- OLED would be nice to have (though it has no impact in comparison with ps5) (same for HDR)
- Lack of dependency to windows and dumb windows11 requirements is specifically what makes Steam Deck “ultimate” (or maybe some less absolute term); some stuff has negative impacts via Proton, some stuff runs better via Proton than Windows
- There is no higher performance mode for docked because that would be an arbitrary limit to handheld that valve does not impose.
- fancier haptics would be nice to have, but they're not really what could break the steam deck as a champion product
- as said elsewhere valve didn't “abandon” products in any similar sense to what Google has been doing; and is actively building on prior products
- deck-exclusivity would literally break trust in the mostly open platform that valve is pushing.
You're mostly talking about hype aspects that really miss on what makes the steam deck stand strong. You'd like it to be more like existing consoles, but it is strong precisely because it is not like existing consoles.
- Lack of dependency to windows and dumb windows11 requirements is specifically what makes Steam Deck “ultimate” (or maybe some less absolute term); some stuff has negative impacts via Proton, some stuff runs better via Proton than Windows
- There is no higher performance mode for docked because that would be an arbitrary limit to handheld that valve does not impose.
- fancier haptics would be nice to have, but they're not really what could break the steam deck as a champion product
- as said elsewhere valve didn't “abandon” products in any similar sense to what Google has been doing; and is actively building on prior products
- deck-exclusivity would literally break trust in the mostly open platform that valve is pushing.
You're mostly talking about hype aspects that really miss on what makes the steam deck stand strong. You'd like it to be more like existing consoles, but it is strong precisely because it is not like existing consoles.