Still not available in Norway :(
I live in Norway and got one - you just need a delivery address. I used a friend’s; but there are forwarding services as well
More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck
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#92For 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.
It's absolutely amazing. The screen is the only weak point and I don't mean the resolution, as I'd rather have 1280*800 native for that size than FHD and the associated performance hit, but it's a bit uneven in lighting, especially in a place near the top where it seems to be affixed and I have a hot (permagreen) pixel. Of the rest, the form factor is brilliant, it's very ergonomic and nice to hold. Scaling of batter…
You could probably RMA it for the hot pixel to get that fixed
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#93Which also means they are running on Linux. This is mind-blowing.
Arch Linux, btw
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#94So pleased with my steam deck.
So far I have played a bunch of old classics I brought 10 years or so ago which worked flawlessly, now playing “Return to Monkey Island”.
I cannot spend time sitting at a PC playing games these days with kids around, being able to pick it up and put it down on demand is frankly amazing. It is the best thing I’ve owned for years.
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#95For 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.
Love it.
One feature that doesn't get mentioned or appreciated enough is the perfect sleep capability. I have 2 young kids and busy work/family life so I struggle to dedicate gaming time. I might get 20min or I might get interrupted in 30s after I sit down. No problem! You hit the power button and it sleeps instantly, and whenever you have time next you seamlessly and perfectly pick up where you were. This removal of overhead for booting and loading the game makes a massive difference for people like myself.
Otherwise, its interface is great and gets out of the way. There is any number of awesome games available and I've found I've played games I might not have on pc anyway. And a lot of games have seamless cloud saves too - for example I'm playing witcher 3 now and I can play here and there during the day on steam deck and then if I have time for a bigger session I pick it up on pc.
Games I've enjoyed on it include outer wilds (CANNOT recommend that one enough!), steam world dig 2, Dex, into the breach, backbone, and a lot of others.
Edit / p.s.: for me it's size is a plus btw. With Kishi+phone, Nintendo ds and even Nintendo switch, my fingers tingle and wrists hurt after a while. The wider and more natural spacing / angle of the larger steam deck means I can play with no such ergonomic issues.
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#96For 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.
As a counterpoint to the other comments here - I’ve been quite disappointed with mine. It’s a wonderfully flexible device, and extremely fun to tinker with - but the ergonomics are shockingly bad. I don’t know if it’s the size, weight or shape to blame, but it quite reliably gives me the worst hand/wrist pain I’ve ever experienced from a device like it. I’ve tried plenty of purported solutions - adjusting my grip to…
Not the answer you're looking for? But I would say other than selling it, drop it into a dock and then use whatever controller you're happy with.
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#97Though 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…
PSA: Two of my favorite games, Limbo and Inside, are on sale now for a bundle deal of $3. That’s a great value.
I’ve bought it, even if i have them on Epic Store… and I don’t even have a steamdeck yet.
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#98For 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.
Love it. One feature that doesn't get mentioned or appreciated enough is the perfect sleep capability. I have 2 young kids and busy work/family life so I struggle to dedicate gaming time. I might get 20min or I might get interrupted in 30s after I sit down. No problem! You hit the power button and it sleeps instantly, and whenever you have time next you seamlessly and perfectly pick up where you were. This removal of…
I also love that feature for the exact same reason!
Somewhat disappointed with Outer Wilds though ;)
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#99oh finally, we see linux gaming rising.
... but is this the year of linux desktop...?
Honestly, if Valve gives their Steam Machines concept another go with their much improved compatibility and operating system, I think they may have an actual chance. They'll need to come up with a replacement for their terrible Steam controller that tried and failed to be a mouse, but if they just stick the two sides of the Deck together I think they're already almost there.
They'd also need to keep costs down like they do with the Deck and that's going to be a real challenge, but if they can get a controller + desktop out for about the price of the Deck but without the handheld performance restrictions, I think they can gain popularity.
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#100Has 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
Disclaimer: I ordered both a Steam Deck and an ROG Ally at the same time, and ended up returning the Ally, mostly because of the reports of the SD card reader frying up cards. If in 2 months it turns out it was all a software issue, I might rethink my option.
That being said, I think the Ally has great potential and some of the problems listed can be solved/mitigated;
> - Windows as the key interface
You can boot straight into Steam Big Picture. It will show you the desktop for a second, for now, but surely there will be solutions to make it boot almost instantaneously. And then Windows remains as your Desktop Mode.
> - very poor battery life (even worse than the Deck!)
There's a tool called Handheld Companion (FOSS) that tries to do a lot of what the right hand side menu in SteamOS does, FPS limits, power control, etc. It has a feature called AutoTDP which basically modulates power to target a certain FPS average, and it works surprisingly well, shaving off enough power to make the SD and the Ally battery comparable in situations over 9W. Below 9W I agree, the ROG Ally chip just eats more power for sometimes lower performance. It even emulates a DualShock 4 controller so you can stream PS4/PS5 games to it via Sony's app. (that also enables gyro in Steam games, which Asus didn't care much to add, even though the hardware is there)
> - no trackpads so this limits what you can ever play with it to games made for gamepads
Nothing that can be done about that, except maybe yet another Handheld Companion tweak which adds virtual gamepads on the edges of the touchscreen. Very customizable, not perfect, hard to reach with smaller hands, but hey, it's an option.
> - none of the SteamOS goodness See Handheld Companion above
PS: how do I add quotes in here?