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This PC World article from the start of 2025 suggested that there were somewhere between 4 and 6 million Steamdecks sold to that point, with another 2 million expected to sell by the end of this year. So best case, 8 million steamdecks out there.

But there are 84 million PS5 consoles out there, 10 times as many decks, let alone XBOX and Switch devices. So, as a dev, I don't where the tipping point is, but I think it all adds up - Deck, Frame, Machine, they'll all contribute to applying pressure to support the idea of Linux as THE operating system to game on.

That's my optimistic hill that I'm willing to die on.

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