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 8 months agoThey 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.
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 8 months ago
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 8 months 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.
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 8 months ago
I’m just using the language they’re using haha but yes I agree
AndrasKrigare@beehaw.org 8 months 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.
sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 5 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