|OT| Valve's Steam Deck (OLED)- coming to Straya in Nov 2024
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Potential developer with a Deck kit? 
Steam Deck under direct sun thanks to V-Katsu developer.
Also Dylan Fitterer, Audiosuft developer, got a dev kit too.
Also Dylan Fitterer, Audiosuft developer, got a dev kit too.
I have already started a collection on steam for the games I'm going to play on the Deck. I can't wait! But the wait is going to be long!
I already have a collection ready and it's funny because I keep buying games and then I realize that I want to play them on the Deck lol
Same here, moved a lot of games that I want to play on a small factor device to their own category "for Deck". Biggest thing I look forward are the two Ace Attorney collections, replaying the classic ones and the new great ace attorney games on a small screen will be great. Those games are clearly designed for a small screen and look strange to me when played on a monitor.
In my case most of the games I moved to my "Deck" collection are either JRPGs or Indie games I feel I will enjoy more "on-the-go" (which in my case means moving around the house haha)
For me the deck will be indie game machine pretty much. AAA on the series S, CRPGs on my Mac and then the rest on the deck.
Great combo there, I will be using my main PC for AAA as always + Deck for the ones I mentioned above.
It will be a great device to tackle my backlog with and play less intensive new releases. I'm also low-key really looking forward to messing with non-traditional inputs like the trackpads, touch screen and gyro. Hopefully the input configuration and sharing UI are also improved because I can see myself enjoying tinkering with that. It's shaping up to be the kind of handheld gaming experience I've always wanted -- a focus on customizability minus the restrictive nature of Nintendo's console/UX design ethic or the hacky stuff you'd have to do to get more out of Sony's, which I've always felt uneasy about.
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I'm not that organised. I'm just going to try stuff when my Deck turns up and see if it works for me or not.
There are games i won't get around to until the Deck turns up next year but i'm not actively avoiding a game just to play it on my SteamDeck.
There are games i won't get around to until the Deck turns up next year but i'm not actively avoiding a game just to play it on my SteamDeck.
If I end up getting a Steam Deck I am going to use it for everything. It will be my main games machine for the next few years.
I think I will keep using my laptop to play competitive FPS and the most demanding games. The rest should be perfect on Deck. I already have USB-C dock with power delivery collecting dust ( because I no longer use it with my laptop) so I can use it to connect Deck to TV in case I wanted to play something on bigger screen
This is really cool!!!
They're getting out those dev kits fast. I hope the Steam Deck gets plenty of support
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Third kit of the day, Hypercharge developers.
More and more developers getting kits, awesome!
Yeah, it's funny, also quite a few developers around there are getting kits and Japanese users are quite interested on getting the machine.
Cloudhead games (Pistol Whip) also got a dev kit (they worked with Valve in the past for Index) and it's funny because they want to test VR capabilities haha
I hope the Deck can sell well enough that most people around the world can get it without troubles. Although PC gaming is not huge among Japanese, the country has a lot of hardware geeks so I think it will sell decently there.
It's actually a common argument that I don't agree. Japanese ain't particularly prefer handheld, because if they didn't like facing the TV, console like Wii or games like Monster Hunter World or Ring Fit wouldn't have sold like hot cakes there. What they really prefer is a good console (be it home console or portable) with good Japanese line-up. Many Japanese I know don't even play western-developed games. Sadly Sony is putting less and less effort on Japanese line-up midway into PS4 so many users and developers just jumped ship to Switch, thus creating an illusion that Japanese want portability over everything else.
A few, aside from the ERA user on their Deck thread, some of the developers who are updating their kits have shared a few quick impressions about the hardware, you should totally check out the tweets and quotes and see if you can find what you are looking for.
Counterpoint: Half of GPD sales are from Japanese buyers.
They want that VN playing device on the go.
I think what they really want is excel on the go...
This is likely filesystem level, so can't do easily on Windows -> probably Steam Deck related.
Unless you do virtual filesystem.
Has anyone said whatever power adapter fits in the case? Because from images it looks like there's not much space.
Apparently you can boot Windows via SD card. I don't know how practical that would be with everyday use, but it's still pretty neat.
The same dev also successfully run Windows 11 through SD card so I would say its a yes.
Because of TPM 2.0 requirement. I don't know if Steam Deck has it or not
That's nice
All newer CPUs support TPM 2.0, it's just normally not enabled in the BIOS. As long as Valve enables it by default, there shouldn't be anything you as a user need to do to get Windows 11 running on it.
Man, I can't relate at all to those planning on installing Windows on this thing. Yeah, I know, they have games on other services, I get it. For me personally a huge part of the appeal is that I will finally have a PC gaming device that isn't running Windows.
It's not only running OS different to Windows, but the said OS is optimized in various ways for this device ( sleep mode, game suspending, updates, etc) and also has been customized to be controller friendly.
There is no way I'm installing Windows on this thing.
Same. I'm happy using windows on my desktop but I cannot comprehend putting in the work to actively downgrade your experience (and I'm pretty confident that windows is going to be a downgrade in UX compared to SteamOS). Unless you only want to play GamePass stuff, then yeah you don't really have a choice.
Mike Rose from No More Robots tweeted about their Steam Deck dev kit, in the first one we can see Descenders and the second one is for Yes, Your Grace! which includes touch screen controls as controller option is yet to be implemented in the game.
As someone who already plays on Linux exclusively, I also dont plan to plague my Deck with windows ;P
But what an opportunity to bring Gamepass to Steam, eh?
But what an opportunity to bring Gamepass to Steam, eh?
Same here, the more I watch content about it, the more I want it to be December already, FFS, I WANT IT NOW!!!
And another one, X-Plane this time!
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I will be giving Linux on Steam Deck a chance, but I'm more than willing to put Windows on it and have a facsimilie of my desktop setup (launch straight into Playnite for 10 foot UI) if necessary.
But I don't know, is it even a real PC if I can't somehow get it to show me a BSOD?
Theres probably an open-source alternative on Linux for thisBut I don't know, is it even a real PC if I can't somehow get it to show me a BSOD?
It's fine, Linux has an emulator for that.But I don't know, is it even a real PC if I can't somehow get it to show me a BSOD?
bsod(1): Blue Screen of Death emulator - Linux man page
The bsod program is the finest in personal computer emulation.
Same here, the more I watch content about it, the more I want it to be December already, FFS, I WANT IT NOW!!!
And another one, X-Plane this time!