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corbin@infosec.pub to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

Game consoles are now smartphones, and that's okay

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Game consoles are now smartphones, and that's okay

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corbin@infosec.pub to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago
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You don't need to upgrade every time.
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    Why not just make them mini-PC’s at this point?

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      They already are. Just shut off from unauthorized (read:your) grubby hands.

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        Man, how lame.

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          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.

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      They still have the benefit of being a fixed hardware platform with guaranteed compatibility for the games built for them.

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