Official Steam Deck thread. Steam handheld gaming device.

[LiveFromLondon]

Brehs that have this and a console, I have a few questions:

Do you feel its a downgrade between playing handheld and console.

Do you find yourself buying the same game to play on console feeling its better to get full experience.

Do you play your must have games on this or leave them for your console for better experience and just play games you wouldn't necessarily have on the steam deck.

Is the play time on it worth the purchase considering you also have a console that you spend more time playing

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

Man I tried to jump ship to the rog ally had to return it cause it kept crashing on me

At least steam deck is reliable…

 

[Brandwin]

Brehs that have this and a console, I have a few questions:

Do you feel its a downgrade between playing handheld and console.

Do you find yourself buying the same game to play on console feeling its better to get full experience.

Do you play your must have games on this or leave them for your console for better experience and just play games you wouldn't necessarily have on the steam deck.

Is the play time on it worth the purchase considering you also have a console that you spend more time playing

This is basically an indie machine for me. No way I can play triple A titles on this, but for those smaller games I don’t feel like sitting in front of a monitor or tv, this is perfect. A lot of Slay The Spire, Balatro and Brotaro on this since I got mine a month ago.

 

[LiveFromLondon]

This is basically an indie machine for me. No way I can play triple A titles on this, but for those smaller games I don’t feel like sitting in front of a monitor or tv, this is perfect. A lot of Slay The Spire, Balatro and Brotaro on this since I got mine a month ago.

Whats the point if you aint gonna play AAA games on it, It costs morethan a console

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

Copped that helldivers 2.. playing it on my iPhone via moonlight til my deck comes

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

Yo this Moonlight app is dope.

I'm streaming from my PC and I notice no lag and streaming games at 720p on my PC is already overkill

no lag here… i mostly play at home so I’ll play allot of games this way

 

[Address_Unknown]

Brehs that have this and a console, I have a few questions:

Do you feel its a downgrade between playing handheld and console.

Do you find yourself buying the same game to play on console feeling its better to get full experience.

Do you play your must have games on this or leave them for your console for better experience and just play games you wouldn't necessarily have on the steam deck.

Is the play time on it worth the purchase considering you also have a console that you spend more time playing​

Is it a downgrade? Not at all. The majority of games I play on this are Indy/Double A games that don't require processing/graphical power that would appear lacking on a handheld than a console.
Also, not having a computer at the moment with a dearth of Steam games with no way to play 'em, I use the deck to enjoy tons of those little indie and other games I'd love to have on the go (Fear and Hunger, Binding of Isaac, Nuclear Throne etc...) that I wouldn't necessarily run on a console.
Only when it comes to rpgs that I find myself debating what to play on console as opposed to handheld, because as much as I love being able to play portably, I do the majority of my bulk gaming infront of my tv so I can quicker grind out certain rpgs on console and take the exclusive ones I can't get on Xbox, on the deck.
Plus, a major plus for me when it comes to having this deck, is the fact that I can use it as a Mini Pc and most importantly, an emulation hub, and a portable one at that to replace the Xbox Series S I had filling that role that went kaput when Microsoft took away Developer mode that allowed emulation to flow freely.
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[MikelArteta]

Brehs that have this and a console, I have a few questions:

Do you feel its a downgrade between playing handheld and console.

Do you find yourself buying the same game to play on console feeling its better to get full experience.

Do you play your must have games on this or leave them for your console for better experience and just play games you wouldn't necessarily have on the steam deck.

Is the play time on it worth the purchase considering you also have a console that you spend more time playing

Nah not really I prefer it alot actually, because when Im on the toilet , plane, in bed I'll just turn it on and be playing games I never would have really played otherwise.

 

[dfresh]

Brehs that have this and a console, I have a few questions:

Do you feel its a downgrade between playing handheld and console.

Do you find yourself buying the same game to play on console feeling its better to get full experience.

Do you play your must have games on this or leave them for your console for better experience and just play games you wouldn't necessarily have on the steam deck.

Is the play time on it worth the purchase considering you also have a console that you spend more time playing

Do not get a Steam Deck if you already have a PC and/or console and plan to use it as a substitute for either one.

That's like getting a PS4 to play PS3 games when you already have a PS3. Complete waste of money.


Steam deck is like a switch 2.0 that’s jailbroken. handheld emulation hub for pc, indie and console games( ranging from snes to the switch).


Also Any games past the switch is pretty much unplayable on a steam deck.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

Nah not really I prefer it alot actually, because when Im on the toilet , plane, in bed I'll just turn it on and be playing games I never would have really played otherwise.

Toilet gaming

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

The lcd version is 15% off on steam

 

[Piffiztheanswer]

This lil machine still amazes me

Playing arkham knight rn at 60fps is surreal

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

My oled just shipped should have it this week copped a few ps studio games

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

What games should I cop steam sale Thursday brehs brehs

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

Forza horizon 4 on sale being delisted.. last day to cop