As we reach the second half of 2023, what are some of the supposed releases, or news you’re looking forward to?

  • alehel@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    ROG Ally. Finally a good device which lets me play any of my indie games on my commute. This is important to me as I’m the dad of a 7 week old girl, and my commute is the only time I have for gaming now.

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      1 year ago

      Genuine question, why not Steam Deck? I enjoy playing indie games (Into the Breach, One Step from Eden, Into the Void, etc) on my Steam Deck on bus.

      • alehel@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        It’s not available in Norway, and probably won’t be any time soon. I could have it sent to a collection point in Sweden and pick it up there, but then I’d have a lot of trouble dealing with a warrenty claim if something doesn’t work.

        • Dasnap
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          1 year ago

          Norway is an odd country to miss out. I kinda just assumed they’d released it in every stable European country.

          • alehel@beehaw.org
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            1 year ago

            We’re a really small non-eu market. I completely understand why they haven’t bothered launching it here.

        • nigelinux
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          1 year ago

          Sorry to hear that. It makes me thankful that even in a small Asian market like Hong Kong I can get a steam deck through official channel.

          • alehel@beehaw.org
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            1 year ago

            I’d definitely have gone with the SteamDeck had it been officially sold here. A more console like experience and the trackpads would have been great for RTS games. Bought a steam controller from a colleague, so at least I can use that for RTS when connecting the ally to a TV.

    • CalcProgrammer1
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      1 year ago

      I preordered one. I love my Steam Deck and am interested to see how much better it performs, but I plan on installing Linux (some form of SteamOS) because I really hate Windows. SteamOS is an amazing interface for a handheld and with the Ally running AMD, it should run Linux very well. ETA PRIME did a video on Linux on the Ally and it looks very promising.