Comment on Microsoft Gaming CEO: “I think we should have a handheld, too”
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
If Microsoft stuck with what it already does, it would be better. They already have cloud streaming technology which makes playing games on their ecosystem possible. Having a separate handheld console would complicate things. I just don’t see the appeal.
warmaster@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They are risking Linux becoming a thing in the desktop space.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I said this earlier in the thread but I am very confident at this point that Microsoft already lost this battle to Linux in the longterm. Particularly because Linux operating system devs don’t care about AI and Microsoft is obsessed with it like all other dumb massive tech companies and honestly it is going to lead nowhere in terms of providing a useful basis for an operating system especially if the foundation you are working from sucks (glares at Microsoft and Windows). So volunteer Linux devs actually have a huge lead here even though Microsoft has wayyyyy more resources and money because Microsoft is firehosing it all at the stupidest shit while they fire core team members left and right destroying their longterm capability to create quality products.
The shift just hasn’t happened yet like a dead tree limb hanging on until that gust of wind comes along and the whole limb comes crashing down abruptly weeks after the storm that weakened it.
warmaster@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes, devs work on Linux. Now, since the Deck, people (2%) are starting to game on Linux. The next battlefields are the desktop and the living room. The latter could be solved by a Deck 2 (and a new dock) with E-GPU support. That is trickier, there needs to happen a lot of things, and is much more complex.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Roflmao at Linux winning the desktop space.
warmaster@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
People thought the same about portable, yet they did things for it to happen. If a company as inluential as Valve does the same for desktop, it could become a thing. I don’t mean dominate, I mean like a noteworthy event, just like the Deck.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Peak g*mer comment.