I don’t remember quite well, but it sold well, but not well enough for a AAA franchise.
Analysts said it would sell around 350,000 units, so that’s below expectations of what Apple expected by shipping 800,000 units.
A flop would have been <100,000.
Either way, I think that Apple expected this and they were preparing for an update on 2025 if things go really well, but it didn’t. Whatever units have in the oven, they will probably be used for a Vision Non-Pro.
Even then, they will have it rough. Current VR headsets are cheap enough and good enough. It feels like the iPhone came 2 years after Android came to the market.
Like the compatible-with-anything pairdrop but as an app and paid?
I haven’t seen anything that could replace it so far.
Always wondered about penetration and signal length. Does beat 2.4Ghz, still?
One thing about the 12GB of RAM: it may be costly now, but it will become cheaper after three, four years into the cycle.
Second, there is also the bandwidth. The Steam Deck has 32x4GB LPDDR5. I believe they wanted 8GB but DLSS and ML (if they add them to the next SoC) require at least 4GB plus. Hence, 32x4GB (96 bits). If the Steam Deck can get away with slightly more, then why not slightly less.
So yes, I can see this device with 12GB of RAM to ensure DLSS and ML work without hitches.
This gen is Xbox Series S gen.
I mean, internally.
IMHO, it’s not that it’s unbalanced, but rather it’s the only way to give an advantage over a disadvantage. You’re literally down a player.
There was intentions to let other players join mid game to fill the slot, but never was implemented.
Until Vale comes with another idea to level the playing field, we are going to keep having levers, but also a chance the team uses the lever in a bad way (buying incorrect items).
It will go nuclear once we get into 1nm territory and we see the first attempts to use light rather than electricity.
From the comments and the graphics, it seems it’s not the legacy version anymore. My bet is that will be the current version (FIFA 23) optimized rather than the new one (FC 24).
I’m sure there will be concessions somewhere. It’s a 2010 phone hardware we’re talking about. Unless this is for the Switch 2.
darkghosthunter
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Yes and no. They had to put the version identifier somewhere to avoid sorting problems or parsing problems, so I think that putting somewhat in the middle is a good tradeoff.