ylai to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoRussia continues work on homegrown game console despite technology and scale issueswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1298arrow-down18cross-posted to: gaming
arrow-up1290arrow-down1external-linkRussia continues work on homegrown game console despite technology and scale issueswww.tomshardware.comylai to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square75fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoThey can just reskin steamdeck and sell pirated content, aint shit anyone can do to stop them.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoDo they have the hardware for it? There’s an embargo on all of the relevant hardware… They can make their own chips, but on super old equipment, so it’ll run hot and poorly. So they’ll be limited in what domestically produced equipment can run.
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoEmbargo on mid level amd chips? They still seem to be getting them either way.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoSure, through black market channels, but that’s a very different problem than building a domestic product around a certain chip.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoRussian programmers are pretty good; don’t underestimate them. A lot of them are focused on malware, mind you. I don’t expect Russia will make a console on par with a PS5, but they might make one closer to the hardware of a SNES Classic mini-console.
minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoBut what about game designers and artists? There’s a good reason why eurojank exists.
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They can just reskin steamdeck and sell pirated content, aint shit anyone can do to stop them.
Do they have the hardware for it? There’s an embargo on all of the relevant hardware…
They can make their own chips, but on super old equipment, so it’ll run hot and poorly. So they’ll be limited in what domestically produced equipment can run.
Embargo on mid level amd chips?
They still seem to be getting them either way.
Sure, through black market channels, but that’s a very different problem than building a domestic product around a certain chip.
Russian programmers are pretty good; don’t underestimate them. A lot of them are focused on malware, mind you.
I don’t expect Russia will make a console on par with a PS5, but they might make one closer to the hardware of a SNES Classic mini-console.
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But what about game designers and artists? There’s a good reason why eurojank exists.