Thread 722894268

>Valve is losing money on the Deck
>They will make the money back on software sales
>Mostly bought by redditors with huge libraries
>The redditors are too busy raising their wifes son to buy new games though
>Therefore get nobody new into the Steam ecosystem
>Valve is now making another vr hesdset which is going to cost a gorillion dollars
When did you realise Valve was run by actual retards?

>>722894268 (OP)
>When did you realise Valve was run by actual retards?
when DLsite beelined to make their own payment processor but valve banned a fuckton of perfectly legal games and added a "sheckelstein can ban your game for any reason he feels like it and we will happily follow orders" to their TOS instead of putting in any effort whatsoever on what actually matters

>>722896640
they could work on some solution behind the closed doors (as they did for all the other things actually) but like, there's is a 10% chance that they do. They also could use someone's else solution afterwards, they even tried crypto at one point, but were unsatisfied with the results.

>>722894268 (OP)
This sounds like cope over a handheld that sold around 7 million units, is now starting to get native Linux games, is constantly a best seller on their website, and already has a successor in development. Is this an Xbot cope thread or a Snoy cope thread?

>put steam deck on sale
>people buy the eck
>put annual sale
>people buy games for their backlog that they will never pay and never refund

also any loss they make on the eck they just make back in a day of CSGO case openings

It's supposed to be an investment to get people into an ecosystem. People will want to buy their games on Steam if they have a handheld designed to be compatible with Steam, and a VR set compatible with Steam. It's why people got mad when Epic got exclusive games when no one bats an eye when so many modern PC game releases are Steam exclusive.

>>722894268 (OP)
>valve is losing money on the steam deck

>>722901867
You can get games from Ebin and GOG to run on the Deck through Heroic. It's a PC, not a locked down bing bing wahoo garden.

>>722902020
Or I could just get a real PC/laptop instead of giving money to a goyim company happily bending over to kikes.

>>722894268 (OP)
>>Valve is losing money on the Deck
according to who? It's a quite old zen 2 apu.

I too want to waste money on a console which I don't own and multimilion dollar japanese company can brick it whenever they like... at least I'm not a deck cuck, right bros?

>>722902362
>NDS seethe out of nowhere.
Grim.

>>722900460
Piracy cope thread. Or GOG if you are lucky.

>>722902408
Anon, how did you know that one was talking about the lord and saviour Nintendo?

>>722902441
Probably because it's the only japanese console company left standing or something.

>>722902362
>>722902441
that's not a brick, that's a rudimentary online ban
which you can easily avoid by not playing pirated games while connected to the internet
why are modern pirates so fucking dumb?

>>722902496
you tell them bro! BING BING WAHOO LET'S A GO!!!

>>722902230
>laptop
Steam Deck is a UMPC which you can play with just your hands. A laptop needs a surface to place on and somewhere to put your mouse. Name a single laptop that can match the convenience + price/performance of the Steam Deck.

>>722902496
The issue originated from posts claiming that used game cards that were used to dump the game online were being flagged as fraudulent and resulting in said ban for unsuspecting buyers. It is possible to contact support and get the ban lifted by explaining/proving the situation, but detractors will question why that step is even necessary and why Nintendo has the power to do that in the first place.

>>722902607
>Name a single laptop that can match the convenience + price/performance of the Steam Deck.
First name a single instance in which you can play with a goydeck but not with a laptop or even just a desktop.
>Public transp-
I don't live in japan and I don't want a shitskin to mug me over it, and if I did live in japan I would just play with a switch or switch 2 in public transport either way.
>But I want to be comfy in bed.
Go touch grass fatty. And moonlight + a bone controller on your phone is far cheaper than a goydeck.

>>722902764
nta but why would I want to play games on my phone?

>>722902874
Why would you want to play games on a handled?

>company makes some kinda cool shit instead of focusing on mass appeal and profits
>this is a bad thing because ?????
just wait until gabe groaks and it becomes publically traded, you'll see the kind of soulless shit someone this big is actually capable of if they're actually retarded

>>722902764
Nice goal post.

>>722902974
you know what would be "kinda cool shit"? steam making their own payment processor instead of bending over to shekelstein

>>722902921
Most of the consoles I had where handheld, from Gameboy/Color, to PSP to Deck. I'm used to handheld gaming but I can't consider phones as gaming devices because I associate them with Candy Crush soccer mom gamers

>>722903018
This is pretty much the reason I simply bought a switch instead of dealing with the hassle that is steam.
Steam stabbing me in the back by banning DT2 is also part of the reason however.

>>722903017
I agree, steam are definitely not flawless but I don't think the part you should criticize is them trying new/experimental shit, you should criticize them doing shit like that instead

>>722900460
tendie coded reply

>>722902764
>instances
On the couch, in a hotel, on a long train/coach journey...
>laptop/desktop
maybe I don't want to sit down at a desk after university?
>public transport
you shouldn't be bing bing wahooing on the fucking bus
>le bed
Beds are for sleeping, fapping and fucking. Doing anything else on them will fuck up you sleep cycle.

>phone + controller
Why would I play PC games on a tiny screen with no gyro and no trackpads? Are you retarded?

It's fascinating watching private companies like Valve operate in relation to public companies like Sony, MS and Nintendo. It highlights the difference between actual profit motive and the cancerous "shareholder value" driving motive that has taken hold since the 80s

>>722903328
>On the couch,
laptop
>in a hotel,
laptop
>on a long train/coach journey...
laptop
>maybe I don't want to sit down at a desk after university?
maybe you don't like PC gaming?
>you shouldn't be bing bing wahooing on the fucking bus
is bing bing wahooing but on a goydeck any different?
>no gyro
only relevant on nintendo games
>and no trackpads
a goddamn meme, use a real mouse

>>722894268 (OP)
Can we just have a comfy deck thread without the bait?

Deckbros, are there any mods to make the buttons quieter?

>>722903358
Does it really matter that valve is private when they are already acting like a public company adding DEI niggers to the only game they have made this decade and focusing only on CSGO lootbox gambling profits instead of dealing with the bot infestation in their games or making HL3?
And don't forget the fact they keep happily censoring and banning whatever payment processors tell them to sweep by israeli orders.

>>722903474
are redditors really stupid enough to need a glorified linux distro where kernel spyware literally can't run to drop cancerous mobaslop?

>>722903501
Why do you feel compelled to respond to something when you don't have the prerequisite knowledge to engage with what was said?

>>722894268 (OP)
>When did you realise Valve was run by actual retards?
since forever. the day steam dies is the day gaming starts healing.

>>722903614
Why do you feel compelled to avoid the fact valve keeps happily spreading their ass to the kikes instead of seeking alternatives to get real independence and protect the costumer?

>>722903392
>laptop outside
Once again, name a lightweight single gaming laptop that has the same price/performance ratio as the Deck. You can't, can you?
>don't like PC gaming
I like sitting down on my couch and playing Morrowind with a fuckton of mods on the big TV.
>bus
You should be aware of your surroundings retard unless you want to end up like that Ukranian girl.
>gyro in nintendo games
>trackpads are a meme
I dare you to play F.E.A.R on the highest difficulty with just an Xbox controller. Come back when you get violently raped on the first level and realise why picrel is important.

>>722903790
>I dare you to play F.E.A.R
i don't play westoid goyslop, so i don't really care

>>722903328
>>722903392
>On the couch
book
>in a hotel,
book
>on a long train/coach journey...
book
>maybe I don't want to sit down at a desk after university?
book
>public transport
book
>bed
book

You don't need to be staring at a screen 24/7

>>722896640
Weird porn is DLsites main business, it's fight or die for them and their nations political situation makes fight slightly more viable (or at least less high risk) too
Valve can't take the risk of shaking the boat

>>722903790
>I like sitting down on my couch and playing Morrowind with a fuckton of mods on the big TV.
You're aware you can just plug the HDMI to your computer, right?

>>722903790
>an Xbox controller
Not that guy, but it should be really obvious he's advocating for PC gaming and would use a mouse and keyboard, especially considering the later half of that very point about trackpads being "use a real mouse."

>>722902764
that's a lot of cope

>>722903243
You XSnoys are pathetic

>>722903917
>DLsite it's smart, they know it's fight or die for humanity and something that must be done at any cost.
>Valve are happy being a cocksleeve for israel.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
Glad we agree.

>>722896640
Steam gift cards have existed for decades.

>>722903897
>westoid goyslop
Oh I was talking to a jarpigger. Sorry, I thought I was engaging in a conversation with a human. I guess you can use a phone for 4 niggas in a row gameplay I guess.
>>722903903
>not using an e-reader with hundreds of books and direct access to cringekino AO3 fanfics
lmao
>>722903928
>drag your heavy tower PC down the stairs to play games on the TV!
No. I'll just use my Steam Deck + Moonlight with the moondeck plugin.
>>722903957
Great, and I'm asking if you can use a mouse without a surface to place it on. He can't answer that otherwise all of his arguments fall apart.

>>722894268 (OP)
>huge retarded design
>2230 sized nvme capped at 1tb at release (64gb card is sd ram KEK)
>1280x800
>has to have serious settings dropped to play games with 60fps
>deck tards think they're part of the master race because they have a 400 dollar toy
>meanwhile
>literally mindbroken and will scream chinkshit at everything that isn't a deck
This is why I hate deckfags, your toy is cheap chinkshit but from another brand. They think you're too retarded to open it without a gay little breakdown video. And why does it take a fucking retard to show you how to do it?

>>722894268 (OP)
They have a Steam™ powered money printing machine.
Why they FUCK would they care if they're burning money?

>>722904219
>using an e-reader
Using an e-reader for literature is the equivalent to replacing all your meals with onions

Why does the Deck cause so much seethe?

>>722896640
DLsite literally banned a shitload of stuff and refuses to show a shitload more to anyone outside of Japan while Steam is still selling a lot of those games DLsite refuses to show.
The situation is also very different in Japan. They were able to get a bank on board who was fine with loli porn. Good fucking luck trying to do the same in the US.

>>722904665
>>DLsite literally banned a shitload of stuff
they did not, they just refuse it to goyjin IPs
>and refuses to show a shitload more to anyone outside of Japan
good
>while Steam is still selling a lot of those games DLsite refuses to show.
show me the steam page for DT2
>They were able to get a bank on board who was fine with loli porn. Good fucking luck trying to do the same in the US.
wow its almost like you niggerfaggots were warned about this a literal decade ago when kikes first started to attack this kind of shit or something

>>722904396
Eww, that sounds gross. Onions? Boy you must love onions if you said it.

>>722904396
>just blow money online or spend time hunting around in libraries for your next read
Thanks, but zlib works and it's free ;)
>but muh preservation
that's why they're called libraries
>>722904406
It's the ultimate fuck you to consolefags. A cheap, incredibly accessible UMPC that plays everything up to 2020 for basically free.

>>722904798
>that's why they're called libraries
*libraries can do the preservation work

>>722904406
Because it's unironically just that good.
>shits on windows by using linux
>shits on other handheld PCs by still being the best well rounded purchase for the best price
>shits on xbox by having all their games
>shits on playstation by having all their games and can even emulate bloodborne
>shits on nintendo by emulating all their games and being the vastly superior handheld that rugpulls the 'nintendo switch has games' argument tendies used to love to use before they tried and failed to go full snoy with the switch 2
Sheep hate it because it's good and they're too stupid to buy one because they don't see ads or retailers beating them over the head telling them to do so.

>>722904798
>>722904896
stepping outside the antagonistic banter for a second, it's not really about preservation, it's about the value of the object

>>722904754
>they did not, they just refuse it to goyjin IPs
They literally did. They outright removed a ton of shit. Not just refuse to show, banned and removed. You have no clue what you're talking about, you're just trying to use a shitty situation to ragebait like a retard.

>>722904929
>shits on nintendo by emulating all their games
I thought the Steam Deck wasn't 100% great at emulating Switch games? Partially because of the various issues around the emulators, and partially because the Deck needs a bit more processing power.

>>722904954
>value of the object
Are you serious right now? The only "valuable" thing about books is the information within them. If I can access the information anywhere else far quicker and cheaper, than the value of the book is irrelevant. If I couldn't access that information anywhere else, then the book is far more valuable and if you don't make backups of that information you should kill yourself.

>>722905146
>I thought the Steam Deck wasn't 100% great at emulating Switch games?
it's very much not, even after optimizations
there's a reason people bragging about "playing" nintendo games on the goydeck only really show the title screen and the first 30 minutes of the game

>>722904240
>literally mindbroken and will scream chinkshit at everything that isn't a deck
Rare. Most people with a deck don't care and will give recommendations. They're all PCs at the end of the day and that's what matters. As long as you're not a braindead consolepleb supporting console cancer it's all good.

>>722905196
>TOTK
TOTK played like shit on the original Shitch. Of course it would run like shit on the Steam Deck.

You should have been playing it at 60fps on PC.

>>722905320
>Shitch
70 posts without being a full blown 'caco
that's a new record mr 'ric

>>722905146
You can always just watch youtube videos. Don't believe what people say here, they have a strong vested interest in trying to shitpost over it, like the fag who'll spam the kirby webm. The deck can play switch games and it can play them even better now with lossless. But whether it's good enough for you is up to your own standards. And it can still play every nintendo game before the switch as well as romhacks, with mods, fangames, etc.

>>722904406
i thought it was a meme but when my friend saw that I could play Stellar Blade on Deck with dock connected to TV while he couldn't on his PS4 he started hating it. At first he was looking down on it because I was playing either old games or indie games but now he's rather annoyed by it...

>>722905365
You've been shitposting throughout the thread. Eat a bag of dicks, NDS faggot.

Why is this jewtentroon seething?

>>722904754
>>722903897
You sound like a shitskin.

>>722905196
>30ms
So it's still faster than the Switch 2's screen lol.
And that's an extremely cherrypicked image on top of that. Lossless will run it around 50fps and the frametime is typically in the teens.

>>722905365
>having to self censor
Go back to your trannymitsu threads so you can pretend to be a Japanese woman.

>>722905320
>>722905524
Hey macaco, where's the switch 2 emulator you promised 3 months ago?

>>722901997
SENTRY GOIN UP

>>722903394
>Sees deck thread
>Posts deck
Love me deck

>>722905573
I wish all tendies a unpatchable security exploit that lets them own their hardware :)

>>722905512
>So it's still faster than the Switch 2's screen lol.
Why are NDS macacos still clinging to an intentionally wrongly done hardware test using an UFO test through a fucked version of the jewtube app that doesn't even officially run on the switch 2 and can only be run through a literal bug?
At this point not even the average goycattle got gaslit by the "le screen is le bad and blurry" meme.
>And that's an extremely cherrypicked image on top of that.
Look at the green chart anon, the framerate is consistently dogshit.
>Lossless will run it around 50fps and the frametime is typically in the teens.
I really don't think "just use goyframes bro" is a valid argument.

Handhelds are for children.

>>722905627
>lets them own their hardware :)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHAT ARE YOU DOING? STOP! TAKE THAT BACK! THINK ABOUT THE COMPANY! AIEEEEEEEEE

guess the huemonkey is really upset GoY pulled advertisements after the dogshit sales and the circana report showed the switch 2 is still doing amazingly well

How did GoY end up selling 4x times more than Super Mario: Troonlaxy?

>>722894268 (OP)
>valve has infinite income from marketplace transactions
>spends the excess money on shit they enjoy even of its not profitable
Pretty based desu fampai

>>722905897
it would've sold 8x if it was actually good

>>722905897
>[WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) {2007/11/01} - 256,341 / NEW
>[NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo) {2020/09/18} - 210,136 / NEW
?

>>722905614
>cachyos
would you recommend switching from the default steamos distro?

>>722905897
>1. [PS5] Ghost of Yotei – 120,196 / NEW
>2. [NSW] Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 – 48,265 / NEW
>the biggest goytendo franchise can't even beat some sonysloppa
KEKAROOOO

>>722905614
Nice skin

>>722905963
So it sold that much while being shit? Damn...

>>722905980
Yeah. You get newer drivers/kernel and optimizations ootb. Their wiki details everything that sets it apart. All the decky plugins work and there's an identical gaming mode since it uses the same repos as steam os for better deck integration.
>>722906089
Thanks. Leather with stone buttons feels good to the touch.

>>722905676
>literally counting each individual frame
>was reconfirmed by other tech outlets
>can literally just fucking see it
>an intentionally wrongly done hardware test
Your cope never ends, tendie.

>>722906118
See anything jewtendo shits out

>>722906173
>>was reconfirmed by other tech outlets
other tech outlets called out the fucked testing, the fuck are you on about?
>>can literally just fucking see it
bruh basically nobody noticed it before the attempt at gaslighting and nobody is noticing it after either

>>722906058
How do troontendelese react to this?

>>722894268 (OP)
I'm not sure when /v/ turned into people who are strictly both wrong and also solely interested in how companies are doing.
> [product]-sisters, our response?
> [popular game that is selling well] is flopping!!!
> etc.
/v/ is retarded

>>722894268 (OP)
I also like to make up stories in my head and share them with the internet.

>>722903017
Because that would lead to Gabe having an "accident" and the company being subverted from within by a bunch of "ex" glowniggers who now work as game devs.
Do not kid yourself, the kike has no match so long as the US golem gubbermint exists.

>>722906226
>other tech outlets called out the fucked testing
The fuck they did. Literally all you have is some random poorly sourced image from some literal who. Meanwhile tech outlets like digital foundry outright praised the methodology as the most accurate you can get and reconfirmed it using their own testing method.

>Start reading a thread
>It immediately devolves into a rant about redditors or ecelebs or trans or jeets or some other retarded faggotry nobody sane cares about
I'm so tired
What happened to video games

>>722906226
>and nobody is noticing it after either
That must be why you're still, to this day, shitting your pants over it.

>>722906385
>bait thread gets bait replies
OH EM GEE

>>722901997
subsidized premium consumer products are better and cheaper than equivalents designed for the military. it's funny how people use the term military grade as a marker of quality when military products are shit.

>>722906385
redditors, e-celebs, jeets and trannies have more impact in videogames than the average person...

>>722906385
>Start reading a thread
>It immediately devolves
Did you read the OP? It's a ragebait thread. Some people might try to course correct into something better, but it's an uphill battle.

>>722904451
kek

>>722906469
>Read the OP of a thread
>Its retarded bait that the retard mods dont delete
understand now? I was complaining about the OP post

>>722906385
>What happened to video games
any real discussion in this shithole has been dead for years thanks to the defacto admin (due to gookmod doing jack shit) intentionally ruining the place to get paid glowie money

While i don't dislike the deck i just think it came to early. Its too harsh on the battery if you play a highly intensive game on it like rdr2 you will get 1.5-2 hours at most.

>>722906717
You have to cap games like that if you want to prioritize battery life. Bigger batteries are expensive and heavy and until Valve can make an ARM compatibility layer, the OLED is the best you're going to get in terms of efficiency for the foreseeable future considering battery tech has stagnated hard.

>>722903017
>why doesn't Valve risk setting fire to their money printer
gee golly

>>722896640
>DLsite beelined
>beelined
That shit happened to DLsite years ago and only now did they start working on their own payment processor.

>>722894268 (OP)
Reddit spams memes about buying games they never play though. I can only assume every redditor buys five games minimum every steam sale

Why can't western companies be like Nintendo?

>>722906230
They ignore it and keep making threads about Mario Kart beating Sonic Kart

>>722909669
More censorship happy?

>>722900460
3.7-4 million, 6 million is the total amounts of pc handhelds sold
>>722901867
many people are enroached in the steam ecosystem
>>722894268 (OP)
They haven't been loosing money from a long time, when companies like ayn can put chips like the 8 elite which is faster than a deck in 300 dollar machines.

>>722907280
z2 extreme is more efficent but it is quite expensive

>>722903358
Yeah the guys who tried to monetize mods are angels

>>722910971
Todd Howard?

>>722910971
that was not the implication

>this thread
absolute state of consolefags

>>722894268 (OP)
Cope, still buying deck 2 and never a switch 2

>>722903474
Fag doesn’t use the trackpads enough.

Deck runs new games just fine. You just need to set your resolution to 120p and scale it up using AI and then use 3x AI frame generation to get a stable 27 FPS.

Sold some skins to get a Deck and Dock for free. Yes I have a Switch 2.

>>722901360
Yup. Retards on here have no idea how easy Valve makes money off of games like CS and the marketplace. They make tens of millions per month just from CS2 cases.