Meh, this reads more like an Android approach than a SteamOS approach to me. Make your stuff really open source and develop it in the open and you got me. Otherwise I will stay with “real” Linux.
Their CEO is also Kirt McMaster, a name some might recognise from Cyanogen.
Ah of course, coming from one of the people who had the chance to make something great and absolutely fucking squandered it.
Nothing gets me more hyped to buy a new device than a shot of bad memories straight in the vein.
As a former Cyanogen user I agree wholeheartedly.
First off, what the fuck are those buttons? If I’m buying a controller, the point is buttons. That shit is just touchscreen minus screen and out of the way. I may as well buy a tablet at that point.
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Are they? Do they even have a linux client yet? I’d say they are second class citizens at best.
A what? … So a Android gaming handheld by Cynagen people?
Seems like it’s just a Linux distro, no hardware.
@mr_MADAFAKA Are they using a single plate for the D pad like those awful modern track pads, or are those super tiny buttons? Either way, those controls look like garbage. Absolutely would not buy.
@KelvinShadewing @mr_MADAFAKA it’s also funded by cryptobros apparently…
@hexaheximal @mr_MADAFAKA Ewwwww…
While steam os is really open I do like the idea of it not being tied to steam. “Games you’ve bought from the Epic Games Store are first-class citizens, too” this is closer to the linux ethos. Hopefully they have a good release.
look I’m sorry I’m getting Gizmondo vibs
Oh shoot, I remember that. I remember being young, dumb and excited about it.
Let’s see, on one hand we have this list compiled by somebody on Mastodon:
- mockup looks like they’re pitching a device.
- mockup is missing critical functionality (buttons)
- infected with cryptocurrency brainworms
- they haven’t decided about open source yet
- trash talking existing devices, yet being vaporware itself
- grand claims that have no backing in reality (like Epic, Fortnite, Roblox)
And the article itself has this:
Update 13:34 UTC, 19/03/24: One of the videos Playtron supplied to The Verge, showcasing some tech used on mobile in the article linked below, wasn’t even their own and was taken uncredited from another person on YouTube, who hit them with a copyright claim and had it taken down. Not a good look.
I’m betting this is either an outright scam, or some small project by somebody WAAAAY over their head that won’t even see the light of day
