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Hardstuck-Platinum on 16 June 2025
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Kynes said:
Hardstuck-Platinum said:

It's selling pretty well, but not Switch 2 numbers obviously. I didn't bring it up because it's what I expected from Nintendo, but only as a comparison point. Tablets devalue pretty quickly, so this mighty powerful small tablet that trounces the XBSS will not be worth much in a couple of years. It's just the best showcase of the power of modern small portable devices that already exist.

That tablet pc is a very niche product, which will sell at most several tens of thousands of units. It is not comparable to a product that has to sell tens of millions of units.

It is an absurd example, in terms of size, price, functionality...

Yep it's not designed to sell tens of millions like the Switch 2 is you're right about that. The Switch 2 is basically an 8 inch tablet with detachable Joycons though so they're not as far apart as you're making out. I'm just saying if Asus can make a 13" tablet that can rival PS5 power then it should be possible to make an 8" tablet that can rival the XBSS?

HoloDust said:
Hardstuck-Platinum said:

with special controller addons, phones and tablets can be converted into conventional gaming handhelds though? If the controller addon is big enough to fit the tablet why should be discount it as a handheld? 

Yes, I have that sort of special controller for tablet and I have 10 inch tablet. Not even that one would I call gaming handheld, let alone 13.4" one (have you ever held 13 inch laptop in your hands?), that even in silent mode draws 40W on a battery of 70Wh. 

It indeed is a great tablet/laptop, if you don't mind sub hour AAA gaming without a charger, specifically cause of that AMD's AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 SOC that is, apparently, as good as desktop 4060 (which is better than PS5), but that is not current handheld tech, though it might become in the future on smaller node.

I'm using a 12" tablet now and I don't think it would make a comfortable handheld so I have to agree with you on that one. It's selling very well from what I can see, so maybe they will start doing smaller versions? If they can beat PS5 performance with 13" maybe they can still beat XBSS with 8/10"? 

For me, any portable/handheld bought today needs to run oblivion remastered, and I'm not sure Switch 2 could run it. Skyrim was a launch game with Switch 1 so clearly the interest and the intent was there to have the elder scrolls on Switch. We haven't heard anything about Oblivion remastered coming to Switch 2 though. I hope it does.