DLSS without frame generation is at least equivalent (sometimes superior) to a native image though.

It really isn’t though. DLSS produces artifacts, especially for quick camera movements as well as things like hair and vegetation. Those artifacts get heavier the smaller the native rendering resolution is. It also differs quite a lot between implementations. In some games it looks better, in others worse (e.g. Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Stalker 2).

But my point wasn’t to bash DLSS anyway. It’s a good technology, especially for lower powered devices. I use it in many games on my 2070s. But Nvidia using this technology to claim “4090 performance” on a card that really has far less power than a 4090 is dishonest and misleading. To make an honest comparison, you’d use the same settings and parameters on both cards.

*With heavy DLSS and frame generation. Total bullshit and false marketing by Nvidia IMO.

I mean they still ran in an emulator on Linux. It had plenty of native games as well though, like Cave Story in the photo.

Nice! Never had the F100. Always wondered how that “Analog stick” (that I think was really just a DPad?) controlled.

Sure. But will it be profitable and will enough people want to use it? I think most likely the answer is no.

Does it have a proper suspend/resume function for games? For me, that’s pretty much the benchmark for reaching a “Steam Deck-level” experience. But I think none of the other handhelds have it.

Yeah somehow I totally misread that, sorry.

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Let’s hope they’ll introduce some solid competition into the GPU market.

No rumble is a deal breaker for a $60 controller. I think I’ll stick with 8bitdo and maybe wait for a new Valve controller.

I have a perfectly capable gaming PC but more often than not, I choose to play on the Steam Deck instead. I already sit at my desk for work most of the day, so it’s nice having a dedicated gaming device that I can take with me and sit in the garden or on my sofa. And of course I can take it with me when travelling.

That won’t do much. Each of the spam accounts I’ve seen is on a different instance.

Unfortunately par for the course in game development.

There was a lot of panic about “killer games” in the 90s-00s. Politicians and parents blamed video games for school shootings. Nowadays nobody cares about the topic at all, but the strict rules remain. Steam just kind of ignored the local laws so far, but now decided to actually adhere to them.

That depends… many games blocked in Germany on Steam also can’t be activated in Germany.

I’d much rather have them be overzealous and mistakenly block an addon for a few hours than have them be too lax and approve addons actually stealing data.

I have a Z flip and while it’s far from perfect, foldable flip phones are great and I’d choose them over a same-spec regular phone every day. Much more convenient to carry in my pocket compared to a slab and basically having an included tripod for photos is pretty nice as well.

Google Glass was not AR. They were “smart glasses” with severely limited functionality for an extremely high price. That’s mainly why they failed, not the privacy backlash. The majority of people don’t care about privacy, just look at what information people put on the Internet.

Technically yes, but they didn’t actually require it in the beginning and they even sold it in regions without PSN.

Steam refunds are easy and convenient. I wouldn’t personally bother doing that just to post a “protest review” either, but it’s definitely possible to do without losing any money.