Acer announces Acer Nitro Blaze 7 (PC Handheld)
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X86 mobile cpu's are making it very easy for manufacturers. Console makers purposely stayed away from X86 cpu's for decades because they knew they'd have more competition from other manufacturers and here we are.
I think thats how MS and Valve are gonna operate. They will let others also makes devices that play there platform/games
Going with Hawk Point for late 2024 when everyone is probably on the verge of updating their handhelds to Strix Point, Kraken or even Lunar Lake doesn't seem like the brightest idea. 16GB RAM is also a problem if you're running windows, and that was easily avoidable as well.
This seems like a me too device like the MSI Claw, though it seems the latter will be getting a much better 2nd iteration with Lunar Lake and an 8" screen.
I guess these OEMs probably need to launch one first product as a pipe cleaner, even if it's bound to fail for some reason.
Do you also want OEMs to stop making gaming laptops because that market is getting saturated?
What about OLED gaming monitors? Gaming mice? Gaming Headphones?
How many players do you think is fine? Four? Why is more not better for a consumer?
This seems like a me too device like the MSI Claw, though it seems the latter will be getting a much better 2nd iteration with Lunar Lake and an 8" screen.
I guess these OEMs probably need to launch one first product as a pipe cleaner, even if it's bound to fail for some reason.
Do you also want OEMs to stop making gaming laptops because that market is getting saturated?
What about OLED gaming monitors? Gaming mice? Gaming Headphones?
How many players do you think is fine? Four? Why is more not better for a consumer?
Nah, for Sony a real standalone device like these would become a 3rd pillar controller option/alternate accessorry alongside the slim mid-gen revisison.
Sony should have a real one, as should MS. People will flock to the brand names there and Steam Deck. ASUS/Acer's pc pedigree might get them more sales against each other for the scraps but once Sony gets a clue they can largely supplant them with their own marketshare.
Sony won't repeat the same mistake they did for the Vita and PSVR1/2. I doubt they'll ever create a platform that requires specific allocation of game dev resources to thrive.
If Sony does make another portable Playstation within the next decade, it'll either be an integral part of the PS6 (i.e. a hybrid with a dGPU dock) or a system that runs PS5 game code natively.
I think both Valve and MS are gonna be happy with 3rd party manufacturers making there box/portables for them. All Money still comes to them via software
