I wish ‘exclude by tags’ was more accessible, maybe if it prompted you to view that setting after you ‘not interested’ a few games that shared the same tags.
Accessing chats in big picture mode seems worse than how it worked in old big picture mode. Usually if you are in big picture mode it is because you are using a controller, and with the new one it is hard to navigate chats with the controller so I end up using a mouse.
Also, would be nice to have an option to display the entire text of a comment in pop ups, since it often cuts off and I have to entire toggle to overlay , alt tab, or look at the terrible steam chat mobile app. Apps needs work for basic messaging with it not refreshing to show the most recent chat consistently so having to exit and reopen.
They should focus on performance over UI changes. It takes 20s to open on my fast gaming laptop. That’s not far off from EGS and Windows itself. Meanwhile, the electron-based open source Heroic launcher takes 3s to open.
If it’s gonna use a load of memory let me theme it, colour schemes, skins based on games and let me switch off the community feeds that are full of shitty trying to be funny guides and crap.
Custom toast popups that pair with the game you are playing.
Reminders for the free stickers in the mobile app during events?
I keep getting tempted to buy this or the LCD version, but I don’t even play on the go. Anybody with a powerful desktop (mine is 6800xt) have a steam deck? Do you prefer one over the other!
Yeah I’m a sucker for small electronics. I have a GPD Win that wouldn’t turn on anymore, but liked it when I had it. I stopped using it after a while for whatever reason, and it’s not turning on now.
Good news, call them and ask for a replacement battery. You battery was recalled the GPD is fine, still works!
That battery when depleted went full empty. Bad circuit board.
Ask for the new one only. see if they honer your purchase.
new one should cost less then
30 bucks anyway
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.
How powerful is it for emulation? I have a razer kishi for my s22, and emulate various consoles like gbc, gba, nes, snes, etc. I assume the deck would be more powerful than that, but is it powerful enough to emulate switch? I currently emulate switch on my desktop using yuzu.
Yup, there are a few exceptions with games that just don’t run well on Yuzu regardless of specs, but in general it runs Switch great!
You should look into EmuDeck. I’ve been emulating for years and never experienced anything make it all so easy like EmuDeck does, it’s wild. Especially all the hotkeys it sets up for you, for stuff like save states.
I mostly play GBA, DS, 3DS, and PSP, but I also emulate GameCube, PS2, WiiU, and Switch too and without issue.
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.
How good does streaming work? I have a steam link box attached to my tv on an ethernet cable, and it’s always hit or miss, more miss than hits, so i’ve given up using it. How does steam deck compare to that?
I don’t use the Steam Remote Play thing, I use Moonlight. Also streaming works better outside my home than in it, I think perhaps my router is insufficient
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.
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.
One reviewer mentioned disappointment that it’s still a full 11.7" long and 2" thick. I realize that some people are not built for that kind of size, but I enjoy the heft and find the ergonomics of the original pleasing. I find that it stands out among smaller equipment and any substantial reduction would limit the versatility and, quite frankly, my overall enjoyment.
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.
Biggest improvement is probably the 30-50% increase in battery life. The deck already gets much better battery life than the ROG Ally or Lenovo Go (especially on low demanding games, it can get 2-4x the battery life), so this will further cement it as the best handheld PC for actually playing without the device plugged in.
I mean running the same game at the same settings/resolution/etc the Deck will get significantly better battery life. You can offset this somewhat by using task manager to close background processes in windows, but it still takes a lot more power to run stuff on the ROG Ally than the deck.
An example from Ally reviews was Stardew valley ran at 6-8w on the deck, but was pulling 16-20w on the Ally with same settings. Using task manager to close windows processes for the Ally down to the 12-15w range, but that’s still a huge jump. This isn’t even taking into consideration that you can tweak deck performance settings to run Stardew valley at a much lower power setting, I’ve seen people go as low as 3.8w giving them 10+ hours of battery life.
@abobla
Yeah we got duped.
When they knew it was selling
good the released the real one.
They been lying saying they
would not release till 3 years to empty the ware
houses as this update is a complete redesign. This
whole thing was a crowdfund
from the start. Look at all the shit they made us go thru.
The other guys just release
While we stuck in beta test.
I got my and love it cause I
Love Linux. I might get the lenovo as well to complement my 16inch drawing tablet.
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.
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