The steam store currently going down like a sale is probably a good sign for this thing.
I admit it looks slightly odd but seeing someone holding it and the feedback from IGN make it make sense. The switch looks better but I've never enjoyed holding it wihtout some silicone grips on there. The weight is more of a concern but it seems to be in big iPad territory (I think it weighs similar to the bigger pro) so I'm hopeful it will be comfortable like IGN say it is.
On the Switch comparisons I understand them but I think this is going after a very different thing. I own a Switch for Nintendo games. The indies on it are a bonus. This is about playing nearly all games that come out portably and probably in addition to something else. They don't need this to do Switch numbers. They need it to sell enough to create the portable PC as a new market which I would guess is in the few million range. I don't think they will be expecting families, younger kids and too many non-pc gamers to be getting this thing, especially initally.
I'm also not sure a cheaper but more limited version would have much appeal. The market for people who want to play only less demanding PC games portably might include me but is probably not a particularly big audience. And they could probably only get to this price with making a fair number of units. Similar lesser specced small scale things like the Aya are in the $800-1000 range. Playing big games on a portable is definitely not for everyone but the existance of a Switch Lite that's doing pretty well sort of tells you there are plenty of people who are probably happy playing the bigger Nintendo games only in portable mode.
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