If you’re looking into that, it might be worth considering some of the Android portable like the AYN Thor.
While they are usually focused on console emulation, on the more powerful units you can run older windows titles on them via emulation as well as any native android stuff you feel like running. The battery life of anything ARM beats the hell out of anything x86. There are also form factors available worlds better than the Legion or Steamdeck if you actually want something you can carry around in a pocket.
The aforementioned AYN Thor is about the size and form factor of a 3DS and retails for $250 for the cheapest model. So if you’re looking for something to tide you over until you can get a full gaming PC/Gabecube/Steamdeck 2, it might be better “half measure” than a Legion or Steamdeck.
My Xbox One was not worth $500 at all, ever during its lifespan. My Series X is solely a 360 Pro. I think I’m done with these. How the mighty have fallen.
I still use a One. I’ve had it for over ten years now. Load times keep getting longer for anything that constantly updates. Those games also keep getting laggier online, too. I’m not sure if hardwiring would make it better, but I’ve never had it hardwired before.
I have to say, I honestly can’t tell the difference between my Xbox One vs my series X. I wish I hadn’t upgraded
One of them has a 5400 RPM HDD and the other an NVMe SSD. You can’t tell me the Series X still takes half an hour to boot up and another half an hour to launch a game?
I’m hoping Nintendo is soon after. Nintendo is without question the worst among the 3 hardware developers. Behind their child friendly IP’s they’re the most cut throat company. They’re the epitome of you’ll own nothing and like it
Haha ok buddy, can’t wait to see you puzzling about why millennials hate game consoles or whatever when launch sales numbers are rightly in the shitter
Yeah, feels like the correct move here would be to hold off with the next generation, if you can’t get enough of a performance jump without increasing prices. Otherwise you’re just offering a premium edition.
Google couldn’t make cloud gaming work when the entire world was stuck inside with a sudden desire to play more video games. They were given an underhand toss for the best possible scenario to get cloud gaming off the ground, and it didn’t take. The math doesn’t work out.
Don’t forget storage prices now too and not just NVMe drives. I can’t wait for this AI hoarding to finally fucking crash. It’s like the mining shit we had with GPUs in steroids. Ugh.
You’re sitting on a gold mine - first DDR6/HBM, then DDR5, then DDR4 got expensive. If trends continue, somewhere around 2028 you’ll be able to sell that desoldered 128KB of SNES RAM for a fortune.
They don’t use DDR at all, the datacenter ones use HBM (I think 3 or 4 now) and normal GPUs use GDDR7 or 6/X but GDDR is not the same as DDR and we could even have GDDR8 before DDR6.
Considering Playstation is likely to have all of Xbox’s exclusives, I’m surprised Xbox is going forward with their console. It feels like another Xbox One disaster.
But people around here were very excited a few weeks back when it got announced, and were convinced it means they’ll be able to play their Steam libraries on it.
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That’d be quite high compared to historical inflation-adjusted launch prices.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/game-console-launch-prices-adjusted-for-inflation-1975-2024/
https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/995e4917-5bb0-4dee-8b7d-f43e8ef21d62.webp
Weren’t Saturn and PS1 the same price at release? Or am I misremembering
I guess the bigger question that comes from this, is do I go with a Steamdeck or with a Legion 2?
A follow up would be, do I wait for the Steamdeck 2
If you’re looking into that, it might be worth considering some of the Android portable like the AYN Thor.
While they are usually focused on console emulation, on the more powerful units you can run older windows titles on them via emulation as well as any native android stuff you feel like running. The battery life of anything ARM beats the hell out of anything x86. There are also form factors available worlds better than the Legion or Steamdeck if you actually want something you can carry around in a pocket.
The aforementioned AYN Thor is about the size and form factor of a 3DS and retails for $250 for the cheapest model. So if you’re looking for something to tide you over until you can get a full gaming PC/Gabecube/Steamdeck 2, it might be better “half measure” than a Legion or Steamdeck.
Legion for the mouse integration alone, IMO.
May as well give it 9999 HP , wasnt buying it anyway but would not even consider it at those prices.
My Xbox One was not worth $500 at all, ever during its lifespan. My Series X is solely a 360 Pro. I think I’m done with these. How the mighty have fallen.
Well this may be the final push for me to stop getting new consoles and fully switch to my pc and steamdeck with a little bit of switch on the side
Me, except at this point my PC will be a Steam Machine with Steam Deck, and Switch 2 on the side.
Well, time to whip out the old Red Ring machine.
I have to say, I honestly can’t tell the difference between my Xbox One vs my series X. I wish I hadn’t upgraded
I still use a One. I’ve had it for over ten years now. Load times keep getting longer for anything that constantly updates. Those games also keep getting laggier online, too. I’m not sure if hardwiring would make it better, but I’ve never had it hardwired before.
One of them has a 5400 RPM HDD and the other an NVMe SSD. You can’t tell me the Series X still takes half an hour to boot up and another half an hour to launch a game?
While pre builds will still be 1200 - consoles are looking to either kill themselves or hand everything over to Nazitendo with their ban policies.
I’m hoping Nintendo is soon after. Nintendo is without question the worst among the 3 hardware developers. Behind their child friendly IP’s they’re the most cut throat company. They’re the epitome of you’ll own nothing and like it
I am still kinda surprised Xbox is still doing hardware at all
Haha ok buddy, can’t wait to see you puzzling about why millennials hate game consoles or whatever when launch sales numbers are rightly in the shitter
Yeah, feels like the correct move here would be to hold off with the next generation, if you can’t get enough of a performance jump without increasing prices. Otherwise you’re just offering a premium edition.
You…
You think they care?
They want people streaming games to phones/TVs and paying by the hour.
Not subsidizing console sales anymore will make cloud gaming seem more attractive, and that’s where the most money is at
Looking forward to indie developers who actually want their games to sell optimizing them for older, more reasonably priced hardware.
Google couldn’t make cloud gaming work when the entire world was stuck inside with a sudden desire to play more video games. They were given an underhand toss for the best possible scenario to get cloud gaming off the ground, and it didn’t take. The math doesn’t work out.
Conspiracy theories are a trick by big Dumb to make people think less.
This sounds like a conspiracy theory.
Keeping my Xbox X as long as it runs. It took me until 2 years ago to spend the money on this one
Okay, I guess it’s PC then.
Stares at RAM and GPU prices
You don’t have to play current gen AAA games. They are crazy expensive anyway.
And generally not very high quality.
I got my new gaming laptop during black friday sales, a few weeks before the AIpocalypse started. The exact laptop I got then is now 400 euro more!
Don’t forget storage prices now too and not just NVMe drives. I can’t wait for this AI hoarding to finally fucking crash. It’s like the mining shit we had with GPUs in steroids. Ugh.
laughs in old ebay acquisitions and retro games
You’re sitting on a gold mine - first DDR6/HBM, then DDR5, then DDR4 got expensive. If trends continue, somewhere around 2028 you’ll be able to sell that desoldered 128KB of SNES RAM for a fortune.
Huh?
Memory that is embedded in GPUs.
They don’t use DDR at all, the datacenter ones use HBM (I think 3 or 4 now) and normal GPUs use GDDR7 or 6/X but GDDR is not the same as DDR and we could even have GDDR8 before DDR6.
You’re technically correct. The best kind of correct. Thanks.
Hoping DDR3 prices go up so I can finally sell the 128 GB of RAM I have been saving “just in case” lol
Hoping you don’t ever have to think about DDR3.
Considering Playstation is likely to have all of Xbox’s exclusives, I’m surprised Xbox is going forward with their console. It feels like another Xbox One disaster.
This is becoming my default position for so many things now it’s ridiculous.
Didnt xbox say they are quitting the hardware side of things?
No, they said it would run PC games.
Whether that means Steam remains to be seen.
Steam would make ZERO sense.
I agree, from MS point of view.
But people around here were very excited a few weeks back when it got announced, and were convinced it means they’ll be able to play their Steam libraries on it.
Shows you the average consumer IQ.
I guess it’s finally time to tackle my backlog.
Personally I don’t need better graphics, PS4/PS5 level is already great. Developers can do pretty much everything they can imagine.
I’m for cheaper, more accessible hardware.