They'd be better off targeting laptop integrated graphics perf. Lunar Lake graphics was similar to GTX1050 tier perf, IMO that's heaps. That's way more than you'd get out of a PS4, more than plenty to make really amazing games.
Bleeding edge of what? Monetization? Games from the PS3 era look better than lots of new games. There are PS2 era games that have better animation than current games. Most modern games have troons and baboon faced niggers and ugly featured character models. The art direction is consistently awful. The entire industry has regressed. Optimization is nonexistent. Games are carrying sometimes dozens of extra gigabytes of useless files. DRM everywhere and constant online checks yet servers are down for hours every week.
- $1000 for console. Comes with no controllers nor games.
I am in a cozy gamer group on Facebook. Every day someone comes by and posts “I want a cheap laptop that will run The Sims 4/some other kind of kinda beefy game, I’ve never had a computer before”
I would make the argument that UE5 is moreso a crutch, because some jap devs made some pretty optimized games with UE5
It's rocking laptop parts from 3 years ago though. I'm interested in seeing more comparative testing when people get their hands on it but I think the SM will very much be in "cheap laptop" territory. Well, cheap gaming laptop anyway, it will obviously smoke anything with an APU.
PCs were always considered the "kitchen stove" of gaming. It's always going to be more expensive upfront and a bit more complicated compared to a microwave (see: console), but it would end up being cheaper longterm.
The 6-pin connector is unfortunate, but the PSU itself would be powerful enough to drive a 160W GPU and 88W CPU. I drive a stronger setup with a 400W PSU without issues. Power draw at the socket has never exceeded 310W. A 400W UPS is sufficient for the PC and the OLED monitor combined.
Yeah, thats better than the valve box. Whats your point
I mean...so is the steam machine? It's a cut down gaming laptop from 2023.
I forgot to mention that the ITX build listed is about $300 more than a Steam Machine despite being Zen 3 and DDR4. Perhaps I should have clarified it better in my first post that it not being the latest hardware isn't the issue here, it's the fact that you're paying even more of a premium for junk-drawer parts.
Forgot: Have no option for 3rd party alternatives to the official store, so you're locked in to the gay system with no options to mod the games plus being stuck in the current gen.
It launched at $1050 in Canada, so you are a tad late.
I don’t care about Canada’s fake money.
Me too, bud. For everyone bitching that it's overpriced, it sure did sell out the first production run quickly.I got the waitlist.
Oh well, I was in 3rd quarter delivery for the Deck too. It’ll happen for me eventually.
Which SKU are you in the list for? Since everyone that signed up for one will have ticked all 4 choices I'd expect there will be plenty of people swapping to the queue for the one they actually wanted. There's every chance you'll get one a bit sooner than any estimate from your initial queue spot.I got the waitlist.
Oh well, I was in 3rd quarter delivery for the Deck too. It’ll happen for me eventually.