Comment on [News] Here’s the first proof a refreshed Steam Deck is nigh - The Verge

spiderkle@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• BolexForSoup@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  that’s supposed to be at least as powerful a PS5/XBS.

  Source? There's no way nintendo is doing this.

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  • Ketchup@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I want to believe. Will huffing paint help?

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    • BolexForSoup@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Can’t hurt!

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      • YIj54yALOJxEsY20eU@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’ve either huffed too much paint or not enough, and since I can’t huff less theres only one option left.

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    • WarmSoda@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I always go by the wisdom of Airplane:
      I picked the wrong day to stop huffing paint.

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  • Alto@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Didn't it tuen out that it was literally just the same architecture? Doesn't really mean shit

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    • Lord_Wunderfrog@lemmy.fmhy.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Exactly, same architecture means nothing if it only draws a fraction of the power, eg from a battery and not mains. Not only that, but size and cooling constraints mean with our current tech, it’s impossible to have a small handheld as powerful as current gen consoles

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    • BolexForSoup@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Honestly the biggest barrier is nintendo's policy of making profit on hardware. Microsoft loses $100-$200 per console and the XSX still costs $500. Is nintendo really ready to charge $600 or $700 for their device?

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      • conciselyverbose@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The biggest barrier is that Nvidia has shown no capability to make a CPU that isn't unconditional dogshit for gaming, and the CPU is the Switch's problem.

        The only company that's made an ARM CPU remotely interesting is Apple.

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    • Privatepower42@fosstodon.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      @Alto @Fubarberry @spiderkle @BolexForSoup on the same lever as a PS5??? Dang. You had curiosity but now you have my attention

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      • Alto@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It's not going to be, it's (from what I've seen) simply the same architecture. It'll probably be what's essentially a very cut down and underpowered (as in literally uses less power) version of it. Still a massive step up from the switch, which was already well outdated when it launched, but it's not going to touch PS5 performance

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• theragu40@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I highly doubt Nintendo is attempting any kind of gap closure with the deck, because how could they and why?

  The only thing they share is a form factor. Nintendo is well aware that the reason they sell consoles is as a dedicated platform for their own games. I truly believe that is their bread and butter and all they really care about. If the system gets popular enough, then it will get some third party support which means it will have some very limited library crossover with PC/PS/Xbox, but I think we are past the point where Nintendo intends to rely on that as a selling point for this or any future generation of consoles.

  Which is all to say, I don’t think Nintendo and Valve think of each other as direct competitors, because they serve entirely different markets. I have both a switch and a deck. I love them both. I use my switch to play Nintendo games, I use my deck to play pretty much anything else. I don’t think I’m unique at all in that regard, and frankly it never would occur to me that these devices have anything to do with one another.

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• Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They said they’re not releasing a more powerful deck, and we already know from leaks that the upcoming valve hardware has the same motherboard.

  This doesn’t rule out other changes, like a new screen, different form factor, etc.

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  • Lord_Wunderfrog@lemmy.fmhy.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My money’s on a new Index. Possibly with onboard graphics like the Quest

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    • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There are supposedly two new hardware devices coming from Valve, earlier leaks had two different product code names. So possibly we’re getting both a revised deck and a new VR something.

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      • eltimablo@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        God, what I wouldn't give for a standalone VR headset with the Steam Deck's internals...mostly because I just want them to shove a whole bunch of support behind getting VR to work right on Linux.

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      • Privatepower42@fosstodon.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        @Fubarberry @Lord_Wunderfrog dang, people just got a deck. Oh well, time to upgrade. I really want a better screen. Playing games on the SD and seeing that same game on other consoles makes me feel like I’m missing details.

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