had to repurpose the bulk of chiplets they agreed to obtain from the AMD partnership
they were intending them to go into the deckard which never materalized so backstabbing early adopters with a mid-cycle refresh was the only option left to them
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
>so backstabbing early adopters with a mid-cycle refresh was the only option left to them
I had an LCD deck, loved it, bought the OLED deck on release day and I love that too. Sold the LCD for more than I paid for it because I upgraded the SSD inside it. I didn't feel backstabbed at all.
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
>listened to criticism and improved upon the deck in every way >backstabbing early adopters with a mid-cycle refresh
Is there anything you gays won't whine about? This isn't a locked down drm box console designed to frick you and take all your games with it every gen, it's a PC. The original deck will still be getting games and support even long after the deck 2 and beyond comes out.
It needs that big screen, I wouldn't sacrifice it for size. It'll be interesting to see if someone can eventually make use of good foldable screens to make the system smaller, but the screen even bigger.
Why the frick my times freezes sometimes when I'm playing a demanding game? It goes to a black screen and I can do nothing about it other than force shutdown...
I know for a fact that it is on the software side...Current version of Steam OS is extremely buggy, my power button is unresponsive too for no reason at random times.
>literally just turned mine on because i haven't in forever
what the frick should i pick up for the deck? genuinely want to play it but i've been enjoying my PC setup recently.
>what the frick should i pick up for the deck?
Whatever you want, it plays nearly everything. It's a way to unshackle yourself from your desk, not something you feel the need to play only specific games on.
>bro it like plays eveerything, you can even play it away from yout desk
do you have like... actual suggestions? or were you just dropping by to state the blatantly obvious?
nope, decks just collecting dust in reality
redditors only use it to take selfies and show off title screens of switch games they're emulating at suboptimal frames
You sound like you need the blatantly obvious if you can't figure out what to play despite knowing that
Do you have any idea how uselessly vague "what should I play" is when nobody knows your tastes or preferences? Don't waste people's time
>somehow manages to get pissy when someone asks for suggestions
if i wanted something specific, i would go off and find it, i was engaging with the members of this thread in the hopes of maybe finding something outside of my wheel house, you have no suggestions to add? then i'm not fricking talking to you, move along.
If you're gunna play a native PC game, I have a few suggestions: >System Shock: Enhanced Edition
You'll need to do one small tweak but should otherwise run great after that. >Astalon: Tears of the Earth >Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
It's a port sure, but a really good one. Only issue on deck is the title screen looking like a test screen for the video in the background. Game itself is basically flawless on deck otherwise.
Some emulation suggestions: >Revival Xanadu (PC-98)
You'll want a keyboard for naming yourself (so change the handler for inputs to keyboard in retroarch when you name yourself, and then back to controller for the game itself). buttons used will be a little odd as Y is your confirm button, but it otherwise plays fine on controller. >King's Field I-IV
The Deck actually can run a lot of things pretty well. Lies of P runs great on my standard edition deck, and i got it on sale. I kind of had to keep the quality settings low for Elden Ring, though, so that's probably the limit.
Check out Aperture Science Desk Job if you haven't, it's made for the Deck and I'm pretty sure it's free if you've got one
Other than that, FPS games are somewhat interesting because of the trackpad and that one feature that allows for Gyroscopic aiming; I'm not sure if it's on by default but it's pretty neat to fool around with. I used it to play 2016 DOOM and it was fun for a bit.
Every indie game is fun on the Steam Deck if you already play or used to play a lot of games on portable consoles. You can also just play games that were on portable consoles that are now on Steam, so go ahead and pretend like you've got a comically oversized PSP
Story-focused games with a ton of dialogues. Like (J)RPGs, or the Yakuza series. I've been playing Disco Elysium recently: it controls a bit weird with a controller, but it's comfy on a handheld.
I avoid games that require more than 10W to run at a decent framerate: yes, technically Elden Ring runs on it. At 30 FPS. With the fan howling, and the battery draining in 90 minutes.
I also avoid games that were designed with mouse&keyboard in mind. Again, Baldur's Gate 1&2 are technically playable on this thing... but I'll never get used to moving a cursor with a touchpad.
I've been enjoying bug fables but legitimately anything you could use a controller for and quite a few you'd normally use M+KB too. turn-based strategy games are incredibly comfy on the deck.
How is the battery life for games like that or in general
Depends heavily on hte game as others said. 1.5 hours for something really demanding, up to 8 hours for really simple/light games.
i like retroid pocket 2s, its small and can handle ps1/n64 and (SOME) ps2/gc games
Retroid is good because it's so dirt cheap, but it's pretty much exclusively an emulation box, whereas the Deck can play PC games a lot easier.
Was just playing mine a little while ago >finished Hotline Miami 1&2 again >a little bit of Blasphemous >played a couple missions on Ace Combat 5
It's uber kino. Ive using my pc setup to play Helldivers 2 and the occasional CS2 comp match. Everything else i play on my Steam Deck
I can't say, I really never pay attention to battery life, but non demanding games can easily get 5+ hours, and most emulator games are pretty light on resources
when you emulate on the launch deck you get like 4-6 hours. The Oled improved battery considerably so i would expect a game like tactics to get 8 hours or so, maybe more.
I'm glad valve at least seems to be trying to market it to the nips. They seriously need to go all in on pc already and undo some of their backwards bullshit console makers have bribed the government for.
Played the shit out of mine today. Days like today make me appreciate the portability compared to my old gaming laptop (and especially my old LAN party box) I went to a friend's place, we played EDF 5 together. Then some modded COD BO3 zombies. And finally we went out to the desert and shot guns. Extremely soulful day.
Haven't tried that one, but I know some of those older japanese games require proton-ge, especially for cutscenes. Very easy to get it if you haven't already.
>Seems pointless to run the PSP version if the PC version is available
It's to instigate a consolewar. Given how these threads are I suspect it's to pit two groups against each other.
>a machine from 2022 can do the same thing a machine from like 2006 can
>reddit repost
it's too cool for school my friend.
Deck fricking rules.
What mental health issue?
>none of your business, chud, but I am free from it
I bet it's gender dysphoria, leave xher/xhem be
Too big
It's so comfy, though!
when is valve gonna release a deck controller like this?
never, deck was already abandoned + flopped & shitted
If it was abandoned why does it already have a revision model and still constantly receive updates?
because in a shocking twist that surprised literally nobody, Black folk never know what the frick they are talking about
had to repurpose the bulk of chiplets they agreed to obtain from the AMD partnership
they were intending them to go into the deckard which never materalized so backstabbing early adopters with a mid-cycle refresh was the only option left to them
>so backstabbing early adopters with a mid-cycle refresh was the only option left to them
I had an LCD deck, loved it, bought the OLED deck on release day and I love that too. Sold the LCD for more than I paid for it because I upgraded the SSD inside it. I didn't feel backstabbed at all.
>listened to criticism and improved upon the deck in every way
>backstabbing early adopters with a mid-cycle refresh
Is there anything you gays won't whine about? This isn't a locked down drm box console designed to frick you and take all your games with it every gen, it's a PC. The original deck will still be getting games and support even long after the deck 2 and beyond comes out.
What controller is that?
Never because SCUF are patent trolls
It needs that big screen, I wouldn't sacrifice it for size. It'll be interesting to see if someone can eventually make use of good foldable screens to make the system smaller, but the screen even bigger.
That's what she said
Why the frick my times freezes sometimes when I'm playing a demanding game? It goes to a black screen and I can do nothing about it other than force shutdown...
holy shit
this has been happening to me a lot too recently
like after one match in mk1 it just freezes
I know for a fact that it is on the software side...Current version of Steam OS is extremely buggy, my power button is unresponsive too for no reason at random times.
Elden ring keeps freezing on me too, it never used to, but I assumed the hardware was starting to age because I’ve used my Steam Deck so much.
It's the heat, deck isn't rated for India
I love playing video games on my Valve Steam Deck.
Thank you, GabeN!!
>literally just turned mine on because i haven't in forever
what the frick should i pick up for the deck? genuinely want to play it but i've been enjoying my PC setup recently.
it's great for subpar jrpgs and shitty anime games
nothing, device is pointless
>what the frick should i pick up for the deck?
Whatever you want, it plays nearly everything. It's a way to unshackle yourself from your desk, not something you feel the need to play only specific games on.
>bro it like plays eveerything, you can even play it away from yout desk
do you have like... actual suggestions? or were you just dropping by to state the blatantly obvious?
nope, decks just collecting dust in reality
redditors only use it to take selfies and show off title screens of switch games they're emulating at suboptimal frames
How much does valve pay you to drive engagement and entrench loyalty?
emulate wii u games, bonus points for connecting a second display and using the deck as a touchpad
You sound like you need the blatantly obvious if you can't figure out what to play despite knowing that
Do you have any idea how uselessly vague "what should I play" is when nobody knows your tastes or preferences? Don't waste people's time
>somehow manages to get pissy when someone asks for suggestions
if i wanted something specific, i would go off and find it, i was engaging with the members of this thread in the hopes of maybe finding something outside of my wheel house, you have no suggestions to add? then i'm not fricking talking to you, move along.
Can't blame you
>pcgamer
>comments enabled
Falseflag marketing working like a charm.
no magic
no buy
simple as
There you go, now it has the magic.
Nintendo does it again, Steam Deck btfo'd!
By magic they mean attention to detail such as portability.
When your dad says your mum lost her magic he means she lost her portability.
Switch can't fit in your pocket and the sticks are easy to frick up, its portability is shit.
Can't fit a hot girl in my pocket or your mum. I'll take the hot girl thanks.
gayot.
Holy fricking masterpiece, how does nintendo do it, bros...
Voodoo Black person magic
If you're gunna play a native PC game, I have a few suggestions:
>System Shock: Enhanced Edition
You'll need to do one small tweak but should otherwise run great after that.
>Astalon: Tears of the Earth
>Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
It's a port sure, but a really good one. Only issue on deck is the title screen looking like a test screen for the video in the background. Game itself is basically flawless on deck otherwise.
Some emulation suggestions:
>Revival Xanadu (PC-98)
You'll want a keyboard for naming yourself (so change the handler for inputs to keyboard in retroarch when you name yourself, and then back to controller for the game itself). buttons used will be a little odd as Y is your confirm button, but it otherwise plays fine on controller.
>King's Field I-IV
I swear, people have no idea what "port" mean
If it was on console first, I assume it's a port. Do you have suggestions for that anon for games he could be playing?
BallisticNG
Xenotilt
Thunderstrike
Legend of Grimwiener
just use proton GE if you want the video to run on dragons dogma, the audio still wont work though.
The Deck actually can run a lot of things pretty well. Lies of P runs great on my standard edition deck, and i got it on sale. I kind of had to keep the quality settings low for Elden Ring, though, so that's probably the limit.
Check out Aperture Science Desk Job if you haven't, it's made for the Deck and I'm pretty sure it's free if you've got one
Other than that, FPS games are somewhat interesting because of the trackpad and that one feature that allows for Gyroscopic aiming; I'm not sure if it's on by default but it's pretty neat to fool around with. I used it to play 2016 DOOM and it was fun for a bit.
Every indie game is fun on the Steam Deck if you already play or used to play a lot of games on portable consoles. You can also just play games that were on portable consoles that are now on Steam, so go ahead and pretend like you've got a comically oversized PSP
Story-focused games with a ton of dialogues. Like (J)RPGs, or the Yakuza series. I've been playing Disco Elysium recently: it controls a bit weird with a controller, but it's comfy on a handheld.
I avoid games that require more than 10W to run at a decent framerate: yes, technically Elden Ring runs on it. At 30 FPS. With the fan howling, and the battery draining in 90 minutes.
I also avoid games that were designed with mouse&keyboard in mind. Again, Baldur's Gate 1&2 are technically playable on this thing... but I'll never get used to moving a cursor with a touchpad.
I've been enjoying bug fables but legitimately anything you could use a controller for and quite a few you'd normally use M+KB too. turn-based strategy games are incredibly comfy on the deck.
Depends heavily on hte game as others said. 1.5 hours for something really demanding, up to 8 hours for really simple/light games.
Retroid is good because it's so dirt cheap, but it's pretty much exclusively an emulation box, whereas the Deck can play PC games a lot easier.
It's called the PORTABLE CLEVELAND STEAMER
What game was this again?
It's an Outrun game. Dunno which
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
I'm pretty sure 2006 was full 3D?
gross lcd screens
get a vita
Was just playing mine a little while ago
>finished Hotline Miami 1&2 again
>a little bit of Blasphemous
>played a couple missions on Ace Combat 5
It's uber kino. Ive using my pc setup to play Helldivers 2 and the occasional CS2 comp match. Everything else i play on my Steam Deck
love my Deck so much
How is the battery life for games like that or in general
I can't say, I really never pay attention to battery life, but non demanding games can easily get 5+ hours, and most emulator games are pretty light on resources
when you emulate on the launch deck you get like 4-6 hours. The Oled improved battery considerably so i would expect a game like tactics to get 8 hours or so, maybe more.
>NES->PS1/N64: 8-12 hours
>PS2/GCN: 4-8 hours
>Switch: 2-4 hours
>modern graphically demanding games: 1.5-3 hours
>those redditors who post their Steam Deck whilst their wife is giving birth
Simply epic!
With a Steam Deck, I can play anywhere 🙂
Dunno guys, it's a little too big for my tastes
Now we're talkin'
this is a pretty damn impressive replica. every texture and component looks exactly like the real thing
I'm glad valve at least seems to be trying to market it to the nips. They seriously need to go all in on pc already and undo some of their backwards bullshit console makers have bribed the government for.
>Manly_Tears_Buys_A_Steam_Deck.jpg
Played the shit out of mine today. Days like today make me appreciate the portability compared to my old gaming laptop (and especially my old LAN party box)
I went to a friend's place, we played EDF 5 together. Then some modded COD BO3 zombies. And finally we went out to the desert and shot guns. Extremely soulful day.
Nah it's not. That's why you've got to order this fat ass piece of tech online.
Because nobody else wants it.
Steamy D@ck lol.
homosexuals.
i like retroid pocket 2s, its small and can handle ps1/n64 and (SOME) ps2/gc games
>can't even get the aspect ratio right
I really regret selling my OLED Deck.
Why'd you sell it
Because it's fat. Like your mum.
holy frick that thing is huge
I never even liked holding the vita or the 3DSXL and it killed it for me
you either tilted your neck down and had neck strain in 15 minutes or raised your arms and cpuldn't play in 15 in minutes
and that was that
tbf, smartphone killed regular handheld console. So, good bye to the NDS and the PSP. The Switch and co have fill up another niche.
how weak and feeble are you that you cant hold a 3ds for more than 15 minutes.
These threads seem to attract a lot of people with hands like these.
The fricking best. The gays infesting these threads throwing tantrums 24/7 just need to get one and stop crying, they'd be so much happier.
Gyro is so nice
>titanfall 2 on the go
yeah I think the deck is pretty based
Too beainlet to get Catherine Classic working on this scrapheap Linux chads sure have it good
Haven't tried that one, but I know some of those older japanese games require proton-ge, especially for cutscenes. Very easy to get it if you haven't already.
There:
https://www.protondb.com/app/893180#vHlk677oEM
Just use GE-Proton 8-28 or higher.
It applies these tweaks.
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/2207#issuecomment-1905141332
What version of the game are you running on the Deck? Seems pointless to run the PSP version if the PC version is available.
Hell, if you wanted to wave your dick around, you could run Online Arcade via RPCS3.
>Seems pointless to run the PSP version if the PC version is available
It's to instigate a consolewar. Given how these threads are I suspect it's to pit two groups against each other.
This, its to avoid the deck vs switch comparisons
Frick the valvebrick