I-valve kubikwa ukuthi yenza i-PC yokudlala efana ne-Nintendo Switch ephathwayo ne-dockable "SteamPal;" nokuthi ingase yethulwe ekupheleni kwalo nyaka.
Ars Technica kubika ukuthi "imithombo eminingi ejwayelene nalolu daba" badalule ukuthi idivayisi ibilokhu ithuthukiswa isikhathi eside. Baphinde baqaphele ukuthi umnikazi weSteam DB uPavel Djundik (iwebhusayithi ezinikele ekuqapheni izinguquko kusizindalwazi seSteam), uthole izinguquko kusibuyekezo sakamuva se-beta yeklayenti leSteam esingase sikhombise ukuthi izimangalo ziyiqiniso,
“Isilawuli se-'Neptune' seValve siyavela ku-beta yeklayenti le-Steam yakamuva,” Djundik tweeted. “Iqanjwe ngokuthi 'SteamPal' (NeptuneName) futhi 'ine-SteamPal Games' (GameList_View_NeptuneGames). Lesi sibuyekezo siphinde sengeza 'imenyu yokufinyelela ngokushesha' kanye 'nemenyu yamandla'."
Njengoba u-Djundik ezwa ukuthi lezo zintambo zazihlobene nesilawuli se-Neptune, waphinda waqagela ukuthi ngabe iValve yayenza ikhonsoli ye-Steam ephathwayo. Uphinde waphawula ukuthi kukhona okukhulunywa ngakho "Uhlelo Lonjiniyela weCallisto," nokuthi “neptuneGamesCollection” yaqala ukuvela ngoSepthemba 2020 isibuyekezo esihambisana ne-a "Amageyimu Alungiselelwe Idivayisi" string.
Esikhathini manje ividiyo esusiwe kaNewell ekhuluma eSancta Maria College yaseNew Zealand, wayekhona kubikiwe ebuzwa umfundi mayelana nezinhlelo zeValve zemidlalo yevidiyo yekhonsoli. “Uzothola umbono ongcono walokho ekupheleni kwalo nyaka,” U-Newell wagcona, “futhi ngeke kube yimpendulo oyilindele. Uzothi, 'Ah-ha! Manje sengiyayithola into abekhuluma ngayo.’”
I-Ars Technica iphakamisa ukuthi i-SteamPal ingase ibe i-PC yokudlala yokudlala, nakuba ingaqinisekisiwe njengegama lokugcina. Baphinde bathi idivayisi izoba nayo "izilawuli ze-gamepad kanye nesikrini esithintwayo;" ukuletha ukuqhathanisa ku-Nintendo Switch evimbela i-Joy-Cons ekhiphekayo.
UDell no-Alienware baphinde bakhiqiza i- Umqondo wedivayisi yokudlala ye-PC ephathekayo ngomklamo ofana ne-Switch; kuyilapho ama-OEMs aseShayina e-GPD, i-One-Netbook, ne-Aya banayo (ngamagama e-Ars Technica) "Kushaye ama-PC ama-ultramobile processors kanye nezingxenye ku-chassis efana ne-Switch."
I-Ars Technica ibike ukuthi i-SteamPal izohamba ngendlela efanayo- okubonakala kuwumbono wabo siqu ngokuphikisana nezimangalo ezivela emithonjeni yabo. Bahlongoza ukuthi izosebenzisa i-chip evela ku-Intel noma i-AMD njengoba ngaphambili "Shintsha-ukuthandwa" benakho. Okungenani i-prototype eyodwa ye-SteamPal yayiyi- “ibanzi impela uma iqhathaniswa ne-Nintendo Switch."
Lobu bubanzi obengeziwe bekuwukuvumela izinketho ezintsha zokulawula; okuhlanganisa izinkinobho, izingcipho, izinti zokujabula kanye nephedi yokuthinta okungenani enosayizi wesithupha (okufana ne-Steam Controller). I-Ars Technica iphawula ukuthi i-SteamPal isesigabeni sokuqala se-prototype, ngakho-ke ingaphansi kwezinguquko.
Ukuqhathanisa ne-Nintendo Switch akupheli ekumeni kwayo nasekukhetheni ukuthinta. Idivayisi kubikwa ukuthi izokwazi "ukudokha" kumamonitha amakhulu ngembobo yohlobo C ye-USB. I-Ars Technica iyavuma ukuthi ayinalo ulwazi lokuthi uxhumano luzosebenza kanjani, noma uma kuzoba nedokhi yehadiwe elizohambisana nalo.
Ekugcineni, i-Ars Technica iphakamisa ukuthi iSteamPal yakhiwe kucatshangwa ngeLinux; njengoba iValve iqhubekile nokwenza ikhathalogi yabo yonke ihambisane ne-OS yomthombo ovulekile.
Indaba ingase izwakale ijwayelekile kulabo abakhumbula isiphetho esibi I-Steam Machine; I-PC yokudlala eyakhiwe ngaphambilini ye-Valve enezici ze-console; kanye nokuphromotha i-Linux OS yomthombo ovulekile ngenkathi i-Apple ne-Microsoft bexoxa ngokukhawulela ukuthi yiziphi izinhlelo ezingafakwa ezinhlelweni zabo zokusebenza (ikakhulukazi Windows 8). Isebenza ku-Valve's Linux-based SteamOS ngeklayenti leSteam.
Ngemuva kokwethulwa kwayo ngo-2015, uhlelo lwalufile lapho lufika. Kusukela ngoJuni 2016, ikhonsoli ithengisiwe ngaphansi kwamayunithi angama-500,000, nezibalo ezisemthethweni kuze kube manje ezisazoqinisekiswa. Njengoba kuhlongozwe ngu I-Gamer ye-PC ku-autopsy yabo, izizathu zokwehluleka zihlanganisa i-Steam OS engafaneleki nsuku zonke nokusetshenziswa kwemidlalo, izimpawu ezihamba kancane nezincane zezibuyekezo, iMicrosoft yethula mahhala Windows 10 I-OS, nokubambezeleka.
I-Steam Link, ithuluzi lokusakaza imidlalo ye-PC kuma-monitor amakhulu, iphinde yabonwa njengendlela eshibhile kulabo abebengafuna kuphela umshini weSteam wokuqapha okukhulu kanye “nokudlala kosofa.” Labo abathengisa iSteam Machines kuthiwa bathole abathengi bafuna ikhonsoli noma i-PC, kunokuba iSteam Machines izame ukuba yomibili.
Ingxenye yeSteam Machine esitolo seSteam yayikhona kufihlwe buthule ngo 2018. Enkulumweni ne I-Edge ngo-2019, kusho isikhulu seValve uGabe Newell “I-hardware ebesiyifuna ibingaphelele ngaleso sikhathi. Ngacabanga, 'Lapha kusobala lapho sonke sifuna ukuphelela khona, futhi leli yiphuzu elisendleleni yokusiyisa lapho'.
“Futhi abantu bebengathi, ‘Yebo, kodwa ungicela ukuthi ngikukhokhele imali ngelungelo lokuba semgwaqweni wakho, futhi angazi ngempela ukuthi ngiphuma ngani kulokhu ngalesi sikhathi’,” Avume uNewell. "Bekudingeka siqhubekele phambili ekuletheni ulwazi lwabathengi oluphucuziwe ngaphambi kokuthi sizame ukuthi abantu bakhokhe imali ngalezo zinto."
Ingabe le divayisi enamahemuhemu ephathwayo iyisinyathelo esilandelayo endleleni? Manje yisikhathi esihlakaniphile sokuqalisa idivayisi enjalo ngenkathi ezintathu ezinkulu nabanye ukuzabalaza ukuthola amakhadi ezithombe? Sizokugcina unolwazi njengoba sifunda kabanzi.
