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Hardware Valve: "Take a look inside the Steam Deck™!"
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Barthomolew
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Can't wait for this, hope it's possible to get mine before Christmas. Oh lawd.
lemonfresh
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With a emulator this will have a better classic library than the switch. Also playing modern games makes me think it might be a better value to consumers
Elven_Star
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They had better tell us something about Switch’s successor before this hits. Personally, I think games are more important than hardware. Also, I never cared about fancy graphics, but not everyone is the same. Nintendo should come up with something soon if they don’t want to lose customers, because this thing is semi-portable and capable of doing a lot. It can be a threat.
cw_sasuke
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It's a PC. Emulator or not it's gonna have a bigger library than every console in existence.
Pandora
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This whole video makes me wish I actually was someone who would ever bother opening up and tinkering with the insides of something like this, since its so adamant not to do so. Anyways excited to get a steam deck have a good few PC/PS only games I wanna try on it.
Krvavi Abadas
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The giant
You shouldn't
do any of this.
text in the thumbnail is hilarious to me.
and also a bit unexpected, considering they previously released the CAD files for the Steam Controller.
You shouldn't
do any of this.
text in the thumbnail is hilarious to me.
and also a bit unexpected, considering they previously released the CAD files for the Steam Controller.
listeningarden
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if i were to guess, i'd say it's likely lessons learned from the steam controller. there was a vibrant community for them but perhaps oversold the hardware modification aspect which was more for the enthusiast than your average user. positioning steam deck as a friendly alternative to other pc-as-handheld products means they probably want to avoid encouraging everyone ripping theirs open, even if it seems perfectly safe to do so from the looks of this teardown.
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It's also worth noting that just because someone has had experience messing around inside of their desktop, that's a whole different ballpark compared to something like the Steam Deck in size and stature. I've done some modifications to a few Vitas in my time, and I'd feel comfortable enough messing around inside of a Steam Deck, but it's absolutely the case where if you're the type of person that knows how to and loves to tinker - you know that notice isn't for you.
Tangerine_Cookie
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That was a very fun watch, lol.
I still feel some people have their expectations for this wayyyy too high, but I still hope it does well. We need the handheld PC market to expand.
I still feel some people have their expectations for this wayyyy too high, but I still hope it does well. We need the handheld PC market to expand.
Jaded Alyx
Chunbun. Then. Now. Forever.
They're clearly not interested in a global audience. If they were, they wouldn't limit it to being sold only on Steam and in just a few specific countries.
Sucks.
sleepnaught
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I want this thing just for portable emulation and Half-Life. Everything else is going to be a bonus.
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Valve has created an official Twitter for the Steam Deck, showcasing different games running on the hardware.
https://twitter.com/ondeck
https://twitter.com/ondeck
NarohDethan
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If Deck becomes a thing I'll never purchase a desktop computer again.
SuperFakerBros
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I sincerely doubt that. Most folk aren't gonna purchase a more niche device like this. Never mind that the Switch is selling for different reasons than the Steam Deck will. Saying this as someone who definitely wants to get his hands on one next year for some emulation, modern games, and indie stuff
Polynaut
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Awesome! Instant follow. I wish they would upload that Psychonauts 2 clip somewhere besides twitter, the compression is so bad!
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I think the Steam Deck is positioning itself well where it doesn't need to sell nearly as well as the Switch. Valve is clearly happy with the interest so far, and developers seem to have a lot of good to say about the hardware/software too.
It's nobodies "main" market, and that's ok for what Valve is going for with it.
It's nobodies "main" market, and that's ok for what Valve is going for with it.
OpulentEmpress
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Period.
Especially when that PS4 emulator gets open-sourced and tweeked by all those devs that's waiting for it.
Seeing as how sony plans to keep playstation 4 around for years more.
unkindlynice
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I am very excited about the steamdeck but dreading the release when it doesn't do everything under the sun.
Am just glad they have the touchpads - this is more or less my biggest wish from a handheld device. Not jumping in at launch (there are too many factors by the different hardware) but looking forward to seeing it come out and hopefully we see some develops go all in and take advantage of features.
Am just glad they have the touchpads - this is more or less my biggest wish from a handheld device. Not jumping in at launch (there are too many factors by the different hardware) but looking forward to seeing it come out and hopefully we see some develops go all in and take advantage of features.
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Looks sick!
Can't wait for mine in quarter 1 2022! Already bought like 50 steam games lol. And wishlisted like 20. Hopefully someone makes a epic launcher work around without a fresh os install then i have hundreds of free games aswell ^^
Can't wait for mine in quarter 1 2022! Already bought like 50 steam games lol. And wishlisted like 20. Hopefully someone makes a epic launcher work around without a fresh os install then i have hundreds of free games aswell ^^
Based on the stuff that Krejlooc was talking about back on era, it really sounds like SteamOS and Proton should be more than suitable and you won't have to worry about dual-booting unless you really want Windows. Time will tell if they live up fully to that promise, but I look forward to it.
And besides, my unit won't ship until Q1 '22, anyway, so, I have more time to wait and see where the chips fall on compatibility, anyway!
This would be the dream, for me. More and more, I grow weary of Sony's various things, but I wasn't really all that interested in getting back into the business of rebuilding a rig (again), even if PC gaming has been looking more enticing as years go by.
Steam Deck couldn't have come at a better time, for me.
byDoS
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I'm pretty much on the same boat.
dingbat
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Mine's not coming in until late next year, unfortunately. This thing slots in so perfectly with my habits that it's a no brainer. Huge Steam library, love tailoring my experience to my preferences, don't want to pay up for cloud or online, I play lots of indies that will run like a dream on it, and I love getting games cheap. I don't think I'll even bother running Windows on it because there's more quality stuff than I have time to play on Steam alone.
dingbat
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Seems like it. That’s great.