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I feel like this is more like the console/PC debate in the 90s. Consoles like the SNES had dedicated fixed function graphics hardware with weaker general specs,
by torginus 11mo ago
I feel like this is more like the console/PC debate in the 90s. Consoles like the SNES had dedicated fixed function graphics hardware with weaker general specs, but with the special HW they could perform as well as a much more expensive PC - but as devs made more and more varied and clever games, that fixed function hardware couldn't support it and the PC became the superior choice.
- musicale 11mo agoI guess that's why Nintendo stopped making game consoles and Sony's PlayStation never went anywhere.
- pezezin 11mo agoConsoles still exist, but they have evolved to use PC hardware.
- musicale 11mo agoSwitch is more like smartphone hardware, though with differentiation and innovation in the form factor, hybrid docking design, and joy-con controllers; and it's clearly still a game console, running a custom OS and software and supporting game cartridges. The influence goes both ways however - both the Steam Deck and Steam Machine are attempts to build a PC that resembles a game console (the former being Switch-like and the latter as something of a "GabeCube.") Steam Deck's Game Mode UI and Steam's Big Picture mode try to provide a console-like experience as well.