I'm glad Valve created the Deck. Seems a lot of people are enjoying it, and they lit a fire under some competitors to create similar competing products. And DiYers are having a lot of fun too. Looks like it's been good all around.
Valve worked with anti cheat developers to make sure most games work on the Steam deck, and the few that don't just need to flip a switch to allow proton.
Like rainbow six: siege for example, game works perfectly offline and solo play, but because they didn't enable the features, you get kicked when trying to play online.
It's honestly my favourite gaming device, even though I still think it's way too big and that the screen is...not great(quality wise, not resolution). But the price beats everything else and the software is top notch, it allowed me to play more games and enjoy them more than my very fancy gaming PC, PS5 and Xbox combined. I'm definitely preordering Deck 2 the second it's announced.
Same, its nice to see the Steam Deck really took off compared to their previous efforts. It seems the iterated upon their previous attempts and ended up with a great product in the end.
SteamOS 3.5 fixed a major SMT bug in the Linux kernel. Basically, certain CPU heavy workloads would get hit with major stuttering unless you disabled multithreading. Lots of emulators and older games were affected. Now SMT works as intended without the performance hitches.
I want the Steam Deck so badly but at this point I'm afraid they will just announce a new/better version of it. Knowing my luck that would happen like 1 month after I've bought it lol
A new version isn’t coming any time soon. Valve already said it will be quite some time. Valve also has a terrible track record for developing new versions of their devices. It’s more likely that they were trying to kickstart the form factor but once there’s a healthy competitive landscape they will lose interest. It’s not a company strong on execution. They have the corporate equivalent of ADHD.
The device as it exits today is fantastic and it will play a giant portfolio of PC and emulated games until you wear out the battery and joysticks.
Valve said the new revision isn't coming for a while, and tbf it's a "relatively" inexpensive device so you'd be able to sell it without losing a lot of money even when a new one is announced. I'd recommend getting the cheapest 64GB version and upgrading the drive yourself.
I find it a worthwhile purchase even if another one comes out immediately. A new version won't change the fact that the original is a great and capable device that is a lot of fun and very convenient to use.
I don't think a new version will come out at all. Steam Deck profits are like console profits, it's sold very little margin to get you into the ecosystem, in this case Steam. But when ASUS, Lenovo, and everyone else is making similar devices that run Steam anyways, Valve's profit stream will be there whether they make the devices or not.
At release the Steam Deck competed with the Nintendo Switch, which doesn't run Steam. The Steam Deck has pushed Steam into the handheld market, but other devices can keep it going without a second Steam Deck.
You need to have the preview installed, or wait until they release it for GA. Preview need developer settings enabled and some other stuff I don't acutely remember. You can check your kernel version with `uname -a`, if it starts with 6, you are good to go.
Anyone using a Steam Deck as their full-time PC? It's one of the best power to price ratios out there and has sterling Linux support for those who value preinstalled Linux on their machines. Only downside is SteamOS doesn't support FDE so it's a no-go for enterprise.
Based on the article itself it seems mostly in counterstrike, which tbh I would never play using a controller. Everything else seemed pretty marginal. Should use some more popular titles to test. Whats the difference in dark souls 3, or starfield, or Baldur's Gate 3?
Valve doing god’s work. Other companies should take note. The amount of good will steam is buying with their linux gaming contributions is through the roof. And i am pretty sure valve is making a killing in profits.
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Valve worked with anti cheat developers to make sure most games work on the Steam deck, and the few that don't just need to flip a switch to allow proton.
Like rainbow six: siege for example, game works perfectly offline and solo play, but because they didn't enable the features, you get kicked when trying to play online.
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The device as it exits today is fantastic and it will play a giant portfolio of PC and emulated games until you wear out the battery and joysticks.
Go buy it on sale right now and enjoy it.
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At release the Steam Deck competed with the Nintendo Switch, which doesn't run Steam. The Steam Deck has pushed Steam into the handheld market, but other devices can keep it going without a second Steam Deck.
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echo 80 > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon4/max_battery_charge_level
You need to have the preview installed, or wait until they release it for GA. Preview need developer settings enabled and some other stuff I don't acutely remember. You can check your kernel version with `uname -a`, if it starts with 6, you are good to go.
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