Except they bought all the newspapers.

But that would cost money and *gasp* empower users! What are you, some kind of communist?

Anti-trans, anti-immigrant and pro white supremacy terrorism are still A-OK, though.

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

While blaming anything and everything on “capitalism” is disingenuous, it really does have to do with a lack of competition in the space. None of the incumbents have any incentive to really put much effort into improving the performance of gaming GPUs. PC CPUs face a similar issue. They’re good enough for the vast majority of users. There is no sizable market that would justify spending huge amounts of money on developing new products. High end gaming PCs and media production workstations are niche products. The real money is made in data centre products.

That’s just nonsense. Maybe some 13 year olds with rich parents think like that.

You can build a pretty capable PC for about $600. And you won’t have to pay for multiplayer.

You don’t need a graphics card. You can get mini PCs with decent gaming performance for cheap these days.

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.

Consoles are just increasingly bad value for consumers compared to PCs.

Heresy! Get the torches and pitchforks!

I wouldn’t rely on Germany to remain stable and democratic these days. The fascists are the strongest party and the new chancellor is an oligarchy stooge of the worst kind.

I’d actually bet they’re safer than some tweaked out dude on his 20th hour at the wheel.

Better late than never, I guess. I really don’t understand why this isn’t more of a thing.

Just as well. 'tis a silly place.

Now I want to see Bruce Lee do a kung fu demonstration with those.

So? Are you just going to leave us hanging?

Yes.

Now now. Let’s not be rude here! The back of the queue is three times round the block!

But… but… there are people there! They might talk to me!