1y ago

Revamped AMD-powered gaming handheld will launch by the end of the month — GPD Win 4 upgraded to a Ryzen 7 8840U CPU

www.tomshardware.com

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That's an awful lot of words describing a device which is still worse than the Steam Deck as a portable gaming tool purely by virtue of running Windows. I feel like all of these companies trying to cash in on the Steam Deck's success just don't understand what makes a portable gaming device useful to the majority of players...
The article doesn't specifically say it runs Windows, but it claims it's an upgrade to the GPD Win 4, which runs Windows, so I think we can assume.
- I understand this is lemmy and comments like this are to be expected but does it have to be for every post that is related to windows ? In general, I agree that windows has quite a few drawbacks compared to Linux but for gaming pcs, once the initial setup is done, you can just launch a game and it just works without any tinkering. I don’t understand the argument that people should throw away a whole OS and switch to a different one and lose the ability to play a bunch of games in the process. Doesn’t context matter when discussing the pros and cons of something? Or is there some massive drawback to windows for gaming handhelds that I’m not seeing ? Or is there some magic sauce in Linux that makes every single game playable without tinkering ?
  
  Or is there some massive drawback to windows for gaming handhelds that I’m not seeing ?
  The ability to suspend and resume cleanly, that's literally it. The Steam Deck manages it basically perfectly, but no windows handheld ever has or likely ever will, it's just a limitation of Windows. That's (to me, and to a lot of other people) the most important feature of a hand-held gaming device.
  Edit: Look at every successful (or even moderately successful) mainstream handheld device in the past... I don't know, 20 years? The NDS (and derivatives), PSP, PS Vita, Switch... all had the ability to suspend gameplay at the push of a button and resume it cleanly at any time. It's hugely important to anyone actually using a portable device as a portable device, and not just as a way to sit on the couch and play games rather than sitting in front of their PC.
Haters gonna hate but the non-symmetrical placement of the analog sticks sucks for portable gaming devices. It feels wrong.
- Depends on what kind of games you'll be spending the majority of your time playing. If you buy one of these primarily for emulation you might want the face buttons there.
  Best option would be for them to be modular so you can move them around as needed.
  
  Yeah, kind of a weird opinion unless you're only playing FPS games I guess? Two sticks to move and shoulder buttons to shoot so the face button aren't as useful...
  The PlayStation controller is the only one with the joysticks at the same level and the controller feels wrong because they're at the bottom position...
Might be a stupid question, but why is everybody head over heels about mobile game consoles? First the Steam thing, I believe ASUS has something like this in the works, now AMD. Why?
Who likes playing their big games on a tiny screen? I wouldn't want to play Cyberpunk on a mini monitor while I have a 4k Display at home...
What am I missing? Because it's cheaper than a PC?
- What am I missing? Because it’s cheaper than a PC?
  PC require you to sit and stand in a specific place in your house, even notebook are impracticable if you want to change room (still in your house). Handheld, as their name imply, you get the "whole" gaming in your hands and you can sit, lay or hang down "bat like" anywhere in your house.
  It's not about have the best option, rather have a suit case scenario for specific needs.
  
  So it's more for casual gaming, the advantage over a phone is having physical buttons. That makes sense, thank you. I thought they would be used as the primary gaming machine which baffled me.
- Convenience, simplicity (when implemented right), and support for the full PC version of games with mods and all
  Also, support for docks and stuff

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