It doesn’t help that the gains have been smaller, and the prices higher.

I’ve got a RX 6800 I bought in 2020, and nothing but the 5090 is a significant upgrade, and I’m sure as fuck not paying that kind of money for a video card.

They are violating the GPL by not including source code for their modifications. I’m not sure about using the word “stolen” in this context though, but I suppose language evolves.

A dick move in any case.

Well, I did say “maybe with a real d-pad”, it’s just the thumbsticks that aren’t necessary.

I actually did play with the Steam Controller for years using the trackpad as d-pad. It was more of a comfort thing that made it less than ideal which was due to the shape/texture of the original SC, but I could live without it personally if it’s done right.

I’ve even played shmups with it, with the right settings, but I get there is a learning curve and its easier to use a physical d-pad.

I run it even on a Steam Deck since there is a bit more flexibility to customise and it fixed some audio bugs I had with SteamOS (might have been fixed by now).

I understand the trackpads somewhat since they take up space, but the lack of back buttons is inexcusable.

Personally though, I’d buy a trackpad only deck (maybe with a real d-pad) but I know I’m in the minority on that one.

The ZOTAC handheld looks interesting, and while it’s nice to see decently sized touchpads, they are very low on the device and it seems like that would be uncomfortable to use.

A bunch of back buttons would have mitigated the issue a little, but it seems like there is only two, which is a shame.

It’s a bit of both, along with the Linux AMD drivers being superior in many cases to the Windows drivers.

I’ll add for completeness that vkd3d-proton handles DX12 titles, and of course OGL and Vulkan are supported natively.

For me, it’s not the steam machine itself but the peripherals like the steam controller that would come with it. There still isn’t a proper replacement for the original SC that has: trackpads, gyro, back buttons, and full steam input support.

Everything else is missing trackpads and aimed at emulating a console controller, so you get weird situations where one mode supports gyro because it emulates a switch controller but doesn’t support the back buttons and analog triggers, and another supports the back buttons and analog triggers but not gyro.

Funnily enough, the steam deck itself is the best option as a controller if you want all of these features.

Of course, a new steam machine wouldn’t be required for a new SC to happen, but it makes sense to pair them, as they did originally.

Not to mention decades of older content, and nobody could have possibly played everything good that has ever been released.

You could recommend droidify which is a bit more straightforward as a client.

He’d just make one of his sycophants do it for him, then take credit about how he’s the “greatest egg hunter the world has seen, maybe ever!”.

What’s wrong with this country? Can’t I walk down the street without being offered a job?

I’m sure threatening current and prospective students will help with declining enrolments.

Arbeit macht frei - work sets you free

I think it’s more that these people are lazy and stupid. Like the students that turn in crappy AI generated papers with made up references.

One of the vanishingly few benefits of not being a democracy, is that the people just can’t just vote in an idiot. Of course, there are other avenues for an idiot to take over an authoritarian government (historically, usually by war or inheritance).

I think it’s mainly Vietnam tariffs that will hit the Switch 2 (Nintendo moved manufacturing their to minimise tariffs in the first place). But they are harsh enough in their own right.

This is also concerning:

Here, there was a general presumption that consent could be provided once, and no further consent or negotiation at subsequent events would be required.

I kind of roll my eyes at the consent subjects that are becoming mandatory at universities thinking this stuff is obvious, but clearly people actually need this education.

Here’s the actual study (should be free to read): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-024-02937-y