1y ago

Putin orders development of homegrown Steam Deck-like gaming machines — 100% self-sufficiency goal apparently applies to gaming, too

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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/10937445

Putin orders development of homegrown Steam Deck-like gaming machines — 100% self-sufficiency goal apparently applies to gaming, too

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Here is new child’s entertainment. Be grateful to Putin.
- Bestselling console in Latvia
  
  Where tall Latvian women? 🧐
- There were times where Irish man would've killed for it. I.. don't even know where I'm going with this. K, thx, bye.
- Glados: Nani?
- "There is no controller."
  
  Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
  "There is no controller."
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There's a 99% chance it'll be one of those fake emulation consoles with 5000 pirated roms loaded into it
- Or just a Steam Deck with a Z painted on.
  
  Zteam deck
- Wouldn't be too out of pocket for Putin to advocate pirating all games not developed in Russia
  
  Good then maybe they'd stop with all the gray market shit that they're into. Stolen keys are worse for developers than piracy, and Russia is notorious for it (along with other countries).
  
  I mean a broken clock is right twice a day right?
- Those are fun, though. You get a single console that emulates a lot of systems for a good price. Some have cute retro styles!
  I got the Miyoo Mini Plus that runs on Linux. It emulates many old consoles like GB and GBA, and can even run some DS, N64, and PS1 games, which are a great addition. Of course you need to tweak it a little with a good OS (not the Chinese one) and a good SD card with a library of games from the buccaneer communities. Edit: It's not hard at all.
  The Steam Deck is amazing, so I don't think they can rival it, but if they make a better Odin 2 cheaper than the Steam Deck, I'd be tempted, lol.
  
  Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
  Miyoo Mini Plus
  Odin 2
  Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
  I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
They've already done it ;)
- I've had the top two as a kid. Thanks for the nostalgia!
  
  You're welcome :)
- Oh hell, I didn't know those were real. I should have guessed though. They turned up in HROT, a very... "Soviet Core" game. If you're worried about the politics of the dev, the final boss is Putin
"home grown" aka mostly Chinese parts
- What's the difference then?
  
  That Russia has no capability to produce something like this and isn't China also behind chip wise?
  
  Its still someone's 'home'
In Soviet Russia, steam decks you!
This is going to be a huge success, like the last time when they developed a "homegrown" cellphone.
- Well people with connections to the goverment need a way to launder money.
Is Putin a gamer? 🤭
- Yes just like any other ruler they play risk with real people
  
  Only because they can't realistically play Defend Your Castle.
- No, but russians game a lot.
  
  No, but russians game a lot.
  They get very cranky and invade other countries when they have nothing else to do.
We see that PM Mishustin needs only to consider and create outline plans for the gaming ecosystem before the period of execution, which is set for June 15, 2024. Of course, preparing meaningful plans is still a big task, but it should be achievable enough for Mishustin to feel relatively safe standing on balconies.
Lol
I guess the Ruzzian bread & circuses are getting a bit low on the circus part.
- Putin orders development of homegrown rifles that can be fired by next generation of young conscripts with stubs for hands
  
  Accessibility rifles
i've seen a few videos of ukranians using decks to control drones. maybe he thinks there will be military applications on the russian side too
- The reason you can control drones is that it's basically a full-on OS that can send to arbitrary system commands. If Russia wants it 100% home grown they're going to have to develop their own architecture. What I suspect is it won't actually be that home grown and will mostly be Linux based, but Putin doesn't know the first thing about computer systems so it'll be fun to watch someone have to tell him that.
  It's the same with North Korea, they claim to have their own PC OS but it's just Windows XP with a custom skin.
  
  isn't the NK Red Star os a linux distro?
Maybe they’re murderous zealots, but at least they use Leenox /s
"and you will all only be allowed to play Pathologic!"
- "This game makes me feel like the state is irreparably evil."
  "You must be doing it wrong, give that to me."
  "Blyat."
  
  Tbf it has much the same to say of non state forces
They have already announced that it will be Intel Atom X5 with 64Gb SSD for around $500
so they have to develop this on the front during break time?
I had more faith in Kim Jong Un making his own theme parks.
There's a lot that can and should be done to break the x86-Windows-Steam monopoly, and I wouldn't mind a huge middle finger to Nvidia, but I do not anticipate Russia doing any of the right things, even for the wrong reasons. At least China's gonna push for weird MIPS and RISC chips.

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