Sounds like snake oil to me. If it were that easy to induce fusion, it would have been done long ago.

It’s certainly going to use more fuel but presumably less fuel than two separate planes. I really have lots of doubts about towed landings, though.

Maybe you should approach it with more realistic expectations? It does what it does really well but I guess you can’t please everyone.

Edit: Oh and I just checked: they go for pretty high prices on eBay. So if it’s so terrible, you can just get rid of it.

But you’ve obviously never used one. Maybe you should try to see beyond your preconceived notions.

Yes you can. You can build a PC with a RX7600 CPU for about $600. That’s about in the same performance ballpark as a PS5. If you mass produce those and trim down some features, you’ll be able to hit $500. And you won’t have to pay the Microsoft tax. Sadly, this is also why it’s not happening. I’m 100% sure MS are furiously working behind the scenes to prevent anyone from coming out with a system like this.

Have you been living under a rock for the past three years? Have you heard of the Steam Deck?

I don’t mean to say that this is for everyone. But they sold a couple of million Steam Decks and I’d bet there’s a market for a couple of tens of millions of these boxes. And I’m not talking Windows here but Steam OS (or some derivative). That’s based on Linux but you’ll never notice unless you want to. For most people it’s just a store and a launcher. While maybe not quite as easy to use as a console, it’s certainly doable for the average gamer.

Yes, I’m aware of that. But the software just wasn’t there at the time. But now it definitely is.

What the world needs right now is Steam boxes. Just build a $500 PC, slap Steam OS on it and you’re done. The ecosystem is already there. I really don’t understand why nobody has done this.

I always have to check whether these kinds of headlines are about Rust the game or Rust the programming language.

There are a lot of mini PCs these days that use laptop parts. But these are pretty much pre built and all you can change is RAM and storage. Building a pc from laptop parts doesn’t really make sense, though, unless you want to hack something together from used parts.

Quick! Release more endless rehashes of the same tired old franchises!

When Steam Deck verified?

Sounds cool. Let’s hope they actually make it to market and the thing doesn’t suck. The more traction gaming on Linux gets, the better.

The enshittification never stops.

Dude I’ll find out where you live and come over to mildly inconvenience you! Just you watch out!

That might be a stretch. The minimum specs are given on Steam so I suggest checking those.

It’s verified for the Steam Deck. So it should run OK on slower hardware.

You’re only allowed to fuck dead pigs if you belong to the upper class.

Praise be to St. Gaben, our Lord and Saviour!

I guess this will have to do as entertainment until GRRM finishes his damn book.

This time I won’t buy any games I’ll never play.

This time I won’t buy any games I’ll never play.

This time I won’t buy any games I’ll never play.

This time I won’t buy any games I’ll never play.

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Ah fuck, who am I kidding.

This is the kind of idea only rich people from silicon valley could ever come to with.

If you can boost performance by 750% your drivers must have been absolute crap before.

Uh huh. Interesting. I know some of those words.

I wonder how many highly paid marketing executives it took to come up with that name.

At $150 it would be good value. If you consider that the A750 costs only $10 more, this price makes no sense. It’s probably going to come down soon.

What a cool new innovation. Nothing could possibly go wrong.

You spelled Linux wrong.

I regularly watch stuff about Steam Deck on YouTube and they’re always emulating just about everything. I don’t know anything about the subject but it seems to me it works pretty well on Linux.

You’ll own nothing and be happy.

Who could ever possibly have predicted this?

Oh that one. Yeah, I got that. Just thought there was something in the OS settings I’d missed.

What settings are these? Have i missed something?

Pretty much any game that doesn’t have intrusive anti-cheat software will run these days. Just install Steam and start playing.

All you have to do is make coffee at home, don’t eat avocado toast and work 25 hours a day. That way you can become a billionaire too.