News Steam/Valve announces 'Steam Deck' - competition to the Nintendo Switch (1 Viewer)

[Myco]

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Of course this won't run any Nintendo Games but pretty much every other PC Game that's on the steam store I suppose?

Just tagging a few people that commented on other gaming related threads on here
@Yili @blueberries @OnlyCalB @karina @Ariadne @heartstopper @Abeamus @lexus @Mangoey @EvenOfDae @honeyfornomoney @Juniverse @Handcrafted @Panda @Tickita @raymondchouku


Also seems like they are trying to work against scalpers
"Why is my account not able to place a reservation until Sunday? - We are aware of potential unauthorized resellers, and as an additional safeguard to ensure a fair ordering process, we’ve added a requirement that the reserver has made a purchase on Steam prior to June 2021 for the first 48 hours of reservation availability."


"2 to 8 hours, charges via USB so you can feed it off power banks as well
No porting is HUGE by the way - if all games on steam work on the deck it's gonna have a killer and cheap game library from the get go
E: It gets better, it's fully open, it's a pc computer with a controller built in. You can install windows on this which opens up all games, without a need for porting, with no performance losses due to linux/proton"​

 

[Abeamus]

It sounds like a good idea but I am unsure of the design as it's going to weigh nearly twice as much as the Switch and just going off the looks it seems like it could feel awkward to hold in your hands with how high the actual controls are

 

[Myco]

It sounds like a good idea but I am unsure of the design as it's going to weigh nearly twice as much as the Switch and just going off the looks it seems like it could feel awkward to hold in your hands with how high the actual controls are

yeah it looks relatively heavy and big, i guess it depends on the person if they are comfortable holding it or not

 

[OnlyCalB]

That's actually pretty cool. I don't personally have a use for it though as if I'm gaming I'm playing on PC anyway (or console).

The only practical use I'd get out of this device is if I'm travelling for many hours (which I don't) or I'm on holiday (I don't go on holidays).

 

[Myco]

That's actually pretty cool. I don't personally have a use for it though as if I'm gaming I'm playing on PC anyway (or console).

The only practical use I'd get out of this device is if I'm travelling for many hours (which I don't) or I'm on holiday (I don't go on holidays).

but imagine you could turn off your pc and just continue playing from the last save in bed on this console :wonugl:

 

[OnlyCalB]

but imagine you could turn off your pc and just continue playing from the last save in bed on this console :wonugl:

True. But you aren't supposed to be playing games 1 hour before bed!


Although I do it most nights.

 

[Myco]

True. But you aren't supposed to be playing games 1 hour before bed!


Although I do it most nights.

I bet more people than just you break that rule

 

[OnlyCalB]

I bet more people than just you break that rule

Including you?

 

[Myco]

Including you?

surely

 

[RandAlThor]

True. But you aren't supposed to be playing games 1 hour before bed!


Although I do it most nights.

lol i play up to bed almost every night too.

 

[blueberries]

I don't think it can meet PC's performance though so i'm wondering how it will be able to play all these games like there is reason why mobile console games are less intense on graphics

 

[Myco]

I don't think it can meet PC's performance though so i'm wondering how it will be able to play all these games like there is reason why mobile console games are less intense on graphics

In the video they say they can play current popular titles on medium to high graphics with no fps issues and such

 

[blueberries]

In the video they say they can play current popular titles on medium to high graphics with no fps issues and such

so it can play cyberpunk that was unplayable on ps4 i'm not completely buying it

 

[Myco]

so it can play cyberpunk that was unplayable on ps4 i'm not completely buying it

It is a a portable PC, or at least that's what they are planing to market it as, so I'm sure it packs a lot more power than an old PS4, just like any PC does tbh. Sure we might have to wait for actual after release footage of how strong it is, but I'm sure it can run Cyberpunk 2077 with medium-high graphics smoothly, especially after all the patches, also you can apparently delete the SteamOS and install Windows, which helps with Direct X11/12 as well I suppose.

 

[Panda]

idk man, i wouldn't get it but i also have a gaming pc so it's whatever to me

 

[RandAlThor]

i mean i own maybe 10 steam games but play .... 1 (alot like 5k hours) and a few other very rarely.

not sure this is for me ).

 

[lexus]

Seems like a pretty cool console but I don't know if I'd personally buy it. What if the games don't perform as well as they would on gaming pc's?

 

[yeji]

sounds cool as an idea. I personally am not a gamer tho so wouldn’t buy it