Published 14:16 IST, January 7th 2020
Alienware’s Concept UFO is a Nintendo Switch for AAA PC games
Imagine a Nintendo Switch-like handheld that lets you play virtually any AAA PC game.
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Imagine a Nintendo Switch-like handheld that lets you play virtually any AAA PC game. That’s dream for many gamers and evidently one that Alienware has been having too. brand kwn for its literally larger than life gaming rigs has been working on such a device, a Nintendo Switch for PC games, and it’s rey to show it off – albeit in proto form. Alienware calls it Concept UFO.
Nintendo Switch has been a runaway hit, but it still needs developers to ‘selectively’ port ir titles for ‘unique’ platform. And even though many developers are on-board with idea of portable gaming, ported games still have a hard time mimicking real deal from a pure performance point of view. That’s sort of thing that Alienware plans to dress with Concept UFO.
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Enter Concept UFO
Concept UFO is essentially a full-on Windows 10 PC – and a gaming one at that, according to Alienware – that's been shrunk down to a Nintendo Switch-esque form factor. It can do all things that you can do on a Nintendo Switch, only it can do it on a level that’s proportional to a seemingly actual Windows 10 PC including plugging in a mouse and keyboard to it and browsing internet.
Like Nintendo Switch, Concept UFO also comes with a main display and detachable controllers. It also has a kickstand so you can prop it up on a table and a ‘hub’ that lets you join two controllers. Lastly, you can also dock this thing to hook it up to a stand-alone monitor or TV – all in Nintendo Switch fashion.
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“With anything you’re going to hold in your hands while you play, it must feel “right” as soon as you pick it up. Our teams have invested hundreds – if t thousands – of hours on controller design features and ergomics. And we’ve spent last few months testing and enhancing buttons, weight, all to strike a perfect balance between performance, ultra-mobility and battery life,” Dell’s Glen Robson says in a press release.
Even though Alienware has taken a lot of inspiration from Nintendo, Concept UFO is still classic Alienware. It’s visibly sharper and more striking to look at unlike Nintendo Switch that’s more toy-like. re are also LEDs thrown in here and re to accentuate look.
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While Concept UFO does sound amazing on paper, it still leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Even for a concept that may or may t enter mass production anytime soon. All that Dell’s saying for w is that Concept UFO has an 8-inch screen with a 1900x1200 resolution and 10th generation Intel Core processors. re’s Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Thunderbolt for connectivity. We don’t kw anything about its graphical credentials, rmals, and battery life – all of which are key to a gaming device.
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14:16 IST, January 7th 2020