My point was that Valve got burned out from working with other manufacturers, something similar happened later with them and HTC, i don't remember the exact details, but it led to Valve making the Index by themselves instead of collaborating again with HTC.
IIRC UMD movies were Sony's way of trying to launch a portable disc format to license out to other manufacturers, but nobody took them up on it because it was such a retarded idea. I never even heard about any plans for any other UMD player.
there were a few more, point being it didn't affect the genesis.
Well, all we have to do is compare Switch sales to Steam Deck sales, and then we will have irrefutable scientific proof that vertical support is essential. I'd really like to believe it's simple economics driving this and not some sort of Jewish plot, but experience makes me wary. Critical race theorists don't want you playing Donkey Kong properly.
It's no big deal to rotate a PC monitor.
I've actually seen people do that, actually. I don't understand why as I would never be comfortable holding $300 in public like that, but I've seen it.
most mobile phone start at that price, people have no issue whipping that one out tho.
I mostly agree but also imo there is a market of console gamers who would like to check out PC gaming but don't due to the expense and few plug-and-play options. and most zoomer youtube ecelebs have expensive PCs so it's not some dusty boomer hobby. imo valve could gain some ground somewhere maybe.
Vita is fantastic when it comes to homebrew, never seen such a active community for a dead console in a while. The only issues I have with the system is the lack of proper SD card support and the shitty memory cards they used instead,
new stuff or just ports?
They can't play PC hentai games in bed with the PS5 and a laptop is too bulky.There seems to be some interest among the japanese for the Steam Deck, with a debate whether it is competing against the Switch or PS5.
Overall though many people from these threads are believing that now Playstation is completely over, in addition to how badly the PS5 is doing in Japan according to the sale charts. My favorite thread title that seems to sum up the whole thing very well is this one:
"Switch for normal people, Steam Deck for enthusiasts, PS5 for schizos.
I could properly classify them"
Valve can't give out the blueprints and schematics to anything other than the board layout. Steam Deck is actually worse than the 3DO when it comes to a pure hardware business model, they have nothing to license because they own nothing.
It’s a combination of both. Regarding the Deck, I believe Valve knows that people are more likely to play older games on the go and saw the potential of the PC gaming handheld market.
I'm almost certain only a few of the shown brands in that image actually decided to manufacture, or maybe some of the others did but only in very limited quantities. Alienware is one of the only companies I can be certain sold these things. Had a page on their site to customize the build and everything.
Yeah, and GameStop had them in store, though I never saw one in person. I wanted to buy one on clearance because they looked like decent HTPCs but the moment they started selling them cheap, they were gone in a heartbeat
I saw it once at a place I used to work. Guy was from another office, real introvert, he used it to play Hollow Knight while waiting for his uber so he was not forced to look at anyone.
