so… repackage a pi?
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kadu@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s totally possible if they subsidize hardware costs and sell a PC with a fancy frontend and small form factor.
It’s completely impossible if they’re looking for custom hardware.
MakePorkGreatAgain@lemmy.basedcount.com 2 months ago
bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
There’s a guy on youtube called CNCDan who did exactly that. SFF pc in a very nice 3d printed case with custom PCBs for the controller boards. If you’re at all interested in that sort of thing I think he has a 9 part series on how he built it.
NaoPb@eviltoast.org 2 months ago
I am also half expecting them to adopt/steal hardware from other companies.
bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Just get one of those all in one 4"x4" PCs, slap a logo and a custom Linux distro on it and you have a console.
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
It’s totally gonna be a bunch of pirated games and a copy of Launchbox/Playnite lol
ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s literally what the original Xbox was
Kiosade@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
There was nothing small about the original Xbox.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Every time I see an original Xbox I’m always amazed because in my memory it was a lot smaller. I used to carry that thing to and from school I have no idea how I managed that.
WarmSoda@lemm.ee 2 months ago
All hail The Duke!
Matriks404@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Original Xbox had custom OS. It run on something similar to Windows 2000 (NT 5) kernel though.
ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Was just a skin on win 2k and contained an intel chip.
It was just a PC in a box.
aniki@lemm.ee 2 months ago
And not even a very optimized one.
reflectedodds@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This is what I was thinking. For a first iteration to get out the door immediately it could just be windows with a “game browser” that launches full screen when you turn it on 😂
kadu@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I mean, that’s what all Steam Deck competitors really are. They’re windows with atrocious launchers on top, some of which acceptable and some very buggy, plus a literal standard AMD APU that AMD is selling by the bucket, and half of them share board designs sold by Chinese suppliers pretty much ready made.
ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s literally what the original Xbox was
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They at least did the courtesy of deleting the Windows UI, though.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
It wouldn’t be Windows, it’d probably be a variant of Astra Linux.
The year of Linux may finally be among us.
Woozythebear@lemmy.world 2 months ago
So? That’s literally an Xbox…
PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It’s literally not an Xbox.
meathorse@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That is literally what the first Xbox was. It’s internals was a custom mboard running a Celeron 700 and 3.5" HDD (can’t remember what the graphics was based on, maybe a GeForce MX?) with a customised Win2k OS.
All approx. It’s early and I can’t be bothered confirming those specs are 100% accurate :p
kautau@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It would have to run steamos or something the complexity of all the always-online launchers that modern triple a games has is something that steam handles well, and likely a huge trip up point on any frontend slapped on a windows pc
Carighan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Essentially just Playnite then?