Quoting: BlackBloodRum

Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: BlackBloodRumWhy is the game blurred? This developer should put their hands up and admit they failed basic computer security.

You mean . . . they're running Windows?!

That could well be true! Imagine having to use Windows every day though? The agony, the anger, the frustration, the distractions and to top it all off, you upload an infected game. :unsure:

Quoting: slaapliedjeAnd here I was about to start playing them with the old 3dfx patches on my Win98 machine!

Quoting: Pengling

Quoting: Nateman1000This kinda makes me nostalgic for being younger and accidentally learning how to use Linux by playing around with a raspberry pi because it was just so cheap.

I'm going to show my age here by saying that I'm amazed that we're now at the point where the Raspberry Pi is nostalgic, haha. :tongue:

Back when I was a youngster, the price-gap between home-computers and video game consoles wasn't anywhere near as big [External Link] (this was the era of the home microcomputer, long before the x86 architecture caught on), with only the price-gap for the games being totally enormous (usually about £2 to £5 for games on tape for the home-micros, and usually about £40 to £60 for games on cartridge for the consoles).

Gaming very often drives adoption of technology, and many parents here believed that the computers were the better option overall (which led to a generation who could use computers effectively, with many of those whose brains were wired for it also learning how to program), so the 1980s and early 1990s gaming scene in the UK was all about the 8-bit home-micros (this went on for quite a long time [External Link]. The Steam Deck very strongly reminds me of this, even more so now that the refurbs are available.

Quoting: Pengling

Quoting: ElectricPrismRegarding Switch, Steam Deck is incredibly versatile as it's a PC.

$319 for a Steam Deck is a total steal.

We need to get these things into EVERYONE's hands.

Quoting: Nateman1000agreed. They’re a major gateway drug for the Linux high.

More than that - at these prices, they solve a problem where many youngsters only get access to locked-down entertainment electronics like games consoles and tablets at home, instead of general-purpose computers, because capable-enough PCs have typically cost more. It could be a pretty big shift, as long as the marketing is there to get it in front of enough eyeballs.

Quoting: ElectricPrismRegarding Switch, Steam Deck is incredibly versatile as it's a PC.

$319 for a Steam Deck is a total steal.

We need to get these things into EVERYONE's hands.