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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pr_V8rtzrE

A month ahead of Switch 2's global release, we accidentally bought a real motherboard of Switch 2! We decided to reverse-engineer its NVIDIA SoC, and reveal the spces of its CPU and GPU, even head to a FIB-SEM to ensure its process node! We'd also simulate the performance on a similar PC to see how powerful is Switch 2. Stay tuned!

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[-] [email protected] 61 points 4 weeks ago

A bit of topic, but it pains me to see how powerful high end phones got. Like most people just use them to text and scroll social media. Why do people spend that much money?!

[-] [email protected] 24 points 4 weeks ago

If anything, it makes me wonder why we don't have more small dedicated handheld gaming devices that aren't phones or pseudocomputers and don't cost a bomb.

Like a £220 PSP/GBA/DS-like device with decent first-party support would be really nice for me imo

[-] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago

Because we already have phones.

The solution is to release games for phones that require a controller, but most companies aren't willing to be the first ones to do it.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

I'm probably part of the problem. I've never used a controller except a few times at friends' houses. I grew up with Nintendo DS, Wii, PC, and smartphone games. I don't want to ever have to pick up a controller.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

With a phone, there's a type of controller that wraps around the phone, turning it into a Switch form factor. That's probably the middle ground between atrocious touchscreen d-pads (or only playing games that actually work well with touch controls) versus lugging around a Dualsense and some mount contraption or kickstanding your phone on a surface.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I've never had trouble with or resented touch screen D-pads ^^; again I am part of the problem I suppose, because it seems by your post that most people hate the things I'm genuinely satisfied with. I hope the general controller-liking population gets things to serve their needs too, though. Thanks for providing the information for what I'm assuming is the majority.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago

The Switch Lite is exactly this. $200 handheld that runs first party games. There are android handhelds like the Retroid pocket 5 as well.

A Steam Deck Lite would be incredible. Small, cheap, linux-based, and powerful enough to run indie games and some light 3D. I think that form factor basically needs an arm cpu though.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah, I'm taking a look at the RP5 it looks quite good. I wish its GameCube Performance was better but this might be the one for me :D

If it can also play Steam games/x86 games, that would also be cracked

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

You can buy handhelds for like $100 that have basically every console game up to and including ps2/ds preloaded. What else would you need?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Something that can play PS2/GameCube games effortlessly

Maybe even a bit of PS3!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

https://www.goretroid.com/products/retroid-pocket-4-handheld

Can play gamecube/wii games and most ps2. Ps3 you're gonna have problems with even with a steamdeck sometimes.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Or just use a phone that's a couple years old

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I got an S23 for $400, upgraded from a 7 year old S9

[-] [email protected] -1 points 3 weeks ago

I'd say go on swappa and pick up an S21 for 125 and be ready to go....leave the S23 for doom scrollin.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Why downgrade?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

There are plenty handhelds in all shapes and sizes in that price range for exactly this. How many more do we need?

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