- it aint ready for mainstream, it still has issues and translation layer aint perfect at all. my gaming rig is on linux. I guess this will be resolved at some point and valve will release a TV console version.
- The hardware is not in the same class, in fact it literally under powered because it is a handheld. Guy who wants headshot noobs 4 loolz wants that 4k60 fps experience.
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mortalic@lemmy.world 7 months agoWhy do you say it isn’t a proper substitute? What features is it missing?
applepie@kbin.social 7 months ago
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
because in the bill of materials you’re paying for a screen and battery that are unnecessary expenses if you just need a console. in an actual console, that money will go towards higher powered hardware to run games, and maybe some other ancillary things. Also in a console you can have a better cooling system since you’re not constrained to a mobile platform. all of this adds up to a better performance-to-price ratio in a console compared to handhelds.
tan00k@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Reading through the above comments it seems like goalposts keep moving on what counts as a console. Does the wii u not count as a console because the controller had a screen and the price to performance is poor?
I’m not sure any of you have a concrete definition for a console, and maybe there isn’t one. It might be more of a spectrum with open and configurable devices on one end and the more focused devices with walled garden software on the other.
Then you can day that ps5 is more like a console than steam deck is, and steam deck is more like a console than a pc.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The WiiU Gamepad did not function on its own, it had to be connected to the actual console in order to function. It was literally a controller with a screen. It did not have any functionality without the console.
tan00k@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The person I was responding to was citing costs accrued for screen and battery as a reasoning for why steam deck is not a console, so I was giving an example (wii u) that contradicts that reasoning.
I don’t actually care if you consider the steam deck or wii u or anything is a console or not. My point was that I don’t see a concrete definition anywhere in this thread and that maybe a more nuanced view would be appropriate.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
i would say the wiiu is a special case console. they tried holding in a screen to a typical console design and it didn’t really work. the vast, vast majority of consoles don’t have screens built into their controllers.
callouscomic@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Most of Nintendo’s pre-Switch “consoles” arguably had poor performance-to-price ratios in terms of hardware.
Also, a PC doesn’t have the constraints of a mobile form factor and better cooling and can have better performance without the built in battery and screen. You just argued to me that a PC can be a console.
This all seems arbitrary to argue the differences.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
if those nintendos had to build in a screen or battery they’d have even worse performance for the price.
i honestly don’t even know what your point about PC is.