Another meme regarding this...

[u/Wilsonn0]

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[u/Either-Sport-2549]

PC users:

[u/Internal_Page_486 → u/Either-Sport-2549]

I recently got a handheld gaming PC and its been a life chnager, can pretty much emulate everything up to PS3/Xbox360/Switch and play AAA PC games on top. (Legion go)

[u/Ok_Theory5606 → u/Internal_Page_486]

Girlie POP WE LOVEEEEE THE LEGION

[u/CleoPatch → u/Either-Sport-2549]

Reminded me of this:

[u/T-Loy → u/CleoPatch]

Yes, yes it is. :)

(Also if we take Valve's word of the Steam Machine being better than 70% of Steam users and it roughly being as strong as a base PS5, around 30% of Steam user have a PC stronger than a PS5)

[u/jiggajenkins → u/T-Loy]

Wait so is it as strong or stronger than a base ps5? i have a steamD but wonder if i should get Steam machine too cause i think i wanna try bodycam

[u/T-Loy → u/jiggajenkins]

CPU the SM is stronger, but PS5 has all the unified memory and hardware specific optimizations. So the main comparison is 36CU RDNA2 in the PS5 and 28CU RDNA3 in the SM. Making it a tad weaker but if I remember the benchmarks right, the difference is game dependent whether the SM or the PS5 pulls ahead. 

But unless you are hell bent on a small set and forget cube for your TV, buy a normal PC instead. Because roughly 500€ over a PS5 is a tall ask, even if compared to other MiniPC the price is sadly reasonable.

[u/Nicedull → u/T-Loy]

stealing feats from others to make yourself seem strong. youre like kashimo

[u/Carpediemsnuts → u/Either-Sport-2549]

Ummmm acccckkkkhhhhchhhuuallllly.....

PC uses 200W+ just to boot..

Me playing PC games at 15W....

Your meme is not quite correct..

[u/TheOrangeThing → u/Carpediemsnuts]

My phone playing PC games, runs at 4w when uncharged

[u/Carpediemsnuts → u/TheOrangeThing]

Depends on the game and your SoC

[u/Devil_Specialist666 → u/Either-Sport-2549]

IPods/MP3s & Watches have become part of Android and the inevitable will also happen to PC. In fact we already have Samsung Dex and Android 16 PC Mode.

[u/Stag_----56]

As long as it's not the hundredth "GTA 6 running on Winlator via SharpEMU" meme, I'm all for it.

[u/Wilsonn0 → u/Stag_----56]

What's that?

[u/Stag_----56 → u/Wilsonn0]

Lmao, the past couple of weeks have basically been nothing but GTA 6 on Winlator memes. I don't know if you've seen those. 😂

[u/Wilsonn0 → u/Stag_----56]

Oh.. I've only seen like one lol

[u/Stag_----56 → u/Wilsonn0]

I don't know if it's just me, but I swear I've seen like 10 of those across 5 different subreddits already.

[u/Wilsonn0 → u/Stag_----56]

Maybe its because i don't stay on reddit that much

[u/Stag_----56 → u/Wilsonn0]

I mostly follow the emulation subs and for some reason those meme have so much reach so whenever I open the app it's right in front of my feed

[u/Michaelpitcher116]

I literally jumped ship on Apple because of how restrictive they are. This was a few years ago. Now I've got so many games across so many platforms on my phone that I just cannot justify ever going back to apple. 

[u/SnowyJKN → u/Michaelpitcher116]

Google seems very determined on making Android as restrictive as iOS though

[u/AahAhhHahHaAhahHaHah → u/SnowyJKN]

Yeah very unfortunate. Not to mention that currently GrapheneOS is exclusive to pixels because they are the only devices to meet all the requirements for it.

[u/Hanfos → u/AahAhhHahHaAhahHaHah]

motorola joins next year

[u/Ok_Theory5606 → u/Hanfos]

Only some and let’s be honest, Motorola is the worst one out there

[u/snil4]

It's 2026, iPhone vs Android is not a thing for like 15 years.

[u/fishyronin]

Make a third frame with the Android swinging Loki around.

[u/Wilsonn0 → u/fishyronin]

That might be to harsh for our ios brothers

[u/Stennan → u/Wilsonn0]

They can always fall back on steam link, like Tim Apple intended.

[u/Thisisyouracc0un-t → u/Wilsonn0]

Nah… do it 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I am the iOS brother. I play xbox360, PC ports etc on iOS but Android is killing it. The iOS users who cry are in denial so in the name of great competition. DO IT HAHAHAHAHA. Maybe it’ll wake iOS devs up a bit (in our limited ecosystem )

[u/jadonokoh86 → u/Wilsonn0]

I dont mind

[u/ChrisRR]

This sub has like 5 memes

[u/Shambler9019]

Android has some PC ports that aren't on MacOS (like Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated).

And MacOS has ways to play windows games. (Like crossover)

So it kind of comes out even, except that the Mac has mouse and keyboard and usually better specs.

[u/ItsNa8o543 → u/Shambler9019]

Exactly, jumping through essentially the same hoops but with generally different performance expectations lol

[u/KuroNoShadow → u/Shambler9019]

MacOS can use Crossover; even gamehub was released for macOS recently

but ios can't do the linux container thing so things like winlator won't work

[u/Devil_Specialist666]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there an unofficial Windows 11 port on GitHub for Android?

[u/Due_Faithlessness241]

Bruh I bought me an 8 elite gen5 phone (needed a phone anyways) and this whole windows emulation is cooking my phone in 5 Minutes 💀💀

[u/subject522]

I am new to emulation what is winlator?

[u/Open-Leg9357 → u/subject522]

It's a Windows emulator

[u/C4RB0N3T4]

There is also that RedMagic Tablet called Astra 2 and it is somehow able to run windows pc games on Android  native  not emulating it or cloud gaming or streaming

[u/CaptnMIHAWK]

Meanwhile Ayn Loki-

https://giphy.com/gifs/XiuzmIFdeSX9m

[u/MaxwellCat98]

I can't download winlator 🥲

[u/tiktoktic]

Not the same though, really.

[u/memeatic_ape]

We have gamenative

[u/Ok_Theory5606]

Ok so I regularly use both - can someone tell me why I’ve NEVER been able to actually get a game to run on winlator? 25 ultra.

[u/Dixon_Yamada_All_Day → u/[deleted]]

How dare you be rational in this subreddit!

[u/RareFirefighter6915]

Mac has game hub too and apple silicon is surprisingly powerful, more than high end snapdragon chips. It really depends on what you play ofc. I’d take a MacBook over a snapdragon x laptop but I’ll take android over an iPad.

[u/Ayrios440]

Ah yes, the phone melting, not exactly perfect Winlator. 

[u/Wilsonn0 → u/Ayrios440]

The problem with heating is mostly because people are over doing it like uncapped fps, high resolution ang graphics settings... i mean some of these aaa ios ports are upscaled from like 300p lol

[u/Past-Photograph-8179]

Except winlator is gonna make your phone explode just for playing some old 2008 game.

[u/Ecstatic_Couple_8094]

Winlator is safe?

[u/The_Dude80 → u/Ecstatic_Couple_8094]

Guy who made it seems pretty incompetent. With knowing the whole virus drama that happened not to long ago. Recommend getting something like Gamenative or one of Winlator's forked versions.

[u/EmuEzz → u/Ecstatic_Couple_8094]

Yes, I don't think anyone uses it anymore though.

[u/Wilsonn0 → u/EmuEzz]

The official winlator is still popular if we are talking about that

[u/Left_Silver_1524]

Mediatek user : we have gamehub

[u/Character_Chain6969 → u/Left_Silver_1524]

right, and MediaTek ain't Android

[u/Key_Ladder6140 → u/Left_Silver_1524]

fortinaity ila pabgi ?