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New Russian Gaming Console

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Ok, has Russia produced anything worthwhile in this millenium?

And I mean tech or product (other than missiles and bombs) that contribute to the world and humanity.
 
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Has Russia ever produced anything worthwile? Except Vodka?
Soyuz, after some initial teething issues, was/is a very reliable spacecraft for what it is, and for a quite a while was the only way to get people on/off the ISS after the Space Shuttle was retired.
Tetris, Lada Taiga, first dog and human in space and certainly a lot more.
It should be noted that the first dog in space, Laika, had a much more bleak ending than many seem to think. What, you think they brought it back down? Hell no. It died within a few hours of reaching orbit.
 
Has Russia ever produced anything worthwile? Except Vodka?
Satellites, space travel with humans, Tetris and most of the gas consumed in Europe.

console because Russia cut trade relations with Microsoft.
Xbox's PC store is a worldwide failure, so I assume in Russia too.

If it runs PC games, very likely it uses a custom Linux running Proton like Steamdeck. Which compared to Windows is better is free (in terms of cost and also free of western intelligence agencies spyware).

But being a tablet, I assume pretty likely has ARM chips and runs some custom Android, which could easily remote play games from their PC or from some cloud gaming system they may have.
 
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Ok, has Russia produced anything worthwhile in this millenium?

And I mean tech or product (other than missiles and bombs) that contribute to the world and humanity.

Are you so politically brainwashed that you need to flex something? Did you produce anything worthwhile dummy? What is the point of these questions? Yes Putin is a monster, but lets not dismiss every single russian because of him. To answer your question though, Atomic Heart was pretty good.
 
It should be noted that the first dog in space, Laika, had a much more bleak ending than many seem to think. What, you think they brought it back down? Hell no. It died within a few hours of reaching orbit.

The story of Laica is a very tragic one.
The Russian scientists just went to the streets and picked up a stray dog.
Knowing this dog was about to die, the day before launch, one of the scientists took her to his own home, so she could have at least one good day in her life. He gave her good food and let her play with his kids.
Then he took her back, to be sent to space and die.
 
This is definitely not true after they started their "Special operation" in Ukraine.
It continues being the case, European countries and USA continue buying Russian gas directly. Some other Europe countries pay it more expensive because intead of buying it directly from Russia they buy it via other countries like USA who profit from it.

In fact EU buys more Russian gas than before despite the supposed sanctions, because to buy it from elsewhere is too expensive in comparision:

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I like the aesthetic, tho the controller looks uncomfortable for prolonged usage.

But is it really a console or just a PC in a consolized shell? Is Lab 20/50 developing games to specifically target this console? What's the volume production look like? Will it have a bespoke OS and UI specifically designed for this device platform? Will they be marketing and distributing it themselves?

Again, very nice aesthetic/design. But is it anything more than a Russian Xbox ROG Ally?

Has Russia ever produced anything worthwile? Except Vodka?

Rocky IV and Dolph Lundgren.

Altho neither of those might actually be Russian.
 
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Ok, has Russia produced anything worthwhile in this millenium?

And I mean tech or product (other than missiles and bombs) that contribute to the world and humanity.
Music and literature?
I consider them products, since they can be sold , as products like books, recordings, etc and as live performances.

The contributions of Russian composers like Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Kalinnikov, Glazunov, etc are very important to evolution of classical music.
 
With the Iron Curtain coming back, they'll need all they can get.
My guess is that it'll be playing Shovel Ware, Bootlegs, Roms of existing consoles, and the ocaisonal goverment sponsored hight budget games.
 
The American console has fallen. Now, from the cold north, the Russian challenger ascends — to face the Japanese legends. Cue "Eye of the Tiger."
 
The "please support genocide and communism console". Every purchase comes with 2 kidnapped children.

I'm sure sure it'll do great.
 
How was that worthwhile??????????????????????????
was landing on the moon worthwhile? The dog was one milestone. In hindsight maybe pointless, but to test the waters it was probably a very big step at that time.

You forgot the part International.
Russia was involved, but they didn't make it alone.
Mir was a russian baby I think, unlike ISS and predates that. No idea about solo adventure or if this might have been a component during the cold war where some cooperation was possible.
Just saw that Russians had some smaller shorter lived stations before that too.
 
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It looks like ass at best or an scam at worse.

I hope they somehow succeed, there is no problem in having a good gaming console.
 
Nuclear powered
Can intercep missiles
What none Russian Devs gunna support this

Probably be sold only in NK as well as russa and china maybe India
 
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