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Post by darthrupert »

Topgamer7 wrote: post #302
thorum wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One negative: With all that hardware it’s almost 3 times heavier than the Nintendo Switch, which is already near the upper limit for holding comfortable for longer play sessions. edit: On closer look that's comparing the Switch without controllers (297g) to the Steam Deck with controllers (669g). The Switch with controllers is 398g, so the Steam Deck is only ~1.7x times as heavy - though that's still a lot of extra w…

As someone with with incredibly poor wrists, the OG switch is already too heavy.

Unless you have an actual disability or are like 7 years old, this is trivial to fix in about one month.

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Post by oehpr »

spiralganglion wrote: post #382

Impressions: * 1.47 pounds is 666g, versus the Switch’s 398g (with Joy-Con attatched). 67% heavier. * I do like that the two people I can see on the landing page both appear to be female, and not overtly "models" at that. I don’t want to read into whether this implies anything about what the marketing for this system might be — rather, I just like that we’re seeing a further erosion of the video-games-as-boys-club tr…

the difference between a mid tier nvme drive and a top tier nvme drive isn't that big. 1.5GB/s or 3GB/s (numbers made up, I don't know the actual specs), That's still crazy fast. The impact here would be minimal.

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Post by rchaud »

rkido wrote: post #292
ketzo wrote: post #44

There’s obviously a lot of people who like playing games in a more mobile format, as evidenced by the huge popularity of the Switch Lite / mobile gaming. Giving the PC games market access to that form factor seems, on its face, like an extremely good move. But we’ve seen products like this before — the NVIDIA Shield, for one. Pretty cool piece of tech, but didn’t exactly start a revolution. I guess the question becom…

The mere fact that NVIDIA Shield Portable didn't take off doesn't tell us much. It had poor design sensibility (i.e. it looked like ass, like some kind of portable Xbox designed in the early 2000s), and it ran Android, which lacks a compelling games library. Steam Deck at least stands a chance, although I'm worried about the weight and the battery life.

The battery life is a straight up lie. 8 hours on a single battery charge? What game were they testing, Solitaire?

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Post by freeflight »

mmastrac wrote: post #94

This is a pretty amazing. Given the ports on the back, will this support the Valve Index? I love my index, but having to boot up a PC and keep myself tethered to the desktop is a bit of an effort that I'd love to skip. EDIT: Found a half-answer to this: "Pierre-Loup Griffais: I mean, it has all the connectivity. You would need [a lot] to do that, but that's not really what we're optimizing the performance for." [1] […

I don't think this thing is beefy enough to power an Index.

But it's been rumored for a while that Valve is working on a Index successor with wireless connectivity.

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Post by sangnoir »

arendtio wrote: post #141
lampe3 wrote: post #107

Does it run Crysis? \s

I don't know if Proton runs on SteamOS, but if it does (it should), yes, then it should be able to run Crysis ;-) https://www.protondb.com/app/17300

Valve authored Proton for SteamOS - so yes it runs on SteamOS. I can separately confirm that Crysis 1 & 2 run on Proton at max settings, at 4k (:

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Post by Baeocystin »

jazzyjackson wrote: post #327
have_faith wrote: post #7

> Deck What an uninspiring name! (with unfortunate mispronunciations). Looks very interesting though, price point (starting at £349) seems very competitive.

It’s a term used a lot already for DIY’d portable computers in a kind of cyberpunk aesthetic, apparently from the game series Shadowrun https://hackaday.com/tag/cyberdeck/ https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberDeck/ https://shadowrun.fandom.com/wiki/Cyberdeck

I mean, yes, but isn't Neuromancer where the term was born?

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Post by Ekaros »

mattfrommars wrote: post #321

I do find intriguing Valve continues to be a private company. Unlike the rush start up these days have to do an IPO.

Valve doesn't need money. They make enough profit as it is, purely from digital goods and their revenue cut. So why give up control when you are free to do what ever you want. In the end it is extremely profitable company.

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Post by Nullabillity »

MikusR wrote: post #408
superkuh wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love Valve but it seems like they create these hardware projects to occasionally remind platform owners like microsoft/playstation/nintendo that they can't completely abuse their users and software devs (Win10 store lock-in, etc) and retain all of them. Valve just wants to protect steam and credible hardware platform competition is how they do it. I don't think they have any real plans to produce and support hardwa…

What windows store lock-in?

MS has tried to push locked versions of Windows several times over the years, starting with Windows RT up until S Mode (which is still a thing).

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Post by dcdc123 »

AceJohnny2 wrote: post #133

Curious what the battery life will be. Bummer the charging port is on top. That's inconvenient if you're playing and charging at the same time. Still, an exciting device!

I game on a Switch a lot and wish the charging port was up top. On the bottom _sounds_ good, but the cable ends up being in the way all the time. Up top really is better.
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