On its third anniversary, the Steam Deck is reported to have shipped nearly 6 million units, eclipsing competitors like the Asus ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go, and MSI Claw. Analysis from IDC reveals that despite a modest growth forecast for the category, the Steam Deck's early success signifies its pivotal role in establishing the handheld gaming PC market. Importantly, industry leaders like AMD recognize the Steam Deck's milestone as a remarkable transformation, highlighting the substantial growth achieved in just three years.
Today is the third anniversary of Valve's Steam Deck, the handheld gaming PC that all but created the market for handheld gaming PCs.
Market research firm IDC uses supply chains to estimate just how many handheld gaming systems have shipped around the world, and creates spending forecasts.
When I asked IDC analyst Lewis Ward if he'd be willing to isolate SteamOS and Windows gaming handhelds from that data, he said yes.
"I think it's amazing," AMD gaming marketing boss Frank Azor tells me, discussing IDC's numbers for handheld gaming PCs. "This didn't exist three years ago; we went from nothing, zero, to incremental category creation in the millions."
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