Valve opens up a Steam Deck to explain why it thinks you shouldn’t • Hacker News Board

Re: Valve opens up a Steam Deck to explain why it thinks you shouldn’t

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Post by Doxin » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 12:33 PM UTC

MrGilbert wrote: post #27

Doxin wrote: post #23

> The company cautions that they are completely custom, but says that it will offer a source for “replacement parts, thumbsticks, SSDs, and possibly more” in the coming months. There you go. that's how you do right to repair. Of course in an ideal world they'd also design the device to be easy to repair, but this is a massive leap in the right direction IMO.

Exactly that. I get the impression that some commenters here didn't even bother to watch the video or read the description / article. Valve will provide spare parts, and from what I saw so far, it seems repairable. If they don't "dongle" things ( looking at you, Apple! ), it will still be servable.

at the very least this should guarantee that there'll be repair shops that can fix common steam deck issues.

I wish more companies, and people for that matter, would take this "don't do this, but if you do here's how" approach.

Re: Valve opens up a Steam Deck to explain why it thinks you shouldn’t

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Post by halo37253 » Fri, Oct 08, 2021, 1:58 PM UTC

capableweb wrote: post #32

mastrsushi wrote: post #24

What happened to everyone talking up the “customization” aspects? Guess we’ll have to accept the fact that it’s just a gameboy with an AMD64.

> it’s just a gameboy with an AMD64 How is this even remotely true? The only similarity is that they are both portable, or what am I missing in your argument here? > What happened to everyone talking up the “customization” aspects? This video proves that it'll be dirty easy to customize the components that are being removed. Want your own thumbsticks? Go ahead, here is a instruction video for how to change them. Not…

Honestly this could replace your gaming desktop if you wanted it too. Granted it would most likely be a downgrade.

But i'm sure when it actually releases they will have an entire driver suite for windows. You could gut the linux install, load up windows with the drivers. Get two docks, one for the desktop and the other for your tv. Dock it on the desk for a normal desktop experience, You have SD Card and Network Shares for expanded storage. If you want to game on the TV just connect a Xbox controller to it, otherwise just time before we get another steam controller.

For me this is temping largely for the fact that windows can be installed and I'd be able to boot up games off my Gamepass.

Re: Valve opens up a Steam Deck to explain why it thinks you shouldn’t

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Post by exporectomy » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 2:48 AM UTC

freemint wrote: post #36

exporectomy wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you mean by non-removable battery? The video shows how to unplug it. I'm sure it can be replaced by any normal repairman or hobbyist. Aftermarket batteries will also surely be available like they are for other popular devices.

If it is not intended to be removed (because the SteamDeck should remain closed) it is non (user-)removable in my opinion.

So your concern is that Valve recommends you don't do it yourself and is nothing to do with the product itself?