corbin@infosec.pub to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoGame consoles are now smartphones, and that's okaywww.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down138
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minus-squareaciDC14@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoWhy not just make them mini-PC’s at this point?
minus-squareKomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 months agoThey already are. Just shut off from unauthorized (read:your) grubby hands.
minus-squareKomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoIt is. I really like the direction of the steam deck. A PC that’s very open, but still is able to hide most complexity from users that don’t care for that.
minus-squarecorbin@infosec.pubOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoThey still have the benefit of being a fixed hardware platform with guaranteed compatibility for the games built for them.
Why not just make them mini-PC’s at this point?
They already are. Just shut off from unauthorized (read:your) grubby hands.
Man, how lame.
It is. I really like the direction of the steam deck. A PC that’s very open, but still is able to hide most complexity from users that don’t care for that.
They still have the benefit of being a fixed hardware platform with guaranteed compatibility for the games built for them.