*** The Official Steam Deck Thread ***
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Caporegime
Same here. I would love a slightly less wide, a little lighter version with this new screen.
The hardest thing to get over is the temptation of that screen, I look at my usage of it and my bulk of playing time is on my OLED TV so logically I wouldn't even notice, nor would I notice the extra heat coming out as it is docked.
I also cap my games at 40fps so would only notice the difference when it is below that.
Would be nice to stop the scalpers and bots anyway. Active Steam account required with x number of years.In an interview Valve done with one of the big YouTubers that I watched yesterday, they said that they don't expect to have issues with supply like they did previously with the worldwide shortages going on. So hopefully it's a non-issue
It would be pure handheld in my case like my Switch, I am just being sensible and asking when exactly I think I'd use it considering the Switch games I have to play and I'm not interested in emulating/stealing Switch games.
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Interesting!
I'm sure I read an article saying Valve said it was too difficult to simply drop an OLED screen in......now we get one a few months later
I'm sure I read an article saying Valve said it was too difficult to simply drop an OLED screen in......now we get one a few months later
It still is. The internals are totally different on the OLED versions. Screen is larger, bigger battery, parts like the SSD orientation is different, larger fan and speakers are different, different APU...Interesting!
I'm sure I read an article saying Valve said it was too difficult to simply drop an OLED screen in......now we get one a few months later
This is why I don't get why people think they can simply swap the screen over, they're different sizes for starters.
People should try it - Buy the new OLED version, take out the screen and cram it into their LCD model. Sure it'll work great
Soldato
Nice review, looks like they done a lot of things
Late to the party
Valve announces the SteamDeck
I've had my Steam Deck a few days now, and I always use my mobile hotspot to download games on my desktop PC, as it's much faster than my home broadband connection and I have unlimited data on 5G (I'm on EE). I get about 7MB/s on my home broadband, but connected to my mobile I get about 80MB/s...
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Caporegime
I think i've watched about 6 of these videos now, from LTT to Dave2D, Enagenet, Digital Foundary, The Verge, IGN, and a couple more, my urge for the upgrade has actually decreased the more I watched lol
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You said yourself you mainly play docked so should have been an instant no point from there.
Caporegime
Well, that's before my logic side kicked in, but my "new toy" side of the brain still wants it.
I would even think twice paying £250 now myself knowing valve may stock a 64gb refurbished for that price which from what I hear looks brand new and comes with 1 year warranty. But I am sure someone would pay £250.
Soldato
I've sold mine to a work mate so hopefully can pick one up when they go live next week
Not watched any videos yet. Have they sorted out the ugly bezal?
Same. I got hyped at first. But the logic part of my brain says mate, you don't even have enough time to play on your Alienware OLED pc, why the **** you want to drop £450 on this for it to gather dust after the initial hype dies down?
The other part of my brain says, if somone sells their old lcd steam deck to me for £200, just grab that to keep you happy and if it ever gathers too much dust you won't make much of a loss selling it on. Lol
Same. I got hyped at first. But the logic part of my brain says mate, you don't even have enough time to play on your Alienware OLED pc, why the **** you want to drop £450 on this for it to gather dust after the initial hype dies down?
The other part of my brain says, if somone sells their old lcd steam deck to me for £200, just grab that to keep you happy and if it ever gathers too much dust you won't make much of a loss selling it on. Lol
I've sold mine to a work mate so hopefully can pick one up when they go live next week
£250?
Caporegime
I've also stuck on a screen protector PERFECTLY on mine, no dust, no bubbles, perfect alignment....I really don't want to do that again lol