Putin Orders Russian Tech Companies To Somehow Make Competitive Game Console In 3 Months
Putin Orders Russian Tech Companies To Somehow Make Competitive Game Console In 3 Months
Back when Vladimir Putin launched his aggressive war on Ukraine, even before western government sanctions began rolling out, the video game industry started its own mini warfront on Russia. Compani…
It's totally possible if they subsidize hardware costs and sell a PC with a fancy frontend and small form factor.
It's completely impossible if they're looking for custom hardware.
104 1 ReplyI look forward to the release of the Blyatbox "October Revolution" edition console.
53 1 ReplyOut of touch and delusional, what's new.
41 3 ReplyGaming is of upmost importance to the health of a nation. Future wars will be done through esports.
39 2 ReplyWe have Стим Дек at home:
27 1 ReplyOn one hand even the Nintendo Switch is just a modified Nvidia shield so this task would be a simple one for most states. On the other hand: Sanctions and insane corruption. I‘d be surprised if they manage to release anything that could keep up with Consoles from 2 generations ago.
26 5 ReplyI love how he's modernizing the punch lines to all the old Soviet jokes.
21 1 ReplyIt will be named the BlyatStation
17 1 Replyif it's normally 3 years just hire 12x as many developers and it'll be fine.
15 0 ReplyJust give him an NES with Battletoads, file off any print, and tell him you made it.
14 1 ReplyAt one point in time Russia actually had their own computer system back in the '80s. So I guess just dust that off?
It died because it had non-square pixels, because that's not stupid, and so was a pain to develop any games for.
19 6 ReplyTaking console wars to the next level
12 0 Replylol
13 2 ReplyIs that all it takes? 🤣
12 1 ReplyThe Blyatstation
12 1 ReplyWhy?
10 0 ReplyWait, what? He is senile, but not THAT much. Although he was senile enough for war.
To be fair he probably doesn't even know what game console is.
14 4 ReplyThis is new console…Fun Barrel. For 20 liters of kerosene, you can play all night if the coolant doesn’t ignight.
10 0 ReplyOh hell yeah. I want to see a Dendy reboot.
10 1 ReplyThey will basically buy one clone off of AliExpress, stamp a new name and be done with it.
8 0 ReplyIt'll be able to know when your draft-dodging ass is home, so it can send some nice FSB gentlemen to come give you a lift.
8 0 ReplySo the main task would be writing the custom OS, which with enough coders and a coherent plan could theoretically be done.
The hardware will just be a small form factor computer or gaming laptop in a box, with a controller attached.
It will be deconstructed day one, and what hardware they went with will be revealed.
7 0 Reply"Eat verification bullet to continue"
7 0 ReplyPlot twist: It will be a PC with 486DX2-compatible CPU.
7 0 ReplyThe funny part is leaders all of the world are going to ask their country to do the same thing too now as none of them realize how ridiculous it is.
8 2 ReplyRutendo 24
6 1 ReplyGood for them. 🤷♂️
6 1 ReplyExcitedly awaiting the release of the Z-Box
7 2 ReplyThis will do wonders for comedy
6 1 Replynext gen Dendy
4 0 ReplyHere comes another Atari Jaguar.
5 1 ReplyShould be easy. Just take a AY-3-8500 chip, and the gaming console is basically done!
4 0 ReplyWill it have The Game?
4 1 ReplyDepends on how you define a gaming console. You can slap a controller on a PC, with a certain form factor and custom OS it can be defined as a gaming console. But does it what Czar referring to? I do not think so.
2 0 Reply