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I’m really excited by this. I sold my nintendo switch a while ago and I miss handheld gaming while going on trips. and also the fact that alot of games will probably be ported to linux because of this. what do you all think?

  • ArtilectZed@lemmy.ml
    6·
    3 years ago

    I think that it will have the same problems the Steam Machine had. Proton will be a big help, but I can’t get my hopes up.

    • Helix@lemmy.ml
      3·
      3 years ago

      Since the Steam Machines we had lots of proton and client releases. Works way better than back then.

      • Evelyn@lemmy.mlOP
        7·
        3 years ago

        Considering there is big market for handheld gaming. a switch form factor pc would definitely blow up. that, if people can actually afford it…

        • Helix@lemmy.ml
          1·
          3 years ago

          I guess it will be about 600-700€ since similar handhelds already exist and cost that much. GPD Pocket for example.

          • poVoq@lemmy.ml
            3·
            3 years ago

            The leak claimed that their target price is $399. Which seems a bit low but still realistic based on the AMD APU they apparently are using.

            • Helix@lemmy.ml
              1·
              3 years ago

              I don’t think they’ll be able to sell for that price with the current hardware component availability issues. Maybe mid to late 2022.

              • poVoq@lemmy.ml
                1·
                3 years ago

                I think read somewhere that the main problem at least with TMSC made chips is the long in advanced booked out production capacity, so if there is an unexpected change in demand (like with GPUs) this can not be adapted to.

                However from what I have read, this is planning to use the next generation low-cost mass-consumer APU that AMD probably ordered larger quantities off well in advance. And in general it seems the supply in AMD CPUs is not effected at all right now.

                So lets wait and see… and of course stuff like RAM, storage, displays and all that also are a factor. But this does not necessarily have to have such problems.

                • Helix@lemmy.ml
                  1·
                  3 years ago

                  CPUs, APUs and GPUs aren’t the only components which are in short supply right now. Think about VRM chips, EEPROMs, flash storage, …