Hypothetically, if some of these companies start just making little steam machine style computers, with their own Linux distro and themes and etc, do you think they would sell? Like the mini-retro console craze from a few years ago, but just modern computers.
Sell them basically as a console, in this case maybe default to Sega’s store, but it’s still just a Linux PC. Install steam if you want. But out of the box it looks and feels like a sega console. And maybe just promise that it’ll play any game they make for the next 10 years. Which really wouldn’t be much of a promise, just a defined “minimum specs” target for them.
Sega still has a lot of fans, which is why I think something like that could work for them, and it’s way less commitment than making their own walled garden console like they used to do. They wouldn’t be competing for exclusives or even work with other devs and publishers for ports. Just a fun themed pc to get some sega hardware out there again.
Imagine if they all banded together behind FOSS and sold directly to the consumer, each as a plugin to a client like OpengamepadUI. Inputplumber is also developing Steam API like features. Imagine a Steam Controller with a VMU !
I think I might actually buy it. I’d love to see them give it another go. The market at the time they were in it was a constant arms race to push boundaries. That proved to be very challenging for them, but they always had pretty wild ideas. They weren’t afraid to take risks. I think the current industry could use some fresh ideas and competition. Kinda like how Atari is trying out some new things.
RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It would be wild if Sega took another stab at hardware
kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Hypothetically, if some of these companies start just making little steam machine style computers, with their own Linux distro and themes and etc, do you think they would sell? Like the mini-retro console craze from a few years ago, but just modern computers.
Sell them basically as a console, in this case maybe default to Sega’s store, but it’s still just a Linux PC. Install steam if you want. But out of the box it looks and feels like a sega console. And maybe just promise that it’ll play any game they make for the next 10 years. Which really wouldn’t be much of a promise, just a defined “minimum specs” target for them.
Sega still has a lot of fans, which is why I think something like that could work for them, and it’s way less commitment than making their own walled garden console like they used to do. They wouldn’t be competing for exclusives or even work with other devs and publishers for ports. Just a fun themed pc to get some sega hardware out there again.
justsomeguy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If the hardware market wasn’t so bonkers they might do that but that’s not the reality we live in.
kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Oh yeah, now would be a terrible time to do something like that. But when* the hardware market chills out
warmaster@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Imagine if they all banded together behind FOSS and sold directly to the consumer, each as a plugin to a client like OpengamepadUI. Inputplumber is also developing Steam API like features. Imagine a Steam Controller with a VMU !
Guitar@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I think I might actually buy it. I’d love to see them give it another go. The market at the time they were in it was a constant arms race to push boundaries. That proved to be very challenging for them, but they always had pretty wild ideas. They weren’t afraid to take risks. I think the current industry could use some fresh ideas and competition. Kinda like how Atari is trying out some new things.