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Revamped AMD-powered gaming handheld will launch by the end of the month — GPD Win 4 upgraded to a Ryzen 7 8840U CPU (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] leave_it_blank 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

So it's more for casual gaming, the advantage over a phone is having physical buttons. That makes sense, thank you. I thought they would be used as the primary gaming machine which baffled me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Nah, the advantage of these over a phone is that you can play actually good games on these.

Mobile games sucks.

I think playing shooter games like cyberpunk with a controller is annoying but there are a ton of amazing non shooter games that I can play on the train on my way to work. Currently I am actually playing emulated switch games, but I have a few AAA on there as well and lots of indie.

[–] leave_it_blank 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't think I would like to play a big title on a small screen, that would be like watching Dune on your phone. But for smaller Indies it actually could make sense, like puzzle games. But I guess I'll stick to my PC.

[–] juja 1 points 9 months ago

I think it’s the convenience and portability that most people like, including me. They don’t have to be played in handheld mode. They can be connected to a monitor and optionally even support external gpus. That’s how I play big titles, docked, with an egpu and a monitor. But when I need to, I can just take the device with me to play smaller titles like sea of stars and mass effect legendary edition on the go

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