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Re: More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck

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Post by UI_at_80x24 »

barney54 wrote: post #9

For people that own a Steam Deck, how do you like it? And how do you use it? I would like to talk myself into buying one, but I can’t think of a decent use case.

I like it. I use it fairly frequently too. The killer feature: instant on/off AKA 'Pause'.

I've had a single-player game of CIV5 going for MONTHS now. The Steam Deck is PERFECT for pick it up, play for 5 minutes (or a couple of hours), pause it, and resume later.

I have 2 main use-cases:

-couch-playing. When the Wife-unit is watching her shows, or I get bored but still want to be in the same area as her; I can play this on the couch without it being intrusive.

-kids playground. When the kids are at a playground I'll start playing as a way to pass my time until it's time to leave and/or I need to play with the kids too.

Both situations can have frequent interruptions, IMHO the Steam Decks' ability to suspend the game and then let me resume without a problem is incredibly helpful.

I also LOVE that because it's a "real PC", I don't need to fight with config oddities with linux on a laptop. Plug in an external monitor/keyboard/mouse and you have everything you need.

Re: More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck

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Post by Hamuko »

cloverich wrote: post #20

Though I've long since given up on my gaming days, I purchased a Steam deck last month, mostly out of impulse. I'm frankly astonished at the amount of playable games, and also the amount of quality indie games out there. I spent $50 picking on-sale indies and quickly had a backlog. Its been more enjoyable (and surprisingly comfortable) than I expected too. I'm definitely in the very casual crowd at this point, gaming…

>I spent $50 picking on-sale indies and quickly had a backlog.

I've actually kept track how much money I've splurged on PC games this year. I've spent 420.10€ directly on Steam and I have 56 direct Steam Store game acquisitions in my license history. Outside of Steam, I've spent 111.30€ and I have 151 "Retail" acquisitions (which aren't all games since "Forza Horizon 5 Oreo Zonda" is in there). So a total of 531.40€ spent and 207 product activations.

Feels pretty cheap considering previously I used to buy actual physical box copies of PlayStation games, and those were generally not cheap. Average game price for those is like close to $40.

Re: More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck

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Post by fendy3002 »

ekianjo wrote: post #43
KingOfCoders wrote: post #38

Has someone sold ther Steam Deck for a ROG Ally? Why? Has it the same compatibility?

No idea about such stats, but the ROG Ally has several problems: - Windows as the key interface - very poor battery life (even worse than the Deck!) - no trackpads so this limits what you can ever play with it to games made for gamepads - none of the SteamOS goodness

Compared with deck, no suspend continue.

And I read that the button can stuck and it can get hot.

Re: More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck

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Post by jeroenhd »

darreninthenet wrote: post #55
izacus wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> For people that own a Steam Deck, how do you like it? It's one of the best hardware purchases I've done in years. It's surprising how well it managed to balance "It just works" with "You can still customize/modify/install things you need.". It's not perfect (screen could be better, battery life could be better, it's a bit chunky). > And how do you use it? I use it as a "secondary" gaming device. I have a gaming PC…

If I had a game say on GOG instead of Steam, how seamless or usable would that be please?

You can install GOG games the same way you do on any Linux desktop from the Deck's handheld mode (usually through Lutris or Heroic). After that, you add the games to Steam as a "non-Steam game" and it'll show up in handheld mode just like any Steam game.

Installing new GOG games from the GOG library isn't quite as easy as installing Steam games is, and you don't get the extra testing and verification for running games on Linux that you get on the Deck.

You do get all of the benefits from the Steam UI, though, like controller remapping and game specific performance profiles.

Re: More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck

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Post by braymundo »

barney54 wrote: post #9

For people that own a Steam Deck, how do you like it? And how do you use it? I would like to talk myself into buying one, but I can’t think of a decent use case.

I absolutely love it. It even runs Diablo IV incredibly well, so I alternate between my gaming laptop and the Deck.

Re: More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck

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Post by Synaesthesia »

Dalewyn wrote: post #60
gpderetta wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't know about desktop [1], but it could be the year of the Linux handheld. [1] my personal YotLD was '99.

>the year of the Linux handheld. Android achieved that many years ago.

Android is based on Linux but it's still not open source, got a lot of closed source stuff on top of it. I wouldn't exactly call it "Linux" which generally means GNU/Linux

Re: More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck

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Post by Eumenes »

Is this supposed to challenge the switch? Personally, as a lifelong PC gamer, I've never been able to get into handheld/mobile stuff, or even consoles - its not even the screen size, but the controls and overall experience. I want to be upright in a chair, with a full keyboard + mouse in front of me. I like to use my dual screens to research stuff in downtime or check on settings/optimizations. Is this primarily used on the couch, or in public whilst out and about?

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Post by nickthegreek »

KingOfCoders wrote: post #38

Has someone sold ther Steam Deck for a ROG Ally? Why? Has it the same compatibility?

Purchased a rog ally yesterday. The setup isn’t for the faint, as it’s basically a fresh windows install. Tinkered with it and got Diablo 4 running real nice.
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