No.10965
you can suck my steam DICK
No.10970
>>10964One more project for gaben to abandon in 14 months
No.10971
Makes sense, most people cant afford gaming PCs
No.10972
>>10964I wanna hack it
piratePirate No.10975
>>10972Apparently it's not locked down and you can install your own Linux on it.
That's makes it an appealing device, the hardware specs are pretty substantial as well.
For me it kinda competes with this:
https://liliputing.com/2021/06/crowdfunding-for-the-jingpad-a1-linux-tablet-begins.htmlbecause both are portable Linux devices
>>10973There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, but buying from nintendo definitely is evil consumption.
No.10978
I just want GPUs to become affordable again.
No.10984
>>10978They want to push ARM cancer so mobile games take over
No.10992
>>10964I don't really see the point in it, Steam games aren't designed for mobile play so the experience is not gonna be that good.
No.10993
>>10992For many it will be good enough as the only difference would be a smaller screen with an abnormal aspect ratio.
No.10995
What's the battery life?
No.10996
I actually really like this device and hope it sells well. I just can't justify buying one. I already own a switch, vita, ps4 and PC. All hacked with pirated games. If I owned one, I'd probably use it a lot, but buying one seems wasteful.
No.10997
what's up with the B button?
No.10999
It looks like shit
No.11000
>>10998By launch you'd already have people replacing SteamOS with Arch and have SteamDeck running games outside of Steam.
No.11001
I can see this being very convenient to desktop users (and even notebook ones that can't be bothered to carry it out around). Outside that, i can only imagine this appealing to consoomers.
No.11002
>>10964make an ergodox keyboard dock and you got yourself a
cyberdeck
No.11003
>>10993Having a smaller screen sounds shitty though, PC games aren't designed like that. I guess some people will put up with it though.
>>10996You don't really need it, best to play games on portable devices that are actually designed to be portable, leave PC games for your PC.
No.11006
>>11003I actually play the majority of my ps4 and pc games on my vita through remote play. It's not optimal, especially ps4, but I don't have any problems navigating menus or reading subtitles.
No.11009
>$400
<buying any electronics in the middle of a shortage
<buying any luxury goods in the middle of accelerating inflation
No.11025
>>11009Inflation literally isn't real.
No.11029
>>10972>hack itIf you bothered reading the description they quite explicitly say the Steam Deck is just a PC and you can install whatever you want on it.
No.11030
>>11025Maduro you should focus more on managing Venezuela lots of people are angry.
spurdoSpurdo No.11031
But does it keep my fast food hot?
No.11034
Imagine replacing Arch+KDE with Void+dwm and having the battery last twice as long.
No.11036
Who is the market for this?
No.11037
>>11036People that don't own a decent computer, i guess.
But i don't speak dollars, so i have no clue if it is actually worth the price compared to a PC (or console).
No.11038
>>11036>>11037Just look up the current prices of GPUs.
No.11039
well, the one positive thing is it'd probably be easy to emulate a switch on
other than that its just a pretty inferior laptop
No.11040
emulation deck, already signed up for the order queueaccelerationAcceleration
No.11041
>>11037It's for people who like comfy gaming in bed - it would be odd to play the likes of control or RDD on it (despite it being marketed as able to), but it'll handle any Switch/WiiU game and all previous console gen games fine. Playing old rpgs with a handheld is a really comfy experience.
accelerationAcceleration No.11042
>>11041Also it shouldn't be too hard to set up hardware h264 streaming from your desktop (like Steam's remote play) with already available open source options as well
accelerationAcceleration No.11043
>>11000Steam OS is just Debian with a more streamlined UI for your steam library you can drop down to shell and install whatever. It's literally an x86 computer running Linux.
accelerationAcceleration No.11045
>>11043Ahem, SteamOS is Arch now.
No.11046
Due to the policy to prevent scalping wouldn't that mean the console would be tied to your Steam account?
No.11063
Can I plug a keyboard and mouse into it?
No.11069
>>11063It comes with a single USB-C port it seems so yes.
No.11071
>>11069you'll need a usb-c hub / dock extension do so; they've reiterated numerous times any off-the-shelf components will work (seeing at how it's just 'handheld PC') but they'll be selling their own dock separately.
No.11072
Can it play half life 3?
No.11080
>>11009>>$400Yeah the most basic model costs that much, but nowadays many AAA video games are so bloated that you can't even fit them on a 64GB hard drive. If you don't know beforehand that you will only play storage-friendly games, then buying an SD card (the only way to extend storage space) is a requirement. At which point why not just buy a more pricey model?
>>10995>Steam Deck's onboard 40 watt-hour battery provides several hours of play time for most games. For lighter use cases like game streaming, smaller 2D games, or web browsing, you can expect to get the maximum battery life of approximately 7-8 hours."Several" most likely means two.
No.11083
>>11077I assume they mean Alyx? They haven't said much in terms of VR functionality but my guess is don't try it.
>>11080PR says they ran Portal 2 for 4 hours iirc.
No.11084
>>11083Also from what I hear eMMC is garbage; anyone who reserves the $400 version is likely doing so with the intention of investing in a larger SD card down the line.
No.11085
>>11084Yeah, games that can load all their hot assets on the 16 gigs of RAM should be fine, but newer open world games loading assets from storage on the fly will probably have issues even if they fit on the drive. The storage space itself isn't that big of an issue cuz you can expand it with an SD card, but that'll have even worse throughput than emmc.
No.11088
>>11080>>11084Why would you not buy an SD card in the first place? I'm actually more surprised the main storage isn't on a microSD card too with a second slot on the outside like e-readers do.
No.11089
>>11080>>11088Is nvme SSD good? For a portable console you'd think they'd go for SD storage tbh
No.11090
>>11089In general NVME SDD are significantly faster then SD cards as flash card technology was never built with throughput in mind with only the most high end SD cards even matching SATA III speeds.
No.11091
>>11090Well shit. Does nvme technology also consume less electricity?
No.11092
>>11091Of course it does!
No.11523
I wonder how long it will be before I can get a second hand one at a reasonable price.
No.11903
Why is this so much more expensive in EU countries? Valve basically put plus 25% on the US price tag.
No.11904
>>11903EU list prices include Value Added Tax
US list prices don't
If the EU VAT is 20% (i'm guessing this number), it would be only 5% more expensive
No.15413
>>11080Damn $130 for a 256GB NVMe SSD. I got a 1TB one for like $90 not so long ago.I mean, what a fucking scam, they know full well the internal 64GB is pitifully small.
May as well sell the $399 version as crank-operated, with no battery and with razors embedded on the corners.
No.15414
>>15413>1TB NVMe SSD for $90fucking where
No.15415
>>15409Isn't this more something to solve on the developer side? If you see someone's running it on portable hardware you can have the settings automatically tweaked to optimize it.
>>15413You're not just paying for the SSD though. You're paying for the engineering that goes into fitting it into the handheld device.
No.15416
Is the screen an oled?
That’s the only way I’d buy this
No.15417
>>15409Why does the Deck last way less than gaming laptops with batteries the same size if not bigger
No.15419
>>15416absolutely not,and don't think you're gonna be able to switch it to one.
No.15422
>>15421As someone who works with electronics and computers I'm so fucking envious of the laughably low prices that Americans get on tech and tools.
No.15438
>>15422I can easily find one for the same price,and I'm in the EU in one of the most taxed place for electronics (it's much cheaper at the border).
you're in LATAM ? Middle-east ?
No.15448
>>15423>>15438Somewhere in Latam, yeah. Most of the stuff I can afford is cheap Chinese shit.
No.15704
>$649 for the most expensive model
Hell that is actually quite cheap, in my shithole country that thing will cost $1000+ because taxes and because the fucking sellers charge more for the "novelty" in niche-ish shit like these.
That's it if ever arrives, here you couldn't preorder one.
No.15785
>Today, we’re announcing that iFixit will be one of the authorized sellers of Steam Deck replacement parts. https://twitter.com/OnDeck/status/1493650345632821251I don't like congratulating corporations but Valve knows how to not fuck things up.
No.15852
>>15417Because there is no driver or firmware level frame or wattage limiter. The APU will suck as much wattage as it can before hitting their thermal limit. Thus the Steam Deck can put up to 30 watts on the batteries, Value has said they will patch this and put in a hard frame limited to prevent this.
No.15876
>>15785>Valve knows how to not fuck things upSteam machine
No.15906
>>15875whats wrong with gaben's hitbox
No.15913
>>15876Still think they should have called it the Steam Engine
No.15929
>>15913Catchy, but not easily copyright protectable.
No.15930
I'll buy one when the price drops, seems like it's going to be god-tier for piracy.
No.15932
shit hardware
i'll stick with hacked 3ds until someone puts out an actually modern handheld
No.16083
>>15932>an actually modern handheldIn at least one interview Gabe himself said they made sacrifices for the price point. No handheld is going to be up to the standards of current PC hardware, because there's just no market for it. Valve is aware of the importance of price points in particular after they made a $1k VR set and it didn't fly so good.
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