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Just got mine last night and spent a bit of time getting everything set up. It’s surprisingly not as big/heavy as I thought and adding games was pretty straightforward. For people who also purchase Steam games, how much extra tinkering does it require to get things running smoothly? I own all the Batman games on PS3/PS4 but wouldn't mind having them on the go and Asylum/City/Knight are like $8.99 at the moment.
Doesn't take much effort, the YouTube guides are really easy to follow if you plan on streaming from PS4/ps5.

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The most annoying thing for me was the keyboard, It wouldn't work for some editing in desktop mode, but my usb-c plugged keyboard worked. Having an external keyboard for editing helps.
 

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Doesn't take much effort, the YouTube guides are really easy to follow if you plan on streaming from PS4/ps5.

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The most annoying thing for me was the keyboard, It wouldn't work for some editing in desktop mode, but my usb-c plugged keyboard worked. Having an external keyboard for editing helps.

Yeahhhh I had to use an old Dell keyboard to do some terminal downloading because the damn on screen keyboard sucks so damn much.
 
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Doesn't take much effort, the YouTube guides are really easy to follow if you plan on streaming from PS4/ps5.

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The most annoying thing for me was the keyboard, It wouldn't work for some editing in desktop mode, but my usb-c plugged keyboard worked. Having an external keyboard for editing helps.
Thanks. Yeah I had to hook up a keyboard and mouse and set up chiaki. I may just go the PS remote play route since I’ve seen mixed reviews about getting the Steam versions of the Arkham games to run without crashing.
 

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Thanks. Yeah I had to hook up a keyboard and mouse and set up chiaki. I may just go the PS remote play route since I’ve seen mixed reviews about getting the Steam versions of the Arkham games to run without crashing.

Do the game pass hack and xbox cloud gaming it runs smooth like butter (batman arkham knigt)

cloud gaming>>remote gaming
 

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Just got mine last night and spent a bit of time getting everything set up. It’s surprisingly not as big/heavy as I thought and adding games was pretty straightforward. For people who also purchase Steam games, how much extra tinkering does it require to get things running smoothly? I own all the Batman games on PS3/PS4 but wouldn't mind having them on the go and Asylum/City/Knight are like $8.99 at the moment.

depends on the game…if it has a green/verified check then probably no tinkering is needed…if it has the playable mark (yellow/black exclamation) then it will specify if the game needs tinkering or not…sometimes it only has the mark bcuz text may be too small or some other reasons…also you can just google the game + on steam deck and you’ll see different YT videos recommending preferred settings they use for the game in question
 

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Took advantage of the sale on the last day and bought a few games.

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Hollow Knight
Sonic Mania
Bayonetta/Vanquish bundle

Everything running at full speed :wow:

Playing Vanquish for the first time since the 360 was :banderas:

They got Revengeance up here too? :gladbron:
 

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Took advantage of the sale on the last day and bought a few games.

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Hollow Knight
Sonic Mania
Bayonetta/Vanquish bundle

Everything running at full speed :wow:

Playing Vanquish for the first time since the 360 was :banderas:

They got Revengeance up here too? :gladbron:
Vanquished was the first game I played on my Steam Deck. It translates so well to a large handheld.
 

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Remember there are other sites that officially sell Steam Game Keys, and they often run sales when Steam isn't. Here are the places I regularly check:
Fanatical Games
Green Man Gaming
Humble Bundle

…and add cdkeys to that…I been using them for years…primarily for xbox games tho and a few playstation games prior to sony locking down digital games to the PS store…they’ve been clutch for steam games these last few months tho
 

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PS2 emulation on this thing...maaaaaane :banderas:

I actually got Hot Shots Golf Fore running at full speed with a resolution bump of 3x :wow:

This was actually only possible with a cheat that disabled most shadows (the game is notoriously a pain to emulate) but it don't even matter :mjcry:


I'm downloading the GTA trilogy and all them bytches run flawlessly so far :mjcry:
 
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