Nameless Voice on 16/7/2021 at 22:18
Wine Proton lets you play some games, but there are limitations - such as the Windows version of Easy Anti-Cheat (used by a lot of multiplayer games) won't verify on Linux with Wine Proton, so you can't play online.
(e.g. Vermintide 2 works fine on Linux through Wine Proton, but you can't play it on the official realm because of the anti-cheat.)
Anyway, I wasn't referring to games so much as the lack of the Epic Launcher on Linux, meaning no UE4 editor (you can compile it yourself, but urgh), no access to Marketplace content... oh, and and no Epic Games, either.
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
All these pictures need a human for scale. Just looking at it, I'd assume it's three feet wide and weighs 10 pounds.
If it's NOT that big, then get ready to bust out your opera glasses to read monitor-sized text on a tablet-sized screen.
The specs say that the screen is 7 inches, so the screen is smaller than a tablet's, but larger than a phone's.
PigLick on 17/7/2021 at 05:54
I dunno, would consider this with the dock, be cool to play my steam catalog on the couch in front of a big screen led.
demagogue on 17/7/2021 at 07:24
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Realistically though, another limitation is controls. It's not going to play nicely with pre-controller-support games, I suspect.
Hopefully it comes with its own control remapping like most emulators.
I don't have the most confidence in this specific device, going by the responses here, but there really should be some mobile device optimized to play PC games.
Edit: Oh, it's not licensed for Japan so I couldn't buy it here even if I wanted to.
Pyrian on 17/7/2021 at 07:55
I can't speak to the implementation, but it does seem like a solid idea.
Nameless Voice on 17/7/2021 at 10:39
I saw some discussion of this being a reference design, so they'll be throwing it open for other manufacturers to make different interpretations of the device - so perhaps those will solve any flaws with the Valve version.
henke on 17/7/2021 at 10:55
Quote Posted by demagogue
Hopefully it comes with its own control remapping like most emulators.
Steam already has a built-in controller remapping function that lets you rebind any gamepad/keyboard key, accessible in any game by Shift+Tab, then clicking a button in the upper right corner. Pretty handy, I've used it a few times for games that don't have built-in remapping.
Aja on 17/7/2021 at 19:27
This looks prototypical to me -- uncomfortable, heavy, and ugly. That said, I've barely played any PC games all year because I've gotten so used to the Switch and being able to play away from the TV. It's a good idea, but I'd want to see a nicer design.
Renzatic on 19/7/2021 at 16:48
I'm cautiously stoked about this. I plopped my $5 down to get in on the queue.
faetal on 19/7/2021 at 21:07
I would, if only to thwart a single scalper, if it was possible in France.
