WEBVTT - Monologue: Don't Buy A Switch 2, Get A Handheld Gaming PC

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<v Speaker 1>All ze media, hell, and welcome to this week's Better

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<v Speaker 1>Offlying Monologue. I'm your host ed zytron. What and let's

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<v Speaker 1>start with one point. Fuck Nintendo. Back in February, Nintendo

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<v Speaker 1>said that shortages of the Nintendo Switch will not be

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<v Speaker 1>a problem and came up with a genius to quote

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<v Speaker 1>motiple outlets means of keeping scalpus from buying them all

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<v Speaker 1>by requiring those buying on Nintendo dot Com to have

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<v Speaker 1>at least twelve months of Nintendo Online memberships as well

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<v Speaker 1>as fifty combined hours of Nintendo Switch gameplay. Two weeks

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<v Speaker 1>before launched, Nintendo America boss Doug Bowser and yes that

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<v Speaker 1>is his name, said that the company believed it would

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<v Speaker 1>have enough units to meet consumer demand throughout the holidays.

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<v Speaker 1>Guess what, They didn't make enough, and now the Nintendo

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<v Speaker 1>Switch too is sold out everywhere, with scalpus charging hundreds

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<v Speaker 1>of dollars extra on eBay. If you're someone who's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>email saying you are easily able to buy one, you're

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<v Speaker 1>an exception to the rule and you fucking know it.

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<v Speaker 1>Fuck Nintendo. They do this shit every time, creating artificial

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<v Speaker 1>scarcity and then blaming on unanticipated demand that they know

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<v Speaker 1>will be there. They do this every single time. They

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<v Speaker 1>did it back with the fucking Wei. It happens every

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<v Speaker 1>time I despise this company. They have this weird, fucked

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<v Speaker 1>up relationship with consumers where they turn them into pay pigs,

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<v Speaker 1>where it's just like, Hey, we're gonna re We're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>do the new Zelda game you want? You want to

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<v Speaker 1>do that dance for me, you little piglert. And I

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<v Speaker 1>say this to someone who's bought a Nintendo Switch. Ah No,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just of the companies I'm most tired of kind

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<v Speaker 1>of Nintendo's up there. While they may have their nice ecosystem, Wait,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not talking about a Nintendo here. I have a

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<v Speaker 1>better suggestion, a much better suggestion, by a portable gaming

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<v Speaker 1>PC instead. Since the Steam Deck launched in twenty twenty two,

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<v Speaker 1>you've been able to play a remarkable amount of very

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<v Speaker 1>very good games like Eldon Ring and boarders Gate three

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<v Speaker 1>with better graphics. No need to have cash to a

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<v Speaker 1>company that fucking lies to you every time they launch

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<v Speaker 1>a console. There's the Steam Deck and it's o led

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<v Speaker 1>screened upgrade. Pick. There's the MSI cl or seven. Lenova's

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<v Speaker 1>leadion go and one I actually got sent by Aesus recently.

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<v Speaker 1>They're rog Alix, and I really like it. One thing, though,

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<v Speaker 1>there is a downside other than in the case of

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<v Speaker 1>the Steam Deck, and it's Windows. Windows eleven is really

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<v Speaker 1>really funky with these handhelds. I'm gonna do a far

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<v Speaker 1>more developed episode than the rog Alix and others when

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<v Speaker 1>I've spent more time with it. But Windows really does

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<v Speaker 1>not like the handheld form factor, and Microsoft has clearly

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<v Speaker 1>not made much of an effort to make sure that

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<v Speaker 1>probably the most interesting form factor in PC gaming, if

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<v Speaker 1>not gadgets, in years, actually fucking works now. The reason

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<v Speaker 1>I've kind of said the steam Deck is different is

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<v Speaker 1>they use their own operating system, steam OS, which is

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<v Speaker 1>a Linux based system that really works very well except

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<v Speaker 1>for when it comes to anti cheap measures, but that's

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<v Speaker 1>just something you'll have to deal with. I know others

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<v Speaker 1>are considering doing Steam Os integrations. I really hope so,

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<v Speaker 1>because I love steam Os. It's really good. And the

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<v Speaker 1>reason I don't play my steam Deck that much is because,

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<v Speaker 1>like I got like, I just don't like it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>feel good in my hands. Okay, a lot of these

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<v Speaker 1>things are going to be like that for you. It's

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<v Speaker 1>why later on I suggest you don't and play with one.

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<v Speaker 1>But across the board there's another challenge. There's a battery

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<v Speaker 1>life problem two to eight hours allegedly, but if I'm honest,

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<v Speaker 1>running a rock Alix at full tilt tobo mode is

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<v Speaker 1>going to drain the battery pretty quickly. I haven't done

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<v Speaker 1>official battery tests. I was still able to play for

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of hours. It was good. I was playing

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<v Speaker 1>stuff on full tilt too. But this is one case

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<v Speaker 1>where I'm fully willing to say we're only a few

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<v Speaker 1>years in battery tech, and chips will get smaller and

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<v Speaker 1>these things will last longer. Right now, they fit nicely

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<v Speaker 1>in the hand, but they're a touch heavy and get

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<v Speaker 1>a little harm which is gannab seleviy for PC gaming.

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<v Speaker 1>Either way. While I've played with a few of these handhelds,

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<v Speaker 1>the Steam Deck and rock Alix are the ones I've

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<v Speaker 1>had the most time with, and Thesis is really great.

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<v Speaker 1>It can't really run Doom the Dark Ages very well.

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<v Speaker 1>It looks like a PS four PS three version. It's

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<v Speaker 1>been great for playing Madden twenty five, Redacted Hades two,

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<v Speaker 1>the new Oblivion Reymaster, and a bunch of emulation stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Both the steam Deck and the rock Alix also use

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<v Speaker 1>power delivery, which is in a lot of modern charges,

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<v Speaker 1>though I will add the rog Alix wanted to charge

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<v Speaker 1>at ninety once when I plugged in the other day.

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<v Speaker 1>Kind of weird, but I also was playing something a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit taxing on it. These things are also not cheap,

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<v Speaker 1>and while the steam Deck is three hundred and ninety

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<v Speaker 1>nine dollars, it's getting on a bit, and the more

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<v Speaker 1>recent yet year old rock Alix is eight hundred bucks,

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<v Speaker 1>though we should add it's more powerful and has one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and twenty eight hurt screen. I also really like it,

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<v Speaker 1>like I've just been I've been playing with a lot. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I know on this show I'm constantly bitching about stuff

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<v Speaker 1>such as like one minute ago, But I really do

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<v Speaker 1>like the rock Alix. The steam Deck is just too

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<v Speaker 1>chunky for me. Too chunky, oh oh if I've got

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<v Speaker 1>small hands, but for my hands they're kind of chubby,

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<v Speaker 1>just like the rog Alix. More and I will say,

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<v Speaker 1>there are other options, two more powerful options, and look,

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<v Speaker 1>the GPD Win four it is like a thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>It's too much. It doesn't do enough it's not worth

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<v Speaker 1>your money. The rock Alix R eight hundred bucks. I

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<v Speaker 1>actually really like I think you could. You will be

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<v Speaker 1>using this thing for years and you'll be very happy

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<v Speaker 1>with them, and you could probably plug it into a

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<v Speaker 1>battery when you're charging as well. So going and I'll

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<v Speaker 1>say this segment is probably the most exciting part of

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<v Speaker 1>the tech industry for me at the moment, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>also the way I do most of my gaming. These

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<v Speaker 1>consoles work really well. Yeah they're a little bulky right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah they got heating things, but there have been significant

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<v Speaker 1>leaps between generations as far as power and battery life goes.

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<v Speaker 1>I really hope we see more companies get into this space,

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<v Speaker 1>and as they do, I'll probably end up playing with

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<v Speaker 1>their versions too. I want to do a bigger episode

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<v Speaker 1>on handheld PC gaming. I've not done my rounds with

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<v Speaker 1>all of them yet, but if you somehow INPRF for

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<v Speaker 1>one of these things, email me easy at better Offline

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. And I'm looking forward to on a larger

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<v Speaker 1>level doing more gaming stuff. Gamers can be a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit angry, and I'm sure someone is gonna hear me

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<v Speaker 1>say fuck Nintendo and get really upset, But you know

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<v Speaker 1>what gaming industry needs a look at too, But there

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<v Speaker 1>are really positive things. PC gaming rocks right now. There

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<v Speaker 1>are tons of fun games you can play, but also

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<v Speaker 1>these handheld gaming there's years of games that work on

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<v Speaker 1>them really really well. I mean, I played madd in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five because it's like ASMR for me, but it's nice,

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<v Speaker 1>it works really well. I love these things and I

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<v Speaker 1>think you will too, So I really recommend if you can.

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<v Speaker 1>I think like Best Buy has a lot of them,

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<v Speaker 1>go and play with them, pick them up, fill them

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<v Speaker 1>in your hands. It's a very personal choice. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>buy that instead of a Nintendo Switch too. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>need to play the latest version of Mario kar Mariocar

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<v Speaker 1>has been the same goddamn game for years. You know it,

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<v Speaker 1>and so do I. Anyway, that's going to get me

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<v Speaker 1>in trouble too. But give these things a go, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>here you go. A semi positive monologue view for Bloody Once.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening.