Wow, AMD dropping the ball? Haven't heard that one before!
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DDR5 is 6 years old.
It already is and has been for a while. What even is this trying to say?? You are like 4 year's late, even more so that its open to install anywhere, and proton is so good, and steam os has been getting refined through the steam decks lifetime.
My living room PC is rocking DDR3
Linux and proton in some cases is better and more seamless than windows. For a lot of older games, more often than not it's literally plug and play on Linux whereas on windows you have to find some obscure fan patch, sacrifice a goat to satan and say Biggie Smalls three times while looking in the mirror at midnight just to get a PS3/360 era game to run. And if it does run it will probably crash every 10 minutes.
It was perfect.... perfect, down to the last, detail.
I've certainly enjoyed mine in the... holy shit, it's been nearly a year. My time with it was great though. The portability is fine if you have a place to post up with a nearby outlet, otherwise lower intensity games can run 10 hours. The resolution for the screen size was fair as well. The touch pads and extra inputs on the back of the controller enabled me to play mouse and keyboard games that normal controllers just don't allow. It's some pretty sick tech. Steam OS taught me Linux isn't nearly as scary as the internet makes it out to be. Since October/November of last year, I haven’t touched a Windows device outside of work computers.
Or Bazzite. The Steam Controller is awesome and, on its own, enables some sick shit. People may feel burned on the price of the Steam Machine but the controller is an absolute must buy in my opinion.
It was great, I've gamed more on the deck since it came out than any other device (desktop PC included). If you can get it for cheap second hand and are happy with the performance level its worth a buy if you don't have a handheld. Though at this stage I'd look at the other options, especially since you can install SteamOS on them. Plenty of youtube videos out there doing in depth reviews and comparisons.
They gave a lot of flexibility and made a lot of games playable that otherwise wouldn't be. I played through Morrowing on the deck and the trackpads made navigating menus a breeze.
Yes. It’s fantastic. I have an original LCD and it goes with me on trips, to the mechanic if I’m waiting there, to my BFFs house while we’re watching movies. I don’t use my desktop much anymore, but that’s due to severe pain when sitting for long, which sucks for me.
I believe that’s exactly why Valve has dumped so much money into Proton, and what has led to the hardware side. They don’t want to be forced into Microsoft’s control, and with the shitshow that is Windows 11 I can’t blame them. On my above mentioned desktop, in Windows 11 sound refuses to work. If I boot it to Linux, sound works perfectly. My friend says that sound on 11 gives his company a whole lot of trouble for IT, and he uses 10 LTS at home.
IDK what I hoped for but honestly I barely use mine. It's impressive for what it is, they did an amazing job "consolizing" PC gaming. I like that sleep mode is reliable unlike a normal PC, the perf is fine except for UE5 slop, I like the OLED screen, but I'd rather play my extensive Switch physical game library. Even post purchase I have picked up a ton of games on Switch that I could have bought on Steam / Deck.
It was mostly the opposite for me and my switch was gathering dust when I got the deck.
The problem is that audience that was the target is likely going to be turned off by the price point alone. There's a reason prices often end in .99 because the one cent difference between 1000 and 999.99 causes a massive amount of sticker shock.
This is why I ended up selling my OLED deck a bit after Valve jacked the prices up. I expected that I’d use it on flights but I would end up taking my Vita or Switch 2 instead.
There are a lot of little things that make the experience better on Switch. OLED's kickstand is great. Swapping to a TV works better. I really prefer the "confirm" button being on the right -- like I know you can remap but it's fiddly and never feels right for it to be B. Battery life is longer. And I like physical games.
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No subtlety at this point with the screenshot from an email on a phone.