I haven't played since the early Endwalker .x patches so as I understand the internet hyperbole, I'm in for a bad(?) time.

Also found out that the German Nintendo e-shop can’t be used in English for some reason. Not a huge problem anymore.

You're braver than I am stepping foot there at the moment.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TkV...

As you might expect for a "universal" protocol, USB is both incredibly simple (there isn't much to the protocol itself) and incredibly complex (the data packets outside the limited HID specs are completely vendor specific)

SSD/M.2 speeds should mitigate things somewhat if we can stream stuff more aggressively but we'll have to be very careful about scene complexity and the number of audio layers.

Memory optimisation has to be my least favourite thing however. Back at PikPok, I managed to get our Unity-based horse racing game running OK on 512MB phones for a few hours of play before memory fragmentation ran its course. Audio quality was the worst compromise I had to make.

A Sony monopoly feels like it's already here and it doesn't feel great.