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It's totally possible if they subsidize hardware costs and sell a PC with a fancy frontend and small form factor.
It's completely impossible if they're looking for custom hardware.
This is what I was thinking. For a first iteration to get out the door immediately it could just be windows with a "game browser" that launches full screen when you turn it on π
I mean, that's what all Steam Deck competitors really are. They're Windows 11 with atrocious launchers on top, some of which acceptable and some very buggy, plus a literal standard AMD APU that AMD is selling by the bucket, and half of them share board designs sold by Chinese suppliers pretty much ready made.
Thatβs literally what the original Xbox was
They at least did the courtesy of deleting the Windows UI, though.
It wouldn't be Windows, it'd probably be a variant of Astra Linux.
The year of Linux may finally be among us.
so... repackage a pi?
There's a guy on youtube called CNCDan who did exactly that. SFF pc in a very nice 3d printed case with custom PCBs for the controller boards. If you're at all interested in that sort of thing I think he has a 9 part series on how he built it.
I look forward to the release of the Blyatbox "October Revolution" edition console.
With preinstalled Gulag survival simulator that you have to pay to get removed.
Out of touch and delusional, what's new.
Gaming is of upmost importance to the health of a nation. Future wars will be done through esports.
If only
Sorry guys, we're under dictator rule now. We should be getting some food coupons next week, otherwise we'll starve. If only xxx_Epicl33tGamer69_xxx didn't let us down in the big game last night. Oh well, such is life.
We have Π‘ΡΠΈΠΌ ΠΠ΅ΠΊ at home:
On one hand even the Nintendo Switch is just a modified Nvidia shield so this task would be a simple one for most states. On the other hand: Sanctions and insane corruption. Iβd be surprised if they manage to release anything that could keep up with Consoles from 2 generations ago.
I love how he's modernizing the punch lines to all the old Soviet jokes.
if it's normally 3 years just hire 12x as many developers and it'll be fine.
Yeah, everyone knows 9 women can generate a baby in 1 month.
Wait, what? He is senile, but not THAT much. Although he was senile enough for war.
To be fair he probably doesn't even know what game console is.
Russia probably wants high powered chips for military use. Fronting it as an entertainment initiative may entice more investors.
Maybe. Or if you're engrossed in videogames, you don't care your neighbor is drafted.
Or theyβre gonna make video games that are suspiciously like piloting drones
This 100% this
lol
Taking console wars to the next level
Is that all it takes? π€£
Hey when the KGB is standing in the corner looking serious, you bet those engineers will have the "stats" to prove it's competitive.
Why?
To show that their Economy isn't struggling from sanctions and to give the people what they want: entertainment.
There is a lot going wrong in Russia right now and Putler needs a win.
Some kid beat him in Fortnite and now he wants his own console system to ban the kid from (and probably track them down)
Probably because Putin just found out the population sucks at flying drones.
This is new consoleβ¦Fun Barrel. For 20 liters of kerosene, you can play all night if the coolant doesnβt ignight.
It'll be able to know when your draft-dodging ass is home, so it can send some nice FSB gentlemen to come give you a lift.
The funny part is leaders all of the world are going to ask their country to do the same thing too now as none of them realize how ridiculous it is.
They will basically buy one clone off of AliExpress, stamp a new name and be done with it.
Plot twist: It will be a PC with 486DX2-compatible CPU.
They have x86 equivalent. Maybe 64.
So the main task would be writing the custom OS, which with enough coders and a coherent plan could theoretically be done.
The hardware will just be a small form factor computer or gaming laptop in a box, with a controller attached.
It will be deconstructed day one, and what hardware they went with will be revealed.
It'll either be janky Linux or cracked Windows, on an off-the-shelf Chinese board in a cheap case with joysticks that barely work.
Excitedly awaiting the release of the Z-Box