Quoting: einherjarHopefully you are right. I am fully aware, that I am not statistically relevant with my own needs.

I am more eager to get a new graphics card and a Valve Index - after sitting the most of my work time, VR games would be cool for me - and I have about 3,5m x 3m of space for it :-)

I'm totally unsure what will happen, and I'll probably not get one. Happy enough with my desktop.
Hopefully it gets some of the attention the Switch has got (which I didn't see coming back then).

I'd also put my money more into VR - if I just had the time to make proper use of it. :D

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Quoting: SonataOne thing that makes me wonder though with Valve pushing proton so hard to the devs: Does that mean that Valve will put more and more work into fixes for proton (maybe even as a service to the devs? which sounds kinda crazy to think about)

Yes. Getting enough native Linux support failed, so they're making enough Linux support via WINE.

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Quoting: einherjarBut I miss the "killer feature" - why would one using the e.g. switch buy this device? I am not sure what the audience will be - people that like portable gaming devices surely have one - people preferring to play on the PC with a big monitor may buy one in addition - but is that enough? IDK!

That's why I was sure nobody would ever buy this "Switch" thing! :D

Why would one buy this device, though? If they can do with Proton what they seem to be very optimistic about, this got way more games available than the Switch. Plus, the average PC gamer already got dozens or hundreds of games for it before even buying it. Plus, you can just continue your game session when starting or ending travel, at your PC. It does have some advantages that people seem to like when buying the Switch, plus some of its own... minus Zelda, which totally might be important.

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There's a fee to place your reservation at $5/£4

... which is taken into account if you buy, or fully returned if you don't.

I really need to buck up about this device! :grin:

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Quoting: GuestMore likely Valve only allowed IGN to look at it if everything reported was favourable, and in return IGN have seen a lot of traffic driven their way. That's not exactly an uncommon arrangement. A critique point is also another trick: it's a critique, but once tried oh everything is perfectly fine and the device is wonderful (you can trust us because we raised a critique). Seen that many, many times before.

That might or might not have been the case here, but I can't see how it justifies a definitive "That's a marketing video."
I'd trust my local game magazine (especially Gamestar) not to do such arrangements, but I don't know much about IGN.

We'll see what the box can do...

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Quoting: GuestNothing shown was particularly impressive to me either. Portal2 isn't really the most power hungry of games, but it does explain why they put a Vulkan backend of sorts (adapted DXVK) into it: would make a massive difference on a handheld

There are videos showing Doom Eternal and Control running on it too. You forget that it's a 1280x800 display, so would require less power than a 1080p display, for example.

Death Stranding, too.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeHa ha! yeah whenever I hear Gaming Laptop, I think "so an overly large chunk of laptop, that you can't ever upgrade, and will be obsolete in a year or two, assuming it doesn't overheat and die sometime before that."

and that costs 50% more than a equivalent desktop... pretty much it.

... and, maybe the most important, doesn't even work unplugged (for more than say an hour). ;)

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Quoting: GuestThat's a marketing video. It's supposed to make it look like the best thing since sliced bread. What's more, it's from IGN. So I really wouldn't trust what's being said.

Well, firstly I trust more in what's being shown than what's being said.
Then, they do mention critique points, e.g. about the buttons.
So I wonder... why do you say it's a marketing video?
Are there signs of IGN being paid for it?

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Quoting: SadL

We’re working with BattlEye and EAC to get support for Proton ahead of launch.

So we can hope for something good on that front before December (hopefully)! Which is really exciting!!!

I read "ahead of lunch" first. :D

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Quoting: GuestOr to stream them from something more powerful. This thing might be overpowered for dosbox level games, but it will be underpowered for a lot of modern games. Depending on your definition of modern. Just don't expect miracles from it.

No miracles, but... Did you watch the IGN hands-on? Seems it can do quite a lot, probably due to the comparatively low resolution.

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