• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    1 year ago

    I wonder what proportion of Steam Decks in Russia are being used for controlling combat drones. Apparently, the Ukrainian armed forces have found the Deck to be a very suitable drone controller.

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      1 year ago

      You know there are normal people in Russia too? Besides, this article is tracking aperture desk job installs not actual sales so unless these soldiers are playing steam games on the side I don’t think that’s relevant here

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        1 year ago

        There are, but there are also wartime regulations giving the military priority over resources. If they decide they need the Steam Decks being imported, they won’t make it to the normal people.

        OTOH, the military was hollowed out by corruption, so there’s a chance that some of the Decks requisitioned for the military might end up diverted to the black market.

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      1 year ago

      Maybe (if at all) some hundred to thousand devices. But definitely not 100k or more, as the article suggests, assuming these numbers are at least somewhat accurate.