Valve don't exactly like to give out sales numbers, so we often have to make educated guesses but sometimes with huge hits like Black Myth: Wukong, it gives us an slightly clearer idea on how the Steam Deck is actually selling.
IMO, that's a mistake. Gamers switching from windows would probably enjoy having a linux distro published and maintained by a well-known company like Valve. It could help Valve create a new ecosystem where one can seamlessly connect ones PC and the Steam Deck with Valve services or something.
The Steam Deck + OLED revision are pretty recent and nowhere near the age of a normal console cycle. The OLED revision was a pretty big upgrade and <1 year old. The internet is already desperate for a Deck 2? Valve could print money by doing what phone manufacturers do with miniscule yearly upgrades and forever creeping price. People would fall over themselves to avoid FOMO for the newest console. I'm really glad Valve is doing better than that.
i have no issues with my steam deck as it is now. just want a computer I can dock and have extra horsepower like the competitors have with their thunderbolt and usb4 support whenever steam decides to release a new one.
Sounds like most of that would be handled by the kernel with non-Deck-specific modules - it won't forget to notify the userspace that a device has disappeared just because it was in sleep mode at the time it was physically disconnected.
The only problems I ever had with sleep on Linux were all inability to wake up some part of the motherboard or the GPU because of crappy firmware, never with connecting/disconnecting external stuff.
Quick question, did you get the 512gb or 1tb version? Just wondering about OLED with and without that anti-glare treatment that the 1tb version has. I don't think I need it since I don't plan on playing in the bright sun, but thought I ask some random people online who are happy with their purchase which one they got.
I purchased the 512 GB one. I upgraded the drive to 1tb and gave the 512 to someone else. If I want anti glare on my screen, I'll just add it myself. extremely happy with my purchase, the colors are fantastic