you know you can mod the vita in 10 minutes and play every psp, vita and every console prior to the ds? also you an do sd2vita. moron. adrenaline also adds 2nd stick compatiblity and can even run some psp games at 2x resolution. it's insane how underrated the vita is.
Playing psp games on Vita sucks ass, they look like blurry shit because they're not running at native res, and you don't have access to basic functionalities every emulator has. It's literally the worst way to play psp in 2022.
2 years ago
Anonymous
what are you talking about. they look great and you do have save states. most anbernic and other chinese emulator devices sold in 2022 are not as good at psp emulation as the vita. and that's not a knock against them. the vita is just a fantastic device.
2 years ago
Anonymous
Just no, displaying a game running at 480 x 272 on a Vita screen makes it look like garbage. Putting a Vita next to an actual PSP clearly shows how shit they look on a Vita.
Also it sucks for everything else >Play MHFU >Can't use Huntersverse to play online >Play Peace Walker or Phantasy Star Portable >Can't use 60fps hacks to make the games not run like sludge >Play Disgaea or breasts >Can't speed up the game animations to speed up the grind, something they even added as a native feature to all official ports >Play DJMax Portable 3 >Can't get good scores in top difficulty games because of Adrenaline input lag
Sorry I have a Vita and a PSP, and Vita is pure garbage compared to it. I'd have to lose my PSP and every single device capable of running PPSSPP in order to even consider using a Vita for psp games.
2 years ago
Anonymous
Lmao absolutely destroyed.
well the vita still has a better screen than most handheld devices released in 2022
You're also full of shit. The oled panel on the Shita is trash compared to the Switch oled. Blotchy blacks, dulled colors in comparison, and a lot more vulnerable to burn in.
2 years ago
Anonymous
>Adrenaline input lag
Proof? I played other rhythm games like Project Diva and the IM@S Shiny Festa games and never noticed it.
2 years ago
Anonymous
There are ton of evidence out there if look through forums
The Vita integer scales PSP games, they look real crispy as the screen is 2x the PSP's resolution. I'd agree with you on PSX games on the other hand, but even then 2D games with sharp scaling like SotN look crisp.
2 years ago
Anonymous
This. And somehow most emulators run worse on Vita than on PSP. Only reason to have a Vita is to play Vita games
It really isn't that big of an issue while playing games but each time a game hits a black loading screen you are reminded that your console screen is defective and you could not have done anything to prevent it. It's bad. It's in the same realm as Joycon drift except not as annoying.
The Vita was my very first device with an OLED screen and to this day, I still couldn't tell you why people were creaming themselves over that screen. It was the most unremarkable thing. I compared it side by side with an LCD Vita and couldn't see anything that different besides the fricking ugly black blotches on mine. It took a fricking Google Pixel for me to see how beautiful OLED displays could be.
https://i.imgur.com/RQMBJm9.jpg
deck = vita
vita = life
Vita was an amazing, underrated handheld that was actively sabotaged by Sony with its complete lack of advertising, no mainstream games, and overpriced as frick memory cards. I just got a Steam Deck and it's going to be a godlike handheld if Valve keeps up the support and makes more games compatible on it. Probably won't ever catch on with normalgays at its price point, but the people who buy one with spend a frickton on Steam just to get more use out of it
God I fricking love my deck. Took way too long to get here, but the first thing I downloaded before scrubbing through my library was Little Noah, which I wouldn't have played on my PC sitting at my desk, but played for hours straight on the coach and it ran flawlessly 60 FPS with 0 configuring. I also downloaded Dragon's Dogma, which also ran flawlessly with no changes whatsoever. Really the only game I've tried so far that hasn't worked was Skul, but maybe that just requires some proton work. God Eater 2 was freezing every so often randomly, but I also read that might be a proton compatibility issue.
I'm half-tempted to buy all the stuff on Xbox Game Pass that I want on the Steam Deck so I can avoid installing windows and dual-booting because that sounds like too much work.
is little noah worth full price? is it a 8 hour game?
It's probably under 20 hours to fully find everything and unlock it all. I felt like it was well worth the 15 bucks. I think I beat the boss in my 9th run but it was pretty dumb of a run, and I'm not sure if anything is after that. I still have things to unlock and find after 10 hours.
You can homebrew your Vita to function like an Nvidia Shield, which streams your PC monitor to your Vita and uses it as a controller.
You can then set up port forwarding and connect to your computer from any external Wi-Fi network, or over 5G if your phone support being a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Any PC game anywhere you have decent Wi-Fi through Steam.
>implying that the Vita is good enough for remote play
Stop this meme. It's bad enough that a huge chunk of Ganker's experience with remote play is through the Vita. Because of that, they probably think that remote play is a laggy, stuttering mess. However, remote play depends on two things. 5GHz wifi and decent hardware. The Vita has none of those things, and Ganker doesn't understand the value of hardware in remote play. Stronger hardware is better at decoding which means less input lag. And of course, 5GHz wifi allows for higher quality streams. The average modern phone and the Switch beat the Vita in remote play, and the Deck has better hardware than the Switch and the average modern phone.
So yeah, you can remote play on a Vita. But the Deck can do it way, way, way better.
no one asked but:
this bluetooth keyboard fits underneath the SteamDeck in its case:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088ZWT5N1/
and this bluetooth (battery powered) mouse fits in its snack pocket:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HMLRY35/
Read that review. Basically "hurr non-steam games are hard to set up so it's not for casuals". It's amazing how many game's journalists are taking the openness of the platform as some sort of negative, you wouldn't say the Switch isn't for casuals because it's hard to set up homebrew 3DS games on it.
I find it funny it's a meme that Valve won't support the Steam Deck when Nintendo literally shut down their Wii U and 3DS stores permanently. I guarantee you will be able to use Steam on a SD longer than those stores were around
When did portable systems stop being good? I'm getting tired of the "console quality hybrid" shit. I want a light, well made device with a diverse feature set, good screen, long battery life, and good games. I don't want to hold a 7 pound rectangle in my hand. Look how well made and polished the vita is, the deck and switch light look like something from those "portable gamecube project" videos that hobbyists make. The vita was truly the last good portable system.
I think what the anon is asking for is less games trying to push 3D gaming into handheld form, save it for the desktop and dedicate console spaces, go back to a DS era of minimal 3D and a focus on 2D especially with the indie scene blowing up now. Just easier for devs to do 2D indies on PC and port to console if they get popular & profitable I guess, but don't wanna put words in his mouth
Isn't that hypocritical to say when a big part of the Vita's own marketing was how it could play console tier games on it? It failed to achieve that but Sony said that to sell the device. The Vita started this, the Switch kinda fulfilled that. UMPCs are the next tier ahead
Maybe you should try and design a portable with the capabilities of the Deck on a tiny chassis with a much smaller battery and see how that turns out
said. You could probably still achieve decent 3d graphics, not at the level and resolution of the deck or switch, but certainly enough for basic stuff. I mean the PSP had a 3d metal gear solid on it, and that thing was tiny. I just think trying to cram pc-level performance into a portable system isn't a great approach when stuff like arcade games, rpgs, and small indie projects are a much better fit for the medium. At least that's what I like to play on portable systems. I guess a lot of people REALLY want Witcher 3 on the go if portable gaming has taken this form.
>I want a light, well made device with a diverse feature set, good screen, long battery life, and good games.
I feel like the Switch lite is really close to this, but just barely misses the mark. >light
It's comfortably light so I give this a pass. >well made
The build quality is excellent, but the sticks are the obvious failure point. Easy enough to replace, but this shouldn't be necessary to begin with. >diverse feature set
Sadly this is something the mainstream gaming devices shy away from. Xbox is the best in this department and it's still lacking. Hell, even the Vita was left wanting just because all your file transfers had to be done through content management programs. I really wish the Switch were like the PSP in that regard. >good screen
The lite's screen is excellent, better than the PSP's by miles, though that's only natural given the amount of time between their releases. I really want an OLED lite, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. >long battery life
Comparable to the Vita and PSP, for whatever that's worth. >good games
At least it's got this, even if a few too many are ports from the Wii U. But then I eagerly bought ports for my Vita, too. Handhelds are just more comfy.
Yeah but good luck thinking it won't be a gigantic pain to be a be to find one in stock and not having them announce something new to make your purchase feel instantly obsolete.
Yeah, I felt that. I got the AYA Neo 2021 thinking it would be good for a few years at least. And it will be, but I wish I waited and got the AYA Neo Air, because that is really what I want (before form factor).
weeb who has been playing "retro" jp games for the last like 6-7 years
any recommendations for 'modern' japanese pc games that play on the Steam Deck and would be good for language comprehension? (backlog, line replay etc.)
thanks, yeah i almost picked that up during the summer sale. i guess i was thinking more games that are 50-75% text with some gameplay as opposed to just a straight VN.
i'll probably just end up waiting for soul hackers 2 or something
>DMC5 runs beautifully and only takes a few settings to get down to ~11W >Nioh 1/2 runs like absolute dog shit no matter what you do, pulling 20W even at 50% resolution scaling with shadows disabled
what gives
>24W
Wow, a whooping 90 minutes of battery life. I get almost 4 hours in DMC5, without all the shitty stuttering and frame pacing issues and with the game quality settings being significantly higher.
i have one of these in my bed, and then i use a pillow to rest my deck on (it has a kickstand attachment as well)
i could play like this for hours and hours
Wrong
for as much consolewar toddlers and Deckchuds want to deny it, the Switch is the 2nd Vita >tons of JRPG and VN ports >indies and mobile game ports up its ass >rhythm gaming representation at its finest >hosts Touhou Project fangames
This will kill your Lithium Ion/polymer battery within days... it will lose significant charge. Never use any device while charging. The heat will degrade the battery or outright destroy it
>Never use any device while charging
this is moronic, it's the same power delivery as if you plugged the steamdeck into the wall while you were playing
It depends on what wattage you use it at. It is possible to downgrade a game's graphics, the framerates, also lower the screen's refresh rate to 40hz and use dynamic resolution things such as FSR in order to squeeze as much battery life as possible. Some youtuber gay managed to get 3 and a half hours of playtime on Control by running it at low and with FSR upscale from 540p
Depends on the game. You can set many to 3w TDP and it'll last a ton of hours. Newer games with higher performance requirements will be less.
https://sharedeck.games/
This site is the best I've found that databases games and their time of play.
reminder that Shu Yoshide shilled this thing on twitter so he's pretty much telling you to treat the deck as the Vita 2. Especially as more and more Sony games come to Steam
oled looks nice. Screen replacements are cheap and easy to install too if I ever get burn in. I already replaced the screen that came with it once for $30 due to it being scratched up by the previous owner.
Not him but side by side the deck screen looks better then my oled vita and it's quite a big brighter. Guess because it's a very old/first gen oled panel?
My little deck tracker thing that helpful reddit morons made has me at 87% of the way there. After the 4th's emails, I was at 54%, so I jumped over 30%. It'll be in my inbox Monday, I know it for certain.
Thank you my friend. As for games I'm looking to play on it, I have a few steam games that I've been saving for the deck (disco elysium, the rest of hollow knight, noita, synthetik) but I'm also going to try to emulate a lot. I'm in my early 20s and never had a home console as a kid, so I'm looking forward to emulating a bunch of N64/Gamecube/PS1/PS2 games, and if I can get some decent waggling emulation, probably Wii, WiiU, and even Switch if things get more optimized. Since it's standardized hardware, I predict that there will be a lot of builds for emulators specifically geared for the deck's hardware in the coming year or so.
Got mine a couple days ago, playing Oblivion as an archer with Gyro enabled using a trackpad as the hotkey wheel has been the most fun I've had in ages, I just wish the charging cable was double the length and the port was on the bottom of the device.
Yeah, a trackpad radial is nice in that game. You can get through most menus by binding dpad to arrow keys and another button to enter. I bound A as both E with a subcommand for Enter so that I could use it to jump in the world and select things in menus. You can use it to skip past dialogue too, but only after you've used Enter to select an option in the first place. So basically, when you first start talking to an NPC, you have to use M1 to skip, but as soon as you hit their dialogue menu, you can use enter to skip or select barter/whatever.
The entire game is ridiculously comfy on handheld even without native gamepad support. I love it.
>I bound A as both E with a subcommand for Enter so that I could use it to jump in the world and select things in menus >subcommand buttons
That's been just the kind of thing I've been looking for, thanks!
One other QoL thing I did was add extra commands for up and down on the dpad that activate turbo mode on long press for up/down arrow keys to simulate scrolling in menus. Extremely useful for navigating inventory. Steam input is ridiculously good on this thing.
My main complain with it is that I couldn't find a way to gave to separate buttons to activate gyro (I want to have a back grip, and the trigger for Valheim)
Other than that it's pretty cool, with turning trackpads into multiple buttons and stuff like that, and I haven't dug that much into it.
Yeah, a trackpad radial is nice in that game. You can get through most menus by binding dpad to arrow keys and another button to enter. I bound A as both E with a subcommand for Enter so that I could use it to jump in the world and select things in menus. You can use it to skip past dialogue too, but only after you've used Enter to select an option in the first place. So basically, when you first start talking to an NPC, you have to use M1 to skip, but as soon as you hit their dialogue menu, you can use enter to skip or select barter/whatever.
The entire game is ridiculously comfy on handheld even without native gamepad support. I love it.
Based, upload your controller config to Steam because that setup sounds perfect for me to try when I get my Deck Fedex says my Deck is supposed to arrive today but last update it was three states away so I'm all tense and nervous
>but last update it was three states away so I'm all tense and nervous
Mine said it was supposed to arrive on the day it wasn't even in my state. It got delayed about 3 times. You're going to have to wait a few more days.
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Based, upload your controller config to Steam because that setup sounds perfect for me to try when I get my Deck Fedex says my Deck is supposed to arrive today but last update it was three states away so I'm all tense and nervous
I don't know if you're still around but here you go
steam://controllerconfig/22330/2832535043
Most Mexicans that use Linux set it to English though, even in the youtube guides they tell you to use English because Its easier to look for guides to fix stuff and because its often spain spanish or other shitty spanish version.
I use Mint XFCE.
>why did Sony kill it?
Because the western branch is running the show and they objected to the Vita from the start. >vita 2 with more coomer anime games when?
Never, sadly.
Should I get this or a massage table for playing my Steam Deck in maximum /comfy/, massage tables start at only $50 on Amazon but this I could put on my bed and not need space for a separate table.
https://www.japantrendshop.com/utsubusene-lying-face-down-sleep-cushion-z-p-6717.html
There's also this one with a whole flat cushion with hole similar to a massage table pillow.
https://www.japantrendshop.com/utsubusene-cushion-0-p-5125.html
Having your dick pressed up against a hard surface like that isnt good for it. especially so if the position causes your muscle to push your pelvis into it.
There's also this one with a whole flat cushion with hole similar to a massage table pillow.
https://www.japantrendshop.com/utsubusene-cushion-0-p-5125.html
Got my Deck today, basically throwing various games I'd like to have portably at the wall to see if they stick.
SMT3 and Library of Ruina have an issue where they get yellow, Baldr Sky and Fairy Fencer F can't do pre-rendered scenes.
DB Xenoverse 2's iteration of EAC doesn't work so the game can't be online
I'm continuing to frick around until I have a decent starting library.
no GE is a fork of Proton which has some Windows video codecs included in it (since it's distributed by a private party and not a corpo its all good I guess). Any game not running by default on the Steam Deck you should try running it with this.
1. Download ProtonUpQT from discover
2. Install the latest GE-Proton and those versions I mentioned
3. Change the compatibility tool under settings of the game
(I saw your comment but I'll leave this if anyone else would like to know)
https://www.protondb.com/app/741140
All the reports have only been for Valve Proton, it may work OOTB with GE-Proton who knows. Xenoverse 2 is fricked until Bandai gets rid of EAC or enables Linux support.
2 years ago
Anonymous
Guess I'll fiddle with that in my spare time too. Thanks for the help, anon.
Where/when do you all play your handhelds, I bought a 3ds and a psp like a decade ago, I've never found an excuse to play them other than maybe 1-2 exclusives and my pc is just more comfortable to play games on. I have a wall mounted tv in case I want to play in the bed.
Nowadays, handhelds are usually my go-to after work on my recliner or when i'm on stuff to dry/wash in my art studio. I also bring one when I travel on the train, that gets the most use for me.
Seems like the right kind of steam deck thread to ask this. Emulation station doesn't seem to be picking up my ps3 games, what am I doing wrong? Games work directly through rpcs3 but I had to add them in manually. What sort of format am I suppose to be putting them into the ps3 rom folder?
Despite being a massive flop, the vita is definitely the most overrated vidya system of all time. People were unironically hyping for goddamn gta android ports a few years ago. Pure cope
vita3k emulator has come along quite a way, last year i would have said yes but now i'm not so sure.
i still think the device is amazing and it served me well for like 7 years, but yeah i'd rather just use my deck at this point.
God I fricking love my deck. Took way too long to get here, but the first thing I downloaded before scrubbing through my library was Little Noah, which I wouldn't have played on my PC sitting at my desk, but played for hours straight on the coach and it ran flawlessly 60 FPS with 0 configuring. I also downloaded Dragon's Dogma, which also ran flawlessly with no changes whatsoever. Really the only game I've tried so far that hasn't worked was Skul, but maybe that just requires some proton work. God Eater 2 was freezing every so often randomly, but I also read that might be a proton compatibility issue.
I'm half-tempted to buy all the stuff on Xbox Game Pass that I want on the Steam Deck so I can avoid installing windows and dual-booting because that sounds like too much work.
I like how convenient pkgj is, you can get tons of psp psx and vita games with one button press. Because of that I'm willing to forgive that it's not the best option for emulation technically.
well the vita still has a better screen than most handheld devices released in 2022
The Vita OLED is extremely overrated. Those screen are blotchy as shit which is highly apparent in dark scenes.
>better screen than OLED Switch and Steam Deck
>overrated
I think when your device costs 80 quid in 2022 and your competitors are releasing high-end "premiums" you did get over them
You get an OLED screen, no games, vastly outdated specs and overpriced memory cards, a killer deal
you know you can mod the vita in 10 minutes and play every psp, vita and every console prior to the ds? also you an do sd2vita. moron. adrenaline also adds 2nd stick compatiblity and can even run some psp games at 2x resolution. it's insane how underrated the vita is.
Playing psp games on Vita sucks ass, they look like blurry shit because they're not running at native res, and you don't have access to basic functionalities every emulator has. It's literally the worst way to play psp in 2022.
what are you talking about. they look great and you do have save states. most anbernic and other chinese emulator devices sold in 2022 are not as good at psp emulation as the vita. and that's not a knock against them. the vita is just a fantastic device.
Just no, displaying a game running at 480 x 272 on a Vita screen makes it look like garbage. Putting a Vita next to an actual PSP clearly shows how shit they look on a Vita.
Also it sucks for everything else
>Play MHFU
>Can't use Huntersverse to play online
>Play Peace Walker or Phantasy Star Portable
>Can't use 60fps hacks to make the games not run like sludge
>Play Disgaea or breasts
>Can't speed up the game animations to speed up the grind, something they even added as a native feature to all official ports
>Play DJMax Portable 3
>Can't get good scores in top difficulty games because of Adrenaline input lag
Sorry I have a Vita and a PSP, and Vita is pure garbage compared to it. I'd have to lose my PSP and every single device capable of running PPSSPP in order to even consider using a Vita for psp games.
Lmao absolutely destroyed.
You're also full of shit. The oled panel on the Shita is trash compared to the Switch oled. Blotchy blacks, dulled colors in comparison, and a lot more vulnerable to burn in.
>Adrenaline input lag
Proof? I played other rhythm games like Project Diva and the IM@S Shiny Festa games and never noticed it.
There are ton of evidence out there if look through forums
https://gbatemp.net/threads/adrenaline-bubble-manager-reduces-input-lag-over-using-adrenaline.605839/
The Vita integer scales PSP games, they look real crispy as the screen is 2x the PSP's resolution. I'd agree with you on PSX games on the other hand, but even then 2D games with sharp scaling like SotN look crisp.
This. And somehow most emulators run worse on Vita than on PSP. Only reason to have a Vita is to play Vita games
So just like the switch?
Except it's not better. People thinking OLED automatically means better are delusional.
The OLED Vita is not as good as the Switch OLED though
It is only noticeable if the screen is entirely black, and if the screen is black there is nothing to look at.
It really isn't that big of an issue while playing games but each time a game hits a black loading screen you are reminded that your console screen is defective and you could not have done anything to prevent it. It's bad. It's in the same realm as Joycon drift except not as annoying.
The Vita was my very first device with an OLED screen and to this day, I still couldn't tell you why people were creaming themselves over that screen. It was the most unremarkable thing. I compared it side by side with an LCD Vita and couldn't see anything that different besides the fricking ugly black blotches on mine. It took a fricking Google Pixel for me to see how beautiful OLED displays could be.
Vita was an amazing, underrated handheld that was actively sabotaged by Sony with its complete lack of advertising, no mainstream games, and overpriced as frick memory cards. I just got a Steam Deck and it's going to be a godlike handheld if Valve keeps up the support and makes more games compatible on it. Probably won't ever catch on with normalgays at its price point, but the people who buy one with spend a frickton on Steam just to get more use out of it
You're fricking crazy. The OLED was vibrant as hell for 2012. Phone LCD screens were utter shit then.
You're a Black person with a hard R
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is little noah worth full price? is it a 8 hour game?
It's probably under 20 hours to fully find everything and unlock it all. I felt like it was well worth the 15 bucks. I think I beat the boss in my 9th run but it was pretty dumb of a run, and I'm not sure if anything is after that. I still have things to unlock and find after 10 hours.
What I can say is that it's ridiculously fun.
yeah that sounds pretty reasonable for a game that just came out (i usually expect to pay $2/hr)
>>Wrong board
I didn’t get an email yesterday 🙁
Mine showed up today, it's very comfy. Most handhelds are just horrific for anybody who doesn't have little jap hands...
snoy = shit
Vita is okay for non vita games
For non vita games you got PC
Portable is nice though. Too bad the sticks suck.
But the Deck has games though
You can homebrew your Vita to function like an Nvidia Shield, which streams your PC monitor to your Vita and uses it as a controller.
You can then set up port forwarding and connect to your computer from any external Wi-Fi network, or over 5G if your phone support being a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Any PC game anywhere you have decent Wi-Fi through Steam.
deck does this too, but also plays pc games locally.
>implying that the Vita is good enough for remote play
Stop this meme. It's bad enough that a huge chunk of Ganker's experience with remote play is through the Vita. Because of that, they probably think that remote play is a laggy, stuttering mess. However, remote play depends on two things. 5GHz wifi and decent hardware. The Vita has none of those things, and Ganker doesn't understand the value of hardware in remote play. Stronger hardware is better at decoding which means less input lag. And of course, 5GHz wifi allows for higher quality streams. The average modern phone and the Switch beat the Vita in remote play, and the Deck has better hardware than the Switch and the average modern phone.
So yeah, you can remote play on a Vita. But the Deck can do it way, way, way better.
neon white is my favorite game on deck not close
gyro aiming is actually fricking slick
What controller settings do you use for gyro aiming?
using the community layout called "neon white - SteamDeck (hybrid+gyro)
i might up the sense so i can make sharper flicks but it's been working really well for me for like making smooth turns around corners and the like
Shame valve didn't think about an autism wriststrap so homosexuals like you who use gyro don't launch their deck into orbit
you think gyro means wagglan and shaking around like a moron?
just titling bro
reserved my deck yesterday. i really hope i dont get fricked over
no one asked but:
this bluetooth keyboard fits underneath the SteamDeck in its case:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088ZWT5N1/
and this bluetooth (battery powered) mouse fits in its snack pocket:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HMLRY35/
thanks. I was using another keyboard that was meant for an iPad mini. This is much easier.
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Read that review. Basically "hurr non-steam games are hard to set up so it's not for casuals". It's amazing how many game's journalists are taking the openness of the platform as some sort of negative, you wouldn't say the Switch isn't for casuals because it's hard to set up homebrew 3DS games on it.
so how long do you think this valve device will be supported?
no clue, but it's a full linux pc so worst case scenario if they stop updating steamOS i can just switch to endeavourOS or something
the deckard gets announced on the 18th so, not very long i'd say
isnt that vr though? why would that cause them to stop working on deck support?
the same reason they stopped working on tf2 for a decade
it stopped being relevant
also mogged by rembrant chinktoys so they know its over already
I find it funny it's a meme that Valve won't support the Steam Deck when Nintendo literally shut down their Wii U and 3DS stores permanently. I guarantee you will be able to use Steam on a SD longer than those stores were around
When did portable systems stop being good? I'm getting tired of the "console quality hybrid" shit. I want a light, well made device with a diverse feature set, good screen, long battery life, and good games. I don't want to hold a 7 pound rectangle in my hand. Look how well made and polished the vita is, the deck and switch light look like something from those "portable gamecube project" videos that hobbyists make. The vita was truly the last good portable system.
Maybe you should try and design a portable with the capabilities of the Deck on a tiny chassis with a much smaller battery and see how that turns out
I think what the anon is asking for is less games trying to push 3D gaming into handheld form, save it for the desktop and dedicate console spaces, go back to a DS era of minimal 3D and a focus on 2D especially with the indie scene blowing up now. Just easier for devs to do 2D indies on PC and port to console if they get popular & profitable I guess, but don't wanna put words in his mouth
Isn't that hypocritical to say when a big part of the Vita's own marketing was how it could play console tier games on it? It failed to achieve that but Sony said that to sell the device. The Vita started this, the Switch kinda fulfilled that. UMPCs are the next tier ahead
Yeah pretty much what
said. You could probably still achieve decent 3d graphics, not at the level and resolution of the deck or switch, but certainly enough for basic stuff. I mean the PSP had a 3d metal gear solid on it, and that thing was tiny. I just think trying to cram pc-level performance into a portable system isn't a great approach when stuff like arcade games, rpgs, and small indie projects are a much better fit for the medium. At least that's what I like to play on portable systems. I guess a lot of people REALLY want Witcher 3 on the go if portable gaming has taken this form.
>People want real games instead of portable shovelware trash
Yeah no shit
>I want a light, well made device with a diverse feature set, good screen, long battery life, and good games.
I feel like the Switch lite is really close to this, but just barely misses the mark.
>light
It's comfortably light so I give this a pass.
>well made
The build quality is excellent, but the sticks are the obvious failure point. Easy enough to replace, but this shouldn't be necessary to begin with.
>diverse feature set
Sadly this is something the mainstream gaming devices shy away from. Xbox is the best in this department and it's still lacking. Hell, even the Vita was left wanting just because all your file transfers had to be done through content management programs. I really wish the Switch were like the PSP in that regard.
>good screen
The lite's screen is excellent, better than the PSP's by miles, though that's only natural given the amount of time between their releases. I really want an OLED lite, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
>long battery life
Comparable to the Vita and PSP, for whatever that's worth.
>good games
At least it's got this, even if a few too many are ports from the Wii U. But then I eagerly bought ports for my Vita, too. Handhelds are just more comfy.
I wish I could hack my Switch lite.
surely one of the 23749342790 chinese SKUs to be made in the wake of the SteamDeck will achieve this, right?
Yeah but good luck thinking it won't be a gigantic pain to be a be to find one in stock and not having them announce something new to make your purchase feel instantly obsolete.
Yeah, I felt that. I got the AYA Neo 2021 thinking it would be good for a few years at least. And it will be, but I wish I waited and got the AYA Neo Air, because that is really what I want (before form factor).
the ryzen 6800U ones should outperform the Deck but they sure will be pricey
weeb who has been playing "retro" jp games for the last like 6-7 years
any recommendations for 'modern' japanese pc games that play on the Steam Deck and would be good for language comprehension? (backlog, line replay etc.)
Sanoba Witch is a fun VN that lets you have the Japanese text side by side with the English text.
thanks, yeah i almost picked that up during the summer sale. i guess i was thinking more games that are 50-75% text with some gameplay as opposed to just a straight VN.
i'll probably just end up waiting for soul hackers 2 or something
>DMC5 runs beautifully and only takes a few settings to get down to ~11W
>Nioh 1/2 runs like absolute dog shit no matter what you do, pulling 20W even at 50% resolution scaling with shadows disabled
what gives
git gud i guess
https://www.protondb.com/app/485510
https://www.protondb.com/app/1325200
>24W
Wow, a whooping 90 minutes of battery life. I get almost 4 hours in DMC5, without all the shitty stuttering and frame pacing issues and with the game quality settings being significantly higher.
RE engine is extremely well optimised compared to most modern game engines.
omewhat silly question for deck owners
Can you use deck while lying in bed on your back? Like placing it on your chest and playing?
The top heavy button placement seems diffcult
yeah, that’s primarily how I use it laying down. It isn’t very comfortable to use while laying on your side.
i have one of these in my bed, and then i use a pillow to rest my deck on (it has a kickstand attachment as well)
i could play like this for hours and hours
Yeah it's just fine. If it gets tiresome you need to start hitting the gym and working those forearms.
Yeah it's fine, I'm playing FFXII in bed now
nice game choice, been playing izakaya on my deck too
Killzone mercenary servers were shut down for the us.
;_;
Wrong
for as much consolewar toddlers and Deckchuds want to deny it, the Switch is the 2nd Vita
>tons of JRPG and VN ports
>indies and mobile game ports up its ass
>rhythm gaming representation at its finest
>hosts Touhou Project fangames
I've got all of those, and more including indie nip hentai games on the Deck.
How's the battery life on the deck? Is it at least 8 hours?
3-5.5 on average
Oh that's terrible. the deck is not for me then.
You could get one of these if you really need 8 hours
No thanks. It simply doesn't have a good enough battery life. Not for me.
The deck is not for me. I didn't say it with any ambiguity.
Fair enough, what handheld has an 8 hour battery out of curiosity.
Like the original Game Boys and shit did, but nothing modern. Vita, 3DS, and Switch are all 3-7 so exactly the same as a Steam Deck.
yea i wonder why
>the battery life isnt long enough
>ok just extend it easily with one item
>no its not long enough
Ok moron
how dumb are you ?
okay i guess we should just not test battery life anymore since everyone can just start carrying a 2lbs brick with them aswell
You wouldn't be able to get one anyway considering you live in a third world shithole where a power outlet is considered a luxury.
Yes, yes. We get it, you don’t want a UMPC or a switch because the battery life is too short. You can leave the thread now.
This will kill your Lithium Ion/polymer battery within days... it will lose significant charge. Never use any device while charging. The heat will degrade the battery or outright destroy it
>Never use any device while charging
this is moronic, it's the same power delivery as if you plugged the steamdeck into the wall while you were playing
What you mean to say is UMPCs are not for you, since this is the kind of battery life these things get.
it barely gets 2 hours lmao
2-6
Roughly 2 for AAA and 3-4 for other 3D games, with 6 or so for some 2D games and emulation.
10+ hours
How do i get the clock menu?
power tools plugin
I get 3-6. Completely depends on the type games you are playing.
Dont listen to others. Depends on game.
It depends on what wattage you use it at. It is possible to downgrade a game's graphics, the framerates, also lower the screen's refresh rate to 40hz and use dynamic resolution things such as FSR in order to squeeze as much battery life as possible. Some youtuber gay managed to get 3 and a half hours of playtime on Control by running it at low and with FSR upscale from 540p
Depends on the game. You can set many to 3w TDP and it'll last a ton of hours. Newer games with higher performance requirements will be less.
https://sharedeck.games/
This site is the best I've found that databases games and their time of play.
2 hours AAA full settings
4 hours AAA toning it down and capping fps to 40
6 hours in VNs or 2D games
Bug bear about the battery is how much it drains in standby mode without having Bluetooth on or doing downloads in the background.
10 hours VNs* if you install 1 plugin
That's sweet, I've not looked at plugins yet
It really depends on the game and brightness.
reminder that Shu Yoshide shilled this thing on twitter so he's pretty much telling you to treat the deck as the Vita 2. Especially as more and more Sony games come to Steam
the deck is so fricking clunky and humongous
it's more comfy to hold then any other handheld I've owned. it's made for man hands not kid/tiny jap hands.
Hi
>P.T.
explain
This is the 1:1 remake that was made some 2 years back by someone. Its essentially same as ps4 game
X doubt
Its old as shits, how the frick you missed it?
I have day 1 PT, doesn't look the same
>1:1 remake
You can't be serious
sup
what game is that on your steamdeck
https://steamdb.info/app/948740/
ty
Hello
Based
Is that OLED vita? If so, oof
oled looks nice. Screen replacements are cheap and easy to install too if I ever get burn in. I already replaced the screen that came with it once for $30 due to it being scratched up by the previous owner.
Not him but side by side the deck screen looks better then my oled vita and it's quite a big brighter. Guess because it's a very old/first gen oled panel?
i have the same exact controller grip
holy frick i love it, i wish i had got a second one
SUS SUS SUS
>Ninja Gaiden 2 30FPS
>Over the Deck version
e-girlVomit.jpg
>But the Velveeta has gore an--
No. 30FPS is vomit in NG. Get better.
Are you dense? Obviously I don't use the Vita anymore.
B A S E D
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>deck = vita
Yup. Both have literally zero games
>after Q3
My little deck tracker thing that helpful reddit morons made has me at 87% of the way there. After the 4th's emails, I was at 54%, so I jumped over 30%. It'll be in my inbox Monday, I know it for certain.
feelsgoodman, hope for safe travels
what game do you plan to play first?
Thank you my friend. As for games I'm looking to play on it, I have a few steam games that I've been saving for the deck (disco elysium, the rest of hollow knight, noita, synthetik) but I'm also going to try to emulate a lot. I'm in my early 20s and never had a home console as a kid, so I'm looking forward to emulating a bunch of N64/Gamecube/PS1/PS2 games, and if I can get some decent waggling emulation, probably Wii, WiiU, and even Switch if things get more optimized. Since it's standardized hardware, I predict that there will be a lot of builds for emulators specifically geared for the deck's hardware in the coming year or so.
>the le 'not for me X^D' schizo shows up
literally why respond
He's probably just responding to himself
wow, what a homosexual
I wish I can buy a Steam Deck in my country.
I love my PS Vita!
Currently playing Kat game for the first time. Amazing!
Vita is a handheld, Deck is autist board
Nice head cannon bro
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I get my email on monday, I'm 99% sure, but holy frick I want this thing in my hands right now
Got mine a couple days ago, playing Oblivion as an archer with Gyro enabled using a trackpad as the hotkey wheel has been the most fun I've had in ages, I just wish the charging cable was double the length and the port was on the bottom of the device.
>I just wish the charging cable was double the length
iktf
Yeah, a trackpad radial is nice in that game. You can get through most menus by binding dpad to arrow keys and another button to enter. I bound A as both E with a subcommand for Enter so that I could use it to jump in the world and select things in menus. You can use it to skip past dialogue too, but only after you've used Enter to select an option in the first place. So basically, when you first start talking to an NPC, you have to use M1 to skip, but as soon as you hit their dialogue menu, you can use enter to skip or select barter/whatever.
The entire game is ridiculously comfy on handheld even without native gamepad support. I love it.
>I bound A as both E with a subcommand for Enter so that I could use it to jump in the world and select things in menus
>subcommand buttons
That's been just the kind of thing I've been looking for, thanks!
Enjoy it, bro
One other QoL thing I did was add extra commands for up and down on the dpad that activate turbo mode on long press for up/down arrow keys to simulate scrolling in menus. Extremely useful for navigating inventory. Steam input is ridiculously good on this thing.
My main complain with it is that I couldn't find a way to gave to separate buttons to activate gyro (I want to have a back grip, and the trigger for Valheim)
Other than that it's pretty cool, with turning trackpads into multiple buttons and stuff like that, and I haven't dug that much into it.
to have two separate*
Based, upload your controller config to Steam because that setup sounds perfect for me to try when I get my Deck Fedex says my Deck is supposed to arrive today but last update it was three states away so I'm all tense and nervous
FedEx shipping tracker is about as accurate as Microsoft download and installation timer, you just have to keep checking until it arrives.
>but last update it was three states away so I'm all tense and nervous
Mine said it was supposed to arrive on the day it wasn't even in my state. It got delayed about 3 times. You're going to have to wait a few more days.
should upload your controller profile to the steam community :^)
I don't know if you're still around but here you go
steam://controllerconfig/22330/2832535043
Nice, saved for when I get my Deck
reminder: only brown people hate linux
>Russian slightly above the other two
wonder if it'll go up soon since they or at least their government hates microsoft
Russia could easily make their own "Red Star OS" if they wanted to.
Most Mexicans that use Linux set it to English though, even in the youtube guides they tell you to use English because Its easier to look for guides to fix stuff and because its often spain spanish or other shitty spanish version.
I use Mint XFCE.
pc recommedations for vitagenners?
you mean people who like shovelware that copied 3ds games?
yea 🙂
B A S E D
:3
Name, please?
labyrinth of refrain but that might be the sequl?
With Alice and the judges and the 2016 copyright date that's definitely the first game.
Frick, now I really regret getting filtered by the time investment of DT2 (multiple times), 2-2 looks so good
i've beaten 25 dungeon crawlers, 2-2 is definitely in my top 2
>steam banned dt2 from being put on its store
its not FAIR BROS
so how are the 3rd party docks?
Any good bluetooth keyboard/mouse combos that are also USB-C?
protondb might me focused more on whether you could, while sharedeck on whether you should
thank you for playing mystia's game
i Love my vita
why did Sony kill it?
vita 2 with more coomer anime games when?
>why did Sony kill it?
Because the western branch is running the show and they objected to the Vita from the start.
>vita 2 with more coomer anime games when?
Never, sadly.
>vita 2 with more coomer anime games when?
never and and even if it happens it won't have lewd games
Think it’s worth getting a deck from CEX if I can afford it? They have quite a few in stock online.
'ove muh dek
'ove muh vita
>want to download porn games
>brother wants to use the deck with his own profile
Welp. I’m screwed.
aren't you able to have multiple accounts per device? or do you mean the desktop mode is shared between all accounts?
The deck shares games between accounts.
Or so I’m told. I don’t have mine yet.
Hide it in desktop mode
I love my deck, bros
i love anons deck, bros
>install windows
>linux neckbeards lose their mind
I don't give a frick about your fanboy bullshit, they both work well with different games
>not supporting M$ globohomosexual israelites makes you a fanboy
well do I have a surprise for you, you can actually just pirate software instead of paying for it you fricking moron
I don't think you understood my image. How do you pirate the spyware out exactly?
simply outrageous
Should I get this or a massage table for playing my Steam Deck in maximum /comfy/, massage tables start at only $50 on Amazon but this I could put on my bed and not need space for a separate table.
https://www.japantrendshop.com/utsubusene-lying-face-down-sleep-cushion-z-p-6717.html
There's also this one with a whole flat cushion with hole similar to a massage table pillow.
https://www.japantrendshop.com/utsubusene-cushion-0-p-5125.html
Having your dick pressed up against a hard surface like that isnt good for it. especially so if the position causes your muscle to push your pelvis into it.
So you're saying I should get the massage table and carve a dick hole in it?
>Having your dick pressed up against a hard surface like that isnt good for it
It isn't?!
>he doesn't do wiener pushups
ngmi
autism
Got my Deck today, basically throwing various games I'd like to have portably at the wall to see if they stick.
SMT3 and Library of Ruina have an issue where they get yellow, Baldr Sky and Fairy Fencer F can't do pre-rendered scenes.
DB Xenoverse 2's iteration of EAC doesn't work so the game can't be online
I'm continuing to frick around until I have a decent starting library.
Apparently SMT3 and Fairy Fencer work well under 6.21-GE-1 and Library of Runia with 6.18-GE-2.
What's that mean in the context of the Steam Deck? Can I run multiple update versions at once or something?
no GE is a fork of Proton which has some Windows video codecs included in it (since it's distributed by a private party and not a corpo its all good I guess). Any game not running by default on the Steam Deck you should try running it with this.
1. Download ProtonUpQT from discover
2. Install the latest GE-Proton and those versions I mentioned
3. Change the compatibility tool under settings of the game
(I saw your comment but I'll leave this if anyone else would like to know)
Oh. Any hope for Baldr Sky then? Is it possible to unfrick Xenoverse 2 as well?
https://www.protondb.com/app/741140
All the reports have only been for Valve Proton, it may work OOTB with GE-Proton who knows. Xenoverse 2 is fricked until Bandai gets rid of EAC or enables Linux support.
Guess I'll fiddle with that in my spare time too. Thanks for the help, anon.
nvm Figured it out
It's in compatibility
The Vita was unironically one of the best handhelds I ever owned. The quality Japanese exclusives on it were unreal.
Any suggestions for vita games?
Especially the japanese ones you're talking about.
Where/when do you all play your handhelds, I bought a 3ds and a psp like a decade ago, I've never found an excuse to play them other than maybe 1-2 exclusives and my pc is just more comfortable to play games on. I have a wall mounted tv in case I want to play in the bed.
in bed but also wherever i don't feel like gaming at my computer desk. which is often
it's hot as frick in the summer here so been playing it on my patio in the evenings when it cools down
very comfy
Nowadays, handhelds are usually my go-to after work on my recliner or when i'm on stuff to dry/wash in my art studio. I also bring one when I travel on the train, that gets the most use for me.
Seems like the right kind of steam deck thread to ask this. Emulation station doesn't seem to be picking up my ps3 games, what am I doing wrong? Games work directly through rpcs3 but I had to add them in manually. What sort of format am I suppose to be putting them into the ps3 rom folder?
weebs = gays
>vitagays still can't let go
Despite being a massive flop, the vita is definitely the most overrated vidya system of all time. People were unironically hyping for goddamn gta android ports a few years ago. Pure cope
>being so dead, irrelevant and overrated that you need to piggyback the new thing
i hate vitaBlacks so fricking much
i love vitaBlacks so much, bros
is it worth getting a vita in 20xx
I regret not buying a pstv for 5 bux so bad
vita3k emulator has come along quite a way, last year i would have said yes but now i'm not so sure.
i still think the device is amazing and it served me well for like 7 years, but yeah i'd rather just use my deck at this point.
thanks for the info anon I will look into it.
God I fricking love my deck. Took way too long to get here, but the first thing I downloaded before scrubbing through my library was Little Noah, which I wouldn't have played on my PC sitting at my desk, but played for hours straight on the coach and it ran flawlessly 60 FPS with 0 configuring. I also downloaded Dragon's Dogma, which also ran flawlessly with no changes whatsoever. Really the only game I've tried so far that hasn't worked was Skul, but maybe that just requires some proton work. God Eater 2 was freezing every so often randomly, but I also read that might be a proton compatibility issue.
I'm half-tempted to buy all the stuff on Xbox Game Pass that I want on the Steam Deck so I can avoid installing windows and dual-booting because that sounds like too much work.
Gamepass doesnt work on deck unless you install windows etc. Only xcloud atm can be run
>Vita is so shit no one ever bothered to code an emulator for it
Give me some good and cute Vita games.
I have played so many FRICKING GAMES since getting my Deck bros. I think I'm in love.
yeah it's fricking crazy, i think i installed 100 steam games since getting it and just skyrocketing in hours played
>people unironically still meme that the Vita was bad
Brainless parrotkeets
Is Mystia's Izakaya any good?
Mines cumming tomorrow c:
Got mine a couple days ago, it's way too comfy bros. I haven't even started with emulators I'm just playing Ruiner and Mechanicus and it's been great.
:>
I like how convenient pkgj is, you can get tons of psp psx and vita games with one button press. Because of that I'm willing to forgive that it's not the best option for emulation technically.
wew