I have never had an issue with standby playing steam games, third party launcher games and even emulated games. Not saying it can't happen, byt it was the same with PS5. Some people had one bad experience and refuse to use standby to this day.
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Steam Deck OLED announced (Better battery life, 7.4" HDR OLED screen, WIFI 6E, 512GB/1TB)
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Yeah, SteamOS is killer feature of the Deck for me. Valve's contributions with Proton finally let me switch to Linux completely on my gaming PC too.
With Windows these days it feels like you're constantly subject to some anti-consumer nonsense like this: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/8/23952878/microsoft-onedrive-windows-close-app-notification
SteamOS gives you that gaming focused mode that gets out of your way most of the time, with the option of a full desktop experience when you need it. It's a great balance.
What's with the visible grid in the games shown, like at 22:22 for example ?
Looks awesome, going to get it day 1. Not sure what to do with my original deck, maybe I'll try some local co-op games with my wife. I don't want to sell it before I get the new one, and I assume the market will be flooded at that point.
I am going with the 512GB one, not really for the screen, just don't need 1TB and don't like the colour of the special edition.
I am going with the 512GB one, not really for the screen, just don't need 1TB and don't like the colour of the special edition.
That Gamer's Nexus video really shows that Valve are really in the business of designing a console now, even if it does play PC games. This is a very significant refresh and I think it's clear the scope of the full Steam Deck project has increased significantly since the design of the original Deck.
It's a fully bespoke integrated design at this point.
It's a fully bespoke integrated design at this point.
It's just the filming of the screen, nothing that's visible to the eye.
Try to film the Switch OLED as example and try to make it not look like shit through your camera lens, it's rough.
Can folks give me any recommendations for games to show off the OLED HDR screen? AAA or indie, don't mind.
Yesterday I installed windows in the deck and I just tested it with the dock and yeah, it's a great PC to have for emergencies or just to connect to my server to the TV in an easy way so I think that, along with making it possible to play gamepass games natively, is for sure a greater value than the 300€ I would get by selling it. Also, since the OLED has a better screen than my TV I really don't think I have much use for the dock otherwise tbh.
Pretty good! I think the only game I encountered any issues with was fmv sequences in Grandia which I don't think is unique to the Deck. But by and large Saturn seems to run well.
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Ori and the Will of the Wisps is absolutely stunning in HDR. And the toggle in the menu makes the difference very clear.
Trying to convince myself to get one like i tried with the switch oled, which i never end up getting.
That's a good problem to have, others are trying to convince themselves not to get one. 🤣
I'd happily pay around $900 AUD and sell my old Deck, but jeez its rough out here with grey imports only.
Hopefully we get more options (...but I doubt it)
Sadly solidifys my choice not to bother trying to get an OLED version, im not eating a $400 markup.
Nice. Just sold my Steam Deck to CeX and got an A Grade. £330 with two Blu-Rays I've been meaning to sell, so £150 for the upgrade. Don't know how because I didn't have all the inside packaging lol, but it happened.
Now just got to go through the stress of actually buying the OLED. Hopefully Steam doesn't fuck up too badly. Any idea when on the 16th it'll go live?
Now just got to go through the stress of actually buying the OLED. Hopefully Steam doesn't fuck up too badly. Any idea when on the 16th it'll go live?
Congrats on getting the A grade! What I'm hoping for, wish me luck.
I believe it's 6pm our time, prepare for carnage...
Thanks! Yeah, that's gonna be madness. Hopefully shouldn't be as bad as the original pre-orders were (which I did get for the second wave, but cancelled).
I really am glad that limited edition is only available for US and Canada. I'd be buying it if it was in the UK...
Well, they have said that they're prepared this time, but I'm not sure they're ready for the thirst the OLED is creating. I want the 512, but I'll take whatever I can get tbh. Good luck on Thursday 🙏
For me, SteamOS is the point of the Steam Deck. Windows on the Deck makes it feel like all the other handhelds before it that were terrible to use.
It's Valve. Expect madness. Hopefully not for the wait times, but the actual order process. Valve servers always buckle under any type of event. No reason to expect this to be any smoother.
No, the 1TB model is taking that spot now. The others come with the standard case
Sadly, a lot of games I like to play (Japanese VNs) don't work well with Proton, so having a dual boot is a necessity for me.
No issues with them, including suspend, luckily. It's not as nice as SteamOS, sure, but beats not being able to play them.
Same here. Every morning since announcement I've woken up in different sides of the fence
I keep going back and forth on trying for the limited edition or not. I'm worried that the non-LE might sell out in the time it takes to try for it. But maybe they have more non-LEs than I give them credit for.
Ok so here's a question… debating if I should go for the OLED Steam Deck or wait for the Switch 2?
My current Steam library might as well be zero games, but I have a pretty large digital Switch library.
Are we thinking the Switch 2 might be slightly more capable of playing "next gen" ports of 3rd party games as this generation goes on that the Deck wouldn't be able to handle? Or would they likely be capable of playing the same games (obviously with the exception of Nintendo first party) and kind of expect anything that'll run on the Switch 2 be able to run fine on the Deck for the next few years?
My current Steam library might as well be zero games, but I have a pretty large digital Switch library.
Are we thinking the Switch 2 might be slightly more capable of playing "next gen" ports of 3rd party games as this generation goes on that the Deck wouldn't be able to handle? Or would they likely be capable of playing the same games (obviously with the exception of Nintendo first party) and kind of expect anything that'll run on the Switch 2 be able to run fine on the Deck for the next few years?
I expect the Switch 2 to be more capable than the Deck, partially cause of DLSS and partially cause of more performance and efficiency you get from custom silicon.
I think there will be many games that run on Switch 2. And I don't think Switch 2 emulation will even be a possibility in the short term, probably never on this Deck.
It sounds to me like waiting for Switch 2 might make more sense for you.
The Switch 2 will almost certainly be at least as strong as the Deck and probably stronger especially when including DLSS, so if you have a large library on Switch I'd just stick with it unless you're wanting to get into PC gaming.
Switch 2 will benefit from games being specifically optimized for it and it should be more performant than the Steam Deck while consuming less energy. I don't doubt it will be better, but it's a shame it will probably launch without an OLED screen.
I know it's the standard case compared to the 1TB but I'm curious if the design changes carry over to the standard case
That's my question too.
My guess is that the switch won't be quite as powerful as the deck in term of raw numbers - i still think Nintendo will want to meet an ergonomic balance between size, power, and cost. I don't think it'll be far of it though and I guess it has the advantage of having games being optimised for it, probably putting it on just about a par. I don't know though. I would imagine we would get a clearer idea early next year. Suspect we see an unveiling around March- June. Not too far away to find out.
The oled deck looks great but I think I'm leaning towards a switch 2 as I'm not that well versed in pc stuff and fiddling around with stuff to tweak games. Plus Nintendo games. Still hugely tempted though!
This OLED model has addressed all the reasons I didn't pickup the original steam deck. With how close the Switch 2 most likely is, I thought it's prob not worth picking up despite how nice the hardware is because realistically I'll only really use it when I travel.
However I'm half thinking now that I could use it as my travel device and my partner could use it as a gaming PC. Generally the games she'd be really into would be the likes of Stardew and Cult of the Lamb. I assume with the dock, this would be pretty viable?
Before I was thinking whenever I fully upgrade my PC, that I'd give her my old one but we don't have that much space so this could be a good way to go
However I'm half thinking now that I could use it as my travel device and my partner could use it as a gaming PC. Generally the games she'd be really into would be the likes of Stardew and Cult of the Lamb. I assume with the dock, this would be pretty viable?
Before I was thinking whenever I fully upgrade my PC, that I'd give her my old one but we don't have that much space so this could be a good way to go
That likely has more to do with international tax/tariffs on import/exports than anything else.
you should open issues on the Proton GitHub repo so they are aware.
All reviewers have the 1TB model, right? I'm curious to see how the etched screen compares to the normal with OLED.
They have to at least give the orange decal, right? White for 256GB, Orange for 512&1TB, and 1TB then gets the sock case.
They didn't give the old 256GB model the blue decal before, but since 1TB is now getting the inner case, they'd be pretty cheap if they didn't give 512 owners something over the 256 users.
I am looking forwar
If you aren't invested in Steam or don't intend to, don't get the Deck. Easy as that, imo. The benefit is playing all my Steam games I've built up since 2005. And if you don't have a big Steam library, you may not be into tweaking stuff, which the Deck most definitely still needs despite Valve's best efforts.
If you aren't invested in Steam or don't intend to, don't get the Deck. Easy as that, imo. The benefit is playing all my Steam games I've built up since 2005. And if you don't have a big Steam library, you may not be into tweaking stuff, which the Deck most definitely still needs despite Valve's best efforts.
What case does the 512gb OLED come with? Is it still that regular one? I want the fancy one dammit but not the etched screen!
Yeah, with the dock your partner should be happy using a deck as a lightweight gaming PC/console.
IMHO it's gonna be a question of if those next-gen games will come to Switch 2 in the first place. Which I can't really answer, but most of those games will come to PC and might be playable on the Deck in some form.
Pretty sure it's the regular one. Tomtoc sells a nice slim steam deck one on Amazon.
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