Because we already have phones.
The solution is to release games for phones that require a controller, but most companies aren’t willing to be the first ones to do it.
If anything, it makes me wonder why we don’t have more small dedicated handheld gaming devices that aren’t phones or pseudocomputers and don’t cost a bomb.
Like a £220 PSP/GBA/DS-like device with decent first-party support would be really nice for me imo
gradual@lemmings.world 23 hours ago
Elevator7009@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
I’m probably part of the problem. I’ve never used a controller except a few times at friends’ houses. I grew up with Nintendo DS, Wii, PC, and smartphone games. I don’t want to ever have to pick up a controller.
7arakun@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
The Switch Lite is exactly this. $200 handheld that runs first party games. There are android handhelds like the Retroid pocket 5 as well.
A Steam Deck Lite would be incredible. Small, cheap, linux-based, and powerful enough to run indie games and some light 3D. I think that form factor basically needs an arm cpu though.
teamevil@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Or just use a phone that’s a couple years old
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
There are plenty handhelds in all shapes and sizes in that price range for exactly this. How many more do we need?