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UNCUT Video:Maybe we should temper our expectations about the Steam Deck (Patreon)

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2021-09-07 14:00:06
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2026-06

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While I think we need to temper our expectations, I disagree with you on the price. The closest direct competitor to the Steam Deck are other handheld PCs like the GPD Win 3 which costs $999, MUCH more. It also has much higher specs than the Switch and is a completely open system, as noted you can upgrade the storage yourself if you want to, but you can also just install Windows or any other operating system. The dock too is just a USB-C port that functions like a USB port on your computer, you can use any existing USB-C dock with it. Personally, I'm not getting one since I never game on the go, I have books for that, however I'm still excited just because of the anti-cheat compatibility for Linux Valve will be rolling out with it. I think there are a lot of things that could be criticised, I agree that the tiers don't make much sense for what you get and it's probably an attempt to not sell some of them at such a loss as they must be doing. The performance and thermals upon release are also something yet to be seen, as well as how well Valve's custom software for this thing works, all of which could go horribly wrong. Interested to know your thoughts, I just think of all the potential issues I think the pricing is the least concerning, and you spent a while on it.

keystroke

To add to this watching further, it seems you have a misunderstanding of what the Steam Deck actually is, it's not a handheld that requires custom porting or a proprietary ecosystem, it doesn't run a "close to desktop OS", it *runs* a desktop OS, Linux. While there needs to be some checking done to ensure the Proton compatibility layer works, most games work without tweaking, there's a full list of games that will run on the Steam Deck here https://www.protondb.com/. Even so, you can install Windows on it anyway and play any games on there, it's much closer to a PC than a Switch. As for how Valve supports hardware, they're actually very good at this. SteamVR is still receiving updates, the Steam Controller supports all games that support a controller due to how its APIs work (I own one, can confirm, its surprisingly good except changing the batteries sucks ass and I have no idea who designed that aspect), and while the Steam Link isn't sold anymore, they have made it available to download so you can turn a Raspberry Pi into one. As for the streaming, I believe by that Valve means the same streaming that the Steam Link does and Steam already supports: from your PC, so yeah it would be basically useless outside of your house unless you have a killer internet connection. I'd be happy to talk about it since IT stuff is kinda my passion, hopefully this helped explain some stuff.