@LukeAlmighty @alyx @TheMaskettaMan @Jim yeah idgi why not PC game if you want better graphics and use a steam deck if you want portability

@e @alyx @Jim @TheMaskettaMan
Sorry, but do you understand what Steam Deck is?

@LukeAlmighty @alyx @Jim @TheMaskettaMan yeah, I have one

@e @alyx @Jim @TheMaskettaMan
Then you should know, that Steam deck CAN run PC games.

Your question is weird at best.

@LukeAlmighty @alyx @Jim @TheMaskettaMan I said "why not PC game" as in "why not game on your PC". I'm aware that the steam deck can play PC games. PC games =/= PC gaming

> =/= PC gaming
This was true up to the Steam Deck's launch. Welcome to the new PC paradigm.

@e @LukeAlmighty @alyx @Jim @TheMaskettaMan

@anornymorse @LukeAlmighty @alyx @Jim @TheMaskettaMan what? lol

@anornymorse @alyx @e @Jim @TheMaskettaMan
Steam deck is literally a PC.
I seriously don't get why do people not get the concept.

And yeah, I do have a big one to play real games on. (like factorio for example) But they are both PCs with common library and even shared saves.

For example, I play MonsterHunter Rise on BOTH depending on how I feel at the moment.

@LukeAlmighty @alyx @e @Jim @TheMaskettaMan Not to mention how much of an absolute upgrade the Deck is compared to the majority of Desktop PC's. I upgraded a former sub's FX 6600 gaming desktop PC with a 1050ti to a Steam Deck a couple of weeks ago. She's seen noticeable performance increases. Smooth transition of desktop/settings/documents, as she has used Arch/KDE since about 2014. Final Fantasy XIV, Risk of Rain 2, and Deep Rock Galactic all run far better now.

Anyone that asks me for advice on a midrange computer to buy, I tell them "Buy a Steam deck, dock, and 1080p monitor". I wasn't doing that a year ago.

Can you play Stray on a steam deck?

https://www.protondb.com/app/1332010
@bot @LukeAlmighty @alyx @e @Jim @TheMaskettaMan

@bot
Sorry, I haven't tried.

@bot
But to answer, the deck is as powerful as modern consoles, so unless the game is known for breaking GPUs, it should be fine.

Also, the game is verified.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xnFjjQE75XY

@bot @LukeAlmighty @alyx @Jim @TheMaskettaMan @anornymorse remember all the times you harangued people calling gamers scum @bot because you lack the ability to put yourself in other people's shoes?

@anornymorse @LukeAlmighty @alyx @Jim @TheMaskettaMan

@LukeAlmighty @anornymorse @e @Jim @TheMaskettaMan
I think people are doing the same distinction between desktop PC and Deck as they do between desktop and laptop.

They're all a x86 compatible computers, but you still have different expectations when it comes to performance between all the 3. And because of the Deck's size, people automatically think of it much less than even a laptop. But in reality it is just a laptop without a dedicated GPU. And I think people are used to the idea of integrated GPUs being shit, but in reality they've grown quite capable, especially on the AMD side.
I've got an AMD laptop myself, and purposefully disabling it's dedicated GPU and trying games on it's integrated one has been a fun hobby for me lately.

@alyx @anornymorse @e @Jim @TheMaskettaMan
Yeah, I can understand that.
While I have seen some amazing laptops, I have also seen one of my laptop get so slowed down, it could no longer handle original counter strike.
(I have no idea what happened, and I don't care much to find out)

@LukeAlmighty @alyx @anornymorse @e @Jim @TheMaskettaMan thermal paste went I bet

@alyx @anornymorse @e @Jim @TheMaskettaMan
You know what?
I think I get it now, why people don't trust the deck.

@LukeAlmighty @alyx @TheMaskettaMan Steam deck is a pretty great handheld all around. I've enjoyed it a lot tbh. I think I've run into like one game that had some issues but aside from that it's worked really well. Strangely enough it's got me playing backlog titles I might not have touched otherwise and I've been having a lot of fun with those.

The Doom Eternal port is ⭐

@LukeAlmighty @alyx @Jim @LukeAlmighty @alyx @TheMaskettaMan that's why I bought mine and all it's done is made me play games I've played but convince myself really shouldn't run well on it 😩

@graf @LukeAlmighty @TheMaskettaMan @alyx I think what bodes best for its future is the growing install base and the amount of community tinkering people are doing with it. Be interesting to see where it goes over the next few years.

@Jim @alyx @graf @TheMaskettaMan
Steam deck had finally pushed me to give Linux a 2nd chance :D

Glad to hear that optimism ;)

@Jim @graf @LukeAlmighty @TheMaskettaMan @alyx Unironically think the steam deck will be the future of hand held gaming, once people really start cracking the switch and its future iterations i feel like they'll be almost 0 reason to own first party software when it comes to other handheld devices

@Tan @LukeAlmighty @graf @Jim @TheMaskettaMan
Let's just hope either Valve continues with a Deck 2, or more manufacturers plunge into this market.

@Jim @graf @LukeAlmighty @TheMaskettaMan @alyx I want one, but hot damn the price. I'll wait till the kinks are hammered out and it's more affordable.

@Merlin-NL @Jim @graf @LukeAlmighty @TheMaskettaMan @alyx It has got surprisingly few kinks, it does improve at a very high-pace.

@Jim @graf @LukeAlmighty @TheMaskettaMan @alyx youtube.com/watch?v=sehX0HNUCcA

@Jim @graf @LukeAlmighty @TheMaskettaMan @alyx I'm very intrigued about the prospect of Chinese hand-held manufacturers implementing their own using Valve's SteamOS, if SteamOS becomes some kind of standard with several million units all over the place we might see less retardation when it comes to companies supporting anti-cheat fully on SteamOS.

@Jim @graf @LukeAlmighty @TheMaskettaMan @alyx I'm waiting for the 2nd gen which I would bet will have OLED, which would further reduce power consumption.

@Jim @LukeAlmighty @alyx @TheMaskettaMan youtube.com/watch?v=qEZK0nyr6II

@Jim @LukeAlmighty @alyx @TheMaskettaMan I've found it's the best way to play Skyrim

@Jim @LukeAlmighty @alyx @TheMaskettaMan But can you get Ultima Online running on it?

@Jim @LukeAlmighty @alyx @TheMaskettaMan Does Steam Deck have gyro aim?

@Jim @LukeAlmighty @alyx @TheMaskettaMan my buddy got one recently and brought it over to show me it, i didnt play anything on it but god does it feel so much better in your hands then a switch does im building up my steam library and getting one down the road

@Jim @LukeAlmighty @alyx @TheMaskettaMan I'm waiting for a model with a more easily swappable battery option. The process of removing & replacing the batteries from the current models looks like more work than i want to deal with when the thing eventually losing it's charge capacity.