Quoting: minkiuI know it's not fully Foss but you can see the code on github, in case you didn't know.

the licence is so restrictive, that its proprietary for all intents and purposes.
hell, its so restrictive that i dont doubt you can be sued for reading it and taking inspiration from it, i bet epic relase it so they can sue more people.
jokes aside, its REALLY restrictive.

Quoting: PublicNuisanceNice to see Linux improvements but the one improvement I wanted was it released as FOSS which I knew wouldn't happen.

if the foss comunity was not able to compete, i dont see why they should.

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windows minimum requirements:
8GB of ram
linux minimum requirements:
32GB of ram...

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Quoting: fenglengshun

Quoting: elmapulcheat engine...

Well, the alternative is gameconqueror (and I guess the in-development PINCE) but both of those aren't on Flatpak yet...

I wonder how the Cheat Engine plugin works. Maybe it automatically installs cheat engine to the game's compat prefix and then starts it?

what this program do? allow you to cheat in online games? :huh:

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cheat engine...

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timezones...

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Quoting: ElamanOpiskelija

Quoting: eldakingBut I must say I find these expensive devices kind of a dead end. At that price point you are more or less competing with actual gaming PCs

I know, right? Same here. And yet, we have seen one kickstarter after another succeed (or indiegogo), and get funded in record time: AYA Neo, OneXPlayer, GPD Win, whatever, all more expensive.

Another thing that it's a serious question from me and I still don't get is: what is this device offering that is so important, that a small laptop cannot? What is the use case?

we see a lot of sucessful kickstarters because there are a few people who are willing to pay for it, but if you take a look at the number of people who actually funded it, its not even close to the ammount of people who buy an nintendo, sony or microsoft console.
a few thousands vs tens of milions.

as for what they are offereing, have you ever hold an portable console or even an controller on your hand? they arent even comparable, that is like comparing using an phone to make an call to bringing your laptop to the streets and holding then next to your ear to make an call.

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Quoting: eldakingThere is a reason Valve and Nintendo made sacrifices to reach the more moderate price points.

completely agree, its just a matter of seeing PS3 lauch price and how it affected it.
or even the last gen PS4 vs xbox one, sony was selling much more than microsoft, due to (among other things) it being more powerfull and the marketing fiasco microsoft did at the begining of the gen.

microsoft removed xbox requirement puting the price on pair with ps4, and that was not enough, then they did an price cut of 50USD, and that was enough for a little bit, the reason why that was not enough is because sony followed their price cuts.

entrey cost is very important for an gaming device to sell tens of millions of units, more than the price of the games after the initial purchase it seems.

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so...
it started! [External Link]

the oem revolution is here!

i know we had some micro consoles with linux or android before, but i think steamOS will take things to the next level, valve bet is starting to pay of.

maybe things will be like with android x windows, microsoft didnt lose their dominance on the desktop, yet android surpassed then in the user count growing in another class of device.

maybe video game consoles will be the next battleground, or maybe the desktop market will shake, i dont care the result, the future looks bright!

[edit]
ok i could swear they were a bigger company, but i can foresee companies like alienware being the next to enter this market.

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6-8 hours of gameplay

with so many games on my wish list, that is the most relevant info for me

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while i agree that games shouldnt be rated as verified if their online mode dont work, there are some games that i coudlnt care less about the online aspect of it, for those cases i wouldnt mind if they had 2 steam entries, one refering the multiplayer and other the single player, but i can see how that would be confusing for the end users and produce some issues trying to count the ammount of verified/playable games.

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