Buy a Deck now or wait for the Deck 2?

buy a switch2 instead?

>>715420948 (OP)
Either buy a PC handheld from a competitor or wait for a Deck 2 (oled). Deck 1 is a bit dated for the cost at this time.

buy the basic LCD, try to get a 500gb one

>>715421042
>Deck 1 is a bit dated for the cost at this time.
usless you get a used one, it's still a pretty good machine for around $350

>>715420948 (OP)
used/refurbed LCD deck is worthwhile to get now. then when deck 2 comes out get an OLED

>>715421032
>buy an underpowered locked down tablet for 500 bucks
damn bitch

>>715420948 (OP)
There's not going to be a Deck 2 for at least a few more years

>>715422198
i'm hoping it's like 3 years at most. i can't really wait much longer...

>>715420948 (OP)
at this point just wait, that thing is 4 years old already

'ick

>>715422581
Yes you can and it will be worth it for that udna 5

>>715421032
>buy a shitch 2

>>715421032
a used steam deck fucking curb stomps the shitch 2. it's such a better value.

715423137
u mad?

>>715420948 (OP)
Get the ROG Ally X and install SteamOS onto it. It's the Steam Deck 2.

>>715423137
stop posting the edit

>>715423259
kek

>>715423234
>Get the ROG Ally X and install SteamOS onto it. It's the Steam Deck 2.

Waiting for the 2. Shit's too experimental. Battery life needs improving, and too many games don't support it properly. Thing is like Game Gear on roids.

Also needs better support for other platforms. if steam makes me have to log into Ubi or Rockstar to play my games, then they should allow those on the deck.

>>715423234
>>715423354
>no trackpads
thanks but no thanks, I like playing PC games

>>715422198
I can wait since I'm not vaxxed

>>715423259
>steam dicklets coping this hard

>>715422086
But enough about the steam deck

>>715420948 (OP)
Some tranny got lossless framegen to work on Linux and now I can double frames on hard to run games. There's a decky plugin for it from the guy who made decky framegen on his GitHub repo. Screenshot has shitty jpeg compression.

>>715423436
>i'm not coping you are!

>>715423410
>muh trackpads
bluetooth mice are like $10
Much better and feels more natural.

Also like maybe 5 games are better on a trackpad than a controller.

>>715423546
you have never used them in your life

>>715423687
i have a deck and wouldn't mind not having the trackpads. as long as it has gyro and back buttons then i'm good.

>>715423687
I had a Steam Deck once. Bought the 64GB one and added my own 1TB NVME.

I only used the trackpads for desktop when using Lutris or some shit.

>>715423740
for me trackpads are must have
the device is worthless without them

>>715423485
I heard about this can it use a pirated copy of that lossless app thats required?

the steam deck barely sold as much as this, biggest failure in gaming despite all the shilling

>>715423482
>steam deck
>locked down like switch 2
cope tendie

>>715423546
>using a mouse
that defeats the entire purpose of using a handheld, at that point why not use a laptop?
>only 5 games
spoken like a true retard, any game where you can see a mouse cursor is better with a trackpad

>>715423824
Idk nigger I'm not poor.

>>715423485
holy shit that looks bad, deckfags are even worse than phone poorfags

>>715423896
Retard

>>715423882
Well you are a nigger

>>715423929
Projection?

>>715423843
>muh nigger gage muh nigger gaaaaaaaage!
This nigga never heard of target markets? Did Lamborghinis fail because the Toyota Corolla outsold it? Of course not, they both sold well in their target markets, just like the Deck and the Switch.

>>715423546
A bluetooth mouse is a shitty and retarded solution that is not even vaguely equivalent to having a trackpad ON the device.
>>715423687
I use them not infrequently. They turn entire genres like ANY turn-based strategy game from a pain to pretty good. 4X games like Civ make a particularly good fit for the steam deck and just suck on any of the competitors.
Plus just other random shit. Lately I've been playing loads of Path of Achra for example, and the mouse is pretty vital there. Hybrid mouse/controller inputs also work pretty well in some games like Stardew Valley.

>>715423992
but its about sales nigger how hard is that to understand? What argument will be had if my console is dogshit?

>>715423927
you need to get a job to afford a real computer and play with basic human standards, this is embarrassing

>>715420948 (OP)
I will either get my brother's on second hand or get a 2. I need something to game on while I generate porn videos with wan.

>>715423896
>Screenshot has shitty jpeg compression.
READ NIGGA! READ!

>>715424029
>but its about sales
It's not, you just want it to be about sales because it's literally all you have.

>>715424064
>It's not, you just want it to be about sales because it's literally all you have.
proof?

>>715424045
I bought a real computer?

>>715423992
>comparing luxury cars to a $550 poorfag downgraded laptop

>>715423959
shit,everyone has bigger hands than me,I hate you God

>>715424063
computers can easily take uncompressed screenshots
your excuses to keep the bar low are worthless

>>715423843
How do sales affect your personal experience? Can you play sales on the Shitch 2?

>>715423875
Go upgrade your steam dick's GPU. How does that work out? Steam dick obsoleted by anyone with a PC. I don't care about switch 2

>>715424146
>tfw still had lcd and no skin mods on my deck
fuck

>>715424157
deck consolewarriors were saying the switch 1 and 2 were bad and therefore would fail to sell
both proved you wrong with record breaking sales while the deck became the failure you wish the switch was
you only pretend sales don't matter anymore because it backfired against you and destroyed your arguments

>715424159
Fake frames just solved everything that didn't run good on the deck.

>>715424146
>everyone has bigger hands than me
That you can't control, but watch your diet or small hands will be the least of your worries.

>>715424159
Then fuck off faggot if you have nothing to contribute

>performance is so shit on the deck that shills have to pretend framegen is a good thing
that's a new low, you tell people this is okay and then wonder why no one takes you seriously and the deck failed miserably

>>715424219
bad things sell well all the time, most popular things aren't good

why are you even in this thread bitching and crying about sales numbers? it's just a handheld, no need to let it buckbreak you this hard

>715424319
My games don't look like that

>>715424235
I count my calories currently,I can finally fit into my old favourite shirts again.That burger was homemade

I like the deck. I get good use out of it. PC games will keep being made with or without it.

Why would I care how much it sells?

>>715424248
I have something to contribute: steam dicks are a waste of money and anyone who buys them is a sucker.

>>715424156
>uncompressed
hmm I wonder why that anon didn't post the full image
must be the fact that 4chan admins still won't raise the image size limit beyond 4MB in 2025
>>715424096
>poorfag
Target market of the Deck is first world people who already own PCs.
>>715424159
>implying deckCHADs don't own PCs
lmao

>>715424219
>headcanon
The Switch 1 was already a smash hit success by the time the Steam Deck launched. Let me tell you what actually happened:
>deck gets revealed, valve plugs yuzu in announcement
>tendies immediately turn on pcfags
>tendies try to get steam deck threads pushed the /g/
>constant unchecked spamming spoils deck threads for a year or two https://arch.b4k.dev/v/search/image/NSd1z9WdCRBsI9MgvX8pgA/
>Switch 2 announced
>tendies claim it's superior to the deck
>it comes out
>shitch 2 is barely on par with the deck
>tendies are now waging a shitposting war against the deck in a clear case of buyer's remorse
>tendies primary method of coping is salesfagging

>deck
no thanks, I value my time, can afford better things, and most importantly I'm not a tranny

>715424513
Like a switch 2!

>>715424513
ok, please keep us updated with this same post in every thread

Stop giving it (you)s

>>715424513
>letting trannies take over your hobbies
couldn't be me

>>715420948 (OP)
You should know precisely what you want from it. Playing recent and future AAA games? Forget about it. Emulation? Up to PS2/GC with some exceptions. How much of your library has hold or above rating on protonDB? Indie games? Will run most of them for decades. 7gen native ports? Easily, for the most part. And so on.

>>715420948 (OP)

>Most SteamDeck niggers play games with native controller support or Emulators
>NOOOOOOOOOOO YOU NEED TRACKPADS.
You are retarded, I have a Steam Deck. I don't use them outside of desktop mode.

I just find it funny that Switch 2 is much newer than the Deck (3 years of fucking difference) but it barely manages to beat out the Deck in performance. Deck 2 will probably invalidate Nintendo handhelds forever once the technology is finally there.

>>715424687

>>715424687
it's a portable 1050ti, stop playing AAA slop on it
>>715424702
Trackpads make shooters fun.
>>715424786
Go back.

I’m playing the new rune factory on my deck. It’s super comfy

Why do steam deck require so much real estate on /v/ when less than 1% of steam users have one, and like 0.01% of gamers in general?

>>715424208
>muh OLED
I only kinda give a shit just because they reduced the bezels.

>>715424702
I use trackpads in lots of games that already have native controller support. Lots of people also use them as a drop in replacement for gyro. Some genres like RTS are literally unplayable without them.

>>715425097
Deckers are the vegan of gamers. Can't go anywhere without telling people they're vegans, while Switch 2 players just simply play games on their Switch 2.

>>715424159
People have are already been using the SSD m.2 as an eGPU slot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt3wxxe149c

>>715425097
It doesn't. Its existence just makes you upset for some reason so you hone in on the threads about it every time you see them.

>>715420948 (OP)
If you're interested in playing PC games on a handheld, there's nothing better than Deck on the market. If you're interested in console slop and AAA slop, you can buy one of the objectively more powerful handhelds - they don't require trackpads and custom layouts.

>>715425182
why wouldn't you just get a laptop at that point

>>715425429
Decks were initially designed mostly for tinkerers in mind.

>>715420948 (OP)
Buy one now, buy a 2nd one later

>>715424702
me neither,gives me flashbacks when I got my first laptop and I had to play league of legends with the fucking trackpad,these people are insane

>>715424704
no you don't understand,it sold a gorrilion units,sure am getting fucked in the ass while they are getting richer but that doesn't matter

>>715420948 (OP)
Wait for the Steam Deck 2. Should come with two versions an LCD model entry point and an OLED model.

>>715421032
Lol, no nintenoddler.

>>715423482
Tendies proving that they are retarded, and reactionary. Literal toddlers.

>>715425164
When you see the light, you can't help but spread the word. Sorry for trying to drag you to a better plane of existence.

>>715420948 (OP)
Buy a chinkheld while you wait for the SD2 (it's going to be a while)

>>715424431
>anyone who buys them is a sucker.
says the tendie who pays a subscription for emulators

>>715425097
You are now discovering that /v/ is the site for the 0.1% of gamers who aren't retarded and own steam decks. I'm sorry it took the deck for you to realise this wasn't Facebook.

>>715423740
You clearly only play console games then, playing RTS games like aoe2 in bed is super comfy

>>715420948 (OP)
>random aliexpress tier gadget
Lol no thx

>>715431016
Why are you shit talking about the shitch?

>>715420948 (OP)
You're good for 3-4 more years for SD2

>>715420948 (OP)
Buy a cheap deck now. It'll be a couple of years until hardware progresses enough to warrant a deck 2.

>>715432349
Don't need a deck 2 for another 4 years at least.

>>715433680
I use my pc for the new aaa shit but it is interesting to see how deck is still getting community support to milk performance for newer games. Especially with the new lossless scaling decky app. I mostly use mine for moonlight streaming and emulation now

>>715420948 (OP)
buy a used or refurbished one if you really want one.
otherwise I'd wait.

>>715423410
>trackpads
only thing that I don't like about my Legion Go is the trackpad that doesn't work like the Steam Deck, wherein you can swipe and the cursor has momentum and keeps moving until you tap.
that's god tier design on a handheld.
I hoped that a lot of handhelds did it this way but alas...

>>715433876
Deck is the only way I game so having access to more games running good is nice.
>>715434121
That's why I didn't get the legion go s.

>>715421032
Why? At that point he may just wait for deck 2 OLED

>>715434154
I'm just waiting on the Steam Controller 2

>>715434231
2 more weeks

>>715434154
Tbh if I had no PC then deck would be the device I'd go for too. I must have put in 300 hours into nioh 2 on my LCD brick

>>715434303
i wish anon.

>>715420948 (OP)
Depends on how much you care about the latest releases. The number of games the deck can't play is small and it will continue to get loads of games and support even after the deck 2 comes out. So if you want it for stuff that's already out, get a deck 1. If you mainly want to play the latest games on it, wait a year or two for the deck 2.

>>715420948 (OP)
>>715420948 (OP)
It's probably going to be a couple years before a proper deck 2. The oled is amazing but if you can even get a used lcd in good shape for like 300 you'll absolutely get your money's worth. Especially if you already have a steam library that's not filled with AAA slop.

>>715421032
>enter an innocent deck thread
>tendie seething and begging in the very first post before spamming their usual shit
Every damn time.

>>715421032
I have access to both and unless you can't live without nintendo games the steam deck is way more versatile.

>>715420948 (OP)
I bought one recently because I know Valve won't be releasing a Deck 2 for at least 2 years. It's the king of 2D sidescroller games, and runs 10+ year old AAA games well. Probably goes without saying but make sure you get the OLED Deck.

>>715421032
Why would I pay more for less?

>>715424687
Who the fuck wants to play AAA games on a 7" screen anyway? The Deck is a 2D sidecroller king.

>>715435764
IMO, I want a smaller Deck 2, essentially a "Deck Mini" that is just small enough to fit in my pocket than a "Deck Pro" that might be able to play a few current and future AAA games but that will most likely burn through battery faster than the LCD Deck.

I want a more portable-portable with the same performance more than I want more performance that can just be beaten by pretty much any gaymin device that isn't restricted to the same form factor and price.

>>715436262
I could get behind this.
A 720p machine with a GBA form factor that plays (At least) Persona 5 Royal and Spyro Reignited would be cool.

>>715436262
>IMO, I want a smaller Deck 2, essentially a "Deck Mini" that is just small enough to fit in my pocket
this but not that small, like the switch lite imo

>>715436565
>>715436812
I would cum buckets if Volvo released a Deck Mini that is the size of a Switch mini while still being able to play Elden Ring, RoR2 and BG3

https://youtu.be/0KCXxhD-Y8s

Lossless Scaling works on Deck now, really great if you want to push the performance limits of the console or just want to squeak out some more battery life

Valve is waiting for AMD's UDNA multi-chiplet microarchitecture to arrive and then will develop the Deck 2 with it.

That will likely net a solid 50%+ increase in power while also probably increasing batter life and keeping costs stable.

>>715423485
which one?

>>715437395
Bottom right

>>715437128
>Small hands
Brownoid problems

>>715437274
Don't use that plugin or his settings

>>715438712
This is why I hate Linux.
>Dev 1 makes something that works in [Use case]
>Dev 2 forks Dev 1's work so it can work with [Use case #2]
>Dev 1 gets ass mad because he wasn't consulted
>Publicly sabotages Dev 2's work

I'm aware Lossless Scaling is meant to work with Windows, but this shit happens all the fucking time.

>>715423824
don't know but it checks the /share directory

>>715438712
Don't care what the tranny says, nigger. The plugin just works. Cope, seethe, and dil8.

>>715438712
I'm so sick of the drams coming from dev communities.
Bunch of touch-starved motherfuckers trying to make up for the lost highschool experience they missed
Pathetic

>>715423370
This is a huge overreaction.

Pretty much every game you’d want to play released prior to 2025 is completely functional, and the rare cases when you need to tinker is usually something like manually changing the resolution or selecting a community control layout.

The reason the Deck is preferred over the more powerful windows handhelds is the fact that shit just works. It’s basically like having a PlayStation or Xbox.

>>715439001
Both things work fine, it's just that the plugin dev recommended bad settings. Heaven forbid you have to exercise common sense or read.