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Valve gives kudos to “amazing” Steam Deck competitors (www.pcgamesn.com)

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[-] TheControlled@lemmy.world 68 points 4 months ago

Valve is the guy who steals your GF because he's nicer than you. And better looking. And he's still your friend somehow and you can't figure out a way to be angry without your ex and other friends thinking you're a dick and it makes you feel like you've lost your mind.

*This is a non-autobiographical joke for those who just can't.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

It's not even a "steals your GF". It's more like "is in a poly relationship but will wingman for you with his partners even if he knows you aren't poly and will try to get his partners to leave him. But they aren't very interested, especially when you try to act like running Windows is a feature."

Assuming the GF is a metaphor for gamers.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

I think the GF is a metaphor for marketshare, not gamers.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

This hits close to home...

[-] figjam@midwest.social 23 points 4 months ago

I love my deck. I wish palworld didn't crash on it but thats not a deck problem.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

Does Proton GE help? I played multiple 6-hour sessions through desktop mode and haven't had a single crash.

[-] figjam@midwest.social 8 points 4 months ago

I've not tried that but I will! Thank you.

[-] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 3 points 4 months ago

Why desktop mode?

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I had it attached to a kb+mouse and screen and was using it as a PC. I couldn't be arsed to return back to gaming mode, only to have to then switch back again.

[-] Sirence@feddit.de 1 points 4 months ago

You're hosting a multiplayer game?

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I wasn't the host, but it was a multiplayer game

[-] Sirence@feddit.de 2 points 4 months ago

The memory leak only affects the host.

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[-] M500@lemmy.ml 18 points 4 months ago

I love my steam deck so much. When a second green comes out, I’ll probably pick it up on day 1.

I know don’t get things on day 1, but I live in a third world country and we get everything delayed, so it’s not really day one.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

bought my gen 1 a bit after they came out.

ordered my gen 2 OLED day they announced.

This generation is a great product. They might fall down in the future but for now, the team deck is an amazing product

[-] gramathy@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago

Isn’t the OLED more of a gen1.5? It’s mostly a screen upgrade

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

Yeah the oled is like a mid generation refresh.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Battery life is much improved. The screen is quite a bit larger, and much crisper. I think the speakers sound better than the one I had before?

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[-] M500@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

I got the no -oled like a month before th announced it. But I I’ll wait for a bigger upgrade before buying a new one.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I got the no -oled like a month before th announced it. But I I’ll wait for a bigger upgrade before buying a new one.

Yeah I had a freind borrowing my non-oled one and I felt like he would enjoy keeping it, so I just kicked it down and splurged on the OLED.

Its a pretty big improvement. The screen is kinda wow, the audio is great, the power is solid. 3x battery life? Its a real improvement on something that was already great.

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Battery life isn’t too important to me as I only play at home, so chargers are basically everywhere.

But I’m sure the screen is a big improvement. But I’ll get it when the next steamdeck comes out,

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[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I ordered mine like 2 days after they announced it, and I haven't regretted it at all. I almost never preorder things, but the Steam Deck just scratched every itch I had (handheld PC gaming, reasonable price, Linux, repairability).

I'll probably pick up the SD 2 pretty early as well. It's such a great experience and they've earned my trust with both launch quality and follow up improvements.

[-] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Same here, I was in on the preorder, and I've been burned too many times to want to do that normally

[-] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

I was only okay with it because it wasn't really a preorder. A refundable deposit to get in line didn't feel the same, since I ended up with a good chunk of time to check reviews before deciding to commit my money, and I got the device a few days after paying.

[-] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

That's fair

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 16 points 4 months ago

I've heard plenty of good things about Steam Deck. If I wasn't on a college budget, I'd definitely be picking up one (most likely second hand to save money).

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

The value for money of it is unbelievable. I've used mine a lot, and I can't see many ways it could be improved (none without worse tradeoffs).

I wouldn't recommend it as a laptop replacement, but as a gaming system, it's incredible.

It also plays nicely with both the steam controller, and the steam link. Both can be picked up dirt cheap now.

[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 4 points 4 months ago

My brother has a top tier gaming PC and has stopped using it entirely since getting his oled steam deck. It's crazy how much people love the deck.

[-] The_Lopen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

I was incredibly stupid and did buy it as a laptop replacement. The thing does what it was sold to do extremely well, but I have little Linux experience, and trying to learn Arch on SteamOS has been hell.

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[-] aclarkc@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

Where can I get a steam controller dirt cheap? I’ve wanted one since I got my SD but any of them in decent used shape seem to go for $50-60 and often are missing the dongle.

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

I have zero exp with a steam deck and am not really a pc gamer...

Can the steam deck be used as a desktop or is it proprietary software or steam os or what?

[-] Weslee@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago

As others said it's just a portable pc - there is steam os preinstalled, which has a gaming mode (looks alot like steam big picture mode from pc) and a desktop mode.

Many people install windows because of the compatibility, however I've found the compatibility layer (proton) works for 99% of games so I've stayed with steamos.

I've been able to play any game I've played on my windows pc by simply copying the installed files to the deck and running the exe via proton.

[-] GiM@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

SteamOS is just a Linux distro. You can use it as a desktop, install windows on it or do whatever else you want

[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Yes, you can! It will connect to a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. With a dock you can hook up an external monitor or TV, and most USB accessories. It's a Linux PC in a handheld form factor.

[-] Patches@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

It can be used as a desktop. That said without an external keyboard, and mouse, and an external monitor - it is a very poor laptop. As a desktop it works okay but like a desktop - you must always transport, or have those things at the destination.

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