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They're not building traditional hardware. This is off the shelf components assembled in a particular manner, most likely by a 3rd party. IMO, this is a great
by linuxftw 5y ago
They're not building traditional hardware. This is off the shelf components assembled in a particular manner, most likely by a 3rd party.
IMO, this is a great move. They're building a cheap device that plays AAA games in a cool Switch-like form factor. I think targeting teenagers and young adults.
I think the industry is changing how they do business, a mainstream Linux/AMD device is leading the way.
- whywhywhywhy 5y ago> They're not building traditional hardware. This is off the shelf components assembled in a particular manner I can tell you from personal experience this isn't easy at all and is just as difficult as any other hardware project, even if you're not literally building new processors or hardware firmwares it's still a huge mission getting something like that to market let alone making it profitable. I work on a company that has shipped laptops where we designed all the casing with off the shelf processor/storage/etc, so have worked on what you're describing here.
- linuxftw 5y agoLaptops are completely commoditized, of course you would struggle with profitability there. For a company the size of Valve, building these devices probably carries very little risk. The biggest risk is the software, which they were going to tackle anyway.