the company who decides to sign exclusivity agreements for PC games
Why you so interested in killing Valve and GOG?
https://forums.introversion.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=40203
They both did it before Epic did.
The messenger is actually a prequel to Sea of Stars.
Other way around. A "prequel" is a work that is released after (as in "sequel") but set before (as in "previous") another work.
Sea of Stars is a prequel to The Messenger, as it was released after The Messenger but is set (thousands of years) before it.
They "may".
I mean, we all know they won't, but sure, Grauniad, they "may". 🙄
Certainly seems that way. Original mod hasn't been active on Lemmy in ~4 months, and the dude who took it over from him hasn't been active in ~2.
Needs new blood running the place if there's any chance of it being revived. Everything is just left up to specific club communities in the meantime.
Depending on when you pull the trigger, 2/3 of your options will be OLED anyway.
They're phasing out the original LCD 64 and 512 models and only retaining the 256 LCD. The new lineup is 256 LCD, 512 OLED, and 1TB OLED. Permanent price cuts are in effect for the 64 and the 512 LCD until they run out of stock.
Not sure what you're seeing with regard to the power consumption, but it specifically mentions that the APU is more efficient (which tracks with the die shrink). Between that, the OLED display, and a bigger battery going in, the system should last longer on a charge while performance remains the same.
Fair points, yes, but I was speaking within the context of companies that are actually producing handheld PCs. None of the other potentially capable companies you've mentioned have shown any indication that they care to enter the space.
The big question with that plan, though, is what's in it for Valve/Epic? Valve has no incentive to let anyone else in on their cut, and Epic's is so low already there wouldn't be any room to let anyone else in on it with them.
I suppose Epic could try to get a deal in place where EGS is installed as the default store on the Ally or Legion, but it's not like anyone's going to just stick with the default - first thing anyone will do is just install Steam, and everyone knows it. I don't see a way for a deal like that to make sense for Epic to even bother with.
Author can't seem to understand that Valve's the only company that can properly do the console-style "subsidize hardware cost based on the cut you'll get from selling the games" method in the PC space. Asus, Lenovo, Ayaneo - they don't have the luxury of maybe taking a bit of a haircut on the hardware and then more than making it up on the back end via software sales. They only get paid for the initial sale and then they're done, so their devices are going to have to be more expensive.
You're conflating grey market key re-sellers (G2A, Kinguin, CDKeys, etc.) with actual legitimate key sellers (GreenManGaming, Fanatical, GamesPlanet, etc.).
Just because the names of what they do sound alike doesn't mean they are alike. As has been pointed out in other comments, either use isthereanydeal.com or gg.deals with the "Keyshops: Disabled" option, and any shop listed will be fine.
Baiting the anti-Epic crowd.