{"id":106830,"date":"2020-01-06T23:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T23:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/356329"},"modified":"2020-01-06T23:17:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T23:17:00","slug":"alienwares-handheld-concept-ufo-pc-takes-cues-from-the-nintendo-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/01\/06\/alienwares-handheld-concept-ufo-pc-takes-cues-from-the-nintendo-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Alienware&#8217;s handheld Concept UFO PC takes cues from the Nintendo Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A concept unveiled by Alienware at CES this week takes a stab at creating a handheld gaming PC\u2014and appears to take some visual cues from Nintendo\u2019s flagship video game console, the Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n<p>Alienware\u2019s Concept UFO is, like the Switch, a screen with removable controllers mounted on either side and a kickstand to keep the system upright for tabletop play.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.dell.com\/en-us\/dell-brings-vision-future-pc-experiences-ces\/\">post on Dell\u2019s blog<\/a> dives some of the device\u2019s early specifications, noting that it offers a 1900&#215;1200 resolution on its 8-inch&nbsp;screen, is powered by 10th generation Intel core processors, and is capable of playing triple-A PC games on the go.<\/p>\n<p>The current concept includes a Thunderbolt port that could be used to connect the portable device to larger displays as well, and is both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi&nbsp;capiable.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not a design exclusive to Nintendo\u2014the <em>Mario&nbsp;<\/em>maker itself faced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/317383\/Nintendo_under_investigation_for_patent_infringement_over_Switch_design.php\">copyright infringement accusation<\/a> or two when the console debuted\u2014but still, it\u2019s hard not to look at the Concept UFO without drawing comparisons to the Switch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/alienwares-handheld-concept-ufo-pc-takes-cues-from-the-nintendo-switch.jpg\" width=\"646\"><\/p>\n<p>Similarities notwithstanding, Dell says the Alienware team went to great lengths to design the handheld as something equally comfortable and efficient.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our teams have invested hundreds \u2013 if not thousands \u2013 of hours on the controller design features and ergonomics. And we\u2019ve spent the last few months testing and enhancing the buttons, the weight, all to strike a perfect balance between performance, ultra-mobility and battery life,&#8221; explains Dell. More on the handheld can be found in that full <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.dell.com\/en-us\/dell-brings-vision-future-pc-experiences-ces\/\">blog<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A concept unveiled by Alienware at CES this week takes a stab at creating a handheld gaming PC\u2014and appears to take some visual cues from Nintendo\u2019s flagship video game console, the Nintendo Switch. Alienware\u2019s Concept UFO is, like the Switch, a screen with removable controllers mounted on either side and a kickstand to keep the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}