Valve Steam Deck - the real Switch Pro?…

Tomous wrote:
Ironhide wrote:Am I the only one getting Gamegear vibes from the shape and size of this?

Hopefully it's battery lasts longer.

No, I thought the same first time I saw it

This is deffo doing the rounds along with calling it the Gabe-Boy. :slol:

OrangeRKN wrote:I don't know what you mean

People seldom do to be fair

Why have they put the controls so close to the edge of the unit? There's no way on earth I could play that for any length of time as the cramp would be awful.

The proof with anything is how it feels when you actually hold it, I've got concerns but I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt ergonomics wise until there's more feedback from people who've been hands on

I do think I need more details on a few things.

They've said you can run gamepass on it? How?

SteamOS currently doesnt have any kind of integration with it as it's a custom Linux distribution. So unless MS have given them some way to do it via Linux, my feeling is that if you want to run Gamepass on it you'll need to install Windows. Which then brings with it additional system overhead and reduced performance as a result (But with a much wider range of games and software).

I also think people need to remember that this IS a PC. Yes it's running a custom OS but it's not a console, so presumably anything you can do on a PC you can do here. If you want an idea of how it's going to work you can install SteamOS to a normal PC today.

The official Dock won't be necessary either as they've said you can use any USB C hub with an HDMI port to connect to a monitor/TV.

Johnny Ryall wrote:When someone mentioned dual booting batocera, that's when I became interested in this.

Yeah that was me. Looks like the upcoming version of Batocera is going to have steam support which will make it even better and might make it the ideal thing to install on this.

Jenuall wrote:The proof with anything is how it feels when you actually hold it, I've got concerns but I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt ergonomics wise until there's more feedback from people who've been hands on

You could open a tackle shop with all this bait

I'm thinking about having the ability to play the Yakuza games in bed, and getting increasingly "shut up and take my money" about this whole thing.

Can you play Angry Birds on it?

Abacus wrote:Can you play Angry Birds on it?

Yes.

OrangeRKN wrote:
Jenuall wrote:The proof with anything is how it feels when you actually hold it, I've got concerns but I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt ergonomics wise until there's more feedback from people who've been hands on

You could open a tackle shop with all this bait

Ooh tackle :datass:

Reservations open up at 6pm to anyone who holds a steam account with purchases made before June 2021. Anyone taking a punt on it?

Nope, if I had a huge Steam library I’d probably be much more interested but I think I have 5 or 6 games on my Steam account :lol:

Xeno wrote::shifty:

Do it Xeno, for the good of GR!

Steam is dead. Just getting errors on my end.

I think life is telling me no. It's stuck on the review and purchase.

Zilnad wrote:Steam is dead. Just getting errors on my end.

Yep, no access at all. :fp:

If I had the cash I might have taken a punt on it, but it'll probably be closer to this time next year before I can realistically swing it.

I do think I'm sold on it though.

It would probably be this time next year to get to order one. Steam is shagged.

It popped up and now says:

Your account is too new to reserve early. Reservations will open for you on Sunday July 18th, 10am PDT

I’ve had steam since April last year. Weird.

It’s probably not a bad thing, I reckon you want to wait for a revision or 2.

Valve Steam Deck - the real Switch Pro?…

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