The homeowner fantasy isn’t about buying houses and slapping expensive shit on the walls, only to turn around and sell it for more money, increasing your neighbour’s property taxes in the process. This is a reason WHY people can’t afford to be homeowners.
I hope Final Fantasy 7 Remake gets a good discount. The regular price of 80 Euros is too much for a digital only game to me. I can see it got a few times a discount to 46 Euros. Hope it will get to 30 or at least 35 this time.
Honestly, the only thing surprising about this is that it affected Prime Gaming staff and not divisions actively involved in game development. Hopefully the people laid off can find new work, but it feels like anyone working in the gaming industry is going to face that kind of job insecurity no matter where they go.
Yep, I work in games and this year has been fucking brutal.
Most of my contacts/acquaintances on Linkedin are "between jobs".
Luckily I have some freelancing set up, but this thing is killing me. It's not easy to find another (remote) job when half the people in the industry are competing with you.
Legion Go does not offer a cheap entry point for people who want to get started. Sure the hardware is strong and probably worth the price. But it does not change the fact that the cheapest Steam Deck model is still cheap to get, especially with the refurbished program with official support from Valve in mind as well. But for enthusiasts who want powerful hardware, the Legion Go is probably better.
My biggest problem with the Legion Go would be probably that its using Windows and not Linux, so this is a downside to me. The detachable controllers are nice to have and while I would not need them, having them easily replaceable is a big bonus to me. It's a little bit bigger than the Steam Deck and the Deck is already a chunky boi. When my research is correct, then the Legion Go is 200 grams heavier than the Deck? That is substantial.
and a slightly better battery life will probably be appealing to some
I want to see benchmarks or tests with real games for that. We had claims with previous handhelds too, where they promised longer battery life. But the reality was they did not last as long as promised or under very specific circumstances only. It has higher resolution and hertz, so it will need more power. And it's probably not optimized for low power settings like the Steam Deck with limited power settings does, but I am open to this.
there may be a bit of danger for Gabe Newell and his team
Not really. Valve (and Gaben) want this to happen. They want the handheld PC market to flourish, because they are pushing Steam and PC gaming forward and make it usable for non PC enthusiasts as well. Even if Valve stops selling Steam Decks, Gabe Newell and his team would not be in danger. Unless this was a sarcastic note; in which case ignore this paragraph.
My biggest problem with the Legion Go would be probably that its using Windows and not Linux, so this is a downside to me.
I tend to agree but for me specifically it’s SteamOS that’s the killer app, and not just any Linux distro. The way Valve did the SteamOS user experience is just fantastic. I cannot imagine running straight-up Windows on such portable devices.
This article was hard to read, based on zero facts they’ve determined experience factors like battery life and performance which all depends on more than just hardware.
Then setting the conversation again argumentatively like valve doesn’t win no matter who makes a clone, is just ignorant. Valve wins by making a store that sells. They could even sell for a loss.
I went to that article to get information and read hype and antagonism. I came away frustrated.
I feel like I'm in some crazy minority here, thinking that none of these competitors are even worth considering without trackpads and back buttons. Handheld PCs just don't work without them.
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