supernova8
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Why would you fucking put buttons there?!
(also look you can see Gordon's little smile right at the end)
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Sony will never do something like this because their success relies too much on games that require a big hi-res screen to make them justice. Not to mention the ridiculous power a Sony handheld would need. But for less power-hungry games, it’s nice to see many people who were previously scorning handhelds finally warming up to the idea. The indie scene blowing up surely contributed to this, and these handhelds can also run some bigger games with some compromises.
sure ... at the moment the only plus for devices of this kindHopefully it's not Windows based.
They seriously put a button on the side where you hold the device?
Please elaborate.Good lord that thing is ugly as sin
Light theme.
Where are the first-party games? /s
Nintendo? These UMPCs have existed a long time. But I would say the recent floodgate opening is due to highly performant AMD APUs that allow gaming at very low TDPs. If not for that, we would still be using Intel HD x0000 which is extremely useless. But agreed that the detachable controllers themselves are inspired by Switch.Man, Nintendo really opened the floodgates for these kind of systems. Pretty cool. Reminds me of the Wii when everyone started doing motion controls (as a product these handhelds are a lot more interesting though).
The entire design language on most of the new ones are very similar to Switch as well imo. This model especially though with the controller as well as the kickstand on the back. We used to get stuff like this:But agreed that the detachable controllers themselves are inspired by Switch.
That's true enough. The Switch did popularize a certain handheld design language that seems more and more becoming standard.The entire design language on most of the new ones are very similar to Switch as well imo. This model especially though with the controller as well as the kickstand on the back. We used to get stuff like this:
Or versions where they felt like they had to include an entire miniature keyboard.
What's ugly about it?
The Deck's competitors all kinda look the same.
Shipped with Windows means wasted hardware resources in the OS instead of the games as well as a higher price tag. But nice try.
Windows still remains free for devices with screen size under 9 inches. So the OS has nothing to do with the price tag.
Performance is largely a wash with SteamOS vs Windows. You’d know this if you dualbooted the SteamDeck.
Valve can afford to ship with razor thin margins since they make a crazy amount of money from Steam. Other OEMs aren’t that lucky and have to make decent profits from hardware sales only.
None. They all look like you'd expect.How much visual variety are you expecting to see from ‘display with controllers on both sides’?
They placed a /s in that blur in their commentIt's a PC handheld. It doesn't do first-party games.
Wasn’t talking about licenses but about higher end hardware to accommodate for the needs of a resource hogging OS.
OP...
Wait, is W11 really free for these handheld devices? Would explain how the Chinese manufacturers can sell for so cheap (relative to laptops with similar specs)Yeah, I don’t see it either.
How much visual variety are you expecting to see from ‘display with controllers on both sides’?
Windows still remains free for devices with screen size under 9 inches. So the OS has nothing to do with the price tag.
Performance is largely a wash with SteamOS vs Windows. You’d know this if you dualbooted the SteamDeck.
Valve can afford to ship with razor thin margins since they make a crazy amount of money from Steam. Other OEMs aren’t that lucky and have to make decent profits from hardware sales only.
Wait, is W11 really free for these handheld devices? Would explain how the Chinese manufacturers can sell for so cheap (relative to laptops with similar specs)
Look at the spoiler.It's a PC handheld. It doesn't do first-party games.