Yeah absolutely. I just remember me/the protagonist being god or something? Or maybe I misunderstood 😂

No, don’t, nothing is ever complete. If it really was that wicked3d, it’s very niche and surprising I even had it 😁.

Yes, I had 2 monster3d* voodoo 2 cards and could play sort of most 3dfx games with shutter* glasses in more or less good 3d.

(* I am pretty sure but it’s been a long time)

It was draining like most 3d implementations but the novelty wore off rather quickly too.

I was trying to find some stuff to link but was mostly unsuccessful but I’ll give it another go.

It might have been that wicked3d stuff:

http://stereo3d.com/h3d.htm

Hm, sad to see he just skipped over voodoo2 (3dfx) 3d glasses prior to Nvidia…

Competition is good, yes and no.

Exclusivity is not competition, it’s lock in for me. So epic should get it’s head out of its ass and offer games on both platforms equally. THAT is competition.

I am not a fan of steam. Not a fan of having a library that could change at anytime at anyone’s whim but mine. So I prefer gog (yes I know some titles are drm free on steam and it’s not perfect on gog either / this is just for context).

Anyhow steam is well established and forcing me to use your store and launcher will just lead to me ignoring you (doing that for origin, uplay, epic) because it’s a luxury problem.

Same with all that streaming shit. Also there are other ways if you piss off people a lot, yarr!

The companies forget who made them big. And for epic I count myself in on that massively, still owning game boxes of e.g. Xargon (look it up, and my EU? box is not to be found on ebay) and equally for EA.

And I will not stand for anti consumer behaviors. Got enough money to spend at my age but theyre not getting it like this.

It’s interesting to hear, honestly. And would be interesting to dive in if that’s related to age, culture, country etc… But a little too complicated for analyzing that here.

Thank you, yes. That’s a Bad headline.

The older I get the more I am sure the ones with that motivation wouldn’t buy much in the first place and it’s more corporate propaganda and fear mongering.

Having someone to blame, take the fall. Politics, basically.

Absolutely! I will just drop them if they’re not deemed worthy.

The same with all the big ones that were too big to fail until they did.

I am sure though it’s not that time for Nintendo. It might only be a thing on paper.

But the damage stays and sums up.

I’m confused by your last paragraph.

Wanting or demanding to own and hack your device does not mean you’re not a big spender.

Indeed it really seems they’re doing a lot to piss off the, well, fans.

Afaik not in Europe. But the details are probably messy.

You need a bigger screen! (/s of course)

Well since Sony made a model called one, there’s a point in psx for the whole line.

I know. But then Nintendo was making a buck and someone else was being cheap by either not taking the bigger module (to maximize profits) or not optimizing their game sizes like Nintendo often excels at.

I think we’re on the same page but just having different thoughts details in this.

Apologies for maybe answering provocatively basically in the direction of rampant capitalism while agreeing hence triggering your effortful answer of things I know and agree on.

Storage is cheap. Others are being cheap too.

For that I in part understand the switch module price if that’s indeed nvme speed or something.

But switch 1? Not really.

I think no switch 2.

We already have a date for that.

But let’s see!

Yes you’re right, in a way. I have much respect for valve for that.

However the ‘non streamlinedness’ is hidden there. It’s not a closed system like a console.

That’s a fair question which I have to cut a little short due to it being a huge topic:

The overhead of a full blown operating system you have to maintain is not a trivial thing. You have to update and maintain os, drivers and applications at least and it’s directed at all purpose use in general. That means all of the above and games might or might not fit well to a handheld device. Even if it’s maintained by a third party (eg Asus) there are many many moving parts that are all purpose. This might be a dialog box with unaccessible options you have to work around or games not working with the controls you need to fix and might never (for me steredenn on steam deck). You can however literally do what you want with it.

Compared to this a console is an optimized experience, golden cage. Things just work. Yes there might be the off chance but in general the producer has a system. 100% under their control and can test and optimize very well, which Nintendo debatably does.

Well Windows is a no for me on that. And while the steam deck is nice and the OS runs on the ally too, it’s still a pc with all it’s pros and cons.

(I use both worlds BTW)

Don’t forget to mention the huge wattage.

More performance for me is more identical fps at the same amount of power.

Heave ho.

You’ll all have a blast.

Schwein gehabt!

It’s called idiot tax. (hint: not the discounted price)

It’s a bubble.

A friend of mine who bought it clearly states that that’s never going to get anywhere. But he’s only paid a regular amount and accepted the risk and loss.

It is a difference if you get stuff prepackaged in a uniform format.

But full agreement on the rest, yes with steam tendency to include drm (especially if new aaa) and gog hopefully not (but sometimes failing) as it still is their selling point.

Okay let’s chalk this up to some language barrier or cultural misunderstanding then. 😁

Thanks.

Err… You often don’t have the files drm free on Steam. Nor in an installable format (without steam).

Anyhow. Seeing the down votes I’d love for some to elaborate.

Otherwise it just looks like some rampant steam fanboys.

While that may be partly true, (also likely) depending on the county you’re located, they’re not able to revoke the license though.

So in this specific case you having the files makes a world of difference.

I might, thanks!

I didn’t read that one.

Ken’s book is mainly focused on the business side of things. While that does sound boring how I stated it it is very good imo.

Color me surprised. I’ve read ken’s book which is recommendable. So what’s new here?

Having a closer look I’d really recommend the book, written by him and not some interviews with him. 🤷

https://kensbook.com/

And hi to all other old farts.

Haha, nice to know but no 😁.

I tried everything the ui is able to to, proton and all, to no avail.

Tried to get steredenn working on Steam deck in February. Failed miserably (controls didn’t work).

Works on switch (within it’s limitations of course).

Take that 😂

Btw steredenn is even Linux natively, that’s what made me even more angry.

Edit: What’s with the downvotes? I mean it’s fine but - if I did something wrong or it works since date x, tell me!

Yeah that and it’s still super expensive and does not have system sellers for me. Eg. Uncharted.

Also I don’t need another PC, thank you.

Aside all other legitimate concerns mine is mostly that they’ll use the MS store on PC…