Thread 717725230

Why did you buy the steamdeck?

>>717725230 (OP)
I wanted something to play coomer games with in my bed and jack off.

ick on eck

>>717725230 (OP)
I didn't

>>717725230 (OP)
When is valve going to release Steam Deck 2. I want the "Switch 2 Killer" to come out and not kill shit, just like the first one.

The switch and the deck have literally no similarities beyond being "handheld" devices
One is a PC for people who already have a sizeable steam library, the other is a console for casuals who want to play mario games

I'm considering getting a steam deck because
>I want to play ps2 and gamecube games on a handheld + press a button to fast forward through slow jrpgs
>I want to read visual novels and play dungeon crawlers
>I want to play a few ps3 games that have been ported to PC
But I don't want to spend hours getting each game to run, I don't want games to crash or have other issues, I don't want to use steam, and I feel like at this point it's probably better to wait for the steam deck 2

>Hop in bed
>Steam Library of 300 games (Minus a few VR gaems that would be impractical to play on a Steam Deck)
>Dozen rips of my ps2 games
>Moar rips of my ps1 games
>Dozens of old Virtual console games pulled out of my Wii
>Just the other day find out Sonic Adventure DX on Steam has the Game Gear games still, the emulator is just dummied out
>Another 14 fuckin gaems that I didn't even know I had
>Basically everything worth playing runs on the Deck's hardware.
I fucking love videogaems

>>717726518
Oh, and also it's one of the most comfortable controllers I've used in like 11 years lmao.

Nintendo players will never buy or play anything other than Nintendo, so claiming that another console could kill them is completely retarded.

>get deck
>excited for motion controls
>cant get rpcs3 to work without and external controller for gyro
What the fuck is the point if I have to use an external controller.

I have a difficult time sitting at my desk to play games, steam deck made it easy to lay in bed or take with me to work

>>717726752
Apparently Valve is working on exposing the gyroscope directly to vidya so you don't have to do hacky stuff but I'm not sure when it's coming out.

the haptic pads feel really great on my 'ick and my 'alls

Because I love valve and already was on linux for 10 year.
Turned out I love steam os and deck too.

>>717725230 (OP)
"This is going to be the Xbox killer"

>>717727061
fug I forgot the image

genuine question, when has anything advertised as a "[THING] killer" ever actually caused said thing to die?

>>717725230 (OP)
i wish the vita didn't have those stupid memory sticks

>>717727223
Fortnite killed PUBG.

>>717725230 (OP)
no, because what use to I have for a portable PC?
the only reason I consider buying Nintendo consoles is because of Nintendo games, and I'm definitely not going to encourage the shit they pulled with Switch 2

>>717725230 (OP)
I didn't. Portable gaming is for the faggiest fags that ever fagged.

>>717725230 (OP)
The deck did kill the switch in all objective ways as a system to play its games. Every switch game ran better and looked better on the deck. Nintendo just hates emulation and game preservation so they are trying their hardest to make sure emulation isn't possible on the Switch 2

>>717725230 (OP)
said no one ever

>>717725230 (OP)
None of the games the Switch has interest me.

>>717725230 (OP)
PSP did kill the DS, though. It made Nintendo go full retard with gimmicks and they made the 3DS which was a failure due to a dumb gimmick nobody wanted. The Vita never truly lived but the 3DS died because of the PSP.

>>717725868
Steam deck OLED already mogs the switch 2.

>>717725230 (OP)
didn't but it's more comfy to play laying on your back then on a chair

>>717725230 (OP)
because I wanted a low power device to play vidya, and it also happens to be a laptop.
I hope Fremont is real though because I think that would be perfect for me.

>>717725230 (OP)
game gear is the only console where Tails has not one but TWO of his very own cute games so it's a must own
new Tails game when?

Because my girlfriend was making me stay at her place

there's no reason to get a deck when you can get a switch 2
it's no surprise in just a month the switch 2 already got more owners than the steam deck got in it's entire lifetime

>>717734139
If I already own CyberPunk on PC, there's no reason to get either.

>>717734139
Deck wins automatically by virtue of being a PC in a handheld form factor. That was it's selling point. Not that it was more powerful than the Switch 1.

Also comparing the raw power of a brand new device to one designed almost 5 years ago is disingenuous. Yeah no shit it's more powerful, but it's also just a console and the Deck is PC. Aka you lose. And you're gay.

>>717725230 (OP)
All of those systems were good and had good games. The only one that outright failed was the PS Vita. A system does not have to "kill" another system to be good and to fill a market niche that is not being filled by the competition, and that's what all of these systems do. Video games are not a zero sum game.

>>717737609
And Switch 2 won by virtue of outselling Deck's entire lifetime sale in a weak. More developers will care to make games work on the Switch 2 than trying to make their games run on the Deck at more than 15fps.

>>717727223
WoW killed Everquest

>>717738326
>it won

>>717725230 (OP)
I want to play a lot of games that are not available on consoles, on a handheld.
I don't want it to be a switch killer, I just want it to do what I want it to do, and the switch didn't do that, and the switch 2 doesn't do that.

>>717738326
I don't care

The legion go s is on steep discount rn so I'm tempted to buy it. It's significantly cheaper than a steam deck oled and seems comparable in most ways. Am I a retard for buying it?

>>717738546
You're only retarded if you buy the Wangblow version. Unless you really care about OLED panel then this one would be a better purchase than Asuck devices.

>>717737609
>a PC in a handheld form factor
dont know why i would want this

>>717738618
then it's not for you?

It's a niche device, but great within said niche

>>717738546
Depends on how significant and what you want out of it.
I bought the deck OLED because it's 540€ here, while the legion go S is 649 and I personally don't give a flying fuck about performance when I play shit like void stranger (but I do care about the screen being good).

I really need a compelling reason at this point to buy a handheld that's locked down, requires me to pay a subscription just to play online, requires buying all the games I want to play on it, has a very limited catalog of games and no way to tweak or update the games that run badly on it.

>>717738863
>it has exclusive games on it
people will buy it anyways because they dgaf, fuck nintendo and fuck consoles.

>>717738863
Mario Kart World.

I didn't buy a steam deck because I have no need for a pc handheld, but I would choose even a refurbished lcd deck over a brand new switch 2 with bananza and Mario kart included
the last Nintendo product worth buying was the 3DS

>>717725230 (OP)
I like video games and it lets me play the games I like on the go

>>717739104
Well duh your poorfag ass couldn't even afford a Switch 1.

>>717739079
This is a joke right?

I can play any vidya I want, mod it and emulate shit. Why would I get any other handheld

Probably because it has games people want.

>>717739079
Lol

>>717725230 (OP)
PSP was the DS killer. Consider the fact games from PSP are still getting ported all over and getting sequels while the DS library is forgotten and treated like the gimmick shit it was.

>>717739389
>DS library is forgotten and treated like the gimmick shit it was.
Shame desu. DS and 3DS has so many great forgotten games

>>717739157
I've had a high end pc throughout the entire switch lifetime and still never emulated a switch game because I don't care about tendieslop

>>717739505
Anything worth playing makes it's way to steam anyway. The rest is mario shovelware

>>717725230 (OP)
Wanted a comfy way to play games from my steam library without being at my desk. It's a plus that it's great at emulation.

>>717725230 (OP)
I unironically play my gacha games on the steam deck.

I didn’t read any of this thread, that’s fine or whatever I’m still not buying a switch 2, try asking 70,000 more times

>>717725230 (OP)
>This is going to be the Wii U killer

>>717725230 (OP)
The PSP utterly btfo'd the 3DS tho, lil bro. Even all the 3DS variations combined it couldn't match the PSP's sales. The PSP is the greatest pure handheld ever.

>>717727061
xbox is doing a good job of killing itself, no need for competition

The game gear wasn't as efficient and it didn't have a decent library.
The PSP was just full of ports while the DS had a lot of original stuff (besides the shovelware).
The PS Vita had barely fucking anything. The 3DS was actually fairly underwhelming, but at least it did have some games.
The Switch however it's a ports machine. 98% of titles on it are either ports of older games or indie games that are already on PC. The Deck, without emulation, has most of those natively (and of course runs them much better), and a lot more. It's not being sold on retail stores, it has no exclusives whatsoever and it's not as convenient to set up as a Switch or a Switch 2 so it's logical it wouldn't sell all that well. But someone who loved the DS based on its library would probably rather go for a Deck based on the fact they can play just about 10 times more games on it, without counting either emulated games or games that perform poorly on a Deck.

>>717734139
>there's no reason to get a deck when you can get a switch 2
There is if I want to play games that I already have in my steam library instead of re-buying them on the bing-bing-wahoo platform.

>>717727223
Call of Duty killed Medal of Honor.

>>717725230 (OP)
The Vita sold good before the 3DS price cut. The proprietary memory card was total horseshit though, that's what cut its legs after the 3DS price cut.

>>717725230 (OP)
I've never played on a Switch before, should I buy Red Dead Redemption on Steam?

>>717725230 (OP)
It has an excellent screen, good speakers, is comfortable with high quality buttons and controls, good enough internal hardware and it's completely open software on it's Linux OS. The Deck is the coolest console I've messed with hands down.

>>717744734
I'd agree with you except the d-pad. That one is just one of the worst I've used.

>>717737609
Based post, best girl.

>>717725230 (OP)
It plays my games

>>717744776
Really? It seems tight and responsive to me.

>>717744861
It's a mess that gets more false diagonals for me than even the shitty switch pro controller. I resigned myself to installing a microswitch kit for it and use it for menuing.
The rest is just fine though.

>>717725230 (OP)
So I can play Elden Ring outside my house.

>>717744762
Cut them some slack. The only games they have are bing bing wahoo racer and punching the ground.

>>717725230 (OP)
i cant get blood money to work...

>>717725230 (OP)
I bought the cheapest lcd deck on sale and swapped out ssd for 1tb ssd from amazon. Had this little shit brick almost 2 years now and it's fantastic. Just clearing my backlog

>>717746983
How so? Try setting proton compatible to either old version 5 or a GE proton version if its crashing due to into cutscenes

>>717737609
But I already have a PC
Meanwhile I can't emulate Switch netplay
Desktop + Switch seems like it's been the winning combination for the past decade, not sure why getting a second PC would beat it

>>717744674
on steam it's got the stupid rockstar launcher and always online requirement which defeats the purpose of a portable console. I'd just pirate it

>>717747294
it just goes to a black screen at startup. i've tried the proton versions recommended on proton db but nothing has worked so far

>>717747409
>Desktop + Switch seems like it's been the winning combination for the past decade
Genuinely no reason to get a switch unless you actually play mario games

>>717747602
Very odd. I think someone recommended restarting the deck in this case. Could also just try proton 10 newest version if you haven't yet?

>>717747619
Emulation took a couple of months/years to kick in, and you can't emulate netplay.
If you could connect to nintendo servers on whatever version of yuzu is current, you would be correct. But you can't.

>>717725230 (OP)
I don't use handhelds. But if I did I would probably get a Deck. Switch 2(and 1) doesn't really have any games that really interest me, and the Deck has a bigger library and more importantly, is more open.

>>717747718
What nintendo servers have to do with the fact switch have no games worth playing if you aren't into bingbing wahoo?

>>717747718
What does that have to do with the games. I'm talking about the games. The only appeal of a switch is if you enjoy playing current gen bing bing wahoo

>>717725230 (OP)
I did. I don't care if Switch succeeds or fails.

>>717738326
It didn't win shit
The studios enslaved by Nintendo would make games for whatever brick Nintendo shat out
The actual hardware is a toy and those sales would evaporate if not for that, it has zero innate value

>>717748096
>>717748183
Oh, I'm sorry to hear you didn't have any games on the entire console you enjoyed. I can imagine it's like being one of those people who don't like the taste of chocolate, you have my pity.
Most people went PC + Switch.

>>717747858
I dunno if the handheld pc thing makes much sense, it would if modern games weren't so heavy. But the steam deck is kinda weak and old there are significantly better socs now, but the biggest problem is still power consumption.

>>717748247
>have mouth full of dogshit
>claim it's a chocolate
You should keep that pity for yourself.

>>717725868
Hardware has plateaued no more new inventions in manufacturing are being made at least not that fast anymore.

Meaning the same hardware won't ever get any cheaper and all "new" hardware does is... be the same hardware as previously just with more shit in it and hence more expensive. Hardware doesn't go down in price anymore.

So we likely won't see a Deck 2 anytime soon and if we do it will be MUCH more expensive as it will use much more expensive parts as well.

That's also why the PS5 and Xbox Series never went down in price (even went up in the US to reflect the tariffs).

For hardware to get cheaper now, all you can hope for is reducing manufacturing costs either by reducing labor costs or resource costs and to remove trade barriers. Any improvements in manufacturing is now something you can't just bet on, they will happen randomly and infrequently now.

>>717748678
I don't get it, why're you bragging about enjoying fewer things than the average person?
You've objectively derived less pleasure than your peers. That doesn't sound like something to be proud of.

I got memed into thinking it would be compatible, run games with performance worth playing, and emulate just about everything one could realistically expect to emulate on a handheld. Instead I got a powerpoint presentation with a battery life that gives a Game Gear a run for the money and a community of insufferably smug, delusional autists who get their jollies from tweaking fan curves until they can run 10 year old games at a silky smooth 40fps.I regret my deck immensely. Streaming also doesn't work worth a shit even on a wired and docked connection, but it would've been foolish to anticipate that to begin with so I can't really even be mad about it. Certainly not when there's everything else to be mad about.

>>717748247
Any games on switch I considered playing are multiplat like monhun rise. The strictly switch exclusive shit like Mario or zelda just does not interest me.

>>717748763
Just move all hardware production back to the USA and hardware price will get cheaper, as Trump intended.

>>717748914
Americans are too retarded to do these jobs now. Especially at a rate as competitive as what the chinks do

>>717748764
>You've objectively derived less pleasure than your peers. That doesn't sound like something to be proud of.
>just lower your standards bro
Neh, I'm good.

>>717748564
There are more games that run on the Deck than games that don't, that and the form factor is the entire sellingpoint.

Who cares if it can run Silent Hill 2 Remake since it can run literally every other Silent Hill game ever released, who cares if it can run the latest Ubislop game when it can run every single one of their games released from 2022 and back to the first game they ever made, who cares if it can run the latest Mario Kart when it can run every Mario Kart game from 8 Deluxe all the way back to the original SNES game, etc.

>>717744957
Interesting

>>717725230 (OP)
the whole selling point of it was a portable gaming PC, but the battery life for AAA games is so short you may as well just not bother and stick with a phone.

>>717747858
how well does it run on the switch?

>>717748805
Thanks for the wall of cope

>>717725230 (OP)
To dab on tendies of course lol

I like handheld more

>>717725230 (OP)
To be fair no one was saying the vita was going to be the 3ds killer. People were definitely gloating when it forced the 3ds to drop its price, but at that point monster hunter was already confirmed to be nintendo exclusive for the generation, so nobody was under any delusion as to which handheld was going to come out on top.