Thin devices are hard to hold. I prefer girthy ones.

Keep going I'm almost there.

Every other handheld tucks the right analog stick under the ABXY which makes it significantly less comfortable and way more difficult to use. Can't believe NO ONE has copied that design. Yes, it's bigger/wider but it's well worth the trade-off for the ergonomics, personally.

This comment sounds naughtier than it should 😀

Also nice that the previous cases and screen protectors work.

... hot

The deck already gets much better battery life than the ROG Ally or Lenovo Go

That's mostly because it's significantly less powerful. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, it's just a different approach to mobile gaming.

I'm usually not far from a power cable/outlet, and I usually stream from desktop at home, so power consumption isn't an issue for me, personally.

When I purchased mine recently, I resigned myself to seeing them being given away for free later that day.

Same

I have a 6600xt and a Steam Deck. I don’t really prefer either, and end up playing both.

Indie titles I’ll play on the Deck, and AAA titles I’ll play mostly on my pc but occasionally swap to the Deck if I’m in bed or something. I also now pretty much exclusively emulate on the Deck instead of my pc.

Spider-man, for example, I played through on both. I did main story missions on my pc for the graphical fidelity during cutscenes or more cinematic sequences, while all the side quests, collectibles, and challenges I did on the Steam Deck.

The pause functionality is awesome. You pause/suspend the deck with one button. Then whenever you come back to the game you hit the same button and boom right where you left off. Perfect for short sessions here and there. I've completed more games on the Deck in the past year than I have on my desktop in the past 5 years.

I mostly game stream to mine but I still get AAA mileage out of it when there's no network available. I've been chipping away at TotK, streamed from my desktop.

Hey, I don’t have a powerful desktop any more, however I opted for the steam deck over a new desktop just for lifestyle reasons. I don’t have very much free time, and what free time I have isn’t spent entirely on gaming. For me the steam decks secret weapon is that it goes from ‘off’ to ‘gaming’ in seconds, then if I’m needed, off again in seconds even mid cutscene, then when I am free again I press the button and I’m resumed. I can get some gameplay in a precious spare moment which I could never get in if I had to boot my pc, launch steam, install updates etc. it’s too slow. Also I can play anywhere in the house, which means I’m not glued like a recluse to the pc upstairs. With a pair of open backed headphones I can still interact and talk to people in the room with me, whilst not disturbing someone watching the tv (I recommend the Koss KSC75s, super cheap, sound good and they fit in the weird hollow in the back of the deck case when you’re not using them). I do have a usb c dock with connected screens and mouse and keyboard which I could plug the deck into for a desktop style pc experience, it works well but I don’t often plug it in. It’s just better to play on the sofa. For me it’s the only way I’d find any time at all to game. 10 years ago: different story, but now, if I had a desktop pc it would just gather dust.

@nieceandtows @abobla

You want one cause everyone is talking about it. You already said
you dont need it.

Mine sits next to my other
computers, and I dont really
use it, and Yes, I dare say
it, I put win11 on it!!!!

I use it to play roms and
test linux distros.

I have a 8 inch laptop
for bed, that perfect.
Light, not to bright.
easy on the eyes.

I love my steam-deck.
Its great for those long
streaks in the bathroom.

Ill never sell it-

thanks, I didn't notice

Oled works fine on phones doesn't it?

Fuck yo warning

Puts TV in jeans pocket

That's because the oled tvs are so thin you risk bending the display if you lay it down. A thick mobile device provides plenty of support. The display itself isn't affected by orientation.

That's just how TVs are, it relates to the expected stresses on the panel and body. It doesn't support itself well in any way except standing up.

Luckily this is not an issue on handhelds!

Well the Switch OLEDhas never had an issue with that so i would assume neither would this

See for yourself by signing in to ProtonDB with your steam account:

https://www.protondb.com/

Pretty much everything but some online multiplayer games. Destiny, COD, and a few others use this anticheat that's not compatible.

But virtually everything else, yes.

not all AFAIK. usually it's specified on the game's listing if it's compatible with steam deck.

About 99%.

For anyone reading this... stupid comment: they never said they wouldn't release a refresh.

Yep, never. People just assumed thats what they meant in an interview, but they only said it would take a large amount of work.