Yep, right? We're talking about a pretty small number. Best guesses put it under 10 million lifetime, which is not only dwarfed by Steam's wider userbase, but by all home consoles. It's 10-20x less than the Nintendo Switch.

There are a ton more PC handhelds out there, and the backwards compatibility inherent on PC platforms probably means the share will grow over time... but it's not as big as techie nerds assume.

The screen is small.

It’s an old person thing, probably, but I don’t enjoy phone sized screens beyond reading and such. I don’t know how people see an Apple Watch well enough to use it comfortably.

Laptop is fine most days but I really want that desktop screen when I can get it.

I can’t imagine Stellaris or AC or even Pathfinder on a phone or iPad mini sized screen. Like TV, most people aim bigger not smaller. I can still have portable games at 15” instead of 7”.

Honestly it doesn't surprise me that much. Steam is such a MASSIVE platform that's been around for 22 years, while the steam deck came OUT in '22.

My 12yo learnt about Recall from some Youtube video and has now said they want to move to Linux. I'm not fully convinced it's possible though, I know they have some modding tools etc for indie games that seem to be Windows only. Let's see.