I started with Deus Ex Invisible War, then played KotoR 2, Disco Elysium, FF1-3 and FF8, Dave the Diver, some Half Life 1 mods like They Hunger, vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, and I'm currently playing the remasters of Tomb Raider 1-3. Gonna play the original Deus Ex on it this year too. I also have access to my entire emulation library on there, but I've not really used it beyond getting it set up properly.
yesterday i went over to my pal, we played Helldivers 1, Critter Crunch and a bunch of Bloodstained Curse of the Moon 2
on my own, im bouncing between Bloodstained Curse of the Moon 1 (want to get the last few endings before uninstalling) Elden Ring, Roller Coaster Tycoon, GTA IV, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Delver, Rogue Legacy 2 and a tiny bit of Unreal
i have my dock on the living room with an SSD attached, i installed mostly bigger games and local multiplayer games there
You can't play AAA games on it, because of the small screen. That'd be like watching the Lord of the Rings movies on a smartphone.
And the hardware is too weak to connect it to a big tv or monitor and get decent graphics at a 1080p resolution or higher.
So yeah, if you settle down with emulation up to PS1 or PS2 at the max and some indie pixel games, then it is a decent console.
AAA games are slop so I don't really play them, but I've streamed Hogwarts Legacy and AC Odyssey from my PC to the Deck and had absolutely no problems playing them on the screen.
I used to think the same about portable screens, but the deck's is big and clear enough that when you're holding it a mere foot from your face it's no different from sitting on a couch watching your tv unless your tv is absolutely fricking massive.
Yeah it's good but you have to go regularly to the desktop mode to do things. Once the games are setup it's seamless though and you can remain in steam os. My favorite part is being able to do all kinds of settings on a per game basis. I honestly had only great experiences once a game was ready to be played in the OS.
its very similar to Windows in many ways, obviously it was made with the deck in mind so it controls bearably
i prefer not to use desktop mode if i can help it, but its mandatory if you want to patch old games to make em work or improve performance or add widescreen
Big Picture mode is very user friendly although there are some UI things I don't like, such as FRTC, TDP and upscaling settings only being accessible from the "..." menu while in-game rather than the general settings at any time although I understand it was done this way to idiotproof the system.
Desktop mode is not a huge departure from windows, the only learning curves are the file system structure (linux equivalent of program files is hidden by default) and learning controller shortcuts for OS functions, I also find that the onscreen keyboard can refuse to launch sometimes but this can be fixed by scrolling between gamepad and desktop input modes.
I returned my Steam Deck and got this thing. It's honestly very based since it actually runs modern games without and tinkering like being forced to dual boot into windows. Palworld could barely run on the 'eck, but it ran flawlessly on the ally.
Still returned it though because the battery life was shit. I'll just wait until the Deck 2 or something since the technology for current handhelds to be worth it just isn't there yet.
Battery life for the OLED is okay from what I've heard (I only used the LCD), but that still doesn't fix the problem of it being very underpowered.
>We don't want you anyway.
I don't want to be a part of your circlejerk anyways. Just pointing out the value for money isn't quite there yet. A chinkheld that's cheaper can do what the Deck does for my use case, which is mostly emulation anyways.
>Just pointing out the value for money isn't quite there yet.
$350 for a gtx 1050 equivalent laptop is still a steal tbh. You can get them even cheaper used. There was an anon that bought a Deck for ~$250 in the other thread. How is the value for money not there lol.
that's cheaper can do what the Deck does for my use case, which is mostly emulation anyways. >complains about "tinkering" on a plug and play device >bought a shitty computer with no trackpads where he has to legitimately tinker to get the games to work
Lmfao.
this. all of the handhelds are just not quite there yet. the performance of even the best is slightly too low. the battery life isnt enough to take out of the house unless youre staying at like 5w. i enjoy my free Steam Deck a lot but I wouldnt have paid $500 for it especially if i was planning on actually using it out of the house like it was meant to be used. win11 blows so ill be stuck waiting for the next steam deck for years. the steam deck is close to the battery life i want but at the loss of performance the others provide to be actually useful.
>this. all of the handhelds are just not quite there yet. the performance of even the best is slightly too low.
i disagree, see in previous generations console or PC games did not run on handhelds, unless you got a heavily gimped version
it was really the switch the one that made AAA run in a portable
so the performance isnt the issue since these games are not meant to run portably, that being said, it would be nice if more devs made their games run on lower specs, which not only would increase their sales for handheld PC, but also would allow desktop users with potatoes to run the games
OLED on the way.
I'm still laughing at tards mad they can't run recent AAAs with decent frames.
looks like a beast for old games/indies and emulation, I expect nothing more.
>looks like a beast for old games/indies and emulation, I expect nothing more.
If you wanted a retro device then you should've gotten the retroid pocket 4 pro for 200$ you fricking moron
>you should've gotten the retroid pocket 4 pro for 200$ you fricking moron.
never stated I just wanted retro, I get the option to chip away at my backlog. Plus that thing has dogshit ergonomics for my huge gorilla hands.
I did tests with Retroid and Steam Deckfor my youtube channel. Retroid analogs are total crap. The android OS have old versions of emulators that you cant update by whatever reason.
Deck recognize my 16-years-old account and can download any game of my backlog, install emulators and import roms of pendrives, in a single click. Deck is the best option.
>mediocre ARM quality emulation >PS2 development is dead >no Xbox, PS3, Wii U >x86 emulation is extremely taxing and performance is total ass even on lightweight stuff >Manlet Tears sized >active cooling >$200
Fricking stupid. $100 is the cutoff for those, any more qualifies you as a moron.
Even if Steam 2 comes out I can still sell my oled steam for 300 bucks at the very least. People are too autistic over these devices. They are not like phones that lose 70% of their value when the next thing appears.
> I can still sell my oled steam for 300 bucks at the very least. People are too autistic over these devices.
Would it be better to keep it stock or upgrade the SSD before selling to said autists?
I was always a desktop player but honestly retro games look so fricking bad on big screens so I got a deck. Don't really regret except that I'm playing too many games.
All this AAA fud disgusts me
Everything runs on the deck thanks to it being 720p so cut the crap about not being able to run anything other than indies and emulators
Tried modding New Vegas on deck. 25% of said mods are literally uninstallable because they're Windows tailored, 25% works if you hack around to "make" it work.
Spent 2 hours modding only for the damn game to crash at the menu start up screen.
Modding games that isn't purely cosmetic on the deck is like dragging your nuts 3 yards across broken glass its just not worth it.
I've heard of install Windows and dump onto deck strategy but I don't want to waste another 3 hours installing it on Windows and dumping it only to realize it crashes on startup.
I've been using the viva new vegas guide just to get the basics running like modern hardware compatibility, shit ton of bug fixes, scripting installation . Basically everything to get vanilla New vegas running smoothly and bug/crash free. and Since nobody created a mod compilation for this you have to download each and individual god forsaken like 120 mods, extract them, and install them. Oh you gotta test run the game every 10 mods or so to make sure you didn't frick up and one of the mods causes a crash. Add this with dealing with linux compatibility issues with a lot of Windows based mods on top of it and you got a head of a shit wienertail sandwich.
>Add this with dealing with linux compatibility issues with a lot of Windows based mods on top of it and you got a head of a shit wienertail sandwich.
This is what I don't get. Which windows-based mods? You are already using the windows game through proton? Script extender works fine?
All, I'm saying is I had no issues copying my windows installation of 100+ mods, although it was an old one, since I haven't played in quite a while.
4 months ago
Anonymous
PEBKAC aside, the legitimate problem with mods on Linux is when a game has a Linux port and there are mods for the Windows version, like the Psychonauts widescreen patch being a dinput8.dll for the Windows version, which will work in Proton with the appropriate Wine DLL override but won't work with the Linux version. Not that it really matters, because the only things that need correction for widescreen are the HUD and the cutscenes, but it's just one example. A lot of simple but essential mods (like widescreen patches) are DLL files.
4 months ago
Anonymous
Getting Sonic mods to work on the Deck has put my patience to work, since most of them are built around a Windows launcher called Hedgemod Manager. It technically works on Linux but requires a lot of upfront elbow grease
What windows based mods are you speaking about? Mods are game file depended and nothing more.
4 months ago
Anonymous
Majority of the New vegas mods are no problem but the custom exe programs that does something to the new vegas data is expecting to run Windows platform.
One big one if I remember is the 4gb ram exe patcher that's only works on Windows and I don't have the tech skills to make linux jump up and make compatible
4 months ago
Anonymous
Literally just patch it on desktop. You are really making your life hell by doing everything trough steam os desktop mode.
valve claims the OLED reaches 1k nits of brightness. is this available all the time or only plugged in? are there any discoloration problems like with the OLED swi? that piece of shit would have a nasty green tint on the screen at several brightness levels
They're good and I like that you can actually hear whether a sound is coming from your left or right in the game, unlike smaller handhelds. An advantage of the Deck being wider, I guess.
I find it quite amusing that you had a little comic panel together with your explanation like books for children sometimes do. Do you have these images on your harddrive and remember them when you post something or do you look trough a folder for something fitting?
Lmao, no need to be mad about nothing, friend. Just wanted to know from where you grabbed that comic panel that fit with your explanation and gave me a chuckle. Seems unusual to have at the ready.
I remembered the meme from another thread and googled it. Many people here do have folders though. If the mods find out your underage they might ban you so be careful.
4 months ago
Anonymous
That first part is what I wanted to know. Like you remembered a pic and then deliberately attached it since it seemed so strangely fitting. I myself don't keep reaction images and always google them if I remember something that would fit well.
Have a nice evening, friend.
4 months ago
Anonymous
So you do the same thing. Your first comment seemed like you were calling it childish so I'm surprised. Sorry for my reaction if it was a genuine miscommunication.
4 months ago
Anonymous
I wanted to genuinely compliment you because the attached image together with the explanation improved my mood. I was a bit surprised that my compliment was taken that negatively and I was insulted instead but I guess that is just Ganker.
4 months ago
Anonymous
I'm used to people being aggressive here and conflated you with the rest of the site. In my defense though, maybe you can see how comparing my behavior with a "book for children" could be taken as an insult and also a condemnation of reading graphic novels as an adult. Sorry anyway.
I measured mine some time ago. Attempting to EQ that huge 7k mountain makes it sound weird compared to all my other audio equipment including my mostly flat tower speakers. Below 600hz it rolls off linearly until around 250 where it plummets, the small speakers obviously cant handle it. Pretty sure boosting anything under 250 will cause major distortion and your mileage will vary in the 250 to 600 region. They sound fine stock so I stopped messing with it. I've considered going back to try to tame the treble again but Easy effects is a piece of shit with a gui that breaks constantly. I love opening and closing a program over and over again every time I make a single change.
what accessories do you guys use if any? dock is just so you can plug it into a monitor right? been using mine for a week or so now and don't really feel the need for any thing, except maybe a screen protector. which might be a waste since I can never put them on right
Get JSAUX screen protector. It comes with a plastic screen that you put on the steam deck and then you put the screen protector into the plastic fitting. It's impossible to frick up placing the screen protector correctly that way.
Other than that I also bought a dock because then your deck is literally a mini pc and once you have greater setups you want to do you can connect mouse, keyboard, lan cable, and a big screen to do it comfortably.
One thing I never liked about consoles, especially the x86 ones, is that you couldn't recycle them into working computers once they were obsolete. I'm glad you can finally do this with these handhelds. Having an extra computer around is always useful.
Can someone help me with emulation station? How can I change that when I press the start and select button simultaneously that it closes the game? I want to put this on another button combination since I press these buttons by mistake too often. Also I don't get what the left trackpad does. It has some kind of menu but I don't know how to navigate it.
How almost every other modern mobile electronic has basic ass gorilla glass scratch protection and Steam Deck is rocking it bare screen ass like its 1998.
>le emulation machine >literally admit you just leech off the backs of actual hard working companies
Anyone who supports this shit really just wants gaming to die. And that’s kind of fricked seeing how we’re supposed to LIKE video games here.
I have a DS, 3DS, PSP and PS VITA and they are all slowly dying. General handhelds like the deck allow me to keep playing these consoles without worrying about these old ass consoles keeping on working. Though to be fair, DS games are only enjoyable on DS.
Anon he's a corpo shill! Only rich moronic ceos give a shit about pirates and he CLEARLY thinks emulation=piracy. Do not give this put any effort into arguing with a moron like him.
Shut the frick up homosexual. I didn’t make a piracy argument. I made an argument based around the existential state of video games as a whole. Your little steam dump is de-incentivizing publishing companies from putting R&D into future video game consoles since you’ve effectively compromised their entire profit return strategy.
Basically if you’re emulating the Nintendo switch on this, you should feel ashamed of yourself.
>less R&D into future consoles
GOOD
Frick modern consoles to the pits of hell, worthless locked down pieces of anticonsumer shit that should have died 10 years ago when Snoy/Microshart went for digital licenses and half baked releases. Once UMPCs become good enough to run AAA games at medium settings (like 9th gen slop), there will be no reason to own a console when software like Steam Big Picture make games one click to play on the couch.
make better games and consumers won’t just want to emulate old ones
make better hardware and consumers will buy your hardware instead of going elsewhere
treat consumers better and they won’t just turn their nose up at you and pirate your games
this is all just a market issue, if you can’t provide better service than piracy then that’s your fault. most people are willing to spend the money but not if they’re treated like shit in return
Only Nintendo morons use this kind of butthurt emotional language you're using, I do love video games, which is why I use a deck, which can play more video games than a console can.
Shut the frick up homosexual. I didn’t make a piracy argument. I made an argument based around the existential state of video games as a whole. Your little steam dump is de-incentivizing publishing companies from putting R&D into future video game consoles since you’ve effectively compromised their entire profit return strategy.
Basically if you’re emulating the Nintendo switch on this, you should feel ashamed of yourself.
I've always wanted to ask someone this: If there were a black wall behind your wide-screen monitor, would that bother you as much as the "black bars"? I assume the answer is no, so why do the "black bars" bother you? If a movie goes black for a moment, like if the main character got knocked out or something, do you think "ew get this black box off my screen"? When the monitor is off, do you seethe about the black on it?
Do you also look at bezels and think "oh boy I sure do love this empty space!"
i usually dont mind 4:3 but on the deck, all that empty space bothers me
I don't even notice the empty space just like I don't notice the empty space that is the wall around my TV. I think at some point you conceptualized the empty space as "lost space" and now you can't shake the claustrophobic feeling even once it's explained that it's just neutral space just like what's around your screen and you're imposing the idea of it being cramped yourself. If you could somehow forget the negativity you've associated with it and go into it again with a neutral attitude then it wouldn't bother you, but you can't shake it off because it's too set in.
For me it's really more like there's so much empty space between the buttons and the game when I play a 4:3 ROM and it feels like overkill. Top/bottom bars don't bother me as much.
4 months ago
Anonymous
I think "I feel like my hands are too far apart" is a rationalization of the associated negativity. Otherwise you'd have the same feeling with fullscreen games too and you'd only ever be able to stand using handhelds with square screens like the game boy.
The weight really is a bit too much. And you really have to tinker quite a bit with it if you want everything to run, but everything I wanted to run runs after a bit of tinkering. I owned a switch at release for maybe a year. One of the reason I sold is is because it got really loud and hot. This is not the case with the steam deck oled. Regardless what I played, the deck never got hot or loud.
And customization for every game is godly. The weight and the price are really the biggest complaints I have. The size feels close to ideal, at least the screen. The controller halves could be a little slimmer, but it's really comfortable.
Running natively, no streaming artifacts or input delay, not everything works well streaming, even with a router in the same room. Trackpads, extra buttons, controls customization, and community templates make m+kb games much more playable. Much less energy usage, can turn off your main PC as well, if you care about that kind of thing. But if all you want is to play controller games that aren't affected by delay, then stick to streaming.
I start up portal and it crashes before I get past the menu screen. What’s happening here?
Also will randomly crash during elden ring…
I’ve never owned a computer before what am I doing wrong?
that's the beauty of it, it doesn't matter what the brand is, they're handheld PCs and ubiquitous in terms of functionality.
if I was a console manufacturer, I would be shitting my pants right now with the rise in handheld PCs adoption.
mobile is the future of gaming. you may not like it, i may not like it, Ganker may not like it, but it's reality and it's going to happen. there will be a time when consoles and PC gaming become more or less obsolete.
I have a Legion Go which is just better. Games are shit, anyway. Sometimes I play shooters and get stomped by people with real machines, mouses and screens.
Get a Samsung higher end and you can connect to a monitor/TV with Dex. I used to do that when I had a Galaxy Note 20 Ultra.
I went back to Apple because I got sick of Googles bullshit, but all in all, yeah, if you go that route, you basically have a pocketsized "dockable" gaming console that can make calls too.
I meant it as a handheld option, I already have a solid laptop for TV/monitor gaming. It is pretty wild though that modern phones are basically mini consoles, I guess that's what you get for $1,000+ phones...
>he has enough money to hire a private paramilitary to do this while he sits his fatass on the yacht playing on his steam deck
I couldn't hate him even if I wanted to, unless I'm the artifact schizo
gaben comes to your house and breaks your deck and your dick if you do this
>he has enough money to hire a private paramilitary to do this while he sits his fatass on the yacht playing on his steam deck
I couldn't hate him even if I wanted to, unless I'm the artifact schizo
been playing persona 3 on mine lately and a few rounds of tekken 8 (goddamn i hate when graohic settings are saved into steam cloud tho) also emulatin switch and ps1 games lately as well. suc ha great device, even made me put linux onto my main desktop rig, no issues here.
the battery life and extremely slight weight and performance bump and better screen like it all sounds great
but its almost 2x the cost of the cheapest LCD and i just dont want to get FOMO when the deck 2 drops
>Still waiting on my backorder
Frick. While I'm here though, half of my friends are telling me to install windows on it, and the other are telling me not to bother. I want to be able to "press button play game just werk". Which would be better?
You'll have better performance and less issues using SteamOS unless you want to play multiplayer with kernel anticheat
You can add regular windows games to it as non-steam games and then go to the compatibility tab and select the proton version you want to use to get them to run. Ezpz
You'll have better performance and less issues using SteamOS unless you want to play multiplayer with kernel anticheat
You can add regular windows games to it as non-steam games and then go to the compatibility tab and select the proton version you want to use to get them to run. Ezpz
>multiplayer
lmao. Since I only play SP I should be fine. How would it work if I wanted to install mods for a game like Skyrim. Obviously nothing too crazy since I'm not sure what the deck could handle, just little bits here and there.
I’m installing w11 on mine tomorrow, I’m tired of having to tinker with so many games listed silver or bronze on protondb
>tinker with so many games
Could you give some examples? What sort of tinkering do you mean?
flopped.
shitted.
dicked.
But enough about your butthole!
Honestly, far more games than you'll ever feel like playing on a console. Especially a PS5 with no games to play!
What do you even play on a Steam Deck?
I'm currently playing the little nightmares franchise
I started with Deus Ex Invisible War, then played KotoR 2, Disco Elysium, FF1-3 and FF8, Dave the Diver, some Half Life 1 mods like They Hunger, vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, and I'm currently playing the remasters of Tomb Raider 1-3. Gonna play the original Deus Ex on it this year too. I also have access to my entire emulation library on there, but I've not really used it beyond getting it set up properly.
Everything. That's the point of the steam deck. It's the only handheld that allows for you to play pretty much anything on it.
I just replayed the entire souls franchise, from demon souls all the way up to elden ring on this thing.
thanks gaben
Backpack brainrot
Twilight princess
red dead redemption
The last 3 games I finished were ratchet and clank rift apart, burnout 3 and tomb raider 1 of the remastered trilogy
Rift Apart sucked man I pirated it on PC and couldn't finish it, while RnC 1-3 are probably my favorite trilogy of all time
I agree that it's nowhere near close to the original 3 + deadlocked, but Idk man I really needed to play some ratchet and clank so I fell for it
>burnout 3
my homie
I replay it every year or two, it's such a gem of a game
Recently
>Lords of Exile
>Halo CE
>Curse Crackers
>Monster Hunter Rise
>Gravity Circuit
>Pseudoregalia
>Sonic Robo Blast 2
Basically anything that doesn't run a smooth 60 I save for my desktop, but it's my preferred way to play anything it can handle
Will you get the next one when it comes out?
Yeah, I don't know that I necessarily need to get the current OLED model though.
yesterday i went over to my pal, we played Helldivers 1, Critter Crunch and a bunch of Bloodstained Curse of the Moon 2
on my own, im bouncing between Bloodstained Curse of the Moon 1 (want to get the last few endings before uninstalling) Elden Ring, Roller Coaster Tycoon, GTA IV, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Delver, Rogue Legacy 2 and a tiny bit of Unreal
i have my dock on the living room with an SSD attached, i installed mostly bigger games and local multiplayer games there
what a convenient little machine
I've been playing sports games and Mechwarrior5 for the last 6 months.
Pretty much everything.
only got it recently and I'm having a blast
stream palworld to it though since it runs it poorly
Lots of rougelikes/lites
Halo 3
you can play Mario vs Donkey of Nintendo Switch in your Deck
A more interesting question is what can't you play.
Got busy with things but generally played Dungeon Travelers 2, Azure Dreams, Ape Escape 3, as well as Ys 1, 2, and Origins
It's all right, I guess. It's a PC without a mouse.
Except you can plug in a mouse.
You can plug in a mouse on a PS5. What's your point?
To play what?
You can't play AAA games on it, because of the small screen. That'd be like watching the Lord of the Rings movies on a smartphone.
And the hardware is too weak to connect it to a big tv or monitor and get decent graphics at a 1080p resolution or higher.
So yeah, if you settle down with emulation up to PS1 or PS2 at the max and some indie pixel games, then it is a decent console.
AAA games are slop so I don't really play them, but I've streamed Hogwarts Legacy and AC Odyssey from my PC to the Deck and had absolutely no problems playing them on the screen.
Bad analogy. Phone screens are significantly smaller than the Deck.
>You can't play AAA games on it
I used to think the same about portable screens, but the deck's is big and clear enough that when you're holding it a mere foot from your face it's no different from sitting on a couch watching your tv unless your tv is absolutely fricking massive.
that's what the dock is for
Is SteamOS good? Some other handhelds have Windows which is probably clunky
Yeah it's good but you have to go regularly to the desktop mode to do things. Once the games are setup it's seamless though and you can remain in steam os. My favorite part is being able to do all kinds of settings on a per game basis. I honestly had only great experiences once a game was ready to be played in the OS.
its very similar to Windows in many ways, obviously it was made with the deck in mind so it controls bearably
i prefer not to use desktop mode if i can help it, but its mandatory if you want to patch old games to make em work or improve performance or add widescreen
that goes double if you want to install emulators
Big Picture mode is very user friendly although there are some UI things I don't like, such as FRTC, TDP and upscaling settings only being accessible from the "..." menu while in-game rather than the general settings at any time although I understand it was done this way to idiotproof the system.
Desktop mode is not a huge departure from windows, the only learning curves are the file system structure (linux equivalent of program files is hidden by default) and learning controller shortcuts for OS functions, I also find that the onscreen keyboard can refuse to launch sometimes but this can be fixed by scrolling between gamepad and desktop input modes.
ENTER
>replaces trackapds with RGB
what were they thinking
I returned my Steam Deck and got this thing. It's honestly very based since it actually runs modern games without and tinkering like being forced to dual boot into windows. Palworld could barely run on the 'eck, but it ran flawlessly on the ally.
Still returned it though because the battery life was shit. I'll just wait until the Deck 2 or something since the technology for current handhelds to be worth it just isn't there yet.
Battery life on Deck Oled isn't shit because it went all in on power saving
>plays gen alpha fotw trash
We don't want you anyway.
Yeah, two clicks is too much for normalgays as seen above.
Battery life for the OLED is okay from what I've heard (I only used the LCD), but that still doesn't fix the problem of it being very underpowered.
>We don't want you anyway.
I don't want to be a part of your circlejerk anyways. Just pointing out the value for money isn't quite there yet. A chinkheld that's cheaper can do what the Deck does for my use case, which is mostly emulation anyways.
>Just pointing out the value for money isn't quite there yet.
$350 for a gtx 1050 equivalent laptop is still a steal tbh. You can get them even cheaper used. There was an anon that bought a Deck for ~$250 in the other thread. How is the value for money not there lol.
that's cheaper can do what the Deck does for my use case, which is mostly emulation anyways.
>complains about "tinkering" on a plug and play device
>bought a shitty computer with no trackpads where he has to legitimately tinker to get the games to work
Lmfao.
>Deck Oled
it's less shit but it's still shit if you're not just emulating. anything graphically intensive is still a no go
>anything graphically intensive is still a no go
Dumb meme, you can comfortably play nearly anything aside from a select few games like alan wake 2.
Try Legion Go
>Returned it because battery life was bad
>Oh you should try this thing with just as bad battery
huh?
It has same size battery as Deck i think.
Buy 3ds then if you want battery life or wait to 2030 when handheld pcs have ~5h battery life
>Buy 3ds
But then you can't play palworld. You're bad at suggestions!
this. all of the handhelds are just not quite there yet. the performance of even the best is slightly too low. the battery life isnt enough to take out of the house unless youre staying at like 5w. i enjoy my free Steam Deck a lot but I wouldnt have paid $500 for it especially if i was planning on actually using it out of the house like it was meant to be used. win11 blows so ill be stuck waiting for the next steam deck for years. the steam deck is close to the battery life i want but at the loss of performance the others provide to be actually useful.
>this. all of the handhelds are just not quite there yet. the performance of even the best is slightly too low.
i disagree, see in previous generations console or PC games did not run on handhelds, unless you got a heavily gimped version
it was really the switch the one that made AAA run in a portable
so the performance isnt the issue since these games are not meant to run portably, that being said, it would be nice if more devs made their games run on lower specs, which not only would increase their sales for handheld PC, but also would allow desktop users with potatoes to run the games
Things that never happened: the post.
>windows
>rgb gaymur branding
What's the draw here? Is enabling proton too hard or something?
They can sell this to normies at best buy who don't know any better
I love it, but it needs a bigger battery.
Isn't Lenovo making their own Steam Deck handheld?
I don't have a PC, so what's a good screen and gamer mouse for my Deck?
playing on 800p is gay.
OLED on the way.
I'm still laughing at tards mad they can't run recent AAAs with decent frames.
looks like a beast for old games/indies and emulation, I expect nothing more.
>looks like a beast for old games/indies and emulation, I expect nothing more.
If you wanted a retro device then you should've gotten the retroid pocket 4 pro for 200$ you fricking moron
>you should've gotten the retroid pocket 4 pro for 200$ you fricking moron.
never stated I just wanted retro, I get the option to chip away at my backlog. Plus that thing has dogshit ergonomics for my huge gorilla hands.
forgot pic
I did tests with Retroid and Steam Deck for my youtube channel. Retroid analogs are total crap. The android OS have old versions of emulators that you cant update by whatever reason.
Deck recognize my 16-years-old account and can download any game of my backlog, install emulators and import roms of pendrives, in a single click. Deck is the best option.
Retroid Pocket is android garbage. Why should I not have access to the massive PC library that is not the newest AAA shit?
>mediocre ARM quality emulation
>PS2 development is dead
>no Xbox, PS3, Wii U
>x86 emulation is extremely taxing and performance is total ass even on lightweight stuff
>Manlet Tears sized
>active cooling
>$200
Fricking stupid. $100 is the cutoff for those, any more qualifies you as a moron.
>Manlet Tears sized
Oh, and might I add it doesn't even run 3DS well. $200 and you can't even play monhun.
Sounds pretty good to me.
Nobody is mad about not playing modern AAA titles.
Even if Steam 2 comes out I can still sell my oled steam for 300 bucks at the very least. People are too autistic over these devices. They are not like phones that lose 70% of their value when the next thing appears.
> I can still sell my oled steam for 300 bucks at the very least. People are too autistic over these devices.
Would it be better to keep it stock or upgrade the SSD before selling to said autists?
You would probably sell after warranty already has run out so the upgraded SSD would increase the value of your deck to a potential buyer.
Its a pc, not a console. Proved you wrong. Deck is great though.
I'm STILL waiting for mine to come back from the repair centre. UPS got it Friday but then it was the weekend. I just wanna play Elden Ring in bed FFS
I was always a desktop player but honestly retro games look so fricking bad on big screens so I got a deck. Don't really regret except that I'm playing too many games.
All this AAA fud disgusts me
Everything runs on the deck thanks to it being 720p so cut the crap about not being able to run anything other than indies and emulators
>can't get gyro to work in rpcs3
Kek
Do you use that default one from emudeck? I have that activated and it works perfectly for 3DS.
RPCS3 anon. not 3ds. PS3 emulation. Try it and get back to me.
there’s an emudeck plugin for that
why would I want to play anything on a tiny ass screen when I have a 85" TV
I have an 86 incher get on my level anon.
I dock mine to my 75” 4K tv and use an Xbox controller to play
>deck thread
>no 'ick
Where's the 'ick?
It's big dick hours so no 'icks.
Tried modding New Vegas on deck. 25% of said mods are literally uninstallable because they're Windows tailored, 25% works if you hack around to "make" it work.
Spent 2 hours modding only for the damn game to crash at the menu start up screen.
Modding games that isn't purely cosmetic on the deck is like dragging your nuts 3 yards across broken glass its just not worth it.
Have you tried installing everything on windows and then moving the folder over to deck?
I don't know what to play on PS3 with gyro. I have only played metal gear solid 2 and tokyo jungle on it.
I've heard of install Windows and dump onto deck strategy but I don't want to waste another 3 hours installing it on Windows and dumping it only to realize it crashes on startup.
How the frick does it take you three hours more, when using the same internet? Are you installing it on a 2 decades old USB stick on a pentium 4?
New Vegas Steam deck guy from the original here.
I've been using the viva new vegas guide just to get the basics running like modern hardware compatibility, shit ton of bug fixes, scripting installation . Basically everything to get vanilla New vegas running smoothly and bug/crash free. and Since nobody created a mod compilation for this you have to download each and individual god forsaken like 120 mods, extract them, and install them. Oh you gotta test run the game every 10 mods or so to make sure you didn't frick up and one of the mods causes a crash. Add this with dealing with linux compatibility issues with a lot of Windows based mods on top of it and you got a head of a shit wienertail sandwich.
>Add this with dealing with linux compatibility issues with a lot of Windows based mods on top of it and you got a head of a shit wienertail sandwich.
This is what I don't get. Which windows-based mods? You are already using the windows game through proton? Script extender works fine?
All, I'm saying is I had no issues copying my windows installation of 100+ mods, although it was an old one, since I haven't played in quite a while.
PEBKAC aside, the legitimate problem with mods on Linux is when a game has a Linux port and there are mods for the Windows version, like the Psychonauts widescreen patch being a dinput8.dll for the Windows version, which will work in Proton with the appropriate Wine DLL override but won't work with the Linux version. Not that it really matters, because the only things that need correction for widescreen are the HUD and the cutscenes, but it's just one example. A lot of simple but essential mods (like widescreen patches) are DLL files.
Getting Sonic mods to work on the Deck has put my patience to work, since most of them are built around a Windows launcher called Hedgemod Manager. It technically works on Linux but requires a lot of upfront elbow grease
What windows based mods are you speaking about? Mods are game file depended and nothing more.
Majority of the New vegas mods are no problem but the custom exe programs that does something to the new vegas data is expecting to run Windows platform.
One big one if I remember is the 4gb ram exe patcher that's only works on Windows and I don't have the tech skills to make linux jump up and make compatible
Literally just patch it on desktop. You are really making your life hell by doing everything trough steam os desktop mode.
you're responding to a chinkware shill btw, he does this in nearly every steam deck thread he sees
>chinkshill
Guess where the deck is made
valve claims the OLED reaches 1k nits of brightness. is this available all the time or only plugged in? are there any discoloration problems like with the OLED swi? that piece of shit would have a nasty green tint on the screen at several brightness levels
anyone?
love my Deck
How are the speakers on the deck? I'm not proud of it but I'm one of the people on earth that hate all kind of headphones.
They are quite nice! You can be in another room and still hear them at max volume.
They're good and I like that you can actually hear whether a sound is coming from your left or right in the game, unlike smaller handhelds. An advantage of the Deck being wider, I guess.
I find it quite amusing that you had a little comic panel together with your explanation like books for children sometimes do. Do you have these images on your harddrive and remember them when you post something or do you look trough a folder for something fitting?
Uh welcome to Ganker I guess? Given it's your first day here despite your level of autism, I'm guessing you're underage.
Lmao, no need to be mad about nothing, friend. Just wanted to know from where you grabbed that comic panel that fit with your explanation and gave me a chuckle. Seems unusual to have at the ready.
I remembered the meme from another thread and googled it. Many people here do have folders though. If the mods find out your underage they might ban you so be careful.
That first part is what I wanted to know. Like you remembered a pic and then deliberately attached it since it seemed so strangely fitting. I myself don't keep reaction images and always google them if I remember something that would fit well.
Have a nice evening, friend.
So you do the same thing. Your first comment seemed like you were calling it childish so I'm surprised. Sorry for my reaction if it was a genuine miscommunication.
I wanted to genuinely compliment you because the attached image together with the explanation improved my mood. I was a bit surprised that my compliment was taken that negatively and I was insulted instead but I guess that is just Ganker.
I'm used to people being aggressive here and conflated you with the rest of the site. In my defense though, maybe you can see how comparing my behavior with a "book for children" could be taken as an insult and also a condemnation of reading graphic novels as an adult. Sorry anyway.
I measured mine some time ago. Attempting to EQ that huge 7k mountain makes it sound weird compared to all my other audio equipment including my mostly flat tower speakers. Below 600hz it rolls off linearly until around 250 where it plummets, the small speakers obviously cant handle it. Pretty sure boosting anything under 250 will cause major distortion and your mileage will vary in the 250 to 600 region. They sound fine stock so I stopped messing with it. I've considered going back to try to tame the treble again but Easy effects is a piece of shit with a gui that breaks constantly. I love opening and closing a program over and over again every time I make a single change.
what accessories do you guys use if any? dock is just so you can plug it into a monitor right? been using mine for a week or so now and don't really feel the need for any thing, except maybe a screen protector. which might be a waste since I can never put them on right
Get JSAUX screen protector. It comes with a plastic screen that you put on the steam deck and then you put the screen protector into the plastic fitting. It's impossible to frick up placing the screen protector correctly that way.
Other than that I also bought a dock because then your deck is literally a mini pc and once you have greater setups you want to do you can connect mouse, keyboard, lan cable, and a big screen to do it comfortably.
Rance Quest Magnum fricking sucks bros.
One thing I never liked about consoles, especially the x86 ones, is that you couldn't recycle them into working computers once they were obsolete. I'm glad you can finally do this with these handhelds. Having an extra computer around is always useful.
>console
No it's a PC and it's not even better than most other PCs
Can someone help me with emulation station? How can I change that when I press the start and select button simultaneously that it closes the game? I want to put this on another button combination since I press these buttons by mistake too often. Also I don't get what the left trackpad does. It has some kind of menu but I don't know how to navigate it.
Be 2024 and Steam deck doesn't have basic ass gorilla glass that all smart phones have been using.
Is this Gabe just being cheap to cut down on production costs?
What fricking gorilla glass Black person. What is your actual complaint?
How almost every other modern mobile electronic has basic ass gorilla glass scratch protection and Steam Deck is rocking it bare screen ass like its 1998.
Just get a screen protector for a few bucks. Why rely on some meme glass against scratches instead having 100% solid protection?
They probably didn't have a contract to get it cheap but if other handhelds that aren't third world have it then there is no excuse at all
i've installed like 200 indie games this shit is insane
display looks gorgeous and everything runs 60-90fps
i'm playing more than i did on my series X
>le emulation machine
>literally admit you just leech off the backs of actual hard working companies
Anyone who supports this shit really just wants gaming to die. And that’s kind of fricked seeing how we’re supposed to LIKE video games here.
I have a DS, 3DS, PSP and PS VITA and they are all slowly dying. General handhelds like the deck allow me to keep playing these consoles without worrying about these old ass consoles keeping on working. Though to be fair, DS games are only enjoyable on DS.
Anon he's a corpo shill! Only rich moronic ceos give a shit about pirates and he CLEARLY thinks emulation=piracy. Do not give this put any effort into arguing with a moron like him.
Shut the frick up homosexual. I didn’t make a piracy argument. I made an argument based around the existential state of video games as a whole. Your little steam dump is de-incentivizing publishing companies from putting R&D into future video game consoles since you’ve effectively compromised their entire profit return strategy.
Basically if you’re emulating the Nintendo switch on this, you should feel ashamed of yourself.
I've put more hours into my Deck than any other system I own in the past year and I only emulated 3 games
>less R&D into future consoles
GOOD
Frick modern consoles to the pits of hell, worthless locked down pieces of anticonsumer shit that should have died 10 years ago when Snoy/Microshart went for digital licenses and half baked releases. Once UMPCs become good enough to run AAA games at medium settings (like 9th gen slop), there will be no reason to own a console when software like Steam Big Picture make games one click to play on the couch.
make better games and consumers won’t just want to emulate old ones
make better hardware and consumers will buy your hardware instead of going elsewhere
treat consumers better and they won’t just turn their nose up at you and pirate your games
this is all just a market issue, if you can’t provide better service than piracy then that’s your fault. most people are willing to spend the money but not if they’re treated like shit in return
Yes, we like video games, so we want modern gaming to die. The views are entirely compatible.
Only Nintendo morons use this kind of butthurt emotional language you're using, I do love video games, which is why I use a deck, which can play more video games than a console can.
oop, read further and looks like I was right.
Switchies in ruins... This graphics comparison is pretty damning
i actively avoid playing games in 4:3 on the deck, i either pass on them or download a widescreen mod
Why not get appropriately themed overlays to satisfy your autism?
you can do that?
I've always wanted to ask someone this: If there were a black wall behind your wide-screen monitor, would that bother you as much as the "black bars"? I assume the answer is no, so why do the "black bars" bother you? If a movie goes black for a moment, like if the main character got knocked out or something, do you think "ew get this black box off my screen"? When the monitor is off, do you seethe about the black on it?
I'm not that guy but black bars on a screen looks unfinished and like it doesn't 'fit
I don't even notice the empty space just like I don't notice the empty space that is the wall around my TV. I think at some point you conceptualized the empty space as "lost space" and now you can't shake the claustrophobic feeling even once it's explained that it's just neutral space just like what's around your screen and you're imposing the idea of it being cramped yourself. If you could somehow forget the negativity you've associated with it and go into it again with a neutral attitude then it wouldn't bother you, but you can't shake it off because it's too set in.
For me it's really more like there's so much empty space between the buttons and the game when I play a 4:3 ROM and it feels like overkill. Top/bottom bars don't bother me as much.
I think "I feel like my hands are too far apart" is a rationalization of the associated negativity. Otherwise you'd have the same feeling with fullscreen games too and you'd only ever be able to stand using handhelds with square screens like the game boy.
Do you also look at bezels and think "oh boy I sure do love this empty space!"
There is a difference between not caring and actively HATING something
i usually dont mind 4:3 but on the deck, all that empty space bothers me
My fair review of the deck.
The weight really is a bit too much. And you really have to tinker quite a bit with it if you want everything to run, but everything I wanted to run runs after a bit of tinkering. I owned a switch at release for maybe a year. One of the reason I sold is is because it got really loud and hot. This is not the case with the steam deck oled. Regardless what I played, the deck never got hot or loud.
And customization for every game is godly. The weight and the price are really the biggest complaints I have. The size feels close to ideal, at least the screen. The controller halves could be a little slimmer, but it's really comfortable.
Serious question, is there any advantage of using a Steam Deck over Stream Link and a tablet? I have a controller bigger enough to fit it
Running natively, no streaming artifacts or input delay, not everything works well streaming, even with a router in the same room. Trackpads, extra buttons, controls customization, and community templates make m+kb games much more playable. Much less energy usage, can turn off your main PC as well, if you care about that kind of thing. But if all you want is to play controller games that aren't affected by delay, then stick to streaming.
Jailbroken Ipad can do better.
>tfw playing gba and psx games with kino crt shaders on my oled screen
I'll never be convinced that button layout is ideal, it looks like a nuGameGear
It's very comfortable when you're actually holding it. It looks strange in pictures but it has curved grips on the back
Buy it, try it, and if you don't like it make a refund within two weeks.
I have everything but a deck, I have a Kishi for my phones, a desktop and laptop. At this point I think I'll wait for the Switch/Deck 2
Fair enough. If someone figures out how to run homebrew on Switch 2 I might pick one up second hand.
Anyone know if Streets of Rage Remake works on SteamDeck? Native?
Yes. Fun fact: you can quicksave if you exit the game by closing it instead of using the menus.
I don't remember if it even has a native port, actually.
>Yes.
sweet, I'm looking forward to getting my hands on the OLED when it gets here. Cool fact btw
Yes, works fine. Just force a proton version. That's the case for the majority of non-steam games.
Name 5 exclusive games.
Do you think that for the next summer sale they are going to reduce the price of the steam deck oled?
If it had the hardware specs of a Legion Go, it'd be perfect with OLED for me. I just want a handheld that can run RPCS3 at least adequately.
I start up portal and it crashes before I get past the menu screen. What’s happening here?
Also will randomly crash during elden ring…
I’ve never owned a computer before what am I doing wrong?
im not saying this thing is better than the steam deck, but this form factor of handheld pc's is gonna be really good.
enjoy your RMA fight when ASUS tells you to frick off when the MB goes out (which it will)
Why would the MB go out? It actually has really good ventilation.
t. have been using mine for 7 months now
that's the beauty of it, it doesn't matter what the brand is, they're handheld PCs and ubiquitous in terms of functionality.
if I was a console manufacturer, I would be shitting my pants right now with the rise in handheld PCs adoption.
mobile is the future of gaming. you may not like it, i may not like it, Ganker may not like it, but it's reality and it's going to happen. there will be a time when consoles and PC gaming become more or less obsolete.
i play so many old PC games on my deck that if the handheld PC doesnt have ATLEAST touchpads and gyro, i dont want it
like, PS4 level controls is the bare minimum ill accept, because ive managed to port some Deck controller configs to my dualshock 4
I have a Legion Go which is just better. Games are shit, anyway. Sometimes I play shooters and get stomped by people with real machines, mouses and screens.
Steam Deck vs Android phone with controller? Not exact same screen size but everybody has a phone already...
Get a Samsung higher end and you can connect to a monitor/TV with Dex. I used to do that when I had a Galaxy Note 20 Ultra.
I went back to Apple because I got sick of Googles bullshit, but all in all, yeah, if you go that route, you basically have a pocketsized "dockable" gaming console that can make calls too.
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I meant it as a handheld option, I already have a solid laptop for TV/monitor gaming. It is pretty wild though that modern phones are basically mini consoles, I guess that's what you get for $1,000+ phones...
i play the shit out of mine with my wife
we've been playing the Talos Principle 2 recently, and it's been an incredible experience. i wish so badly more games like this were made
>Prove me wrong
I can't argue with facts.
steam deck is pointless
why would i want to pay for games
Wine-ge works fine too you know, plus that new thing coming out. I've been playing pirated Lies of P lately
>download game from internet, install game for free because it's a PC
wow free games
gaben comes to your house and breaks your deck and your dick if you do this
>he has enough money to hire a private paramilitary to do this while he sits his fatass on the yacht playing on his steam deck
I couldn't hate him even if I wanted to, unless I'm the artifact schizo
been playing persona 3 on mine lately and a few rounds of tekken 8 (goddamn i hate when graohic settings are saved into steam cloud tho) also emulatin switch and ps1 games lately as well. suc ha great device, even made me put linux onto my main desktop rig, no issues here.
im gonna buy an lcd because i dont want them to announce a deck 2 and i feel stupid
OLED definitely looks better but I'm still perfectly content with my LCD deck
the battery life and extremely slight weight and performance bump and better screen like it all sounds great
but its almost 2x the cost of the cheapest LCD and i just dont want to get FOMO when the deck 2 drops
>Still waiting on my backorder
Frick. While I'm here though, half of my friends are telling me to install windows on it, and the other are telling me not to bother. I want to be able to "press button play game just werk". Which would be better?
You'll have better performance and less issues using SteamOS unless you want to play multiplayer with kernel anticheat
You can add regular windows games to it as non-steam games and then go to the compatibility tab and select the proton version you want to use to get them to run. Ezpz
The only reason to use windows is if you play a lot of MP games with the rootkits they call anti-cheat.
>multiplayer
lmao. Since I only play SP I should be fine. How would it work if I wanted to install mods for a game like Skyrim. Obviously nothing too crazy since I'm not sure what the deck could handle, just little bits here and there.
>tinker with so many games
Could you give some examples? What sort of tinkering do you mean?
here’s what’s required for deadly premonition
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use that site to see how the games you’re interested in will work
>deadly premonition
In fairness that game runs like shit even when it runs well.
I’m installing w11 on mine tomorrow, I’m tired of having to tinker with so many games listed silver or bronze on protondb
Steam Deck is the long-awaited PC2.
>console
At least you admit this flaming turd is not a PC.
It objectively is in literally every way but stay mad.
Don't get mad me, OP is the one that called it a console. Also you are subjectively and figuratively a giant homosexual.
steam deck seems cool, but i have a gaming laptop.