@inspirationgrid This device looks admittedly gorgeous but upon reading about the disappointing battery life for certain games; at the listed price point, I still feel swayed to get the latest Steam Deck (as a lot of my games are Steam Deck Compatible). This is a good effort for creating a unique, fun handheld in a space that sees a sharp increase of new handheld gaming devices! I do commend their effort with the AYANEO Slide.
@inspirationgrid Exactly, I would love the home console market to get a boost in competition again...The stuff we'd see could be cool! I find the Steam Deck OLED so compelling because it runs a custom Linux Distro and has an easy method to allow developers to make their game compatible with the handheld! It gives me hope that more people will have a good exposure to what Linux could be. Valve certainly made a wise choice with their creation!
@WanderingPoltergeist That would be cool! The handheld market is heating up and adoption has been steadily increasing, so that could cause a Domino effect forcing console manufacturers to be even more innovative. All of that is great for consumers in the end!
@inspirationgrid This is what I hope for because stagnation is creeping into the console space at a steady pace! Microsoft and Sony are the only ones currently competing with one another. Imagining the idea of Nintendo and several other companies with cool ideas jumping into the fray...Makes me shiver with delight! While it would be messy at first, with luck the situation would become quite interesting. Though developers would have to struggle with making multiplatform games more so than they do now.
Monolithic products are bad for the consumer, as without forces outside of them keeping those companies honest, it's too easy for those companies to screw with end users! As there would be little in the way of alternatives that the end user could choose to get away from a corporation's bad decisions.
@WanderingPoltergeist I know it's far-fetched, but I would love to see a company like SEGA make a surprise comeback into the hardware space. And the nostalgia aspect alone would definitely help them!
@inspirationgrid Nostalgia is one hell of a drug that we've all fallen victim to at some point. However, if they made awesome hardware...I wouldn't mind at all!
@LexGear Early bird pricing is on par with the ROG Ally, but yes it will be a bit more expensive after that. The built-in keyboard might not be for everyone, but I found it quite handy on a Windows handheld, so I'd say it depends on the use case.
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