GSC is Ukrainian, not a Russian enterprise

Yeah def spoke too soon. Thats what I get for commenting before reading the damn article. Still, I’m enjoying witnessing what feels to be an inflection point for mobile chipsets.

Interesting. I could see this being great in a steam deck type of form factor if the performance per watt is good

The march towards three megacorps running the entire economy continues now that Donnie’s back. It was nice having four years of resistance to unfettered acquisitions.

I did a similar swap for a pair of joycons, that was a real headache. When I finally get a deck I may very well do this

Atomic purple would be amazing

These big companies are so pathetically predictable. Have fun chasing your tail, Netflix

I think I need a cozy game now more than ever. Probably time for me to start a new save, I haven’t jumped back into the game in years

I actually suggested he get a deck instead, which he is considering.

Good points all around

He doesn’t have the hardware to support non-streaming so he’d effectively have no way of playing them if the service continued to get worse. I suggested he pay upfront for hardware that can play the games he wants without being dependent on nvidia

My buddy was toying with investing in this service. I cautioned him that he’d be a the mercy of a company that isn’t at all consumer friendly. Case and point

I didn’t see any in the story, do you know of some examples?

Ah instead of running a dehumidifier 24/7 like some people I know, makes sense

What’s a dew point ventilator for?

I agree they’re at the top for a good reason, and as it stands they’re not a problem. I’d just love for more of that 30% to go to the devs over expanding Gaben’s knife collection.

I think their market dominance makes it an uphill battle for a dev to not put their games on steam. I don’t think that’s much of a problem right now because Valve has been reliable, but all it takes is a bad turn of events at Valve leadership for that to change. I think they are a gatekeeper only insofar as they have market dominance and a platform with games with DRM

The question was what are the alternatives, those are alternatives

Gog, direct distribution, something else I haven’t thought of. I just fear monocultures. Things can go south fast

Right on. I enjoy steam and I find Valve are mostly responsible gatekeepers, but at the end of the day, they’re still a gatekeeper