Thread 714473118

Grestest purchase on my life desu

>>714473118 (OP)
This but Switch 2

>>714473118 (OP)
This but PC

>>714473118 (OP)
It definitely helped to bring me back to gaming

>>714473118 (OP)
GOOD MORNING SAAR PLEASE REDEEM STEAM DECK

>>714473118 (OP)
>LCD model
It's not the greatest purchase of your life

>>714473118 (OP)
I wish they'd do a lite version. Damn thing doesn't need two trackpads. Also stop striping my pacman packages every update you fags.

it cant even run fzero gx smoothly

>switchtrannies are already here and seething
mindbroken lmao

i've owned a steam deck for almost three years and ever since i bought a switch 2 it's just collecting dust. at this point i should just sell it because the switch 2 does everything the deck does but better

>>714474029
Neither can Switch 2

>>714473118 (OP)
I didn't really know what to expect when I decided to get one years ago, but after getting it I just found myself thinking "I'm free". This is the device I dreamed of as a kid. The device *that* kid used to talk about on the playground. Everything in the palm of my hand. No more console cancer.

I have one and it just made me want a real PC but those are too expensive and complicated
I hate being retarded and poor

>>714474070
>i've owned a steam deck
>the switch 2 does everything the deck does but better

Okay, but what is the Crestest purchase of your life

>>714474070
I own both and that is bullshit. Switch 2 have trackpads and a desktop mode for one. Joy-con mouse is a thing but you're only really gonna use it in table top mode

>>714474029
Switch can't even run your steam or gog library...

>>714474554
i wanna play fzero gx though

it's pretty cool, but docked (official) not really doing any upscale graphically kinda lame. fun handheld and 1TB so i still got plenty on a packed device.

>>714474070
My friend bought a deck and touched it maybe once. He also bought a switch 2 and keeps playing on that all the time.
There's a reason deck sold like crap.

>>714474915
is your friend also trans by any chance

>>714474949
If he was trans he would love the deck.

'ick on 'eck?

>>714473118 (OP)
Is the deck 2 coming out any time soon?

>>714474219
I haven't brushed in months

>>714473118 (OP)
>bought this in anticipation for my two-week long vacation in virginia about 6 months ago
>got moderate use out of it the first few days, mostly on the plane (don't laught)
>once i settled down in the air bnb and had access to an outlet, i just used my laptop instead since most of the games i played were pretty low intensity
>haven't used it since
i don't think it's a bad product, but it doesn't really do a lot that my laptop can't already do

>>714476229
BUT CAN YOU SIT ON THE COUCH WHILE PLAYING IT!? SEE THIS PICTURE I MADE?

Oh you can just put a small table in front of the couch to use it? DOESN'T COUNT!

>>714475598
Yeah i'm holding off on getting one because of this, it got leaked like 6 months back with the new steam vr controller

>>714474412
>Joy-con mouse is a thing
Switch 2 doesn't even have that over the Deck. You can literally just plugin or bluetooth an actual mouse to the Deck.

>>714474678
>but docked (official) not really doing any upscale graphically kinda lame
They'd have to add an external GPU to the dock for that, which would cost hundreds of dollars. The only difference between the Deck and S2 docked/undocked is with the Deck you have full control over how much power and performance you want out of the Deck at any given time whereas the S2 kneecaps itself in handheld mode. S2 isn't getting more power out of its dock, it's undercutting itself in handheld mode without your consent.

>>714475598
1-2 years by valve's estimates.

You can't play porn games on the switch 2 but you can on the steam deck.
I got the OLED and it was the best purchase I've ever made.

>>714476592
don't think I'll be getting the deck 2, mine is already powerful enough to play the games I want

>>714475794
Can I lick your teeth

>>714476936
It's so funny that all these threads are probably just 2 people shilling and talking to each other.

>Yes Saar I bought Steam Deck love it very much saar!
>Me twice Saar I redeem steam deck best purchase ever saar better than nintendo!

my deck's L and R buttons don't work unless I press them harder than usual after they click and it's making me really paranoid and not wanting to use it because I don't know how to fix it and don't want to take it apart and don't want to RMA it because it's my only computer and has sensitive and essential data on it and I already went through enough RMAs because they kept fucking up the trackpad sensitivity every time they sent it back to the point they just gave me a refund and seemed fed up with me even though I posted proof of the trackpads being messed up every time they sent it back
I don't know what to do

>>714477436
Should've returned it to Gabe's doorstep and got it fixed. You have a warranty.

>>714477436
how much porn do you keep on your deck bro?

>>714477406
this but with tendies shitting up yet another deck thread

>>714477513
that's why I RMA'd the first one so many times they gave up and refunded me
then I just bought another one
now I'm scared they're going to fuck me again if I try anything

>>714473118 (OP)
Do you really need to open it and change/replace parts or is that only for turbo autists? I just want something to game when I get some spare time away from the kids...

>>714477908
What parts do you think need changing? What an odd question.

>>714477908
why would you need to? you can replace the ssd with something that has more space or replace shit when it breaks but besides that I can't think of why you'd want to open it

>>714477908
it works straight out the box bro you just wait for it to boot, put your steam details in, install your game and play

if you want to emulate and do other stuff yeah there is some minor tinkering but it's nothing complex

>>714477885
you've broke 2 decks? do you abuse them lol

>>714477973
>>714478018
>>714478060
I heard it needed a lot of tinkering that's why I asked, like cooling system or other buttons for example.
Thanks btw

>>714478147
>like cooling system or other buttons for example.
the fuck? when people say tinkering they mean like game settings, limiting the TDP or setting the screen refresh. I have never heard of anyone fucking with the buttons or heatsink

>>714478248
Settings tinkering is ok but opening up the Deck made me not really go for it. I know those colleagues who suggested Deck to me were kinda autistic with messing around stuff like building gaming pcs/laptops and sell them but I was kinda worried if it was a prerequisite for the Deck too

>>714478423
Dude you are talking absolute nonsense

>>714473118 (OP)
I am sorry for you.

>>714478423
no, you won't need to do that stuff

I got a laptop, why would I ever get a steam deck?

>>714478485 (me)
Forgot to add that tyrone finally impregnated my wife. I'm gonna be a father! Wahoo!

>>714473118 (OP)
i will never understand fags like you

>>714478542
is your laptop sexy?

>>714478146
no, my first one had some unrelated issue or defect I don't remember anymore and every replacement had fucked up extremely oversensitive trackpads
just swiping my finger normally on them registered a click and it fucked up the games I was playing that I used them in with misinputs and basically made them unusable and after RMAing it enough times without them being able to fix the issue because the niggers at their contracted repair centers can't equally tighten 4 fucking screws they offered me a refund that I used to buy a brand new one and surprise surprise it had no issues

>>714478649
hmm I see, sorry you had a bad experience

>>714478808
I'm just worried that fucks me over now, because I could tell the customer service seemed like they were getting sick of me even though I provided proof it still had the same issue every time they sent it back until they offered a refund which they don't normally do

I actually had a similar problem with Nintendo, my pro controller had one of the bumpers not registering unless I pressed harder after it clicked (which ironically is now the issue my current deck is having with both bumpers but that's after 250+ hours of TF2 not out of the box) and after sending it back so many times they actually gave me a first party game for free of my choice, and then I suddenly owned splatoon 2 and I went from not caring about that franchise at all to putting hundreds of hours into it and buying all the DLC and the sequel and all its DLC
and my controller still has that problem
why do controllers FUCKING SUCK

>>714479115
just keep onto them, the worst they can do is tell you to fuck off so no biggie

>>714479223
well I don't want to send my new deck in for an RMA now
the buttons work, they just don't register when they click unless I press a bit harder or press them at a certain angle

I just don't know if it's because whatever plastic piece pressing the switch isn't making good contact or if it's the button switch itself going bad
I splurged on the most expensive lcd model specifically because I didn't want to take it apart and fuck anything up and now the whole device is just giving me anxiety when I think about it

>>714473118 (OP)
Same honestly I can't bring myself to sit at my desk anymore to game. Since I play mostly Jap games now anyways I'm not concerned about the specs being a little out of date, most things run fine.

Just hope it runs RE9 decently

>>714477406
Or people actually like it. I know everyone hates the S2, even the Nintendo diehards despite some pretending otherwise, but people can actually like and enjoy a system. It is possible, you know, when the system is actually good.

>>714477436
Just learn open it up, take out the ssd and send it in for repairs if you're worried about fixing it yourself.

>>714475598
A year at the earliest. I would assume around the holidays next year, but knowing valve they'd probably try to avoid the holidays because they won't be able to fill that many orders. So early 2027 is my guess.

>>714473118 (OP)
>on my life
good morning sir

>>714483247
I'm dyslexic, not indian

>>714473118 (OP)
I don't play mine at all.
Once I got bored of Vampire Survivors, Balatro and Darkest Dungeon, I don't have any game to play, that I wouldn't rather play on my desktop PC.

>>714483752
I'm basically the opposite. I play nearly everything on my deck now and my pc is reserved for games where I want a bigger screen. I was surprised when valve told me 90% of my time was spent playing on the deck at this point.

>>714484871
What do you even play on it? Most of my games basically require the mouse.

>>714474029
wait really? I have a shitty laptop I can easily run it on

>>714473118 (OP)
This, I love to play games on my OLEDeck when traveling or visiting my family.

I thought it was a meme until I got an OLED last year. Thinking "if you have a PC anyways, why would you want this" or "it doesn't have any exclusives".
Now I play it fairly frequently. I have a PC that's fairly capable for gaming (5900x/4070S) but I use the deck regularly. I've been playing OneShot on it at night.

>>714486350
>>714485463
Try and make it less obvious next time

>>714486473
love my OLED me

So good you have to keep telling people right.

>>714488342
yeah

>>714488342
Jealous bud?

>>714488506
Nah I have a PC and when I look down at my hand it's white, doing pretty good.

>>714488716
I wasn't aware pajeets could afford more than hwitey

Any good Deck games on sale right now? I'm considering Hades II.

>>714488862
for me it's persona 5 royal

>>714475598
Now that switch 2 is out they can safely copy it again

>>714473145
he said greatest, not worst

>>714473118 (OP)
lol it is hilarious how insecure deckfags are after the Switch 2 launched.

>>714474070
Me when I lie

'ick looks better on the 'eck than it does on the 'witch 2

>>714477406
I haven't seen a single person outside of /v/ who wants to buy a Switch 2, and I talk to people that were big fans of the first console. The only samefag here is (You) desperately trying to fit in with jeet jokes that you've stolen.

>>714489453
I bought my deck oled when the switch 2 was announced

>>714490428
Damn what an utterly retarded decision.

>>714490536
ok tendie

>>714490428
I second guessed myself a little but when I saw that shitty launch lineup I stopped caring and realized the deck is a better investment

>>714473145
Based

>>714473118 (OP)
I'm on the fence between the 512gb OLED or the Legion Go S Z2Go. Not sure which would be the better choice honestly.

>>714490735
Not only that, but I realized I was getting a PC and not just another shitty walled garden console variant with the deck.

>>714491124
>>714490735
Good morning valve saar.

>>714491213
ok tendie

>>714485070
Basically everything. Playing nightreign on it right now. If I'm playing an rts or something then yeah I'll play it on my desktop rather than bluetooth a mouse unless I'm really desperate on a trip or something, a desktop is just more convenient for that kind of game, but for me a deck is more convenient for most games.

>>714485070
NTA but if it requires fast and (somewhat) precise aiming then I play on PC. Otherwise games like Quasimorph, Elin, or some slower shooters/stealth games are amazing on trackpads. Of course games made with controllers in mind are also perfect on it.

>>714488862
This was my haul

>>714490992
It kind of boils down to what games you play. Other handhelds like the Claw, Ally and Legion have better hardware and battery life if you care about playing more recent games, but the Deck has steam input which lets you play other games designed for KBM controls that the others can't. I will say that the OLED deck has far and away the best screen out of any of them

>>714489637
Because you're indians and you can only afford the poorfag stuff

>>714489334
but the switch 2 copied the legion go

>>714492472
you niggerschizos are so unfunny that you're making me hate jeet memes

>>714489334
Copy what? The Switch 2 is just a bigger, less inspired Switch. Is Valve going to add paid online or intentionally screw over one of their games because they're seething over how their fans are playing it or something?
Hell, Valve already said they weren't thinking about Nintendo at all when they made the Deck.

>>714473118 (OP)
based

>>714473145
cringe tendie fag

I need to put the Transformers games into my Steam Deck. I want to revisit Fall of Cybertron and finally try Devastation. But I have trouble installing "non-Steam" games into it. I don't know where they're suppose to go. I also want to try it more desktop. Especially for modding.

>>714474678
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt3wxxe149c

>>714493063
switch invented handhelds obviously

>>714477436
I remember you sissy anime posting anon who got mad that /v/ recommended the Deck instead of a laptop. Deck is great but it shouldn't be your only PC, go get a cheap laptop or chromebook as well

>>714493535
i don't have a job

>>714493668
working at McDonald's for a month should be enough

For me it's the Xbox ROG Ally X

This but legion go with steam os installed.

>>714494130
>trusting Xbox
>ESPECIALLY NOW
Best of luck, anon. You're going to need it.

>>714493878
>that image
I no longer want a Steam Deck...

ick eck itch ack

>>714473118 (OP)
I just got one, how do I play Mario 64 and SOTN on it?

LCD is fine with me.

>>714494130
>no trackpad

Obscenely retarded and dropped.

>>714494130
where the fuck are the touchpads. why don't these niggerfacturers ever copy steam deck's perfected layout

>>714494646
go to desktop mode, google emudeck, install it and make it set up all the emulators for you, then google Mario 64 rom, download it, drop it in the N64 rom folder, run Steam Rom manager, go to game mode and play

>>714493878
Kill yourself

>>714495312
Mad because poor and retarded I guess. I collect 600 usd a month and I own a 4090 and a steam deck. Consider roping. Just bought a new 250 dollar 1440p 32 inch gsync monitor that I didn't even need for the living room so I can have even more pointless remote access points in my house.

:^)

>>714495230
nice, ty

>>714473145
nah, no games

>>714473145
Unfathomably based

Ok, 'Eckers. What do i gotta do in order to play pirated stuff?

>>714495230
Where do you get shit like firmware to make emulators work? All those emulator managers still require installing extra files to become functional.

>>714495747
Put your pirated shit onto the 'eck and play it.

>>714495449
Based neet

>>714495449
No it's because you're a filthy footfaggot

>>714495861
google (or alternatives since google sucks), torrents, friends. luckily i already have the ps1 bios somewhere

>>714496013
>everyone who responds to my reply chain is the same nigger
Take your /v/ is one person fallacy somewhere else retard.

>>714495861
Like BIOs? You don't have to do that for every emulator, just google ps1 or ps2 bios though

>>714496109
>I'm supposed to be able to differentiate anonymous people through text unless they say otherwise
Holy retard

>>714473145
>the ability to play any PC or console game up to PS3 era anywhere you go
>or the ability to play the worst Mario Kart game since 64
hmmm

>>714495747
Emulation just works without extra steps
Linux ports only require adding their start.sh to Steam and enabling Proton
Windows games might be tricky to install, you'll have to run the .exe as a Steam game for installation, then add the game's .exe as a Steam game, enable Proton and hope that it works. Or use Lutris to manage the process for you. I never pirated what is available on Steam/GOG, so my opinion is not reliable.

>>714495865
>>714496585
Understandable. Thanks
Check this 5

>>714488342
yup, word of mouth

>>714496732
>3+2=5
It counts

What are some good multiplayer games on the Deck? Is State of Decay 2 any good?

>>714496379
There's only two possibilities here to conclude. Either nobody ever samefags, or everyone here except for you is literally me. Which way do you want to go, western man?

>>714473118 (OP)
BASED

>>714473118 (OP)
Based

>>714500648
now get some good games

>>714504458
There are at least 3 good games in that image you faggot nigger kill yourself.

>>714473118 (OP)
It's not actually powerful enough to play anything. I just stream games to it from my PC .

>>714473118 (OP)
This but a house

>>714500648
nigga how the fuck do you play a strategy game on a controller

>>714500648
What's the game on the bottom right?

>>714489383
he said “Grestest” though

>>714500648
Switch bros... non baby games...

>>714500648
>Chrono Trigger still hasn't been ported to Switch
sad!

What yall playin

>>714505308
crosscode

Stop emulating Nintendo games.

>>714506084
FF9 for me

>>714507217
Sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of emulating Nintendo romhacks!

>>714505137
With the touchpads and extensive binding.

>>714507217
But I already bought the physical game back in 2004 so it's OK

>>714473145
>pay $70 a year to play a fraction of the libraries of the NES, SNES, N64, and Gamecube
>pay nothing to play them on the Deck

>>714507217
lol

Bump. I'm bedridden for the day, so I'd like a good casual MP game to play on my Deck.
>>714499038

where do people go for ROMs these days
I don't think emuparadise is still a thing

>>714509089
>>714499038

Monster Hunter World or Rise

>>714473118 (OP)
honestly, yeah, ive gotten a shitton of bang for my buck

>>714492121
>Severed Steel

ah, a man of culture

>>714488862
my most played Deck games are Age of Wonders Shadow Magic, Legend of Grimrock 2 and FTL, i had to make the controller configs, but dang, arent they comfy

as for great Deck games you can play with minimal hassle: Elden Ring, Rogue Legacy 2, Darkest Dungeon, Persona 4 Golden

>>714505137
nigga i made a pretty good config for Company of Heroes 2 and Command and Conquer 3

its all about the trackpads, i use one for mouse controls and the other as a swipe input for hotkeys

>>714500648
damn, nigga got taste

>>714507217
Okay, then sell them to me.

>>714473145
The Deck is better and it's really not even close.

>>714506084
Just Cause 2

all that shilling done for free to fail as hard as the N-gage lol

>>714473145
FPBP
trannies BTFO

>>714473145
fpbp

>>714473145
FPBP

>>714513035
>worthlessly higher res battery sucking screen to the point even welcome tour only lasts 2 hours
Take it. Nintendo screwed you just so they could market bigger numbers knowing people were too dumb to think beyond that.

>>714473145
fpbp

>>714473118 (OP)
zoomers be like
>the most important purchase of my life is a $450 console
so a car or a house are completely out of the question by now huh

>>714513662
>defending 800p in 2025
>complaining about battery life clearly not knowing anything about it, when the deck's battery lasts almost half as much as the switch 2
KEK

As a steam deck owner, I've seen a lot of deck fags say, "I've been slaughtering my steam backlog since I bought this thing bro!!!" or that they've been playing all these games on their backlog that they....couldnt before? for some reason even though they owned a beefy pc..
Why is that?
Assuming your not a travel/commute fag, what was stopping you from playing them on your pc?
You can hook up your pc to a tv and kick back and relax, so comfort wasnt the factor... I dont get it

>>714511367
kek

>>714473118 (OP)
seriously where tf is the 'eck2

>>714514054
At that size, 800p is far smarter and far better for battery life. Even Nintendo's paid manual only gets 2 hours. That's pitiful.

>>714473118 (OP)
goy needs his goy tablet

>>714473145
fpbp I need my zesty niggas

>>714513035
>worthless dogshit screen
>but muh higher res
Lmao you're pathetic, post a picture of your face with a timestamp.

>>714514290
if 2 hours is pitiful, what do we call the deck's 1 hour of battery?

>>714513662
>>714514443
>you don't need 1080p
>you don't need to at least reach 30fps
>you don't need more than 1 hour of battery life
>you don't need to be able to play modern games
>you don't need physical games to own
the fact that you need to put the bar so low speaks a lot about the deck and it's shills

>>714514670
Deck oled gets 2 hours when maxed out

>>714514670
We call you a dishonest nintendo dickriding fudposter. A game like welcome tour even on the lcd deck, which you're comparing it to, would last at least twice as long. When all the games on the switch 2 except for pixel indie games last only 2 hours, the deck's battery life crushes it.

>>714514853
>>714514928
>it's okay when deck does it (at lower resolution, framerate and graphics)
lol

>>714514831
>you don't need a clear image or good response time
>I do need to lie out the ass and slurp nintendo's cum out of this cup

>>714515016
the switch 2 is barely a month old and it already has over a million more users than the deck, which can confirm that the screen looks miles better than the deck no matter how much you try to pretend it's a real issue

>>714515336
>a product isn't garbage if millions of flies slurp the shit
No.

>>714515336
>comes into a deck thread to start crying about the switch 2
>spams that image when xe receives pushback to xis bitching
You aspies have zero self awareness.

'ove my 'itch
'ove my 'eck
want a 'itch 2
Simple as

>>714473118 (OP)
What is the point of buying a handheld if I’m just gonna play it in my house? I could just play on a system instead.

The real question is, should the Deck 2 keep or drop the 16:10 screen?

>>714513035
Enjoy your ghosting

>>714515784
I bring my deck to work and play on breaks.

kill yourselves normalniggers fucking retarded normalnigger board

>>714516103
Yes, switchniggers ARE the normalniggers. KILL YOUR FUCKING SELVES TENDIE FUCKS!

>>714473198
>he doesn't know the Steam Deck is a PC

>>714515515
while you shitpost all day basing your entire worldview on cherry picked clips, people who actually play video games are enjoying them

>>714488342
Yeah. I love it. It's what consoles all should be at this point.

>>714516435
no, the deck is garbage for poorfags to larp as real pc owners

>>714516576
Is that why you're in here shitting yourself over a system that doesn't treat you like a drooling retard? You'd rather be aggressively dickriding a corporation that treats you like trash than playing the games you supposedly care about? Don't answer that, I know you do. It's why you still defend Nintendo despite them taking a dump on MKW after seething over people not playing it the way Nintendo wanted them to.

>>714516435
They meant a real PC.

>>714516576
>while you shitpost all day
You came into a deck thread to shitpost, retard. Have some self awareness.

>>714476763
uh nuh uh... Switch 2 is like a swiss army knife. Why buy extra mouse when system comes with its own version anyway?

>>714517174
Because it's garbage that literally nobody is going to use for anything and will loathe in any game that tries to use it as a gimmick?

>>714474219
For me it's AIM

>>714477095
hilarously good point honestly, if steamdeck 2 comes out how exactly will that improve things? Being able to run 2028-2029 games ok??? Then what?? Also as if I even wanna play new things. There better be a renascence for that to happen. LOL

>>714505137
Touchpad act like mouse. You can set up bindings for any express for regions of the other trackpad

>>714517310
For me its sodium bicarbonate

>>714517392
I played E33 on the deck

>>714516576
>zero mention of nintendo in the op whatsoever
mindbroken

>>714473118 (OP)
im considering buying one to play while in the job, when im at home, not in the office
im tiring of losing my time with my phone

>>714517656
I did the same and I already got a few coworkers to get one

>>714473145
>samefagging your own post this hard

>>714517656
It's legitimately a godsend for cutting down on the mindless phone scrolling

>>714473145
fippybippy

>>714517941
I like to get a quick session of holocure or mirage feathers when im on break

>>714473145
fpbp trans rights btw

>>714517912
How do you like my botting website btw? You're my first user.

>>714473145
fpbp

>>714516687
dude the amount of copium in the comments from this video was crazy.

>>714517293
who fucking says that faggot?? fucking dumbass assumptions being made right now. I would easily use the shit outta mouse mode.

>>714516687
>streams from my PC over moonlight
Now what nigger?

>>714519198
>waste $550 on a brick
>realize it runs games like shit
>stream from a real pc the same way you could stream on literally any device like the phone you already own
kek

>>714518673
>would
lol
And anyone who just looks at it and is remotely honest says that. Nobody wants to use the joycons for that shit. There's a reason mice aren't shaped like that, plus nobody wants to have to set up a flat surface for it whenever a game might demand it.

>>714519450
Nta but
>any phone
Lets be real only 10% of phones out on the market even support the full USB 3.1 standard to even have hdmi output to an external display but if you have such a phone then yeah I think it makes the most sense to just use your phone. Its the same thing with all these chinkhandhelds. Why use em when my phone with a controller does the same shit without having pointless extra devices.

>>714473118 (OP)
good morning sir

>>714519930
i'm looking forward to the android proton valve has in the works
phones will finally get games beyond emulation

>>714519450
>NOOOOOOO YOU HAVE TO USE IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER
Cope nigger, I'll play 7th gen kino on the go, and stream AAA while at home on the couch.
>phone
Who the fuck would play PC games on a fucking phone? The Steam Deck has trackpads and back buttons which make playing PC games without a keyboard enjoyable. Plus the screen is fucking tiny so you have to zoom in with the faggy magnifier. Fuck that. Also a Steam Deck plugged into a TV is a fantastic emulation box console replacement.

>>714520450
not him but i just upgraded to state of the art mouse and keyboard and you can swap to bluetooth mode in 2 seconds and this has potential
there are also those phone fitting controllers

>>714520384
I am so hyped for the arm64 proton translation layer. There's even the potential you might see desktop grade 200+ core cpu's come out for consumers and x86 just slowly eats a bullet.

I look at SoC's like the 8 Elite and I start losing my mind at the efficiency.

>>714520450
Based. People pretending you should be happy with a phone + controller have clearly never actually played a full-length game on one. Steam Deck isn’t perfect but it feels like it was made by people who play PC games, not whatever Frankenstein rig people come up with to justify not spending a few hundred bucks. Trackpads alone make it worth. And the instant suspend/resume is crack-tier when you’re half-assing at work or in bed rotting like a boss.

>>714473118 (OP)
>>714473145
I see. So now that Xbox and PlayStation are done fighting and the console war is over, everyone is going to move to "Nintendo vs. Valve". Good to know.

>>714522209
It's just shitposters shitflinging for the sake of shitposting. No one genuinely believes in Nintendo vs Valve, and if they do, it's because of console vs PCMR shitflinging.

That said, Nintendo Switch 2 is a sad joke, and tragically Nintendo might just get away with it.

>>714473118 (OP)
I bought the founder LCD model and the 1tb OLED model

>>714523589
wrong
pc users know that the deck is more of a swiss army knife device with a small niche
while tendies think the deck being similarly shaped means it's a direct attempt from valve to fight nintendo

>>714473145
Why do you third worlders keep trying to start a Nintendo vs Valve war?

>>714494130
Go back to shitting on the streets, Indian

>>714494130
there's something about this that looks like it'd easily break

>>714492121
>astlibra
jealous of you anon. enjoy that shit and don't get spoilt on anything

I don't care what anyone says,am cleaning my backlog and gaming from morning till night,the past weekend I finished RE7 and yesterday the Lies of P DLC

>>714514054
Wait for the Steam Deck 2

>>714515810
Knowing Valve, they'll probably keep the 16:10 and make it 1200p

>>714473118 (OP)
>>714473145
I own both of them. Feels great!

>>714522209
I'm moving to Nintendo and Valve, it's just third worlders pissy that Xbox and PlayStation are dead.

>>714516687
UE5 is garbage

>>714520762
>willingly wanting locked down bootloaders on pc
Peasants deserve the boot they lick

>>714528296
Stop being schizo, locked down bootloaders is almost always a software issue unless you mention the rare intel crx50 bootlocker that was on certain chromebook models. Eager to hear your retarded luddite response, since It seems I'm one of the few people who treats /v/ as their home board and is actually passionate about their hobby.(technology)

Eck 2 when? I'd buy a Eck OLED today but I'm afraid I waited too long and I should wait for the 2 instead.

Aren't there much more powerful SoCs available than what the current one has?

>>714528530
tsmc doubling transistor density with their 300mil transistor 2nm node, amd increasing ccx sizes to 12 and majorly unfucking themselves with udna next year seems like an insane opportunity to miss

>>714473145
Based

>>714505397
We knew what he meant, we're not Indian like you

>>714523589
>No one genuinely believes in Nintendo vs Valve
I don't believe it's Valve vs Nintendo, but only because Valve will slowly continue to crush consoles without even trying to and Nintendo is too arrogant and stubborn to consider PC a threat.

>>714514054
>defending 800p in 2025
The PPI is already higher than a 27" 4K monitor. 1080p on a screen this small is just a performance waste. Interesting how we went from OLED is the greatest technology to grace God's green earth to it doesn't matter at all and dick measuring resolution on a shitty 7" LCD with 33ms delay is more important.

The battery life thing is also disingenuous. That's the old LCD model which has a 40 w/h battery compared to the OLED's 50w/h battery. And without seeing the settings used the result can't be trusted because the battery life you get can be radically different. You could max everything and uncap the framerate and force a game that could otherwise run perfectly fine at 13-16W to 25W for little visual gain.

>>714523589
>It's just shitposters shitflinging for the sake of shitposting.
you say that but we have literal years worth of bitter tendie shitposting ruining deck threads

>>714529990
I still remember when they were desperately trying to silence deck threads by getting them kicked to /g/.

>>714529990
>>714529990
You don't have to remind me.
https://arch.b4k.dev/v/search/image/NSd1z9WdCRBsI9MgvX8pgA/

It's amazing how fast /v/ tendies turned on PC gaming the moment the Deck was announced.

>>714525969
>RE7
OLED I hope. I played that on my Deck and had a great time, but man, dark games really highlight how horrible LCD displays are.

>>714530562
don't forget them spamming the same clip of launch switch emulation for three fucking years

>deck thread
>a bunch of one game switch 2 fans try to claim one game is better than decades of games

>>714529789
I find this war to be a stupid joke, you can tell this shit is propagated by Snoys, Microjeets, and third worlders.

>>714530562
>>714531453
>>714531792
I wish they would fuck off. Every goddamn deck thread, they try to ruin. I don't go into their switch circlejerk threads, I wish they had enough courtesy to pay us the same respect. Why do they behave like such fucking uncivilized niggers?

>>714531796
>the losers are wasting their time falseflagging as tendies
ooooooooor
>tendies got cocky after being the last ones left
occam's razor

>>714532151
Tendies and Steamies that do this shit are in a minority, most don't either give a shit about each other or have both. If they are doing it, they're either not a tendie or steamie, or a mentally ill steamie or tendie.

>>714519881
swear to fuck right now that if steamdeck or any of these handhelds had this people would lose their minds

OH BUT BECAUSE NINTENDO DOES IT ITS GIMMICKY!!!!

stfu

>>714473118 (OP)
Do you not have a computer?

>>714515336
I can't play sales.

>>714531796
Snoys and xbots barely even exist anymore on this board. If you don't think it's tendies then go into any famitsu thread and see for yourself.

>>714532369
Retard. The Legion Go had controllers that doubled as mice before the S2 was even revealed. You can bluetooth or connect an actual mouse to any of these handheld PCs. The joycons being used as the most unergonomic, gimmicky mice in existence is garbage that nobody asked for and will loathe to use whenever a game tries to shove it down their throat.

>>714532127
Because Nintendykes are mentally ill manchildren who wants every person on the planet to play their Bing Bing Wahoo game.

>>714532917
lego owner here, I we definitely did it first.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLJajeFkmhQ
I don't think we need a Steam Deck 2 for a good while. I may just get it Steam Deck and a Switch 2.

>>714532662
What is wrong with tendies and steamies, why must these retard warriors fight? Is this still a console vs PC thing?

>>714533269
that's not satisfactory performance by all means
valve should've been on top of the hardware refresh game, i shouldn't have to deliberate over whether i even want the fucking thing compared to a bare minimum dGPU laptop

>>714533356
Look at the OP--then look at the first reply. The gaslighting on this board is insane. They shit up other threads, and then cry when the overwhelming majority in the thread diaagree or call them out. Then they have the audacity to say Deck threads are used to bash Nintendo (despite most deck ops not mentioning Nintendo at all). They're complete, estrogen drive>>714533269
n, emotional women.

>>714533882
you're the exact thing people complain about faggot

>>714533882
I agree, I also posted that video to shut them up, Deck clears the Switch 2 when the thing isn't docked to your TV. Tendies love using the docked mode to compare the Switch 2 to the Steam Deck. Glad I'm an idort, being a brand shill is retarded.

>>714528703
>Nintendo is too arrogant and stubborn to consider PC a threat
PC and the Switch provide vastly different experiences and can easily exist simultaneously. The Steam Deck is niche and designed for enthusiast PC gamers while the Switch is designed for a more mainstream audience. I honestly think PC is actually a bigger threat to PlayStation at this point, because in a graphics war Sony will always lose to PC. Nintendo (by making a handheld hybrid) doesn't have to compete for the hardcore or hardware enthusiast audience. They get casuals, kids, and Nintendo gamers.

>>714473118 (OP)
The greatest one i ever did was getting a Monster 3D.
I went from 320x240x8 at 12 FPS to 640x480 at 25-30 (and even 60 in some games like forsaken).

>>714473118 (OP)
Stop with the bullshit platform war shit. DAMN. It's old and nobody fucking care. PlayStation and Xbox console war finally dies yesterday and now we have this shit with Nintendo and the PC now. It's old anf tired.

>>714534494
It's basically the same experience from the pic i posted and this pic.

>>714534603
>Nintendo and the PC now.
It's just Nintendo and the Steam Deck (Valve), sorry. Still the main point I was trying to make stands.

>>714473145
what do you even play on it?

>>714473118 (OP)
can you gamedev on this thing?

>>714534848
It can turn into "full linux mode", so yes.
It's not as good as a real PC for it tho.

>>714473145
what is up with Nintardo faggots showing up and shitting up every single Deck thread?
what causes such mental illness?

>>714534352
I didn't mean to tag your post in that, based idort.

>>714535064
He's not even shitting on the Deck.

>>714535242
retard

>>714507460
>>714511035
>>714517431
what a retarded response, thats like saying you play warcraft 3 with a laptop's trackpad (those are even smaller than the laptop one, mind you) and pretend it is the best thing ever compared to a real mouse, i knew steamies were retarded but its now clear they don't even play the videogames they gloat about.

>>714535064
It's not like they're spending their time playing games. They don't have anything else to do.

>>714535278
Why? He just likes his Switch 2, and you got triggered by it.

>>714535359
kek true i guess

>>714535359
Aren't we all doing the same thing? Shitposting on 4chan? By our metrics, only the Xbots play games since they don't exist on /v/.

>>714534603
This, this war is stupid

>>714535374
retard

>>714535374
Why even mention it in a Deck thread that doesn't mention it? You faggots are so disingenuous. At least when my gf throws rocks and hides her hand, she sucks my dick afterward.

>>714534352
Dude switch lasts longer than the deck fucking retard. Deck is only more powerful if you're ok with playing for 30 minutes LMAO

>>714478542
holding your laptop in your hands?

>>714535634
You've never touched a umpc in your life, poorfag.

>>714535634
The switch 2 specifically is a margin of error from the steam deck in battery.
Both do 2 hours and something.
Now the switch 1 oled, and specially that second revision regular switch 1 with the mariko chip outlast both of em combined.

>>714535978
I think the strategy Nintendo should do is instead of graphics improvements, they should focus on making the revisions have longer battery.

>>714475598
>>714476592
>>714476936
>>714483164
There won't be a Deck 2. Sales were declining even before the Switch 2 launched and the whole handheld PC market segment is very small.

>>714473118 (OP)
ick on the eck

>>714536380
hmmm almost like Valve should've at least tried to distribute physical games or something.

>>714535837
he's a big guy.

>>714473118 (OP)
What do you do on yours? Mine is just an h-game machine

>>714473145
I've found myself playing games a lot more now thanks to the switch 2. I don't like the battery life though. I can play rune factory for like 3 hours to 4 yet cyberpunk dies fast handheld. At least docked mode it really good this time around. Games really pop out on my lg oled.

>>714535970
THE ECONOMY IS ROUGH RIGHT NOW, OBAMA

>>714535609
>At least when my gf throws rocks and hides her hand, she sucks my dick afterward.
I laughed very hard, good post.

>>714536495
Why would Valve need to distribute physical games? Especially now? Valve is doing well with the Deck I know my library got a huge boost after I got my Deck and Nintendo is doing great with the Switch 2 I want one so bad

>>714536850
because I hate the digital prison that we live in today?? Because humanity took a shitty direction with the internet???

>>714509229
myrient

>>714536349
Would you pay $350 on a switch that last 12 hours on battery and has hall effect sticks?

>>714536380
>highest selling PC handheld and practically controls that market
You're retarded

>>714536920
The internet was cool before Myspace. Myspace was the beginning of the end.

>>714537063
uhhhh fuck yeah??? That would be awesome as fuck

>>714520384
qrd?

>>714537076
That's a bad thing, numbnuts.

>>714534392
Deck is designed for mainstream audience, switch is designed for nintendo exclusives. Marketing flipped these two.

>>714537952
https://www.ft.com/content/f4a13716-838a-43da-853b-7c31ac17192c
Cope, Valve won

>>714534934
so you can make a game then test it right on the go :0

>>714536380
dude pc was really small now its bigger than console and it only took like a decade

>>714534848
Yes, but you'd want to bluetooth a keyboard and mouse to it for that.

>>714538168
Yep.
If you add controller support to your game, you can just test with the own steam deck controller and all that.
Of course, it is ESSENTIAL you get a keyboard and mouse for the deck.

>>714538327
Handheld PCs are just PCs. There is clearly not much interest among PC gamers in this form factor.

>>714473118 (OP)
I played 200 hours of rdr2. Already got my moneys worth from my deck if it has given me 100+ hours of gameplay.

I bought a 1tb Oled Steam Deck a year ago and I don't regret it except when I take it to my dads trailer. I plugged it into the wall to charge it and it blows the breaker. Hes got too much shit plugged in but isn't will to unplug any of it so I can game so when I go and visit I usually end up having to play 3DS. Anyway 1tb turns out to be way too much when you uninstall games when you finish with them. The battery life if you are playing emulators is great but if you are playing modernish games like Hogwarts Legacy or Oblivion Remaster expect only about 1 1/2 or 2 hours tops on a good day. Don't buy a huge capacity SD card if you are using Emulators 512gb is more then enough, I bought 1.5tb because I was under the impression I could migrate games to the SD card. You can't but then you can't store roms so I ended up with 2/3rd free space I'll never use. Oil resistent screen protector is a must, without it the Deck attracts fingerprints like a magnet. You get used to the weight and bulkiness of the deck pretty quick. Mod support is doable but is mostly manual unless you are using Workshop or in-game options. I hear the trackpads are great but I only ever use them in Desktop mode like a trackpad. I never got them to work in game. Same with the buttons on the back, I used it once to map rewind and fastforward to the back buttons but never in a real game. Heroic Launcher is a must if you have an Epic Account and collect free games though some games marked Verified might still not work due to having a launcher that isn't compatible.

>>714479607
>Just hope it runs RE9 decently
Doubt it. RE4 runs like ass. Deck is good for jap/indie games and emulation. I use my ps5 to play more demanding games or multiplayer.

>>714538997
I was at my friends house and turned on hair strands on resident evil 4. It started running like ass. Did they fix that or is it just left there in case some retard bought a pro?

>>714534392
You know the Deck has zero marketing when people keep acting like it's some niche hobbyist device. It is a device for literally anyone who actually likes video games. It is more broadly appealing of a system than the switch is, which is exclusively for new nintendo games. It plays way more games, has way more features, is more consumer friendly, more versatile, just as convenient, etc. I got my normalfag brother one and it obsoleted his Switch, so he sold it. He gave me his PS4 as thanks because he didn't use it anymore, but I don't use it either. His wife got him a PS5 at the same time and he barely touched it because he just plays everything on the Deck. He would never in a million years have gotten one if I hadn't bought him one and yet it immediately replaced his consoles. If the Deck was advertised and available everywhere like a console was, it would be a completely different story, but Valve isn't a major hardware manufacturer, they can barely meet demand as is, and their goal with it is improving Linux and Proton while spurring on competition so they can load that competition up with SteamOS.

>>714538502
Most pc gamers don't even know this thing exists. Considering how phone dominated pc for things like banking, communication, and media consumption, I reckon this will take off once it reaches a certain saturation point.

I would like to have a Steam Deck OLED, but I can't justify buying one. Also, I don't know exactly who the target audience is.
On the one hand, it's a fairly sophisticated device, so you'd think that more advanced users would use it, but more advanced users are likely to have a decent PC in the first place, and a battery-powered handheld is a total downgrade.
Then you have people who don't have the space, money, or time to have a computer, so they decide on a Steam Deck because it would be a low-budget alternative for them to access their Steam games, but in this case there are more useful alternatives such as laptops.
So the only thing left are people who love playing games in handheld mode when they're on a plane or something...

>>714539138
damn really weird how people love being enslaved by a digital only store front. Fuck humanity

>>714539412
The deck was literally just a proof of concept. Most people who own it most likely have multiple devices.

>>714539412
You don't want one in 2025 anyway. There is better alternatives being released all the time and the price of older alternatives like the OG Rog Ally X is coming down

>>714539109
Not sure, haven't played it in a while.

>>714473145
my switch 2 overheated and bricked itself. Now I have to send it back and wait for nintendo to fix it.

>>714539569
You can install whatever games or even os you want and use whatever store you want on the deck. You're not locked down to steam at all.
Meanwhile consoles are killing off physical while trying to pretend it's still alive as some shambling corpse.

>>714539138
He probably one of those super casual PC gamers who plays shit like balatro and brotato. If he played current gen games that actually push the hardware then he would use his PS5 instead.

>>714539569
>damn really weird how people love being enslaved by a digital only store front. Fuck humanity
Have you ever used a PC in your life?
You use digital stores because you want to. You have countless ways to play games on your PC, and most of them don't even involve paying for the games.
Seriously, the impression I get is that console users are still stuck in the 1990s in the way they consume and play games.

>>714539412
>So the only thing left are people who love playing games in handheld mode when they're on a plane or something...
Pretty much, nobody should be getting a deck as their main gaming device.

>>714533269
>says he can't do a true 1:1 comparison because some settings on switch 2 are lower than the lowest PC preset
lmao the fuck

>>714539783
yeah and that has everything more to do with third party devs acting like faggots and not caring about it unfortunately.

Focusing on Nintendo, you know they make reprints of games right? So if a game got updated you can get a cartridge that actually has everything. So I think Nintendo themselves still care enough and I think have gotten better at this. Again, It's just third parties fagging out because the cartridge reminds them too much of the old world. Also, if you use this website https://www.doesitplay.org/ you'll see how plenty of Nintendo first party games still work as intended even on Switch 2. Again, it's mostly just third parties choosing to be fags about this.

Playstation can go fuck themselves though with their retarded digital only console that NEEDS AN UPDATE if you want to use the disc attachment.

And xbox has been long dead with this.

Unfortunately we're at a point where we need to fight for this to still be alive. But at least a choice for that still exists. But people need to wake up on mass to see it.

You're games come from a faggy internet server, mine come from the earth we're not the same.

>>714540057
90s are better compared to what we have now though. Progress is a lie most of the time.

>>714540427
>yeah and that has everything more to do with third party devs acting like faggots and not caring about it unfortunately.
If you're talking about game key carts, that is 100% on nintendo for not providing cheaper options. You cannot blame third parties for not wanting to eat another huge cost when nintendo is already taking 30% on top of that.

>>714540612
THIRD PARTIES ARE RICH AS FUCK THOUGH!!!! THE FUCK YOU MEAN THEY CAN'T TAKE IT???

If Nintendo didn't focus on making 60 gb carts more available then they'd be stuck in expensive for everyone hell. You have to eventually manufacture such a size.

When the fuck did people forget basic physics now???? holy shit.

>>714540791
How old are you?

>>714540332
It's a weird one. Some options are high others are low. It's nice seeing a proper port job

>>714540612
It's hard to justify cheaper carts when smaller memory is more expensive. We'll see more releases down the line when prices on memory go down

>>714540791
You sound fucking retarded.

>>714533269
It's crazy how few people realized how bad the Switch 2 screen is before the tests showed the response time. In every video I see, there's clear frame retention. Look at this shit. You can clearly see things doubled up on the screen.

>>714541084
maybe if apple weren't so fucking evil we'd actually have cheaper memory solutions that aren't disc related. Apple basically killed the SD card industry with their focus on high end photography.

>>714541153
I play primary handheld and it doesn't bug me at all dude. It really seems like the screen noise is just that. I have an oled tv and I still prefer to play handheld since it's a comfier form factor.

>>714540332
Console """optimization"""
>>714541020
Maybe you're joking, but if it was a proper port job the fps wouldn't be dipping into the teens.

>>714541287
Lol you really are a zoomie or something. While it does dip it runs really well on the switch 2. I never bothered on my steam deck since fsr is just nasty and frame times are all over the place. On my switch it just works. I play on performance mode and it's really nice that way

We're too far into the Deck's lifespan. I'm waiting for the Deck 2. I know the moment I cave for the for the current model, Valve is going to announce the next version.

>>714541141
LMAO what a response.

>>714541421
The deck is a great h-game machine. If you want it for that there's no need for an upgrade

>>714541084
>It's hard to justify cheaper carts when smaller memory is more expensive.


can you elaborate sir?

>>714535978
>The switch 2 specifically is a margin of error from the steam deck in battery.
>Both do 2 hours and something.
Only in the most demanding games for the Deck. The problem with the Switch 2's battery is it'll still only get 2 hours in games like Welcome Tour and Mario Kart World and every other 3D game whereas games that look like that on the Deck will get far better battery life. The Switch 2 will only get 4-5 hours even for indie pixelart games while the Deck OLED will get 8+. The battery life on the Switch 2 is pathetic, but of course you don't hear any Nintendo faithfuls criticizing it like they all did the Deck because, well, just like OLED, battery life doesn't matter anymore.

>>714541623
Yeah dude. It's more expensive to produce smaller memory chips. On the topic of the switch. It's why they moved towards 64gbs of emmc on the switch oled.

>>714473145
This but I'm gay

>>714541874
Nah that can't be true. Faggots are being banned from the console

>>714473145
fip bip
OP destroyed and raped

>>714541421
Depends on if you can wait at least a year. My personal prediction is early 2027.

>>714535978
2 hours for games like cyberpunk and hogwarts. From my testing rune factory can last around 3.5 to 4. Yakuza zero last like 3.

>>714541642
who uses a handheld for 8 hours straight? the last time i've done that i was probably playing pokemon in elementary school

>>714541421
>I'm waiting for the Deck 2.


LMAO but I thought old games were better???

>>714541874
Are you like a casual gay faggot that never touched man boobs or a full hardcore married man?

>>714542151
>you don't hear any Nintendo faithfuls criticizing it like they all did the Deck because, well, just like OLED, battery life doesn't matter anymore.
I appreciate your swift assistance in proving I wasn't just making that up.

>>714533269
The problem with Switch 2 is that it severely limits performance in handheld mode. It could easily perform considerably better than the Deck without draining the battery so quickly, but Nintendo cut its power in half in handheld mode, and you can't change it because it's closed hardware.

>>714531796
nintendo fans have been the worst fanbase on /v/ for over a decade now, worst I remember were the fags spamming "NINTENDOMINATION" during their objective worst era, Wii U, for every shitty Nintendo game announced

>>714542492
>It could easily perform considerably better than the Deck without draining the battery so quickly
If the s2 didn't kneecap itself in handheld mode it would constantly overheat and shut off and even if it didn't melt, the battery life would be under an hour. And it wouldn't even perform that much better, the differences would be barely noticeable on screens that size and performance wise they'd become about the same.

>>714542454
nigga just charge it when it gets low god damn
gameboys had to last because who the fuck wants to buy batteries all the time

I love deckin

>>714536495
Valve does distribute physical games, they still put their games on consoles.
Steam isn't some prison system like consoles are, devs and publishers could do physical releases if they wanted to, literally nobody is stopping anyone from distributing physical games on PC. They don't do it because nobody wants it. Physical is just plastic junk on PC. It only matters on consoles where being able to sell those physical games off is the only shred of control console users have.

>>714539412
it's for people who have a PC and want to play the same full PC games from their pre-existing library wherever they want. it's a novelty enthusiast device whereas the portability of the switch is more so timmy doesn't have to hog the TV when mom and dad are around

>>714542792
Rift of the Necrodancer just stole 2 hours from me and now I'm going to be late for work.

>>714543881
That game fucking slaps. Been practicing Matriarch, that's my favorite of the charts in the base game

>>714542579
LMAO bitch please

please tell me what amazing games PS4 and Xbone were offering at the time.

>>714536380
Nice cope. The deck literally sold out when the s2 launched. There will be a deck 2 and there is nothing you can do to stop pc handhelds from slowly steamrolling consoles with the long game the same way pc did.

>>714543962
Seriously--I almost skipped it because I'm god awful at crypt, but Rhythm is my #2 genre under city builders so I said fuck it. Really glad I did. I might rip the bandaid off and jump into hard mode

>>714544175
Being first place in the special olympics doesn't suddenly make you a less annoying fuck. It makes you downright insufferable when you treat ports like new games and act like games like Astral Chain are killer apps

>>714544587
Astral chain was awesome as fuck, ended up being my favorite "cyberpunk" game from the last 5 years. Which is hilarious since many people thought Cyberpunk 2077 was going to some game of the generation or some shit LMAO.

Valve fags are even more fucking annoying with their game tastes!!!!

HEY GUYS LOOK AT THIS EARLY ACCESS SLOP!!!

LOOK MORE LIVE SERVICE ADDICTION SLOP!!! GOTY!!!

stfu

>>714473118 (OP)
I think Steam deck is a fantastic system but FUCK can valve dicksuckers STOP ACTING LIKE FUCKING VEGANS FOR ONCE????

You fucks have no damn self awareness do you?? This thing is only great because of the digital enslavement we've allowed ourselves to be in. Pro consumer my ass.

>>714540332
B-B-But the media told me it was stronger than the Steam Deck

>>714541153
I may wait until the OLED releases.

>>714541421
True, it will be the ultimate handheld for gaming. Kind of hope they go full OLED for every model and get the base one down to at least $550.

If Nintendo makes a handheld-only Switch 2, I kind of hope it uses an OLED screen but Nintendo will probably cheap out.

>>714545804
>>714545275

>>714533269
insane that the Switch 2 already has ports that run as bad as the late Switch 1 ports

>>714547458
>ports that run as bad as the late Switch 1 ports
I don't think you can top the switch 1 ports.

>>714473118 (OP)
I bought one at launch and honestly i rarely play on it. maybe 100 hours a year or something. out of easily 1200 hours of gameplay each year total

Best purchase of my life. spending my 2hour commutes to work playing Tony hawk Pro skater 4, need for speed Hot pursuit 2 and GT4 on PS2. Also loaded up with emulators for games and systems I never got to play. Modded New Vegas for when I'm in the mood for PC gaming

>>714547571
you know witcher 3 came out in 2019 for switch right?

my e-celeb's son Linus disagrees
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftlVcrJpLMw

>>714550920
He's another Elliot Rodger in the making

>>714550920
Linus shilled the s2 hard. Kid didn't even know a damn thing "uhhh I guess, I dunno...". Linus was sucking its dick something fierce while downplaying everything else. He wants those nintenbucks bad.

>>714551085
or maybe because it's the last hope we have for physical media?????

>>714550920
I bet his son calls him a faggot

>>714551085
same an. i dont even know how he can connect with his son. barely looks like him
as for linus' s2 shilling. he warned his son at the end and i feel like he was shilling every other tablet to his son than the switch 2.
the son says he has access to a PC so it only makes sense to go for the exclusivity walled garden

>>714551471
LOL not even close. Nintendo quietly killed physical media with the key card shit which the majority of 3rd party games use. You know this, why are you pretending to be retarded?

>>714473145
Can I play Blue Archive on it?

>>714551471
lmao, no, nintendo is personally hammering in the final nail

>>714551660
YOU GUYS ARE SUCH FUCKING FAGGOTS FUUUCK

No they didn't kill it. First, Nintendo can survive pretty well without major third party support anyway. First party games are still going to be cartridge based and not key carded.

Second, these third parties are cheaping the fuck out and all key cards are doing is exposing the fraud third parties.

Also these keycards were made simply because then people would question and complain about why most of these games aren't available physically so at least you have a bit of a middleground.

Cartridges are fucking more expensive to produce. Who would've thought faggot? And maybe if people didn't fucking shill digital platforms so much then maybe our standards would be FUCKING higher you know?????

So how the fuck is Nintendo killing physical when all they're doing is sticking with the physical format that they have?? You think they can easily use fucking discs or some shit?? Blame fucking APPLE for making everything digital based and not nand storage based.

Also overtime, the 64 carts will get cheaper. So eventually, these key cards will not be much of a problem in a few years. You're saying like I have fucking options here or something.

>>714552351
Not reading that. You're a deranged cultist.

>>714552412
fuck you

>>714552452
lol

>>714551660
NTA, at least you can resell these fake physicals and in case someone is worried about not having access to it in the future, that's where SKG could come into play.
if my access to a digital good is connected to my account/life, i want the same benefits for my digital goods.
there are many DVD collectors that got burned by studios who unknowingly cheapened out on disc quality

even if Nintendo were to fail and no one was willing to buy it, safe for corporate sabotage, the goods could be delivered into public domain

Valve is not your friend
Nintendo is not your friend
Sony is not your friend

>>714552319
ok then explain why both xbox and PS are winding down store presence but Nintendo games still have a big section in stores like best buy and shit?

>>714551660
>3rd parties didnt want to pay for cartridges and were only selling digital
>nintendo tries to fix this
>NOOOOOOOOOOO NOT LIKE THAT!!!!

>>714552615
Valve and Nintendo may not be my friends but I would rather stick with them over ever sticking with Sony. They died when they moved PlayStation to California.

>>714552623
Not him, but I think is because both Microsoft and Sony are about to go full third party.

>>714551574
Nah, with the deck for example he was basically like "yeah it can play some games, buuuut..." and then with the s2 it was "It'll get A LOT of games. SO many games, and they're ALL going to be BANGERS." which is ultimately what made the kid pick it despite him not knowing anything and clearly not caring. Linus of all people saying that about a console vs a pc is just what the fuck. But linus is a huge shill so trying to ingratiate himself to nintendo with these videos isn't that surprising.

>>714552789
Yeah, not like that. Stupid bootlicking subhuman.

>>714552789
>refuse to sell intermediate size carts altogether
they're just giving devs another excuse not to do real physical releases
it's the same shit everyone else is doing so I'm not holding a grudge against them for it but don't pretend they're doing jack shit to protect physical media

>>714552623
What's that matter when the "physical" games they're selling are almost entirely digital in disguise? They're just boiling the frogs and have decided to doom it instead of saving it. Be prepared for physical to die this gen.

>>714553146
Nintendo wants their cake and to eat it too with both the physical presence in stores and the full control they have over digital, all while scapegoating third parties until the final blow. Devious.

>>714553106
Here's a question,

would you rather Nintendo allow lower storage cards to exist and delay the decrease of price for 64 gb cards?

Or you would you rather them do it right fucking now while the system is new so that way in the future 64 gb cards aren't going to be an even bigger pain in the ass to produce???

>>714553368
lmao imagine dick sucking for capcom and all the prick third parties right now anyway outside of Switch 2.

>>714553368
maybe third parties should rethink their whole fucking strategy?

>>714473118 (OP)
It's pretty great and super handy keeping up with dailies while I'm on vacation but I only ever use it while at home or in my hotel room.

>>714553548
>>714553659
Maybe you should stop samefagging and realize the blame lies entirely with Nintendo. Their idea, their expensive carts, their final nail in the coffin for physical.

>>714553743
please tell me what the fuck they should've done then??? Use discs???

I feel like the only answer is lower capacity cards but then that would delay the cost decrease for 64 gb cards which is going to be really fucking important once/or if bigger games start arriving on this system.

is SD still the only handheld with actually ergonomic handles

>>714553860
Yes, somehow. Valve showed these other hardware manufacturers the way and they still fuck up the basics.

>>714553831
They had a bunch of options for the switch and very few games went the fake physical route. Dunno why they can't just do that again unless killing physical is their end goal.

>>714554059
Because the Switch was barely more powerful than Wii U which was basically similar to 7TH GEN hardware wise. Which means that lower capacity cards made sense and sorta "scaled" with what the Switch did. Witcher 3 and I think DQ were the only Switch games to use 32 gb cards.

Also there unfortunately still plenty of cool games that did half ass the physical release. Because again, third parties cheaped out and are a bunch of brokies. Switch 2 is just accelerating that divide.

>>714532397
I have a 4090 and I prefer playing on the deck mostly. just something comfy about a handheld

>>714554347
not to mention that you still had people whine throughout the Switch generation that the "games cost too much" and this is why.

>>714553368
heh funny. Reminds me of the 80s desu. Very similar monopoly practices.

>>714473145
fpwp

>>714554059
also another reason is that Switch 1 didn't need high read speeds for the cards unlike Switch 2. Which might have also helped with them being cheaper to make.