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Fuck the US for inflicting this on the rest of the world.
At least the ones that voted the orange guy.
this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
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I didnt know Linux manufactured solid controllers. Can you link me one? /s
Like for real: Xbox Controllers are actually good.
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ARGGGGHH ya filthy vermin 😂 Fuck your subscriptions. 10tb checking in.
Steam can't release a "console" soon enough.
You can connect the deck to your tv if you want a "console" experience.
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Thousands of them already exist. They're called PCs.
There's some nuance.
- One of the bigger issues about PC gaming these days is the shader compilation stutter. Valve is able to precompile and upload these for SteamDeck, so a fixed hardware "console" from them will solve this problem too.
- SteamDeck is pretty weak but games are still sort of optimised for it. Same would be true for such a console, making devs focus on a target platform directly.
- Assembling PC yourself can have its own issues. You may not get all the ROPs, or a new Windows update may break your games, or you may occasionally update drivers to make a game more playable without black screens, or wouldn't turn on with a controller when set up as a "console". I'm not saying it isn't doable, but there is an audience for consoles who would love whatever SteamDeck has done for handheld but in console form, and may not want to bother with setting everything up. Valve can disrupt that
And if you want that SteamOS experience; Bazzite and ChimeraOS is nice
Millions you mean.
Hundreds of millions.
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Old games are better anyway. Covid knocks off two IQ points every time you catch it, and it shows in the quality of software these days.
Thank you so fucking much Nintendo for upping the standard and the everyone else falling in line because consoomers didn't scoff at all and sold out pre-orders
I think it was actually publishers like EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard, and Activision that started the price increase. For big titles they started raising them to $70 a year or two ago, then to 80. I think I remember Diablo 4 launching for $80, or so.
I only know this because I refuse to buy from these publishers.
Like Nvidia video cards did during the pandemic...
Valve hasn’t gotten the memo yet. Someone email them again?
No no no no someone stop them !