Regarding new hardware to justify a new Steam Deck, youtuber ETA Prime did a test with the new APU Z2 Go on a Lenovo portable, and the result were not pretty. It barely beats the Steam Deck, and the CPU is a couple years newer.

So yeah, anything capable of beating the Steam Deck by at least 50%, is way more expensive and much more power hungry. Until something can deliver a big jump in performance, while being as cheap and power efficient, we are not getting a Deck 2.

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The trailer doesn't have much gameplay. It always makes me nervous that development started without a defined gameplay stile. One thing Nintendo does right since forever, is building a core gameplay to see if it's worth building a game around it.

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@Tchey

Well, I think it reflects the obsession with big screens people have today. Almost nobody is buying smartphones with small screens, for example. On laptops, most young people I see go for bigger screens too.

In the past, people were really in miniaturization, especially in the 80's when the Japanese really dived in to it. Things had to fit your pocket. If I had to speculate, probably because portables were a secondary device, something you use until you get home for your real device, like a stereo system or a computer. Now I have the impression that portables are the only device some people use for a task, so it had to work better than portables of the past and be more comfortable to use over longer periods, hence the big screen phenomenon.

And speaking of the Game Boy, I personally think we are really spoiled today as gamers, because I had one and while it was fun, having the option to play the exactly same game as the latest generation consoles is a amazing thing. Sure the NEC's TurboExpress did it in the past, but today modern portables do it much better, with a unprecedented game catalog.

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So, will they unlock previous releases that need the PSN login?

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Finally a big game not using Unreal Engine 5. But I hope they can deliver smooth rendering, because UE5 games are riddled with stuttering even on high-end hardware.

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Yeah, I don't fall for cinematic trailers anymore. Show the gameplay or I'm not interested.

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How much does a 1TB NVME drive sell for in Brazil? Seems like buying the SteamOS Legion GoS + a 1TB NVME drive is the cheaper option.

I got a 1TB Kingston Fury Renegade for ~100 US Dollars last Black Friday. There are cheaper models, but you can consider that everything here are more expensive than in the US. From time to time you can find something in the same price, but it is rare.

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We don't get the Steam Deck here in Brazil (and the entire South America I think). But Lenovo does sell the original Legion Go here, as does Asus.

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I would like to see a test of one of those 8 core CPUs with a couple of them disabled, to see any improvements in energy delivering for the GPU and possible battery life improvements.

Valve was on to something when they specified the Steam Deck APU to have only 4 cores.

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Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: M@GOidSpeaking of trailers from CD Projekt Red games, do you guys know if the killer fembot from the Cyberpunk trailer appears in the game?

Yes, she appears in actual Cyberpunk 2077 - search for Melissa Rory.

Ah, thank you for the info.

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