Sadly since Nvidia SoCs are ARM and not x83, that will probably never happen. Likewise I doubt Sony would ever do a PC handheld.If NVIDIA decide they’d like a slice it would be very interesting.
I’d also like a Sony version , no reason why they couldn’t do their own version of a handheld gaming PC. They used to do laptops.
That's not a problem, you can convert x86 into Arm on linux via utilities like Box86 FEX and others, see examples here but performance is of course an issue, it works fine for old games and smaller games but modern big titles not so much. In theory someone could ship a SteamOS handheld running on Arm hardware but Box86 or FEX need support, someone to polish them into a usable state so it runs seamless in the background of SteamOS.Sadly since Nvidia SoCs are ARM and not x83, that will probably never happen. Likewise I doubt Sony would ever do a PC handheld.
even 3 years later the Alienware UFO is still fresh in my head, i remember how hyped i was for a device like that when i saw it for the first timeAlienware maybe they had a prototype
Asus knew that the market was niche and took the plunge anyways. I don't think that major, unrealistic switch type success is needed for PC manufacturers to try their hand at a new handheld, especially since none of MSI/Gigabyte/Razer's products have ever been as successful as a consoleI would imagine that most gaming PC manufacturers would wait to see how well Steam Deck and Ally actually sell before jumping in. We don't have much information in the way of Steam Deck sales data other than some analyst saying that it sold 1.6 million in 2022 and predicting that it would cross 3.5 million by the end of 2023. It has been discounted twice so far this year. ROG Ally didn't blow the doors off at launch and was readily available at Best Buy on launch day amid weak preorders.
So far I would say that handheld PC gaming is mainly appealing to a subset of PC gamers but not so much to console gamers as a whole.
You're right. They don't need to be mega-successful. They just need to be successful enough.Asus knew that the market was niche and took the plunge anyways. I don't think that major, unrealistic switch type success is needed for PC manufacturers to try their hand at a new handheld, especially since none of MSI/Gigabyte/Razer's products have ever been as successful as a console
that's why i specifically singled them out. No other company has a storefront which gives them passive profit like Valve does, so the justification for other companies is harder.I think the ROG Ally is the real litmus test for whether it will be worth it to other companies.
I guess it remains to be seen if there's actually cash there. If there is cash there it's going to have to be gleaned through markup on hardware, which could be a deterrent.that's why i specifically singled them out. No other company has a storefront which gives them passive profit like Valve does, so the justification for other companies is harder.
Asus diving in despite the low incentive they have for doing so lets me know that there is cash to be found here for other companies. Not to mention the startups like AYANEO and Onexplayers whose call to fame are basically making these PC handhelds.
one thing i saw from a youtube comment that's actually kind of a genius idea is a PC handheld where the screen is a pair of AR glasses you put on, and the system itself is just controller shaped with a battery and all the processing in it. you link the glasses and controller, and then you sort of carry them around. No screen size limitations, no battery being used on the screen (assuming the controller and glasses batteries are seperate), it's convenient and very useful. It's also inspired by the Apple conference where they displayed the vision pro as a screen which you could play games on.It would never happen, but I would love to see a handheld using the M2 chip. I have been using Apple Silicon for gaming since last year and emulation plays really well. Apple could make it so it runs the new Windows stuff, but the games that run natively are impressive. What I don’t want is something locked down like ios, but instead like MacOS which is more opened up.
I mean you can kind of do that right now. I have played around with my Deck adb Ally connected to Xreal glasses.one thing i saw from a youtube comment that's actually kind of a genius idea is a PC handheld where the screen is a pair of AR glasses you put on, and the system itself is just controller shaped with a battery and all the processing in it. you link the glasses and controller, and then you sort of carry them around. No screen size limitations, no battery being used on the screen (assuming the controller and glasses batteries are seperate), it's convenient and very useful. It's also inspired by the Apple conference where they displayed the vision pro as a screen which you could play games on.