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Steam enters the handheld market

gaijinkaiju

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I'll be curious to see how this turns out. I like the idea of being able to play my pc titles on the go, but what kind of performance am i going to be getting? For something like factorio or terraria I'm sure it'll be fine, but what about something more intensive?
From the sounds of it you'll be able to install non-steam stuff on it too, so it could be a decent mobile rom box at least.
 

Gauche

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What an odd layout for the dpad and face buttons.
Zero specifications and a several hundred dollar price tag. What a great time to be alive
 

Houseman

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I mostly use Steam to play online games, I don't have a commute, and I do have a computer, so I don't need this.
 

Battousai

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Another one of Valve's forays into the console and hardware market, honestly the only really good thing they did was their Valve Index VR. The majority of their other projects have failed, like that controller they had a few years back.
 

Arnox

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Well for some reason the image works fine when making the post and the preview, but once posted its broken, whatever here is the link https://9gag.com/gag/aV74z3n
That's probably because the image is in that fucking webp format. If the site software is just displaying a direct link to the webp, the web browser handles it from there, but since Sanctuary caches all images that are posted to the site, it fetches the webp and then doesn't know what to do with it once it comes time to display it, so it just doesn't.

This might have been fixed in an XF update, but I'm not quite sure.
 

Gauche

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It's got a processor in it. That's all you need to know. /s
Specs:
  • CPU: AMD Zen 2 4c/8t, 2.4-3.5GHz (up to 448 GFlops FP32)
  • GPU: 8 RDNA 2 CUs, 1.0-1.6GHz (up to 1.6 TFlops FP32)
  • RAM: 16 GB DDR5
  • Display: 7" diagonal, 1280x800 (16:10), 60Hz LCD touchscreen
  • Audio: Stereo speakers that "pack a punch," says Valve, 3.5mm stereo jack, dual mics, multichannel USB-C/Bluetooth output
  • Controls: Two analog sticks with capacitive touch, D-pad, face buttons, analog triggers, bumpers, assignable grip buttons, "view" and "menu" buttons, gyro
  • Trackpads: There's two of them, and Valve says that they have "55% better latency compared to Steam Controller."
  • Wireless connectivity: Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
  • Wired connectivity: USB-C with DisplayPort 1.4 Alt-mode support; up to 8K @60Hz or 4K @120Hz, USB 3.2 Gen 2
  • Battery: 40Whr, "2-8 hours of gameplay"
  • Size: 11.7" x 4.6" x 1.8"
Gonna pack a punch playing HunieCam Studio at max volume
 
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