Steam Deck

[Roundhouse]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415718021469925378

So we have:

- Steam library on handheld.
- Significantly more powerful than the Switch, it can play AAA games without needing to Cloud stream.
- Price point of $400.
- Can connect it to a screen to play with mouse and keyboard if needed.

This has all sorts of implications, but one relevant thing is that it is now feasible to get VIIR on handheld...

 

[Lulcielid]

Interested in seeing on how it will handle generational transition because at some point in the upcoming 5 years the hardware would be quite outdated to run certain games without compromises.

 

[Erotic Materia]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415718021469925378

So we have:

- Steam library on handheld.
- Significantly more powerful than the Switch, it can play AAA games without needing to Cloud stream.
- Price point of $400.
- Can connect it to a screen to play with mouse and keyboard if needed.

This has all sorts of implications, but one relevant thing is that it is now feasible to get VIIR on handheld...

BROOOOOO FUCK I WANT THIS

 

[Lulcielid]

Going by the preview and developer comments, since you can install third party programms and other app stores this could mean:

• Emulators.
• DRM free games (via GOG store).
• Being able to play games without needing always online connection.

On paper it's already a more appealling product than the Nintendo Switch, with the only drawback being the yikes pricing for the storage.

The fact that it can be used as just a regular desktop PC is nice bonus.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

I hope I'm not starting a console war here, but...

Is it safe to say Steam Deck does what Nintendon't?

 

[Cthulhu]

It's a PC, and you can install emulators, Windows, the whole lot on it if you want, and connect it to a keyboard and mouse - making it an interesting alternative to a gaming PC or especially a laptop.

Also it depends; what nintendon't? They're a specialized platform with mainly platform exclusives, like they've always done.

 

[Roundhouse]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1484010884292698116

 

[Rydeen]

What a time to be alive

 

[Roundhouse]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1497948528198356999

 

[Strangelove]

• Emulators.

apparently so

 

[Lulcielid]

Don't install windows on Steam Deck, yet.

 

[ultima espio]

FF games on Deck:

I wonder if the 98 version of VII would work with FFnx.

 

[Lulcielid]

Valve will giveaway 1 Steam Deck (512gb) every minute during The Game Awards. Register page.

 

[Makoeyes987]

If you haven't bought anything via Steam between November 14th 2021 to November 14th 2022, apparently you're not eligible.

 

[Erotic Materia]

If you haven't bought anything via Steam between November 14th 2021 to November 14th 2022, apparently you're not eligible.

Yeah, posers! Suck it!

 

[ForceStealer]

If you haven't bought anything via Steam between November 14th 2021 to November 14th 2022, apparently you're not eligible.

Even more difficult, you have to be watching the Game Awards live

 

[Erotic Materia]

Even more difficult, you have to have a device watching the Game Awards live

FTFY

 

[Strangelove]

why did i think 'ftfy' meant 'fuck that, fuck you'

 

[Leafonthebreeze]

why did i think 'ftfy' meant 'fuck that, fuck you'

I spent years thinking SMH was "so much hate"

 

[Erotic Materia]

SMH, FTFY

 

[ForceStealer]

I spent years thinking SMH was "so much hate"

That's the opposite if my dad thinking lol was "lots of love" for years

 

[Erotic Materia]

That's the opposite if my dad thinking lol was "lots of love" for years

 

[Lulcielid]

Steam Deck to have replaceable battery by 2027, in EU.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1680051967400243201

 

[ultima espio]

OLED version coming soon:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1722675123067777487

The 64gb version is now unavailable, the 256gb one is now the price the 64 was, then 512 and 1TB are OLED.