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Best $400 I've spent on a console by far. Including my PS4 and 5. Haven't touched my switch, PS5 or any other console since my deck came.
The zelda sequel lured me away for a little while and spider man 2 for a lesser extent, but I spend more time on my deck than anything else. Hey that reminds me, I should dust my consoles.
My friend showed me TotK playing better that it did on a switch… on his Steam deck lawl
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Sadly this is not applicable in my country. If you want to get a Steam Deck unfortunately you'll need to shell out more money compared to buying a PS5 or an Xbox Series X.
Exactly my issue as well. An ROG Ally is cheaper than the cheapest Deck. And both are more expensive that the PS5 and Xbox X
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It's pretty much as powerful as the gaming PC I made several years ago and is a decent price. I'd be happy to recommend it to someone even not taking into account how versatile it is
My laptop's SSD died a while back, so I sent it away for repairs (yay, MSI's warranty).
In that brief period without a PC, my Steam Deck was a god send - used it as my main machine for 4 days. Was even able to work on it.
That's such a crazy addition to the value proposition, for me - totally makes it worth it.
Also, being able to play PS5 games in bed via Chiaki is delicious.
I've been using it as my main (and only) machine for the whole year. Work included (dev, illustration, graphic design, cgi)
I mean, that makes sense, because its just running (a slightly restricted) version Linux of under the hood, which I is what I run on my gaming and work pc
It's an immutable version of stripped Arch, dunno if that counts as 'slightly restricted'. You can disable the read-only mode if you want to and know what you're doing.
That's why I said slightly, for the average user you can't do quite as much
I mean for average console user, you can do a whole lot. Even for your average Windows user.
And if you drive Linux... I'm not sure why you couldn't handle SteamOS?
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Rate it? Rate it what? 5/7?
Is that a perfect 5/7?
That's a neat score.
With or without rice?
Does the title mean this person likes it?
My only real gripe is that the SSDs aren't being refreshed as component prices drop. There's no reason for the entry level not to be 256 now, with 512 mid range and 1TB top end. Retail - and I presume wholesale - prices on the parts have dropped by half or more since the deck was launched. There may be contractual issues involved, but - for Valve - it would make sense to make these machines as self-contained as possible. Yes, you can by a SD card, but at this point you probably shouldn't have to. And, lets face it, 64GB on a gaming device is pretty limiting. Just start slotting in larger drives as the inventory breaks the previous price floor and inventory is cleared.
Looks like they heard you.
Entry model at $400 now comes with 256 GB SSD storage.
Well I'll be damned. TBH, I didn't even know about the refresh - I enjoy mine enough that I'm not really in the market. Also, I snagged a TB ssd for $50 last month and installed it so, aside from the OLED I'm happy where I am. Besides, I'm such a casual I just can't get bent about that last 5% of black.
Probably putting windows on any device adds an another 100€ to the price tag. With Linux, you save money 🤷
Linux also runs better on lower spec machines due to its better resource management. Reason a lot of people started using Linux back in the day so they didn’t need to spend 10-15k on a Sun Spac box and could use a 1-3k desktop
They pay nothing like that.
You wouldn't really want it on the Steam Deck though.
I just wish it ran Hunt showdown, its my only gripe about it, otherwise I love it.
Then bug the game developer about it.
The game runs and is supported with its anti cheat for a while now but I assume the performance isn't great.
Performance optimization is also on the developer to do. Proton isn't magic. Developers need to treat Steam Deck like any other dedicated platform.
Good news! It does! My desktop was out of commission for a while due to a hardware issue, and I used my Steam Deck exclusively as my PC during that time. Hunt ran fine, with anti-cheat working, and I even racked up some kills and wins (with mouse and keyboard and a monitor ofc and at 720p). The handheld experience would be rough but obviously playing Hunt against PC players with a controller would be nearly impossible in 3 star and up.
Wait...it works?! HOLY CRAP! you just made my day! Thank you!
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Still a very expensive paper weight, I think I've used mine about 6 times so far.....
I'm not sure what you expected the Steam Deck to do?
It does what I "expected it to do" I think it comes down to the fact that I thought I would use it more but I find it uncomfortable to use.
In general I don't get on so well with handhelds, I just hoped that this one would be the change in that, I loved the vita and used that all the time but every other handheld I've ever owned I never really used bar the aforementioned vita and the neo geo pocket colour way back when.
If you have a cool living room setup (nice tv/sofa/soundbar) the dock is a must have!
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Id say they're probably someone that never had a handheld, because lately I've been using it more than my desktop lol
Yes, zen2 + 16-ddr5 + nvme With my 16 inch
drawing tablet makes it
Viable on any Linux for
a very long time.
I'm not talking bout
Cost effect either I will
Rock this setup until
I see something better
And that is going to take
6 to 8 years, I think.
Anyony calling it a paper weight /brick is a troll
And I doubt ownes one.
What the fuck is with the formatting? I kept trying to read it as a poem or song.
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Then sell it. 🤦
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