The Valve Steam Deck

It's pretty cool, huh?

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  1. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >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.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Deck fricking rules.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        What mental health issue?

        >none of your business, chud, but I am free from it

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          I bet it's gender dysphoria, leave xher/xhem be

  2. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Too big

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      It's so comfy, though!

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        when is valve gonna release a deck controller like this?

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          never, deck was already abandoned + flopped & shitted

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            If it was abandoned why does it already have a revision model and still constantly receive updates?

            • 1 month ago
              Anonymous

              because in a shocking twist that surprised literally nobody, Black folk never know what the frick they are talking about

            • 1 month ago
              Anonymous

              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

              • 1 month 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.

              • 1 month 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.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        What controller is that?

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        when is valve gonna release a deck controller like this?

        Never because SCUF are patent trolls

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      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.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      That's what she said

  3. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    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...

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      holy shit
      this has been happening to me a lot too recently
      like after one match in mk1 it just freezes

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        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.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      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.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      It's the heat, deck isn't rated for India

  4. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    I love playing video games on my Valve Steam Deck.

  5. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Thank you, GabeN!!

  6. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >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.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      it's great for subpar jrpgs and shitty anime games

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        nothing, device is pointless

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >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.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        >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?

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          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

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            How much does valve pay you to drive engagement and entrench loyalty?

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            emulate wii u games, bonus points for connecting a second display and using the deck as a touchpad

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          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

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            >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.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Can't blame you

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        >pcgamer
        >comments enabled
        Falseflag marketing working like a charm.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        no magic
        no buy
        simple as

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        There you go, now it has the magic.

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          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.

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            Switch can't fit in your pocket and the sticks are easy to frick up, its portability is shit.

            • 1 month ago
              Anonymous

              Can't fit a hot girl in my pocket or your mum. I'll take the hot girl thanks.
              gayot.

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          Holy fricking masterpiece, how does nintendo do it, bros...

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        Voodoo Black person magic

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      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

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        I swear, people have no idea what "port" mean

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          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?

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            BallisticNG
            Xenotilt
            Thunderstrike
            Legend of Grimwiener

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        just use proton GE if you want the video to run on dragons dogma, the audio still wont work though.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      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

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      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.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      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.

  7. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    It's called the PORTABLE CLEVELAND STEAMER

  8. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    What game was this again?

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      It's an Outrun game. Dunno which

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        I'm pretty sure 2006 was full 3D?

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous
  9. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    gross lcd screens

    get a vita

  10. 1 month ago
    k

    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

  11. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    love my Deck so much

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      How is the battery life for games like that or in general

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        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

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        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.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        >NES->PS1/N64: 8-12 hours
        >PS2/GCN: 4-8 hours
        >Switch: 2-4 hours
        >modern graphically demanding games: 1.5-3 hours

  12. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >those redditors who post their Steam Deck whilst their wife is giving birth
    Simply epic!

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      With a Steam Deck, I can play anywhere 🙂

  13. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Dunno guys, it's a little too big for my tastes

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Now we're talkin'

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      this is a pretty damn impressive replica. every texture and component looks exactly like the real thing

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      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.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >Manly_Tears_Buys_A_Steam_Deck.jpg

  14. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    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.

  15. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    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.

  16. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    i like retroid pocket 2s, its small and can handle ps1/n64 and (SOME) ps2/gc games

  17. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >can't even get the aspect ratio right

  18. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    I really regret selling my OLED Deck.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Why'd you sell it

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        Because it's fat. Like your mum.

  19. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    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

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      tbf, smartphone killed regular handheld console. So, good bye to the NDS and the PSP. The Switch and co have fill up another niche.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      how weak and feeble are you that you cant hold a 3ds for more than 15 minutes.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        These threads seem to attract a lot of people with hands like these.

  20. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    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.

  21. 1 month ago
    Anonymous
    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Gyro is so nice

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >titanfall 2 on the go
      yeah I think the deck is pretty based

  22. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Too beainlet to get Catherine Classic working on this scrapheap Linux chads sure have it good

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      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.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      There:
      https://www.protondb.com/app/893180#vHlk677oEM

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Just use GE-Proton 8-28 or higher.
      It applies these tweaks.
      https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/2207#issuecomment-1905141332

  23. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    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.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >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.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        This, its to avoid the deck vs switch comparisons

  24. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Frick the valvebrick

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