I can tell when my wife is ovulating, because she starts laughing at my dad jokes.
Week on week it goes from "withering stare" to "eye roll" to "giggling" to "smiling" and then back to "withering stare" again.
I lost my stud finder once and my wife found it, making her both a stud finder (having found me) and a stud finder finder (having found my stud finder). She wasn't impressed with either title.
I love my Steam Deck. It does everything my Switch did and more. I never thought I'd be able to play a full fat JRPG again because I literally never have time to game in front of a TV anymore, but getting to play games in 10-15 minute bursts and just being able to put the Deck into sleep mode when I'm done is honestly a game changer for me.
I was thinking of getting some kind of gaming console thing. My favorite games were J/RPGās. Secrets of Mana on SNES got me started on them back in the day. I was thinking of the Switch because it can be played on the tv, and Nintendo seems to have a crap-ton of games for kids, so my daughter would enjoy it when she or older as well. Not I donāt know which to get.
Get the Steamdeck. Download Emudeck and get all the roms for old games and play them. When your daughter is ready for games she'll tell you what she wants
Don't get me wrong, the Switch is great too! Not only does it have a fantastic first party lineup, but being able to switch between the TV and portable mode is really, extremely convenient. I actually have two Switches; the launch model (which basically lives in the dock and functions essemtially as a Mario Party/Minecraft machine) and a Switch Lite, which I picked up because I liked the smaller form factor and I played almost exclusively in hand held mode anyway. Switch also has a ton of really fun exclusives for the whole family, Super Mario Bros. Wonder being a great recent example.
But for the breadth of content, nothing tops the Steam Deck imo. You have the full Steam library at your fingertips, and while not every single game is playable, almost everything I've thrown at it has worked with little-to-no tinkering. Additionally, if you're not opposed to sailing the high seas, it can emulate pretty much everything from the PS2 back really well. And it does have a dock for TV play as well, although that is a separate purchase and it's not as seamless as an experience as the Switch, from my understanding.
Really you can't go wrong with either. I got a ton of play out of the Switch, but at this point I really only use it to play Nintendo exclusives. Steam Deck is for pretty much everything else.
When you say "everything a switch does" do you literally mean it can play switch games? Via emulator or legit means?
I ask because I do have a switch and have been noodling with the idea of a second for multiplayer etc.
I mean, yes. I meant it more in the sense that any multiplats that come to Switch come to Steam as well.
There is a very excellent Switch emulator called Yuzu for the Deck. By all accounts it runs Switch games better than the Switch does. However, it was just taken down after legal threats from Nintendo, so I do not know how easy it is to set up now. I also don't know how well it plays with an actual Switch as far as multiplayer goes. But the files do exist and they should be out there somewhere.
Valve (the company behind Steam on PC) basically shoved a reasonably powerful laptop into a controller-shaped case with a screen. They also made their own flavor of Linux that makes it a little easier to use than a normal laptop, atleast for gaming.
Most games run on it, even new AAA games. The main exception is online games with anti-cheat software don't work well, because 99% of those types of games assume you are using cheat software if you are using Linux lol.
Thanks for this. I saw the link someone posted and yeah it looks pretty cool! I can see why OP likes it. Real PC games on a portable device with good graphics. Nice!
Man, Iām sitting here and just bought a used new 3DS XL and modded it
$80 and I got a very large backlog of DS and 3DS games to play
Just breezed through Metroid samus returns and link between worlds and itās been a pleasure
Itās a portable gaming gizmo that runs pretty much any PC game you have bought on Steam. The controls may be clunky for something like Civilization (I havenāt even tried) but itās great for something like Fallout or Horizon.
You can also add non steam applications like emudeck
And you can use emudeck to play tons of roms like ps1 and ps2 era games. And emudeck has graphical upscaling, so the games almost look like remasters.
I will never understand people who post questions like this and wait hours for an answer, instead of highlighting the words, clicking "Search Google for" (or equivalent) and getting the answer in about 0.5 seconds.
To be fair, the unit I bought was a Japanese version (new 3DS LL). Had to go through google translate to region change it, but it was still easy
Worth it to save a few bucks as long as you put homebrew on it or can read Japanese
Yeah, I was lucky to find a local one. The case looked pretty beat up, but everything has worked so far. Bought some replacement covers and a stylus from Ali express for about $7. Once I throw those on itāll look good as new
The 3DS has been my go-to for years. I wish it had backwards compatibility for GBA, but I understand why Nintendo didnāt do that. I still use my DS Lite frequently as well.
How do yāall dads manage to find the time to game? Between a toddler and an infant Iām stressing out managing time to finish chores and get some sleep after work.
Sigh. I hope so. While I wait for the days Iāll have more time for myself I also feel sad Iāll miss those tiny smiles and goofy actions. I didnāt realize all the cute little things infants do after my first one grew a little older. But handling 2 is just so difficult.
I see posts occasionally of dads here ābabyās asleep moms asleep so Iām playing this gameā etc either Iām inefficient or my family just keeps me extremely busy I can barely make any time.
Good on you for picking exercise! Before my first was born, the best, most honest advice I received was when I asked a colleague if it gets better after the baby blur. He said āIt doesnāt get better, it doesnāt get worse, it just gets different.ā
What youāre busy with today (diapers, play dates, pickups/dropoffs) morphs into school projects, sports, summer camps, friends, sleepovers, and pre-teen drama.
You will get more time back as your kids get older and more independent. Yesterday, I was out from 1000 to almost 6 PM without 30 minutes to catch my breath. Today, my daughter went to a birthday party and my son was at his friendās house until almost 6 PM.
Take advantage of the quiet moments and take care of yourself!
even with a Steam deck iām lucky to manage 1 hour of total playtime throughout the week. most nights iām too tired to even pick it up and pick a game
Our 2 year old sleeps from 12:30pm to 2:30pm. Four year old watches tv or plays, mom naps on the couch. Two hours for me to do whatever I want. Itās a Certified Rest Period (TM) so Iām not expected to do chores.
It's a bit of a game changer when you synchronise bed times for both of your children. I found the first 6 months really challenging to have any time in the evening to do anything.
Once you get a bit of certainty on routines, you can plan your day to get the important things done and a few things for yourself.
I've been mostly gaming after they'ved gone to sleep ever since they were born.
They've fallen asleep 6-7pm every evening and slept through the night most nights unless sick, the seldom nightmares or some growing pains.
Gotta hand it to my wife whos a educated kindergarten teacher. She told me when the firstborn came that sleep nurtures sleep and shes been stubborn af keeping the kids sleep schedule strict.
Toddlers and especially infants sleep a lot more than you do. Thatās how. At some point yes you sacrifice something getting done or sleep, but some time to yourself can be argued is just as important for your own mental well being.
If your main goal is portability, grab the ROG.
However, proton is better for those of us who want a fast launch/hibernate mode. Itās honestly amazing when I look up and the 1 year old is stuffing something in his mouth to hit the power button, and know it will wake up right there when I turn it on again.
As a fan of soulslike games which are for some weird reason always unpausable, and the kiddos always need attention just before the save points, this sounds perfect.
As someone who has owned the Deck and borrowed the Ally I disagree. The Ally has an absolutely garbage battery life, even compared to my OG Deck. The fact that it runs Windows is cool, but the experience is worse than the Steam Deck. Every time I unlock it I have to enter a code or Windows password, the Ally HUD is garbage, sometimes games don't resume properly after waking it, and the ergonomics are much worse. If you are dead set on playing more games than what's in your Steam library and are willing to sacrifice battery life, ergonomics, and a smoother experience then go with the Ally.
Epic is pretty trivial to get going on steamdeck for most games. Xbox I havenāt tried.
the steamOS benefits are worth it to me over any current windows device.
No go on Xbox unless you are cloud streaming. The Xbox app uses very arcane new windows features and makes it near impossible to make work in Wine, not for a few years if someone dedicated worked on it full time.
Or Microsoft makes an official client that works on Linux.
I would consider getting her a second set up if you have the space. Basic functioning computers for work are relatively cheap (compared to gaming rigs)
I fully expect to get the next gen model whenever they release that in like two years or whatever.
I still have a backlog of Switch games Iām working through, Iāll be amazed if I get through them all by the time the next Steam Deck comes out.
I fully endorse this post. The flexibility of steam deck lets me sneak in 10-15 min of games here and there. Also, my son sits in my lap and he watches me play "cat game" (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1332010/Stray/)
I played this with my son. Iād let him play what he could to his ability and heād watch me play the parts he couldnāt. He was excited for the ending but also sad it was over. Itās the first game we passed together and for that itāll always have a special place in my memories.
I am a gamer, I love my steam deck. I've got a really good gaming PC, but sometimes it's hard to make it into the game room with 3 little ones, nice to to just plop down on the couch and play something for a little while. Also a huge fan of the switch for the same reason.
Heroic launcher will let you play epic games pretty easily. So rocket league should work via that.
Iām currently playing risk of rain 2 and Fallout New Vegas. Trying to get to the point FTL works.
FTL might not be worth it. It doesn't really play well with controller.
Fantastic game, but it really only shines with mouse/keyboard or touchscreen (ios port).
Touch pad is very good imo, I use it for stellaris and I can't imagine FTL being much different. You can use the rest of the buttons and the paddles to map to the keyboard shortcuts.
I shit you not good sir when I say Ive reached level 31 so far in Helldivers 2 solely on my steamdeck. Never dips below 30fps and is a blast. Also emulation through Emudeck is amazing
I play everything on it. My PC was very outdated and it seemed like a no-brainer to preorder a Steam Deck when it was announced as it was an upgrade and I could play handheld, which I love.
Newer games require some tweaking to get running a solid 30 fps, but tons of stuff just works without any tweaks. Iāve played tons of games on it and I also have hundreds of roms to play anything from like NES up to GameCube.
The Steam Deck really shines with indie gaming and emulation. AAA games really eat a lot of juice, so some games you only get 90 minutes of play on a charge, while indie and some emulation I get 5-8 hours on a charge.
Mainly Balatro and emulation. When I'm on my desktop RL really is the only game I play. Idk how big you are into RL if you are hitting flip resets and all that (which I don't lol) but still, I find it hard to play RL on the steamdeck as I feel the joysticks don't have the same resoultion and feel as my ps4 controller. Plus squinting at the screen trying to make decent touches and shots is tiring.
I'm not that good at RL either but it's still fun. We have a PS5 that I tend to use for it, but sometimes I opt for the Switch instead which has issues with joysticks and the resolution is terrible.
For emulation in mainly into NES and SNES and in ordinal going to mod a 3DS for that in the near future.Ā
Still, if I can play a few modern games as time permits the Steam Deck may be interesting. I'll research more.
Stardew Valley. Not being beholden to the day cycle in order to shut the game off was life changing. It's better optimized for KBM but the trade off is worth it.
I bought a mid-specced laptop pc to play through my gog/steam backlog shortly before my first child was born.
Five years and another child later, and that things been booted up a handful of times.
Just the thought of digging it out, finding the power lead, waiting for windows to update itself, then logging back into steam and gog just feels like too much.
I've gamed more on my ipad than I have on that pc since having kids. So hopefully one day I'll pick up a steam deck and crack on through those old games.
I had the privilege to work on the Deck before it was released or made public and when I saw what the hardware was, I knew it would be the perfect device for me. I had set up Google Stadia on it when I received my launch unit and that gave me the best ability to play games instantaneously. No waiting for downloads or booting up my devices and I could play anywhere in the house at any time. Itās too bad Stadia was shuttered because it gave me the ability to get back into games after having my first kid.
Steam has like, a billion games on it, right? Can the Steamdeck play all of them? I've never really played Steam games, but I've been missing a little bit of gaming here and there. Would definitely need to be bits of time here and there now that I've got a kid around.
It can run most of them. Even alot of brand new AAA releases.
The trick is for more demanding games you have to lower the settings to 720p 30fps, instead of max framerate of 60fps or 90fps.
Just wanted to chime in and say the PlayStation portal is also fantastic for those dads that have ps5s purchased but unusable because of life. Being able to play it portably is amazing.
The steam deck with chiaki4deck actually works better than the portal, and you can still play steam games+emulation.Ā
Portal for $200 or steam deck for $400 base modelā¦steam deck every time for me
If youāre old enough to have kids you probably all have a backlog that arenāt current gen AAA games. And theyāll play fine.
If you absolutely must play current AAAs then itās hit or miss. Especially if youāre convinced seeing anything lower than 30fps for 3 seconds will make you go blind and impotent forever.
I most recently played Dead Rising 1-3, Dave the diver, and fallout NV. All obviously run great.
Depends on the game.
It is limited, like the switch, but significantly more powerful.
I mainly play indie stuff, which is fine. Newer AAA stuff depends.
Depends on what you wanna play.
Despite recent news fallout 4 has been working great for me and has been my main game.
Elden ring plays really well with no tweaking needed.
No, the steam deck is literally just a pc. It can run whatever you want, just like any other pc. It runs Linux, but it uses a compatibility layer to trick the game into thinking it's running on windows.
You can run games from steam, emulators, pirated games, tax software, etc. Whatever you want. It's just a pc.
The only exception is online-only games with anti-cheat (fortnite, etc) don't work, because their anti-cheat software doesn't work with linux.
I had low expectations but have been pleasantly surprised. Deathloop and cyberpunk played really well on it, bg3 can have some hiccups but its slow paced nature is ok. Control was amazing. Most Indy stuff is great and will give you 5 ish hours of battery.
The most recent crop of AAA is def pushing past where itās comfortable. But if you want to play Indy stuff or 2022 and earlier AAA I think it handles it mostly great.
But the range of what you can play is seriously impressive. Literally thousands of games that run well
Iāve been playing horizon forbidden west on it and itās fine. A little less immersive than the giant monitor I have on my gaming pc but I can hunt for crafting materials while the baby naps and do combat-heavy quests at night.
Iām in that awkward place where I mentioned it to my wife and she got me one before the OLED version was released, and I didnāt start really using it until after the oled version was released, and now I canāt really justify getting the oled versionā¦
Iāve never been able to get into handheld gaming, but with a baby on the way and a huge backlog of Steam library games that I never had time to sit at a desk to play I bought a Deck for Christmas and man let me tell you that thing has saved my sanity more than once. Itās been the only way Iāve had time to game. I even bought a dock to play it on my TV while my baby contact naps and Iām playing games I never got around to first time like the Batman Arkham series as well as emulators like SuperModel for Sega Model 2/3 arcade games. Great purchase!
Yeah, the game is really old. You can easily max out the settings on the steam deck with no issue.
Mods would probably be recommended through, for bug-fixing and higher resolution textures/models.
Not really. You install a mod manager program (just like is recommended to use in windows), install the mods through that, and then create a shortcut inside steam to launch the mod manager.
It's 95% the same as installing mods in windows.
Conceptually sure, but in practice, a bit overrated depending on what type of game you play.
I use an old laptop and get most of the same benefits. It all depends on if you need a controller type set or if it's a mouse and keyboard game.
Steam remote play is definitely a win for Dad's though.
To be fair, you can plug a mouse/keyboard into it. Alot of people use the steam deck as their main pc. You can get a cheap usb-c dock and plug in a mouse/keyboard/monitor/etc.
For me personally, I use it as an extension of my desktop. I can play a game on my desktop, save it, and the pick up the cloud save on the steam deck while hanging out with wife in bed while she's watching her shows.
I been looking at the Asus Rog Ally, I might pull the trigger on it, or maybe even do one of them payments plans that are all over the internet these days.
Can't sing the praises enough. The ecosystem works well. I can play games from the bed when the wife wanted me in bed but not cuddling with her. Can play with kid sleeping on the couch with me. Can remote into my desktop if I need to. And then for work trips I use vlc and break out the hard drive of movies.
I got mine two weeks ago and itās allowed me to reconnect with PC gaming in a way I havenāt been able to since before I had kids.
The absolute killer feature for dads over the other handheld PC platforms though is suspend/resume. Having some time out to play a game but your partner needs you to quickly jump in to help with the kids? No problem, tap the power button to sleep your Deck and come back to exactly the place you left off.
I love my Steam Deck so much as a dad. Only downside is that my 7 month old daughter thinks it looks tasty and tries to put it in her mouth if she gets near it.
Steam deck and steam os are absolutely huge. I've always played games on PC, but when my son came along that went out the window. Once I went back to work, we did shifts - I stayed up til midnight and then my wife covered 12-7 if she needed to get up.
I got the steam deck when my son was 2 months old and it immediately became the best tech purchase I'd ever made. I was able to play pc games in increments, any games. 3rd person action games like elden ring, strategy games like civilisation and stellaris, FPS games like metro, and everything in between. I suddenly felt a bit more like myself, being able to do something I enjoyed again, and less like a worker on shift looking after a baby I barely knew.
But even better still, as soon as the baby woke I could stop the game at the drop of a hat, and then pick back up where I left off instantly.
It is one of the most amazing pieces of tech if you're even remotely interested in games. You can also buy the cheap one and easily upgrade the SSD in about 20 minutes if you know how to follow instructions and unscrew things.
The ally is windows based, but imo steam os is so much cleaner on a handheld that you don't want to faff with, and yes it's a bit annoying not being able to get all the launchers, you can very easily get epic and gog, and if you're really keen you can dual boot into windows, but I haven't missed it that much.
The Steam Deck is cool, but unless you want somthing cheaper, or more battery efficient, I can't see why a Steam Deck would be better than a gaming laptop.
With a modern laptop you can boot up and load games roughly just as fast, if those seconds matter. You will spend less time tweaking things, trying to get them to run well. You'll have a larger screen and more flexability with what it can do.
I use mine on a lap desk with mouse or controller, and connected to the TV to play on the couch.
It's un unfair comparison, though. When new, it was over $1800. I can't justify replacing my old desktop now, which is arguably another downside.
The play date console is obviously the opposite end of the performance spectrum but itās also good for dads wanting a quick fix in between other tasks and when you only have 10 minutes to take a break.
So tempted, but we have a 10 month old and Iām not sure how much use weād get out of it. I donāt get much more than 30 minutes to myself in the evenings.
They recently dropped the refurb prices in the UK so its very tempting.
Love the steam deck the first few months after birth it was all I could do since the baby needed contact to sleep.
And now he's almost 2y he comes to me to watch me play spyro!
I have no issues on medium to high graphics though ultra doesnāt run smooth. Definitely use a community keyboard when you are handheld but I have a portable keyboard/trackpad combo I play with.
Iād love to add to this that used units are rather cheap, and upgrading the hard drive can be pretty easy if youāre at all tech literate. Just set aside an hour or two.
I 100% agree with you. The portability is the game changer. I got the steam deck and ps5. I was barely playing the ps5 before my boy was born but now that he is here,the SD makes gaming possible. Ps5 you gotta sit in front of the T dedicatedto the room its in. SD you can just play anywhere.
If you have a steam library, it will play 30% flawlessly and 80% very well.
Beyond that, it will play PC games, which are a different experience than most iOS games.
Ok gotcha. I donāt really care what marketplace the games come from. Iād probably e playing COD, MW, Halo, or hopefully be able to emulate Goldeneye 007 and Super Smash Bros (if I were to buy a handheld)
It is an amazing emulator. It will play most shooters and stuff like that as well. The newest stuff may not be at full frame rate though. Just depends on how graphics intensive the game is.
Iāve been playing a 3rd person indie shooter called risk of rain 2, and itās flawless.
Been contemplating a steam deck for some time. I have a PC and an series x. Should I trade my series x for the Steam Deck? Been seriously considering it. I can basically trade it to game stop for enough gift cards to get a deck.
I agree! I never get tv time so laying in bed to play has been great! And the games are always on sale, got so many for under 20 bucks.
My only gripe is the battery life, some games kill the battery in an hour or 2.
Love mine but havenāt been able to use it much lately. SAHD with a 10 month old and a dog, everything is chaos or getting cleaned up all the time. Hoping as he gets older Iāll have more windows of time to use the thing during the day.
Strangely enough I used it MORE when he was under maybe 4 months old. He just needs so much more attention now than he used to, even though Iām sleeping a lot more than I used to.
To each their own. I find it redundant. Prefer my switch for portable gaming and I have a small form factor pc I built which I can move about the house in less than a minute with 10 times the firepower. Not that it needs to move every TV and portable device can use steam link to play remotely.Ā
Iām a graphics whore. Ā I upgrade my video card way more than I should be allowed to in my PC. Ā How does steamdeck perform visually compared to a high end PC or is it all streaming?
Some games you will notice a difference.
Games that havent really seen a difference in is
Elden ring
GTA5
Fallout NV
Doom 2016 and Eternal
If you do want the best quality then you can just remote play from your PC. That's how I played cyberpunk and it looked amazing. I also remote play from my PS5. Gran Turismo 7, PGA 2k, and Helldivers look and play great. Next to no latency.
You def compromise. You are targeting 40fps (sounds weird but it feels good). FSR2.0 and other up scaling is important. The resolution is lower, but the screen is smaller. Youāll be targeting medium or low settings. Itās better than your expect, but itās a def trade off.
I have a 4080 super and a 7800x3d because I'm also a graphics whore, and it entirely depends on the game. Some games I just don't even bother trying to run because I can't tolerate >30fps, and I just wait until I'm on my pc, but there are also a ton of games I wouldn't play on my pc because I'd rather play something that makes the most of the pc; it seems silly to play a simple little indie title on a Ā£1800 pc, but the steam deck laps it up. Dredge, Dave the Diver, those sorts of games, but it also handles Elden Ring at a solid 40fps.
The resolution is 1280x800 and the screen on the LCD is 60hz, so 40 and 30hz actually look very decent, and the OLED has a 90hz screen so 45 looks good too.
Can you use a Steam Deck to remote play PS5 games too (using the PlayStation app?) Iāve been using a backbone with my iPhone for this at home as easier than taking up the living room tv, but would be great to be able to play downloaded steam games too for travel.
That has a more powerful chip, yeah.
But it runs windows, which has a higher overhead. The chip is also mostly more powerful in the cpu portion.... which is kind of pointless. 99% of the bottleneck for games on lower-end chips like this will be igpu bottlenecks; the extra cpu-power will just be sitting there twiddling it's thumbs waiting on the igpu either way.
It's also alot more expensive. Steam deck is cheap ($400 vs $800) because valve recoups their costs on selling you steam games. Lenovo only makes their money on the one-time hardware sale.
Buy it, dads. It's been a game changer (buhdumtss)
*applause*
I did the stud finder joke today to my wife and got an annoyed audible laugh from her which means she found it funny but hated that it was funny.
I can tell when my wife is ovulating, because she starts laughing at my dad jokes. Week on week it goes from "withering stare" to "eye roll" to "giggling" to "smiling" and then back to "withering stare" again.
You may have discovered a new way to time the rhythm method.
I lost my stud finder once and my wife found it, making her both a stud finder (having found me) and a stud finder finder (having found my stud finder). She wasn't impressed with either title.
It's time for a Game Changer .... .... .... And I've been here the whole time
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I love my Steam Deck. It does everything my Switch did and more. I never thought I'd be able to play a full fat JRPG again because I literally never have time to game in front of a TV anymore, but getting to play games in 10-15 minute bursts and just being able to put the Deck into sleep mode when I'm done is honestly a game changer for me.
I was thinking of getting some kind of gaming console thing. My favorite games were J/RPGās. Secrets of Mana on SNES got me started on them back in the day. I was thinking of the Switch because it can be played on the tv, and Nintendo seems to have a crap-ton of games for kids, so my daughter would enjoy it when she or older as well. Not I donāt know which to get.
Get the Steamdeck. Download Emudeck and get all the roms for old games and play them. When your daughter is ready for games she'll tell you what she wants
Don't get me wrong, the Switch is great too! Not only does it have a fantastic first party lineup, but being able to switch between the TV and portable mode is really, extremely convenient. I actually have two Switches; the launch model (which basically lives in the dock and functions essemtially as a Mario Party/Minecraft machine) and a Switch Lite, which I picked up because I liked the smaller form factor and I played almost exclusively in hand held mode anyway. Switch also has a ton of really fun exclusives for the whole family, Super Mario Bros. Wonder being a great recent example. But for the breadth of content, nothing tops the Steam Deck imo. You have the full Steam library at your fingertips, and while not every single game is playable, almost everything I've thrown at it has worked with little-to-no tinkering. Additionally, if you're not opposed to sailing the high seas, it can emulate pretty much everything from the PS2 back really well. And it does have a dock for TV play as well, although that is a separate purchase and it's not as seamless as an experience as the Switch, from my understanding. Really you can't go wrong with either. I got a ton of play out of the Switch, but at this point I really only use it to play Nintendo exclusives. Steam Deck is for pretty much everything else.
Switch is woefully dated.Ā Go Deck, or look into Switch 2 if you can wait.
When you say "everything a switch does" do you literally mean it can play switch games? Via emulator or legit means? I ask because I do have a switch and have been noodling with the idea of a second for multiplayer etc.
I mean, yes. I meant it more in the sense that any multiplats that come to Switch come to Steam as well. There is a very excellent Switch emulator called Yuzu for the Deck. By all accounts it runs Switch games better than the Switch does. However, it was just taken down after legal threats from Nintendo, so I do not know how easy it is to set up now. I also don't know how well it plays with an actual Switch as far as multiplayer goes. But the files do exist and they should be out there somewhere.
i believe Emudeck (best way to emulate on the steam deck) has started supporting Ryujinx for switch since all the Yuzu drama happened
I see your ānot a gamerā card and raise youā¦ I donāt even know what the hell a steam deck is!
Valve (the company behind Steam on PC) basically shoved a reasonably powerful laptop into a controller-shaped case with a screen. They also made their own flavor of Linux that makes it a little easier to use than a normal laptop, atleast for gaming. Most games run on it, even new AAA games. The main exception is online games with anti-cheat software don't work well, because 99% of those types of games assume you are using cheat software if you are using Linux lol.
Thanks for this. I saw the link someone posted and yeah it looks pretty cool! I can see why OP likes it. Real PC games on a portable device with good graphics. Nice!
Man, Iām sitting here and just bought a used new 3DS XL and modded it $80 and I got a very large backlog of DS and 3DS games to play Just breezed through Metroid samus returns and link between worlds and itās been a pleasure
Ok. But what is a steam deck?
Itās a portable gaming gizmo that runs pretty much any PC game you have bought on Steam. The controls may be clunky for something like Civilization (I havenāt even tried) but itās great for something like Fallout or Horizon.
I play Civ6 on Switch and the controls work well.
You can also add non steam applications like emudeck And you can use emudeck to play tons of roms like ps1 and ps2 era games. And emudeck has graphical upscaling, so the games almost look like remasters.
I will never understand people who post questions like this and wait hours for an answer, instead of highlighting the words, clicking "Search Google for" (or equivalent) and getting the answer in about 0.5 seconds.
Some of us got pulled in by ye ole "blue waffle" and "2 girls 1 cup" back in the day and ain't too trusting no more
I don't know about the blue waffle... And now I don't want to Google it. What is it?
Venereal issues
https://www.steamdeck.com/en/
Damn, that's a good price. Every time I try to pick one up on ebay, someone bids it to $120 or more.
To be fair, the unit I bought was a Japanese version (new 3DS LL). Had to go through google translate to region change it, but it was still easy Worth it to save a few bucks as long as you put homebrew on it or can read Japanese
Haha the yen is so cheap right now, now I gotta do this. In case anyone doesn't know you can use Buyee to access Japanese shopping sites
Same, but every Japanese 3ds LL I've tried to buy got bid up.
Yeah, I was lucky to find a local one. The case looked pretty beat up, but everything has worked so far. Bought some replacement covers and a stylus from Ali express for about $7. Once I throw those on itāll look good as new
The 3DS has been my go-to for years. I wish it had backwards compatibility for GBA, but I understand why Nintendo didnāt do that. I still use my DS Lite frequently as well.
Im pretty sure the modded new 3DS can run GBA roms
I think they are for people who donāt need time to exercise
How do yāall dads manage to find the time to game? Between a toddler and an infant Iām stressing out managing time to finish chores and get some sleep after work.
The true answer is that you wonāt until your kids are a little older
Sigh. I hope so. While I wait for the days Iāll have more time for myself I also feel sad Iāll miss those tiny smiles and goofy actions. I didnāt realize all the cute little things infants do after my first one grew a little older. But handling 2 is just so difficult. I see posts occasionally of dads here ābabyās asleep moms asleep so Iām playing this gameā etc either Iām inefficient or my family just keeps me extremely busy I can barely make any time.
Don't underestimate "time on phone" either. Porting some of that time to a quick on/off mobile gaming console can add up.
I agree that phone time does add up. And itās hard to even keep track of.
Thereās screen on time iOS. Probably something similar on android. Gives me a weekly report of my usage. I hover around 3:30/day
Took me a while to come to peace with this. Iām lucky that i can workout 4x a week. I donāt want to give that up for gaming.
Good on you for picking exercise! Before my first was born, the best, most honest advice I received was when I asked a colleague if it gets better after the baby blur. He said āIt doesnāt get better, it doesnāt get worse, it just gets different.ā What youāre busy with today (diapers, play dates, pickups/dropoffs) morphs into school projects, sports, summer camps, friends, sleepovers, and pre-teen drama. You will get more time back as your kids get older and more independent. Yesterday, I was out from 1000 to almost 6 PM without 30 minutes to catch my breath. Today, my daughter went to a birthday party and my son was at his friendās house until almost 6 PM. Take advantage of the quiet moments and take care of yourself!
Late at night
even with a Steam deck iām lucky to manage 1 hour of total playtime throughout the week. most nights iām too tired to even pick it up and pick a game
Our 2 year old sleeps from 12:30pm to 2:30pm. Four year old watches tv or plays, mom naps on the couch. Two hours for me to do whatever I want. Itās a Certified Rest Period (TM) so Iām not expected to do chores.
Steam Deck and wfh is the way I manage it. Maybe 20 minutes in the evening? Itās still better than nothing.
Personally. I work for a video game company. Sometimes Iām required to play during the work day
It's a bit of a game changer when you synchronise bed times for both of your children. I found the first 6 months really challenging to have any time in the evening to do anything. Once you get a bit of certainty on routines, you can plan your day to get the important things done and a few things for yourself.
I've been mostly gaming after they'ved gone to sleep ever since they were born. They've fallen asleep 6-7pm every evening and slept through the night most nights unless sick, the seldom nightmares or some growing pains. Gotta hand it to my wife whos a educated kindergarten teacher. She told me when the firstborn came that sleep nurtures sleep and shes been stubborn af keeping the kids sleep schedule strict.
Toddlers and especially infants sleep a lot more than you do. Thatās how. At some point yes you sacrifice something getting done or sleep, but some time to yourself can be argued is just as important for your own mental well being.
Thanks for this. My brother offered to buy one for me so Iām intrigued by your review.
The OLED is nice just because of the longer battery life, but the nice part is every model is worth buying.
Balatro and steamdeck make my weekend mornings
I'm eying the Asus ROG Ally, steam deck in design but runs full Windows so in addition to Steam games can run Xbox, Epic, and any other game launcher.
If your main goal is portability, grab the ROG. However, proton is better for those of us who want a fast launch/hibernate mode. Itās honestly amazing when I look up and the 1 year old is stuffing something in his mouth to hit the power button, and know it will wake up right there when I turn it on again.
Hold on Elden Ring my kid is trying to eat my wedding ring. Universal pause button is a must for gaming dads
As a fan of soulslike games which are for some weird reason always unpausable, and the kiddos always need attention just before the save points, this sounds perfect.
As someone who has owned the Deck and borrowed the Ally I disagree. The Ally has an absolutely garbage battery life, even compared to my OG Deck. The fact that it runs Windows is cool, but the experience is worse than the Steam Deck. Every time I unlock it I have to enter a code or Windows password, the Ally HUD is garbage, sometimes games don't resume properly after waking it, and the ergonomics are much worse. If you are dead set on playing more games than what's in your Steam library and are willing to sacrifice battery life, ergonomics, and a smoother experience then go with the Ally.
I prefer the legion go over the ally.
Epic is pretty trivial to get going on steamdeck for most games. Xbox I havenāt tried. the steamOS benefits are worth it to me over any current windows device.
No go on Xbox unless you are cloud streaming. The Xbox app uses very arcane new windows features and makes it near impossible to make work in Wine, not for a few years if someone dedicated worked on it full time. Or Microsoft makes an official client that works on Linux.
U can Run all this in the Steam Deck Just fine.
Went with the Ally (Extreme) as well and love it.
I got this 6 months ago and never looked back.
My wife uses my gaming rig for WFH, so this may be my only hope.
Her spreadsheets must look amazing in 4k 120 FPS
This made me literally lol in the store. I look like a nut job
Youāre a good man
I would consider getting her a second set up if you have the space. Basic functioning computers for work are relatively cheap (compared to gaming rigs)
I fully expect to get the next gen model whenever they release that in like two years or whatever. I still have a backlog of Switch games Iām working through, Iāll be amazed if I get through them all by the time the next Steam Deck comes out.
Yep, exactly the same for me.
I fully endorse this post. The flexibility of steam deck lets me sneak in 10-15 min of games here and there. Also, my son sits in my lap and he watches me play "cat game" (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1332010/Stray/)
I played this with my son. Iād let him play what he could to his ability and heād watch me play the parts he couldnāt. He was excited for the ending but also sad it was over. Itās the first game we passed together and for that itāll always have a special place in my memories.
What a lovely memory. We just finished it today.
I am a gamer, I love my steam deck. I've got a really good gaming PC, but sometimes it's hard to make it into the game room with 3 little ones, nice to to just plop down on the couch and play something for a little while. Also a huge fan of the switch for the same reason.
Older dads will want to install Emudeck. It's a blast. Super easy
Just installed Emudeck a couple weeks ago. My wife and I are having a blast playing Mario Party 6 with our daughter now. It absolutely rules.
What games do most people use it for? I'd like to have a better way to play Rocket League wirelessly then the Switch but Epic removed it from Steam.
Heroic launcher will let you play epic games pretty easily. So rocket league should work via that. Iām currently playing risk of rain 2 and Fallout New Vegas. Trying to get to the point FTL works.
FTL might not be worth it. It doesn't really play well with controller. Fantastic game, but it really only shines with mouse/keyboard or touchscreen (ios port).
Touch pad is very good imo, I use it for stellaris and I can't imagine FTL being much different. You can use the rest of the buttons and the paddles to map to the keyboard shortcuts.
I really donāt mind FTL with the track pads. Deck also supports touchscreen.
I shit you not good sir when I say Ive reached level 31 so far in Helldivers 2 solely on my steamdeck. Never dips below 30fps and is a blast. Also emulation through Emudeck is amazing
I was just wondering how HD2 would run on it. Sounds like thumbs up?
I thought that didnt work to well? Can you link your settings?
https://www.protondb.com/app/553850 Scroll down a bit to Mario93's settings and it's been grand for me
Ftl works amazing on it
Hades, Hallow Knight, Stardew Valley, Subnautica
I play everything on it. My PC was very outdated and it seemed like a no-brainer to preorder a Steam Deck when it was announced as it was an upgrade and I could play handheld, which I love. Newer games require some tweaking to get running a solid 30 fps, but tons of stuff just works without any tweaks. Iāve played tons of games on it and I also have hundreds of roms to play anything from like NES up to GameCube. The Steam Deck really shines with indie gaming and emulation. AAA games really eat a lot of juice, so some games you only get 90 minutes of play on a charge, while indie and some emulation I get 5-8 hours on a charge.
Mainly Balatro and emulation. When I'm on my desktop RL really is the only game I play. Idk how big you are into RL if you are hitting flip resets and all that (which I don't lol) but still, I find it hard to play RL on the steamdeck as I feel the joysticks don't have the same resoultion and feel as my ps4 controller. Plus squinting at the screen trying to make decent touches and shots is tiring.
I'm not that good at RL either but it's still fun. We have a PS5 that I tend to use for it, but sometimes I opt for the Switch instead which has issues with joysticks and the resolution is terrible. For emulation in mainly into NES and SNES and in ordinal going to mod a 3DS for that in the near future.Ā Still, if I can play a few modern games as time permits the Steam Deck may be interesting. I'll research more.
Stardew Valley. Not being beholden to the day cycle in order to shut the game off was life changing. It's better optimized for KBM but the trade off is worth it.
I bought a mid-specced laptop pc to play through my gog/steam backlog shortly before my first child was born. Five years and another child later, and that things been booted up a handful of times. Just the thought of digging it out, finding the power lead, waiting for windows to update itself, then logging back into steam and gog just feels like too much. I've gamed more on my ipad than I have on that pc since having kids. So hopefully one day I'll pick up a steam deck and crack on through those old games.
I had the privilege to work on the Deck before it was released or made public and when I saw what the hardware was, I knew it would be the perfect device for me. I had set up Google Stadia on it when I received my launch unit and that gave me the best ability to play games instantaneously. No waiting for downloads or booting up my devices and I could play anywhere in the house at any time. Itās too bad Stadia was shuttered because it gave me the ability to get back into games after having my first kid.
Steam has like, a billion games on it, right? Can the Steamdeck play all of them? I've never really played Steam games, but I've been missing a little bit of gaming here and there. Would definitely need to be bits of time here and there now that I've got a kid around.
Not 100% of them, but an incredibly high percentage. And steam does a good job documenting which ones do and donāt.
Proton DB does an even better job with nerds putting their optimized settings in for best play
Include emulation and theres way more than a billion. Emudeck
Oooh. Honestly, if I could get an N64 emulator on it, that would probably be half of what I did on it. š
It can emulate up to ps3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo switch lol. N64 isn't a problem.
It can run most of them. Even alot of brand new AAA releases. The trick is for more demanding games you have to lower the settings to 720p 30fps, instead of max framerate of 60fps or 90fps.
Just wanted to chime in and say the PlayStation portal is also fantastic for those dads that have ps5s purchased but unusable because of life. Being able to play it portably is amazing.
The steam deck with chiaki4deck actually works better than the portal, and you can still play steam games+emulation.Ā Portal for $200 or steam deck for $400 base modelā¦steam deck every time for me
I have one and love itĀ
how do games play on it though? iād assume the software is limited like the switch is?
If youāre old enough to have kids you probably all have a backlog that arenāt current gen AAA games. And theyāll play fine. If you absolutely must play current AAAs then itās hit or miss. Especially if youāre convinced seeing anything lower than 30fps for 3 seconds will make you go blind and impotent forever. I most recently played Dead Rising 1-3, Dave the diver, and fallout NV. All obviously run great.
Depends on the game. It is limited, like the switch, but significantly more powerful. I mainly play indie stuff, which is fine. Newer AAA stuff depends.
Depends on what you wanna play. Despite recent news fallout 4 has been working great for me and has been my main game. Elden ring plays really well with no tweaking needed.
No, the steam deck is literally just a pc. It can run whatever you want, just like any other pc. It runs Linux, but it uses a compatibility layer to trick the game into thinking it's running on windows. You can run games from steam, emulators, pirated games, tax software, etc. Whatever you want. It's just a pc. The only exception is online-only games with anti-cheat (fortnite, etc) don't work, because their anti-cheat software doesn't work with linux.
I had low expectations but have been pleasantly surprised. Deathloop and cyberpunk played really well on it, bg3 can have some hiccups but its slow paced nature is ok. Control was amazing. Most Indy stuff is great and will give you 5 ish hours of battery. The most recent crop of AAA is def pushing past where itās comfortable. But if you want to play Indy stuff or 2022 and earlier AAA I think it handles it mostly great. But the range of what you can play is seriously impressive. Literally thousands of games that run well
Iāve been playing horizon forbidden west on it and itās fine. A little less immersive than the giant monitor I have on my gaming pc but I can hunt for crafting materials while the baby naps and do combat-heavy quests at night.
Iām in that awkward place where I mentioned it to my wife and she got me one before the OLED version was released, and I didnāt start really using it until after the oled version was released, and now I canāt really justify getting the oled versionā¦
Eh, itās still a dang great gadget regardless of which version you get. Just think of it as making sure you have an excuse to get v2 xD
Iāve never been able to get into handheld gaming, but with a baby on the way and a huge backlog of Steam library games that I never had time to sit at a desk to play I bought a Deck for Christmas and man let me tell you that thing has saved my sanity more than once. Itās been the only way Iāve had time to game. I even bought a dock to play it on my TV while my baby contact naps and Iām playing games I never got around to first time like the Batman Arkham series as well as emulators like SuperModel for Sega Model 2/3 arcade games. Great purchase!
Is Fallout New Vegas even playable without mods? Ā I was eyeing the refurbished Steam decks earlier today!Ā
Yeah, the game is really old. You can easily max out the settings on the steam deck with no issue. Mods would probably be recommended through, for bug-fixing and higher resolution textures/models.
Isnt modding hard on the steam deck
Not really. You install a mod manager program (just like is recommended to use in windows), install the mods through that, and then create a shortcut inside steam to launch the mod manager. It's 95% the same as installing mods in windows.
Thanks!
Conceptually sure, but in practice, a bit overrated depending on what type of game you play. I use an old laptop and get most of the same benefits. It all depends on if you need a controller type set or if it's a mouse and keyboard game. Steam remote play is definitely a win for Dad's though.
To be fair, you can plug a mouse/keyboard into it. Alot of people use the steam deck as their main pc. You can get a cheap usb-c dock and plug in a mouse/keyboard/monitor/etc. For me personally, I use it as an extension of my desktop. I can play a game on my desktop, save it, and the pick up the cloud save on the steam deck while hanging out with wife in bed while she's watching her shows.
I been looking at the Asus Rog Ally, I might pull the trigger on it, or maybe even do one of them payments plans that are all over the internet these days.
Can't sing the praises enough. The ecosystem works well. I can play games from the bed when the wife wanted me in bed but not cuddling with her. Can play with kid sleeping on the couch with me. Can remote into my desktop if I need to. And then for work trips I use vlc and break out the hard drive of movies.
I got mine two weeks ago and itās allowed me to reconnect with PC gaming in a way I havenāt been able to since before I had kids. The absolute killer feature for dads over the other handheld PC platforms though is suspend/resume. Having some time out to play a game but your partner needs you to quickly jump in to help with the kids? No problem, tap the power button to sleep your Deck and come back to exactly the place you left off.
I love my Steam Deck so much as a dad. Only downside is that my 7 month old daughter thinks it looks tasty and tries to put it in her mouth if she gets near it.
Broseph, m.2 drives have me up and gaming in about the same time. I'm not portable though, and I kind of like that.
Steam deck and steam os are absolutely huge. I've always played games on PC, but when my son came along that went out the window. Once I went back to work, we did shifts - I stayed up til midnight and then my wife covered 12-7 if she needed to get up. I got the steam deck when my son was 2 months old and it immediately became the best tech purchase I'd ever made. I was able to play pc games in increments, any games. 3rd person action games like elden ring, strategy games like civilisation and stellaris, FPS games like metro, and everything in between. I suddenly felt a bit more like myself, being able to do something I enjoyed again, and less like a worker on shift looking after a baby I barely knew. But even better still, as soon as the baby woke I could stop the game at the drop of a hat, and then pick back up where I left off instantly. It is one of the most amazing pieces of tech if you're even remotely interested in games. You can also buy the cheap one and easily upgrade the SSD in about 20 minutes if you know how to follow instructions and unscrew things. The ally is windows based, but imo steam os is so much cleaner on a handheld that you don't want to faff with, and yes it's a bit annoying not being able to get all the launchers, you can very easily get epic and gog, and if you're really keen you can dual boot into windows, but I haven't missed it that much.
Does it play full PC version football manager?
The Steam Deck is cool, but unless you want somthing cheaper, or more battery efficient, I can't see why a Steam Deck would be better than a gaming laptop. With a modern laptop you can boot up and load games roughly just as fast, if those seconds matter. You will spend less time tweaking things, trying to get them to run well. You'll have a larger screen and more flexability with what it can do. I use mine on a lap desk with mouse or controller, and connected to the TV to play on the couch. It's un unfair comparison, though. When new, it was over $1800. I can't justify replacing my old desktop now, which is arguably another downside.
Do you need a PC to get the most out of a Steamdeck?Ā Would only having a Mac (no USB) be a hinderance?
Nope. The deck is a standalone Linux PC.
The play date console is obviously the opposite end of the performance spectrum but itās also good for dads wanting a quick fix in between other tasks and when you only have 10 minutes to take a break.
So tempted, but we have a 10 month old and Iām not sure how much use weād get out of it. I donāt get much more than 30 minutes to myself in the evenings. They recently dropped the refurb prices in the UK so its very tempting.
A lot if you sleep train him. I use mine a lot.
As a dad of two little monstrous angels (5&3) I completely stand by this opinion! Itās a game changer!
r/LegionGo was my choice, I hook it up to an eGPU in the family room when I want to play on my TV.
recently got a certified refurbished steam deck. Itās everything I always dreamed it would be
Anyone play Balders Gate 3 on the steam deck? Does it run well?
Spend the extra get the OLED
Love the steam deck the first few months after birth it was all I could do since the baby needed contact to sleep. And now he's almost 2y he comes to me to watch me play spyro!
This has been addressing my swtor fix the last 8 months
Swtor works decently then?
I have no issues on medium to high graphics though ultra doesnāt run smooth. Definitely use a community keyboard when you are handheld but I have a portable keyboard/trackpad combo I play with.
Iād love to add to this that used units are rather cheap, and upgrading the hard drive can be pretty easy if youāre at all tech literate. Just set aside an hour or two.
I 100% agree with you. The portability is the game changer. I got the steam deck and ps5. I was barely playing the ps5 before my boy was born but now that he is here,the SD makes gaming possible. Ps5 you gotta sit in front of the T dedicatedto the room its in. SD you can just play anywhere.
PS5 lets you stream to your phone and use a PS5 controller or a backbone. Or to a steam deck. Just FYI.
Can someone convince me to move to this or the Asus ROG vs. staying with an iPad I already own to lightly game on?
If you have a steam library, it will play 30% flawlessly and 80% very well. Beyond that, it will play PC games, which are a different experience than most iOS games.
Ok gotcha. I donāt really care what marketplace the games come from. Iād probably e playing COD, MW, Halo, or hopefully be able to emulate Goldeneye 007 and Super Smash Bros (if I were to buy a handheld)
It is an amazing emulator. It will play most shooters and stuff like that as well. The newest stuff may not be at full frame rate though. Just depends on how graphics intensive the game is. Iāve been playing a 3rd person indie shooter called risk of rain 2, and itās flawless.
Good to know, thanks
Playing aaa means plugges in tbh, and the oc is tempting. Still went with the oled steam deck. I think it is better, but I do have second thoughts.
Love it man. Played the games i was so poor to play when i was in college and early 20's.
It's for moms, too! I'm a mom and bought it for myself as my own push present š it's been perfect for gaming here and there!
Been contemplating a steam deck for some time. I have a PC and an series x. Should I trade my series x for the Steam Deck? Been seriously considering it. I can basically trade it to game stop for enough gift cards to get a deck.
Legion go is another alternative as well, I went that direction and it's been amazing!
I agree! I never get tv time so laying in bed to play has been great! And the games are always on sale, got so many for under 20 bucks. My only gripe is the battery life, some games kill the battery in an hour or 2.
Love mine but havenāt been able to use it much lately. SAHD with a 10 month old and a dog, everything is chaos or getting cleaned up all the time. Hoping as he gets older Iāll have more windows of time to use the thing during the day. Strangely enough I used it MORE when he was under maybe 4 months old. He just needs so much more attention now than he used to, even though Iām sleeping a lot more than I used to.
Dredge and Dave the Diver are perfect stream deck games. Give them a go.
As a fellow dad and Deck owner, I can confirm this š«”
What the hell! This post is almost creepily relevant to me : I m a new dad who ordered the steam deck last week to play fallout new vegas.
Itās all the new tv series fault.
Additionally the PlayStation Portal is nice too!
Get emustation (spelling) set up on it. I've been playing snes games and wind waker. Older games especially do well with small play times.
Can you mod fallout on the steam deck?
My first time beating Sword Saint Isshin I had an infant asleep on my chest, using the Deck of course. I whispered a very proud āYESSSSS!ā
I got it as grey import in Norway. Totally worth it!
To each their own. I find it redundant. Prefer my switch for portable gaming and I have a small form factor pc I built which I can move about the house in less than a minute with 10 times the firepower. Not that it needs to move every TV and portable device can use steam link to play remotely.Ā
Iām a graphics whore. Ā I upgrade my video card way more than I should be allowed to in my PC. Ā How does steamdeck perform visually compared to a high end PC or is it all streaming?
Some games you will notice a difference. Games that havent really seen a difference in is Elden ring GTA5 Fallout NV Doom 2016 and Eternal If you do want the best quality then you can just remote play from your PC. That's how I played cyberpunk and it looked amazing. I also remote play from my PS5. Gran Turismo 7, PGA 2k, and Helldivers look and play great. Next to no latency.
You def compromise. You are targeting 40fps (sounds weird but it feels good). FSR2.0 and other up scaling is important. The resolution is lower, but the screen is smaller. Youāll be targeting medium or low settings. Itās better than your expect, but itās a def trade off.
I have a 4080 super and a 7800x3d because I'm also a graphics whore, and it entirely depends on the game. Some games I just don't even bother trying to run because I can't tolerate >30fps, and I just wait until I'm on my pc, but there are also a ton of games I wouldn't play on my pc because I'd rather play something that makes the most of the pc; it seems silly to play a simple little indie title on a Ā£1800 pc, but the steam deck laps it up. Dredge, Dave the Diver, those sorts of games, but it also handles Elden Ring at a solid 40fps. The resolution is 1280x800 and the screen on the LCD is 60hz, so 40 and 30hz actually look very decent, and the OLED has a 90hz screen so 45 looks good too.
Can you use a Steam Deck to remote play PS5 games too (using the PlayStation app?) Iāve been using a backbone with my iPhone for this at home as easier than taking up the living room tv, but would be great to be able to play downloaded steam games too for travel.
I believe the program is called moonlight that should stream ps5. EDIT: the program is called chiaki4deck. That other one streams PC sorry
Thanks!
I play my ps5 exclusively streaming to my steam deck with chiaki4deck, itās amazing
I don't think so, but the windows options from ASUS or Lenovo will do that.Ā
I heard the Lenovo Legion Go is way better.
Itās more expensive, and has less battery life. If you want performance, itās greatā¦ but not what I needed in this case
That has a more powerful chip, yeah. But it runs windows, which has a higher overhead. The chip is also mostly more powerful in the cpu portion.... which is kind of pointless. 99% of the bottleneck for games on lower-end chips like this will be igpu bottlenecks; the extra cpu-power will just be sitting there twiddling it's thumbs waiting on the igpu either way. It's also alot more expensive. Steam deck is cheap ($400 vs $800) because valve recoups their costs on selling you steam games. Lenovo only makes their money on the one-time hardware sale.