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Chips aren’t improving like they used to, and it’s killing game console price cuts (arstechnica.com)
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"These price increases have multiple intertwining causes, some direct and some less so: inflation, pandemic-era supply crunches, the unpredictable trade policies of the Trump administration, and a gradual shift among console makers away from selling hardware at a loss or breaking even in the hopes that game sales will subsidize the hardware. And you never want to rule out good old shareholder-prioritizing corporate greed.

But one major factor, both in the price increases and in the reduction in drastic “slim”-style redesigns, is technical: the death of Moore’s Law and a noticeable slowdown in the rate at which processors and graphics chips can improve."

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 14 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Tbh the only consoles I’ve been really interested in lately are the switch and steam deck, simply because they’re also mobile devices.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The Steam Deck is the only decent console because it's not locked down.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

That's because it's not a console.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

And those mini PC's are mobile with built-in screens and controls?

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Oh man you're so close

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 7 hours ago

I mean after Valve released the Steam Deck, Asus, Lenovo, MSI--to name just a few--followed suit with at least an iteration. Asus has the Ally and Ally X, Lenovo now have 3 models, and MSI only has 1.

I can't recall if there are any other big brands handheld PCs, but there's definitely Chinese ones.