Russian President Vladimir Putin announces plans for a series of homegrown consoles, following previous sanctions that limited sales of Western ones.
RamblingPanda ( @RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com ) English12•3 months agoWith which chips exactly, Vlad? You’re scraping processors out of washing machines for your weapons.
Truck_kun ( @Truck_kun@beehaw.org ) English3•3 months agoRussia actually does produce their own CPUs:
Edit: Likely Chinese fabs, but point was that they are producing them… just ~half are defective products
RamblingPanda ( @RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com ) English1•3 months agoThey’re not really high tech though.
AllNewTypeFace ( @AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ) English9•3 months agoIt’ll probably be a shanzhai Steam Deck clone, made largely if not entirely in Shenzhen, with a version of Linux modified to not run unapproved games (and to allow the FSB to monitor any subversive activities). Also, it’ll probably be hacked within two weeks, disabling the surveillance features and making it run a full complement of warez and emulators.
locke ( @locke@sopuli.xyz ) English9•3 months agoWith blackjack. And hookers.
Altima NEO ( @altima_neo@lemmy.zip ) English4•3 months agoDendy Deck
istanbullu ( @istanbullu@lemmy.ml ) English3•3 months agomore competition is always good.
ivanafterall ( @ivanafterall@kbin.social ) 2•3 months agoIn Soviet Russia, video game control you!