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Touchscreen buttons? No thanks.
Just pair a controller.
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At that point, why use the surface duo over some phone that doesn't take up that space with another screen? This does bring up that a good gaming controller meant to mount to a phone might have a lot more use these days with the cloud gaming services than it would a decade ago though. A high quality Xbox or PS4 like controller that could mount a phone might sell well. Or an adapter for the real ones.
> A high quality Xbox or PS4 like controller that could mount a phone might sell well. Or an adapter for the real ones. These adapters exist today.
An astute executive that saw an early prototype of this asked “how much does a Nintendo 3DS cost?” It’s a Rube Goldberg gaming machine.
This is screaming for Microsoft to release a gaming Surface, possibly one that looks/acts a lot like a Nintendo Switch.
It runs Windows. It runs emulators. It's reasonably powerful and compact. And it has hardware buttons.
It's also a bit pricey if you think of it as a portable game device, and it also probably falls down a bit on battery life comparisons.
Would you want a gaming Surface to have two screens and touchscreen buttons, or hardware (perhaps as a Surface keyboard-like magnetic accessory)?
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Touchscreen buttons? No thanks.
What's pretty clear is that the small form-factor multi-screen device needs a compelling story to establish value and utility. The Surface Duo looks like a very cool device that I would probably never use over a phone with one good screen, more power and a great camera. Similar to tablets, I personally just reach for the phone or the laptop or my TV, and never a tablet. But a Duo released with some more power and som…
For example, in Sea of Thieves, there is a "clunk" vibration when your ship's wheel is centered. It's very difficult to grab the wheel and straighten your heading without the clunk. Visually, the wheel had a center spoke which looks different than the rest, but the wheel rotates several times in a given direction before stopping.
If they ever add vibration support, I may purchase an Android tablet with a larger screen.
This is screaming for Microsoft to release a gaming Surface, possibly one that looks/acts a lot like a Nintendo Switch.
This is screaming for Microsoft to release a gaming Surface, possibly one that looks/acts a lot like a Nintendo Switch.
It would be dead on arrival. Nintendo is just too good in the handheld department. I'd look at the PS Vita as a cautionary tale.
Also, even though the Vita was not a smash hit for Sony, developing for the Vita was apparently pretty lucrative. The attachment rate for Vita was very high and Vita owners bought a lot of games. Granted, that was probably due to Sony's abuse of its Vita buyers.
This is screaming for Microsoft to release a gaming Surface, possibly one that looks/acts a lot like a Nintendo Switch.
There's something like that called the Aya Neo[0]. It runs Windows. It runs emulators. It's reasonably powerful and compact. And it has hardware buttons. It's also a bit pricey if you think of it as a portable game device, and it also probably falls down a bit on battery life comparisons. Would you want a gaming Surface to have two screens and touchscreen buttons, or hardware (perhaps as a Surface keyboard-like magne…