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Call For Questions For DF Direct Weekly #146 (Patreon)

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2024-01-18 12:03:36
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It's that time of the week again! It's looking like Rich, John and Alex will be convening once again on Friday morning to discuss the burning matters in the state of gaming today. Core to the show will be the reaction to Microsoft's upcoming Developer_Direct (remember to pronounce the underscore) but we may well cover the strong reaction to The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered as well, along with any other snippets that cross our radar today.

But of course, it wouldn't be DF Direct Weekly without your questions and topic suggestions, so please feel free to make full use of the #CommentBoxBelow to pose any queries you feel the team may be qualified to answer! 

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Brian Rickard

Have you tested in home streaming on the Steam Deck OLED on WiFi 6 network? I found it to be a game changer. I’ve never liked any game streaming product. I’ve tried them all. I have been using it with both my PC and PS5. With both platforms wired to the network. I found the PC experience indistinguishable from native while playing HiFi Rush when using the nvidia specific encoding settings. I found streaming from the PS5 to be the best it has ever felt on any client. It had drops in quality where the PC did not. That could be attributed to the nature of the homebrew nature of the steamdeck client, but that’s hard to know for sure.

Matthew Ponton

Hello, DF Crew! With the rise of handheld PC's picking up traction on the consumer market, I've been very confused with the heated debate between Steam OS and Windows as operating systems. I was an early adopter of the Steam Deck when it first came out early 2022 and loved it. However, as time passed, the limitations of the hardware really started to show, and the z1 extreme chips being used in new Windows devices such as the ROG Ally and Legion GO seemed to be a welcome power boost. After using the ROG Ally for six months now, I can safely say I haven't encountered a single issue with Windows that I also havn't had before on my Desktop or Laptop. For a casual audience, I get why the locked down ecosystem of Steam OS makes sense. But for PC gamers, who use Windows daily, I struggle to see the benefits of the Steam Deck. Outside of improved battery life, why would you want a product with less graphical power, less openness in what games and launchers you can use, and most importantly, less customizability? It's just been a weird sight seeing many pc centric gamers close to me highlight the "console like experience" of the Steam Deck, but also lament the locked down nature of Xbox and Playstations as well. Is there a reason even the biggest of power users still want a streamlined approach to handhelds?

VeryProfessionalDodo
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I think it all boils down to "sometimes we just want to click a button, and be in a game, no fuss". Even though this is the standard for a console, it might be refreshing for PC gamers to not have to worry about small quirks that Windows has, no matter how small they may be.