Ayaneo Next Lite is the first Steam Deck competitor built on SteamOS

Released lower back in 2013, SteamOS promised to bring PC gaming to the residing room and revolutionize the entire marketplace. While Valve's custom Linux distro has but to achieve that (in all likelihood) impossible feat, a brand new competitor to the Steam Deck is arriving from gaming hand-held maker Ayaneo.

Chinese manufacturer Ayaneo is bringing the first non-Valve handheld machine based on SteamOS to marketplace. The Linux-based totally working device has up to now been used to energy the Steam Deck and the now-defunct Steam Machine hardware platform, however Ayaneo wants to provide a novel approach to gamers seeking out a portable system.

Ayaneo Next Lite is a finances version of the Next hand held that builds upon that layout with ergonomic handles, distinct colour alternatives and "excessive-cease craftsmanship." The specifications disclosed to this point consist of a 7-inch 800p display screen, 47Wh battery, X-axis linear cars, and the identical Hall sensing joystick observed in other Ayaneo handhelds.

Pricing and availability may be disclosed tonight, suggesting that the Next Lite can supply an fun gaming revel in even as costing much less than the Steam Deck, however the organization is speaking approximately starting "subscriptions," which feels like an alternative technique to a conventional one-time purchase or a crowdfunding marketing campaign.

Ayaneo's hand-held will compete with the 2 Steam Deck models currently on provide by Valve: the same old LCD version is currently discounted to $349, whilst the newer OLED version starts at $550. Ayaneo has a protracted records of selling portable gaming devices, basing them totally on Windows and extra lately the use of AMD Ryzen processors.

The high-quit Ayaneo Next is still being bought for the no longer-so-fee-effective rate of $1,three hundred. This version is available in two colorations, with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. Other hardware specs encompass a Ryzen 7 5825U CPU, Radeon Vega 8 GPU, a 7-inch 800P (1280x800) IPS display. For the Lite model to make experience as a price range transportable console, it's going to likely will have to do with lesser specs.