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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

So, modest but capable hardware, and accessible pricing, enabled by scale and software sales. The modern handheld market might have had its roots in the revival of pocket PCs, but it's by far at its strongest when it's most console-like.

This is "the point" from the article, which is that we expect a portable handheld to provide an experience like a console portable handheld would, rather than a PC in a small form factor. My two cents is that I've found the Steam Deck's "sleep" function to be very much like a console's, and it's not something that Windows does very well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yup. It works well enough if you know your gonna jump right back in, but god forbid you wait a couple hours it'll be dead. I've just started to turn the whole thing off every time now. I wish there was a hibernation option.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You may want to look into that... mine sleeps for a day or two at least typically.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I don't play mine every day or even every week. The last time I turned it on was last Monday. I just checked and it's exactly where I left off and at 6%. I have no idea how much battery I had when I put it into sleep mode, but it was likely full or pretty close.

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