Thread 712556535

How many people actually play Steam games on this thing instead of just using it like a PSP and hack it for their pirate library?

a few months back i played persona 5 royal on it

>>712556535 (OP)
i haven't used mine for emulation yet

probably most

>>712556535 (OP)
I play Yakuza Kiwami 2 and Hatsune Miku mega mix

>>712556535 (OP)
I play mostly my steam library on it. You can do whatever you want

>>712556535 (OP)
seems like every tiktok zoomer only uses the deck for emulation desu
when i had one i mainly used it to play my steam backlog, emulated a bunch of switch and ps2 stuff but not that much

>>712557482
You'd be the majority. Main people who buy steam deck have big steam libraries. If one wants one for other reasons there are other options better suited.

>>712556728
Me either outside of retroarch, and I only played Symphony of the night, castlevania 64, and megaman X3 and X4. There are too many good pc games for me to want to play nintendo shit when I already own a switch. As much as I like mystery dungeon red & blue remake im not going to download it on my deck when I can play explorers of time/darkness/sky.

>steam
>games

>>712559615
What's better as a pirate machine if I don't want to fuck around windows desktop with joysticks? I think deck fits both use cases

the deck is too weak to run current gen games
they shill it as a pc with your entire steam library but every time you see them playing just a few indies or emulating old games because that's all they can run

>>712556535 (OP)
>hack
you don't need to hack shit to install custom software on this thing
why else do you think people get steamed decks

>>712560054
digital foundry has turned into such a joke. you can very easily get 30-50 fps consistently in SH2 with the deck and the game itself is just poorly optimized considering it dips to 40 on the PS5 (at least it did at launch, really doubt they've updated the performance lmao).

>>712556535 (OP)
>Hack it
Moron, you don't have to "hack" anything. It's just a PC.

>>712560054
You mean the obviously limited handheld pc is struggling to run obviously overbloated and over budget games that came out after it? Whomst would have thought that could happen. Oh yeah everyone that owns it, which it doesnt matter to most of them because it plays literally almost every game that came out before it perfectly fine. You could buy games from 2021 to 1996 only and still not run out of new stuff to play for over a decade and it wont cost you half your mutt wages to buy games but nice try you disingenuous faggot
Also
>digital cuckolds

>>712560054
I'm playing nioh 2, armored core 6, smtvv. All good performance. Though I don't play ue5 slop so maybe that's a you issue

>>712559850
honestly the only games i think i would try to emulate are the wii games i own but i don't really know how to go about setting them up.

>>712560473
i will say i was a bit disappointed by nioh 2's performance. playing at sub 60 in that game doesn't feel right.

I've been using it for Fantasy Life i.

>>712560473
do nioh and nioh 2 perform well?

>>712560510
It's just a Google search away lil fella. You can do it. I believe in you.

>>712556535 (OP)
i have to re-remember where my roms folders actually are every time i wanna emulate something if that's any indication

>>712560301
Theyre playing in low settings using TSR performance and getting 19. So what's the secret? Upscale from 144p?

>>712560301
>you can very easily get 30-50 fps consistently
you shills also said the deck could "easily run cyberpunk at 60fps" while leaving out the fact that the only way to get close to that is using frame gen which looks like this

>>712560054
I don't know about everyone else but I do use mine as a companion to my PC. So if there is something that I want to play that the deck just can't run then I'll just stream it from my PC to my deck. But so far there hasn't been one game that I wanted to play that the deck couldn't run.

>>712560601
>>712560537
I can keep at a fairly consistent 60 but I compromise on low shadows and 60% rendering res. Unfortunately team ninja games are just poorly optimized as hell. I can inject fsr3 into stranger of paradise for a great experience though. No such luck with nioh 2 but it's so fun I dont care

>>712556535 (OP)
It's a pc, you don't have to "hack" it to do both

>>712560738
Shouldnt be using framegen on base fps lower than 60

>>712560738
People who play modern AAA on the 'eck are demented.
>All lowest settings
>Config tweaks for even lowering settings
>Fsr ultra performance at 800p for a pixelated blurry mess
>Frame gen to 40 fps with all that extra input lag
Yup, it's gaming time.

>>712556535 (OP)
Judging by Reddit and /v Pleddit Vegan Mustard Pee Sea/ race it looks like all the people who hate modern games because they won't make new games from they grew up are just pirating Nintendo products on their $650 Steam Deck. And complaining still that they old PC games aren't getting beloved sequels, while simultaneously running 4VPNs and Denuvo backdoor crypto mining malware decryptors on pirated software.

P.C.M.R. behavior.

>>712560670
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FliLiMQpE84&t=115s
literally just do a google search. god you people are all so fucking retarded

>>712560949
funniest part is how they larp as "pc master race" and shit on consoles that get much better graphics and performance than them

no one actually plays on the deck
it's just a vocal minority shilling it to feel validated as contrarians "fighting the system" and taking photos of main menus before turning it off

>>712560738
Cyberpunk shouldn't be played on any handheld. It's a gorgeous game meant for 1080p minimum and gameplay is better with m+kb. To compromise at 720p is a joke

>>712556535 (OP)
Oh hey, I have one of them things

>>712561398
Meds now

>>712561212
oh and before you go
>DURRRRR i see it going below 30!!!111!!1!
i'm using settings found in the comments that are found in several other places on the internet if you just actually fucking google something for once instead of asking dumbass questions on the basket weaving forum. all these fucking test videos also only ever start in the beginning in the heavily fogged areas, which is graphic intensive, so obviously you're going to get lower frames than you would inside the buildings, which is where most of the game actually fucking takes place. kys

>>712561468
I like the look of retroid but >android

>>712561398
>everyone i don't like is a vegan

>>712556535 (OP)
>hack it
It's a PC, you don't have to hack it. Just install emulators. That said, I used to play a lot of PC games on it when I first got it, but I got a ROG Ally and usually use that for newer releases.

>>712556535 (OP)
About 50/50. Lately Im playing the original ratchet and clank quadrilogy but also playing Outlast Trials

>>712561710
That idiot schizo has been spamming this flamebait for months now. I would ignore him. He literally admitted that he's counter-trolling the "PC vegans" for saying mean things about Nintendo.

It's peak mental illness.

>>712556535 (OP)
Play?

>>712561536
damn you're really mad, it's obvious the buyers remorse is hurting you really bad. Also
>dude just look online for tweaks to lower the graphics below potato settings so it can reach 30fps SOMETIMES
lmao what a joke

>>712561554
Android + Moonlight is the most underrated combo though anon

>>712556535 (OP)
>Hack it
You don't hack it. It's a PC. You can do whatever you want on it. I play tons of steam games and pirate PC games too. Plus emulators. Playing through a couple DS games on it right now (Kirby squeak squad and Yu-Gi-Oh 2011)

>>712561398
based truthful poster calling out p.c. fanboy vegans

>>712556535 (OP)
I definetely started using it as just an emulation machine. First year was strictly:
>tales of xillia
>monster hunter
>digital devil saga

Now I'm using it for more general gaming and have more steam games on it. Played the resident evil games I had in my library on it and now replaying Dark Souls 1 and 2 on it

>>712562371
>>712562409
Question fellas: if I want to use this to emulate older games, like say an SNES game, does it improve the battery life? What's the average battery life you guys get?

>>712560018
Deck is a great pirate machine. Half of my library on that thing is non-steam. Just watch a YouTube tutorial or two and you're golden.

>>712561878
not what i said at all. you're genuinely insane. get help.

It is my main computer now so I play all the games I played on my desktop before I gave it away like tf2 and

>>712561878
>you're mad at my retardation so you must have buyer's remorse, LOL!
Ad Hominem. Strawman. Many such cases.

>>712561878
? He literally said 30-50 and that's when you play outside. As someone who played it on 'eck, you get 45+ nearly all the time indoors.

>>712556535 (OP)
I've been playing Fantasy Life on it recently.

>>712562530
Yeah I'm aware of that, was more of a question for the other anon, which handheld he thought was best for piracy. Deck is fine but imo the youtube tutorials can be misleading if you're a newbie since there's a ton of ways of doing the same thing but imo the best way is almost always to just add a game as non steam executable instead of messing with lutris and manually creating prefixes

>>712562501
For sure, I haven't used an SNES emulator but when I'm using WiiU/gamecube, PS2, or even Switch, I get like 6+ hours of battery life. Even with some steam games, if you manage the settings correctly (frame limit, TDP limit, limit wattage, use FSR, you can improve batter life even more

>>712556535 (OP)
NOOOOOOOOOOO UNINSTALL THIS RIGHT NOW

>>712556535 (OP)
I think tech has advanced enough for us to get a Steam Deck Mini or whatever they call it, with the same performance but actually portable size and weight

>>712563369
Interesting. That's promising. I'm thinking of getting a steam deck once they finally get rid of all the kinks. Did the same with the Vita, since homebrew turned that into a real jewel.

>>712560601
>>712560537
Also just a follow up, you can use the steam deck fsr to smooth out the lower rendering res if you go down to 50% and it still performs at a consistent 60

>>712562501
SNES emulators will definitely have better battery life than of you play someone more intense like some 3d games or GameCube or Wii emulators. I never time it but it's obviously longer with older systems. You can also adjust some settings to make it use even less power while playing stuff that does not need as much to save even more. I think it's a decky plugin.

>>712563097
how is fantasy life?

>>712560054
>current gen games
Because most ps5 games have undisabled ray tracing. I also had to upgrade my hardware for ps5 games.

>>712565013
Silky smooth 60 on high settings (sans global illumination) except in Ginormosia, where you'll have to drop some settings to medium to maintain 60.
In some of the less demanding areas I've even been able to hit 60 FPS at 1080p low.

I dont like to play games on it that make the fans run hot.

Honestly I just use it for emulation, indie pixel shit, and everything else I stream via geforce now. But thats my gaming needs.

>>712565905
That's the beauty of it. Nothing matters beyond what your gaming needs are as the consumer

>>712560054
There are two games in that webm and they both suck ass. Stellar Blade runs at a locked 40 and KCD2 at 30. That being said, yeah Deck needs a sequel, but you're not going to get a generational leap in performance and battery life until UDNA has its refresh.

i am actually selling mine. it is very good for ps3 era games. try playing elden ring and the fan start being so loud and gets so hot you just wanna do something else, same for many other games unfortunately.
i'll play it on my switch 2.

also stupid form factor and too big to actually bring with you for short trips

yes emulation is alright but i prefer to do that on my laptop...

>>712556535 (OP)
I haven't tried emulation yet on it. I mostly have been playing RPGs and learning the little ins and outs here and there.
>Currently playing Metaphor: Refantazio while having a live stream in the background and petting my pupper.
>It's pretty comfy

>>712556535 (OP)
Why do pcfags always play with cpu% gpu% fps# shit on the screen

>>712568056
You should do it for the first 30 minutes to an hour of a new game. Gets you a good idea of what you need to adjust on settings to get the most out of it or just to figure out if its worth playing on your system.

>>712569046
Have you tried just playing the game? You need to know if you're running at 53fps or 55?

>>712562501
Steam Deck does a pretty decent job at automatically shifting power usage depending on what you're playing. You can get 6 hours normally just playing SNES games not changing anything but pretty sure you can get 8 hours and over cranking the CPU TDP down super low with low brightness

>>712556535 (OP)
I'm currently playing the new Rune Factory on it

I use it to play mostly steam games, I rarely touch emulators.
Every now and then a new game comes out that interests me and because you know, games are not limited to AAA and high demanding shits, I can run it on my deck just fine. I don't need to resort to old games. There's next fest demos of stuff coming out that's running fine on it, go look.

>>712556535 (OP)
I like to play the Switch version of CRT on it.

>>712560054
What the fuck, this is insulting

>>712569187
>You need to know if you're running at 53fps or 55
At the start, yeah. I like to know at what places do I get performance drops while playing and the extent of it

>>712566754
We know you post there too faggot. Steam Deck is a 3 year old device that got outsold by the Switch 2 in 24 hours. $650 Steamie Weenie Vegan Junior Deckie. You lost, lol.

>>712556535 (OP)
I tried it with lego star wars, vampire survivors, and some other mid-range steam games to fairly mediocre results.
Sold it fairly swiftly desu. I sometimes regret it but for the most part don’t:

>>712570070
Are Steam Deck sales figures supposed to lessen my enjoyment of it?

>>712570070
i dont get the pic

>>712570398
Anon is mostly projecting

>>712570380
I don't get it either. Tendies shit on deck for being older but specs are largely the same as switch 2 except not locked down like switch

>>712561212
>>712561536
>>712561878
This profile looks terrible in action. The actual thing you'd want to do with the Deck is use Moonlight to stream it from your powerful gaming PC onto the screen. You do have a powerful main PC, right?

>>712562501
I get around 5-6 hours emulating most things prior to the gamecube era

Emulation on unauthorized devices is illegal

>>712556535 (OP)
90% of playtime is steam games
5% is pirated
other 5% was Zelda BotW & TotK

I pretty much only play Steam games.
Really should set up emudeck though, I know.
Have 8x 512gb micro sd cards and it looks like I'll have to upgrade the internal to 1tb cause my shader cache size is starting to get out of control

>>712560018
Im sure a base Rog or the Lenovo are better at that just because they run windows by default. No need to pray and try different proton builds if shit doesn't work or if the videocodecs aren't just right.

>>712556535 (OP)
I do. So at least 1

>>712560054
I just played kcd2 on it. That was the last released game I give a fuck about.

>>712570380
Yeah, obviously. But don't tell them that you enjoyed the Ps2 over the gamecube, because then sales will magically stop mattering.

>>712567489
The actual footprint is it's only problem. This thing is a handheld that's an actual bitch to carry arround. That and the battery life on demanding games make it more of "Play comfy in your living room with the brick plugged at an outlet" kinda machine

I have a rog ally and its the perfect minecraft device

>>712560510
It's not difficult, Anon. You don't even need BIOS files for Dolphin

>>712560294
>>712560448
>>712561739
>>712562371
OP doesn't comprehend these replies. If he were mentally capable of grasping this concept then he wouldn't be thinking Steam Deck needs to be hacked in 2022+3. No doubt he has been told countless times that it's a PC but the information just slips right off his smooth brain rather than soaking in. It's possible that he's never even used a PC and assumes that installing third-party software on any device inherently involves some kind of jailbreak.

>>712560054
current gen games don't even run right on new hardware. It has nothing to do with the Deck's specs

>>712579012
He's too used to proprietary, locked down hardware.

>>712560054
Switch 2 has a slower CPU than the Steam Deck

>>712580596
What possessed them to put a 120hz screen on it?

>>712580596
Switch 2 has more raw gpu power. Here it is running Cyberpunk 2077 better.

https://youtu.be/ttz2rKr9gy0?si=1pFvJJZSsz-TEzw5

>>712582137
>Docked mode

I do most of my emulation on my desktop since I have a VGA monitor, but it's nice for GBA games and such. The vast majority of my time has been with actual PC games

>>712571802
>>712574497
consolewarring over handhelds is stupid. both the switch 2 and the steam deck fulfill the needs of their target audiences. there's even more overlap than you might think. i certainly use my Deck more than the Switch 1/2 (probably with just Hades, Dark Souls 1+3, and TRPGs like Tactics Ogre alone), but I'm not going to pretend like I don't have hundreds of hours logged on Fire Emblem, Mario Kart, TotK, Monster Hunter GU, Mario Maker 2, etc..

>>712556535 (OP)
did you hack the performance overlay to not show the fps? kek

>>712561346
They still own desktop rigs retard. The whole point of this thing is to be a secondary way to play your backlog.

>>712580596
>>712582137
It's not an apples to apples comparison, since SoC's aren't directly comparable. You have to run a suite of video game tests to get an effective benchmark, not to mention that the DLSS on the Switch 2 performs much better than FSR in terms of visual clarity and iirc better in terms of performance anyway, which reflects the more mature tensorcore architecture.

TFLOPs and synthetic tests don't give you a realistic sense of how good a machine actually is at running video game software. The Deck itself fails a lot of these tests compared to its common points of comparison but delivers a very respectable performance in a lot of games nonetheless.

>>712582360
show us how much better steam deck's docked mode is then

>>712583026
Switch OLED is my favorite way to play GBA games, the screen is stunning and it's really comfy to hold. Love my deck to bits but it's a bit overkill when I just wanna cruise on some Zero Mission.

I might actually get the GBA shaped chinkheld though, it looks great

>>712560054
the only games that are like this are ones that run shitty on PC in general. like, yeah, if you try to run stalker 2 or some other ue5 sloppa it's gonna suck. people were complaining about DD2 running like shit on 40 series cards since day 1.

i've been enjoying nightreign on mine just fine

>>712583305
Dock mode. I would use my main PC, which already has hardware 10 times more powerful than the Switch 2.

>>712579012
>It's possible that he's never even used a PC and assumes that installing third-party software on any device inherently involves some kind of jailbreak.
The sad part is that I know plenty of zoomers who think like this, so it's not too far-fetched.

I emulate a lotta ps1 games on mine, but last Steam Replay I had a roughly 50/50 split between my desktop and it (This only counts Steam Games and games played online, so none of the emulating, or when I was out and about)

I bought it yesterday and pirating filtered me immediately. i guess i am too dumb for linux

pirated game, installed it using wine, when i launch it in dekstop mode i get ''this game needs microsoft dedistributle c++'' error, when i launch in game mode, it starts and closes immediately even when i selected proton compatibility

i guess i am too retarded, nice device though

>>712556535 (OP)
I never owned a Steam Deck though

I have a GPD Win 4, but Switch games remained on the Switch until I got my Switch 2, so Switch games now remain on the Switch 2.

>>712556535 (OP)
I've been playing the Ninja Gaiden Ragebound Demo over and over again on it while I'm in bed. I also replayed the Hotline Miami games on it recently, and when I played Persona 3 Reload I did like 95% of the game on the Deck. I do primarily use it for emulation, though.

>>712586481
I was playing ninja gaiden master collection modded and deck can crack out 6 hours battery at 60fps on sigma 1. Pretty nice

>>712586651
Nice. You got the more expensive model? apparently that one boasts the best battery life.

>>712556535 (OP)
I and anybody I know uses the steam deck to play steam games, I can't believe switchfags are implying STEAM has no games

>>712586842
No, good ol lcd shitbrick. Oled battery would get crazy mileage from master collection

i'm going to play the new rune factory on it soon

>>712582137
>>712584893
I gotta be honest, who is getting the switch 2 for massive 3rd party releases
The switch 2 is for 1st party Nintendo releases and comfy indie games on the go
t. Switchfag