They already managed to brick the defence industry. So now IT is next.

It was the year of the Linux desktop!

But that would cost money and *gasp* empower users! What are you, some kind of communist?

That thing would be OK if it was reasonably priced. They don’t even pretend to be interested in anything other than squeezing money out of their customers. If there was meaningful competition in the sector, this wouldn’t be happening.

Whoa whoa, hold on there! You can’t expect a product manager to come up with such detailed specs!

Anti-trans, anti-immigrant and pro white supremacy terrorism are still A-OK, though.

That would be handhelds. Mini PCs are desktop devices. They often use the same processors as handhelds and laptops, though.

While blaming anything and everything on “capitalism” is disingenuous, it really does have to do with a lack of competition in the space. None of the incumbents have any incentive to really put much effort into improving the performance of gaming GPUs. PC CPUs face a similar issue. They’re good enough for the vast majority of users. There is no sizable market that would justify spending huge amounts of money on developing new products. High end gaming PCs and media production workstations are niche products. The real money is made in data centre products.

That’s just nonsense. Maybe some 13 year olds with rich parents think like that.

You can build a pretty capable PC for about $600. And you won’t have to pay for multiplayer.

You don’t need a graphics card. You can get mini PCs with decent gaming performance for cheap these days.

The Steam Deck is basically a PC. You can get mini PCs with APUs of a similar performance for very low prices these days. That won’t perform like a current gen console but it’s a cheap gaming machine with a huge selection of low cost games and you won’t have to pay for multiplayer.

Consoles are just increasingly bad value for consumers compared to PCs.

Heresy! Get the torches and pitchforks!

I’d actually bet they’re safer than some tweaked out dude on his 20th hour at the wheel.

Make a “pro” version that costs money.

It’s a joke because Bill Gates once called it that. Nobody actually thinks that other than some tech bros that are high from huffing their own farts.

Oh my god! I thought I bought a gaming handheld but i bought… communism!

“I’m only following orders!”

Yes, I’m aware of that.