• leave_it_blank@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Might be a stupid question, but why is everybody head over heels about mobile game consoles? First the Steam thing, I believe ASUS has something like this in the works, now AMD. Why?

    Who likes playing their big games on a tiny screen? I wouldn’t want to play Cyberpunk on a mini monitor while I have a 4k Display at home…

    What am I missing? Because it’s cheaper than a PC?

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      9 months ago

      What am I missing? Because it’s cheaper than a PC?

      PC require you to sit and stand in a specific place in your house, even notebook are impracticable if you want to change room (still in your house). Handheld, as their name imply, you get the “whole” gaming in your hands and you can sit, lay or hang down “bat like” anywhere in your house.

      It’s not about have the best option, rather have a suit case scenario for specific needs.

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        9 months ago

        So it’s more for casual gaming, the advantage over a phone is having physical buttons. That makes sense, thank you. I thought they would be used as the primary gaming machine which baffled me.

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          Nah, the advantage of these over a phone is that you can play actually good games on these.

          Mobile games sucks.

          I think playing shooter games like cyberpunk with a controller is annoying but there are a ton of amazing non shooter games that I can play on the train on my way to work. Currently I am actually playing emulated switch games, but I have a few AAA on there as well and lots of indie.

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            9 months ago

            I don’t think I would like to play a big title on a small screen, that would be like watching Dune on your phone. But for smaller Indies it actually could make sense, like puzzle games. But I guess I’ll stick to my PC.

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              I think it’s the convenience and portability that most people like, including me. They don’t have to be played in handheld mode. They can be connected to a monitor and optionally even support external gpus. That’s how I play big titles, docked, with an egpu and a monitor. But when I need to, I can just take the device with me to play smaller titles like sea of stars and mass effect legendary edition on the go

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      Convenience, simplicity (when implemented right), and support for the full PC version of games with mods and all

      Also, support for docks and stuff