Steam deck portable handheld gaming PC from Valve

Borzak

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It's like a 100gb download/update. I looked and some people are saying theirs is 5gb and some 100gb. Mine is like getting the game again.
 
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Take my Steam Deck out, charge it, patch it, remember that I cannot find a single game I can play using thumbsticks, nor can I get used to a tiny screen, put it away again. Repeat every 3-6 months.
 
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Jovec said:
Take my Steam Deck out, charge it, patch it, remember that I cannot find a single game I can play using thumbsticks, nor can I get used to a tiny screen, put it away again. Repeat every 3-6 months.
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Haha, I tried to play helldivers on the couch with a controller and I feel like a retard. I used to be okay with a controller but now that I fly drones in sim racing for screenshots my brain cant decide which way it wants the vert stick mapped.

Streaming from your pc is the way to go. I tested several titles last night and it felt great. I might beat bg3 now even though the ui is hard to figure out.
 
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I tried streaming from the PC but it was kinda wonky. But might have been our shitty Wifi acting up. Also not liking it firing the PC up to run a game.

Geforce Now is really nice but it is kinda expensive.

Playing Hollow Knight right now on the Deck and it'sa great game for it. Just that I suck, a lot.
 
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Aazrael said:
I tried streaming from the PC but it was kinda wonky. But might have been our shitty Wifi acting up. Also not liking it firing the PC up to run a game.

Geforce Now is really nice but it is kinda expensive.

Playing Hollow Knight right now on the Deck and it'sa great game for it. Just that I suck, a lot.
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I have it so it disables my two monitors connected to the PC, so thankfully it only uses the PC resources and doesn't keep the screens on.

It's just a nice alternative when I don't want to sit at a PC all night... Which I do at work all day.

As for the bg3 interface. I beat it on PS5, so if the controller UI is the same you get used to it pretty quick. It's a little harder to do actions but after awhile it becomes muscle memory.
 
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Sludig

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Know if they still have any kind of upgrade program? I bought the biggest memory gen 1, might want a oled for the hell of it.
 
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Know if they still have any kind of upgrade program? I bought the biggest memory gen 1, might want a oled for the hell of it.
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They do not have a program for that. Just gotta sell your LCD on your own then buy a OLED if you wanna upgrade.
 
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Oblio said:
Any suggestions on an attachable battery pack? My 1st gen Deck battery is cooked.
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This one comes with a magnetic clip, just attaches to the back. And the cable was made specifically for the deck, fits perfectly.


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Aazrael

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The Steam Deck is really repairable though, so if it's just the battery it's an easy switch like Denamian Denamian mentioned above.

I think you can buy and replace pretty much every component and nothing is soldered.

Bu that battery pack seems pretty nice if you want some longer sessions!
 
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