*** The Official Steam Deck Thread ***
- Thread starter DrCrabHands
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This is where the device shines and I've managed to finish numerous games over the last 12 months that I doubt I would have even played if I had to go to another room and boot up the PC.
A short hike
Resident Evil 2 remake
Resident Evil 3 remake
Resident Evil 4 remake
Titanfall 2
Firewatch
Layers of Fear
All played start to finish on Deck, that is aside from all the emulation play, I adore this device.
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One of the big appeals for me with the Steam Deck is having all my Resi and Final Fantasy games in one place I can play easily.
Soldato
Innit
For me its the speed of access.
Want to have a quick 2 min game on tetris, sure its about 3 button clicks away.
Want to quickly open many emulators, the same
Want direct access to any of the games within any emulator, sure - add it manually to your favourites or a collection
Play something that doesnt run on modern Windows machines or in PCem, sure Proton allows it to work and more to the point quickly
Yep. That is a big appeal for sure. Now imagine that on better hardware with a OLED screen? That is what I want
Caporegime
Steamdeck 2 will be a banger.Yep. That is a big appeal for sure. Now imagine that on better hardware with a OLED screen? That is what I want
Sure, better hardware is a bonus but for me its the Valve support, control system and community control layouts that have really made it. Tetris with BGB emulator will look even better on OLED!Yep. That is a big appeal for sure. Now imagine that on better hardware with a OLED screen? That is what I want
Valve support - I had a minor issue, they sent me a brand new Deck!
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One of the odd benefits of the deck for me personally is that because I am both very short sighted, and also have that age related thing with your eyes where they struggle to focus on things at mid range to reading distance, such that I need varifocals, I find that I am much more comfortable if I take my glasses off altogether and hold a screen quite close to my face where there is a sweet spot where I can focus perfectly on a screen without them on. I sussed this out with my phone screen to start with and now I have the deck I find I can lay back and hold it the perfect distance so I can take the glasses off. I otherwise have to wear separate mid range specs just for normal computer screen use, and whilst that is ok and better than my normal specs for that distance, it's much nicer to take them off altogether when using a screen like this. It's either that or pay to get my eyeballs lasered up, which is not on the agenda. I just have to remember where I've put them so I don't squash them.
Eyeballs or glasses?
Sure, better hardware is a bonus but for me its the Valve support, control system and community control layouts that have really made it. Tetris with BGB emulator will look even better on OLED!
Valve support - I had a minor issue, they sent me a brand new Deck!
Yea. I am not interested in a Asus whatever it is called. Only Steam Deck 2
I'm hoping the guts of the Steam Deck 2 will fit in an existing Steam Deck so we can remove the old motherboard and stick it in a case like the Framework laptops.
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Bargain! Same warranty for refurbished too. If I didn't have one already this seems like a no brainer.
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My eyes are steadily getting worse. Just short sighted for now and while I wore glasses the last 3 years they started causing sores. Switched to contacts for the time being, but laser is definitely going to happen in the future.
Ive been playing some old amiga games via emudeck. Works really well. Ive been playing speedball 2 mainly. Never played a football game in my life though.
I dont think the game fills the screen as well as that though... ill have to check.
How is that setup? Ive got mine using the valve rom loader thing, but most games arent recognised anyway, and i cant be bothered to manually find pictures etc for it.
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I was chuffed I managed to get one despite initially saying it was out of stock just as hit purchase. Had to refresh the basket a few times. Being despatched from Netherlands so that explains the 1-2 week delivery time.
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It seems like it usually takes a week at most. Even when there was still a queue I received mine within a week of paying.
Soldato
How come there's loads of open talk of emulation now on here? A few months back I got blasted and posts removed by some over zealous 'mod' for even mentioning the word! A bit of consistency would be nice on this forum sometimes 
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How come there's loads of open talk of emulation now on here? A few months back I got blasted and posts removed by some over zealous 'mod' for even mentioning the word! A bit of consistency would be nice on this forum sometimes
Mods here feel very powerful... That's all I can say.