to treat their employees well, they haven't caved to exploitative policies, and they've become the home to most of my favorite games.
So yeah. I'll probably pick up a Steam Machine when it comes out if I can afford it. What a wild, strange trip its been.