Comment on According to Dexerto Ayaneo next handheld is going to use SteamOS

mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s interestingly an 800p display also.

  Someone is actually paying attention LOL

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  • greybeard@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Of all the things I would upgrade on the deck, resolution isn’t one of them. I have never seen a game look blury on that tiny screen. That said, a lot of them are using higher res panels probably because it is what they can find in bulk.

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    • Copernican@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Text intensive games are hard to read at times on the deck. Magnifier helps, but not ideal. Games like Against the Storm or some digital board games would benefit from higher resolution.

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      • greybeard@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I always felt that was down to screen size more than resolution.

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      • BolexForSoup@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        A digital board game is almost always going to feel claustrophobic and difficult to read/take in on a small screen tbh. They have to be designed with that audience in mind, like Civ Revolution 1/2.

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• vanderbilt@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Any word on what the hardware specs are? Someone there used their brain and loaded up SteamOS, but the hardware needs to be worth the jump or it’s just a steam deck clone.

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  • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They specifically said “it’s not a powerhouse”. It’s supposed to be a lower power device with a big battery, capable of playing less damaging games for a long time. The price is supposed to be low as well, although it’s not clear yet if that’s just low by Ayaneo’s standards or if it will actually be cheaper than the deck.

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    • AndrasKrigare@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That fits the kind of use case I would want from something in addition to the Deck. That said, I don’t know this is the form factor I’d want; what I’d love is something that could actually fit in my pocket like a Gameboy. This seems like it’d be a bit big for that.

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      • sleepybisexual@beehaw.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Maybe look into emulation handhelds? Not really what you’re looking for but some small and cheaper ones run up to ps1 for 40-50 euro

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    • BolexForSoup@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I mean look, I love my steamdeck, but I would hardly call it a powerhouse. You have to make pretty serious compromises on your visuals for AAA games with a few notable exceptions. So yeah I’m down for a device that isn’t as powerful but if the gap is too wide it really is only going to strictly be a little indie game machine. Which is cool and but important to note.

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      • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Battery tech and x86 chip tech doesn’t really make a “powerhouse” handheld possible, unless you completely abandon the idea of it having any acceptable battery life.

        There’s talk about the next few years being when arm and risc-v will start to replace x86 for windows/Linux, and that could possibly make a big difference. But I also imagine game compatibility and performance will be pretty poor starting out, so it’ll be quite a while I imagine.

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  • mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Probably they are going to reveal specs tomorrow (subscriptions open at 9:30 PM 1/11/2014 EST) maybe on indiegogo

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    • BolexForSoup@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      indiegogo

      That's still a thing?

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      • aniki@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        for suckers.

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      • XTornado@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah? I mean AyaNeo does release them there like if not all the time most of the time.

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