Vavu akuti akupanga PC yamasewera ya Nintendo switchch "SteamPal;" komanso kuti ayambe kutha kumapeto kwa chaka chino.
ana asukulu Technica imanena kuti "Magwero angapo odziwa bwino nkhaniyi" adawulula kuti chipangizocho chakhala chikupangidwa kwakanthawi. Amawonanso momwe mwiniwake wa Steam DB a Pavel Djundik (tsamba lodzipatulira kuwunika kusintha kwa nkhokwe ya Steam), adapeza zosintha pakusintha kwaposachedwa kwamakasitomala a Steam komwe kungasonyeze kuti zonenazo ndi zoona,
"Wolamulira wa 'Neptune' wa Valve akuwonekeranso mu beta yaposachedwa ya Steam kasitomala," Djundik tweeted. "Imatchedwa 'SteamPal' (NeptuneName) ndipo ili ndi 'SteamPal Games' (GameList_View_NeptuneGames). Kusinthaku kudawonjezeranso 'menyu yofikira mwachangu' komanso 'menyu yamagetsi'."
Monga Djundik adawona kuti zingwezo zinali zogwirizana ndi wolamulira wa Neptune, adaganizanso ngati Valve ikupanga cholumikizira cham'manja cha Steam. Anazindikiranso kuti panali kutchulidwa "Callisto Developer Program" ndi kutineptuneGamesCollection” adawonekera koyamba mu Seputembara 2020 pomwe a "Masewera Okhathamiritsa pa Chipangizo" chingwe.
Mu pano fufutidwa kanema a Newell akuyankhula ku New Zealand's Sancta Maria College, anali akuti adafunsidwa ndi wophunzira za mapulani a Valve pamasewera apakanema. "Mudziwa bwino za izi kumapeto kwa chaka chino," Newell adaseka, “ndipo silikhala yankho lomwe mukuyembekezera. Mudzati, 'Ah-ha! Tsopano ndamva zimene ankanena.'”
Ars Technica ikuganiza kuti SteamPal ikhoza kukhala PC yamasewera yosunthika, ngakhale sinatsimikizidwe kuti ndiye dzina lomaliza. Amanenanso kuti chipangizocho chidzakhala nacho "zowongolera za gamepad ndi touchscreen;" kubweretsa kufananitsa kwa Nintendo Switch kutsekereza Joy-Cons zochotsedwa.
Dell ndi Alienware adapanganso a kunyamula PC Masewero chipangizo chipangizo lingaliro ndi mawonekedwe a Kusintha; pomwe ma OEM aku China GPD, One-Netbook, ndi Aya ali nawo (m'mawu a Ars Technica) "Anamenya mapurosesa a PC apamwamba kwambiri ndi magawo ena kukhala chassis ngati switch."
Ars Technica idanenanso kuti SteamPal itsatiranso njira yofananira- yomwe ikuwoneka ngati malingaliro awoawo motsutsana ndi zomwe amachokera. Akuganiza kuti idzagwiritsa ntchito chip kuchokera ku Intel kapena AMD monga kale "Sinthani-zokonda". Pafupifupi mtundu umodzi wa SteamPal unali "chachikulu kwambiri poyerekeza ndi Nintendo Switch."
M'lifupi owonjezerawa anali kulola njira zatsopano zowongolera; kuphatikiza mabatani, zoyambitsa, zokometsera zokometsera komanso cholumikizira chala chala chimodzi (monga Steam Controller). Ars Technica ikuwona kuti SteamPal ili pachiwonetsero choyambirira, chifukwa chake ingasinthe.
Kuyerekeza kwa Nintendo Switch sikutha pa mawonekedwe ake ndi zosankha zake. Chipangizocho chikhoza "kuyika" muzowunikira zazikulu kudzera pa doko la USB Type-C. Ars Technica amavomereza kuti sadziwa momwe kulumikizanako kungagwiritsire ntchito, kapena ngati padzakhala doko la hardware kuti litsatire.
Pomaliza, Ars Technica ikuganiza kuti SteamPal ikumangidwa ndi Linux; monga Valve apitiliza kupanga kalozera wawo wonse kuti azigwirizana ndi OS yotseguka.
Nkhaniyo ingamveke ngati yachilendo kwa awo amene amakumbukira tsokalo Mpweya Wotentha; PC yamasewera opangidwa kale ndi ma valve okhala ndi mawonekedwe a console; ndikulimbikitsa Linux OS yotseguka pomwe Apple ndi Microsoft amakambirana zoletsa mapulogalamu omwe angayikidwe pamakina awo ogwiritsira ntchito (makamaka Windows 8). Imagwira pa SteamOS yochokera ku Linux ya Valve kudzera pa kasitomala wa Steam.
Pambuyo pa kukhazikitsidwa kwake kwa 2015, komabe, dongosololi linali litafa pofika. Pofika mu June 2016, console idagulitsidwa zosakwana mayunitsi 500,000, ndi ziwerengero zovomerezeka mpaka pano zomwe zikuyenera kutsimikiziridwa. Monga momwe adakonzera PC Gamer mu autopsy yawo, zifukwa zolephereka zidaphatikizapo Steam OS kuti ikhale yosakwanira tsiku lililonse komanso kugwiritsa ntchito masewera, pang'onopang'ono komanso pang'ono zizindikiro zosintha, Microsoft ikuyambitsa ufulu wawo Windows 10 OS, ndi kuchedwa.
Steam Link, chipangizo chosinthira masewera a PC kwa oyang'anira akuluakulu, adawonedwanso ngati njira yotsika mtengo kwa iwo omwe akadangofuna Makina a Steam a chowunikira chachikulu komanso "masewera a pakama." Ogulitsa Steam Machines akuti adapeza ogula akufuna kontrakitala kapena PC, m'malo moyesera kuti Steam Machines akhale onse awiri.
Gawo la Steam Machine la sitolo ya Steam linali zobisika mwakachetechete mu 2018. Pokambirana ndi Mphepete mu 2019, CEO wa Valve Gabe Newell adati "Zida zomwe tinkakankhira zinali zosakwanira panthawiyo. Ndinaganiza kuti, 'Apa ndipamene tonse tikufuna kukathera, ndipo iyi ndi njira yotifikitsa kumeneko'.
"Ndipo anthu anali ngati, 'Inde, koma mukundifunsa kuti ndikulipireni ndalama kuti mukhale ndi mwayi wokhala panjira yanu, ndipo sindikutsimikiza kuti ndikupeza chiyani panthawi ino'," Newell adavomereza. "Tinafunika kupitilira patsogolo popereka zokumana nazo za ogula tisanayese kupangitsa anthu kuti alipire ndalama pazinthuzo."
Kodi chipangizo chogwiriridwa pamanja ichi ndi sitepe yotsatira panjira? Tsopano ndi nthawi yanzeru kukhazikitsa chipangizo chotero pamene zazikulu zitatu ndi zina kulimbana ndi kupeza makadi ojambula? Tikudziwitsani tikamaphunzira zambiri.
