Valve announces the SteamDeck

Jonny2284 · 10 Jun 2022 at 06:40

chrismscotland said:
Yeah I was 18:23 and just got mine this week

Guess my order from 4 days later that says Q3 is gonna be more like Q3 2023 then....

chrismscotland · 10 Jun 2022 at 14:20

kakarott said:
How long can you screen record for?

Not sure I suspect it would depend what your playing to record - battery life does vary a lot!

Bazzards · 10 Jun 2022 at 16:05

Well mine has arrived, just downloading tales of arise and Elden ring.

kakarott · 11 Jun 2022 at 08:52

So I want to buy a game but it's on origin, will it be listed in steam or is it a different launcher?

CGrieves · 11 Jun 2022 at 13:04

Don't have any origin games but a quick Google turned this up: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/tx6srv/guide_installing_origin_on_the_steam_deck_the/

jrwagh333 · 11 Jun 2022 at 14:02

kakarott said:
So I want to buy a game but it's on origin, will it be listed in steam or is it a different launcher?

Different launcher

kakarott · 11 Jun 2022 at 16:53

jrwagh333 said:
Different launcher

Can I add it to steam launcher (origin still installed) and still play online? I just want to have 1 launcher.

chrismscotland · 13 Jun 2022 at 11:04

I have to say enjoying this but I've probably spent more time tinkering around with Ubuntu in Desktop mode than I really have gaming.... almost makes me wonder if I'd rather just pickup a decent Single Board Computer and stick Linux on to play with!

Gaming is good although barely touched a lot of Steam stuff, mainly emulation so far but really enjoying catching up with some PS2 games I grew up playing!!

purplesky · 13 Jun 2022 at 11:12

chrismscotland said:
I have to say enjoying this but I've probably spent more time tinkering around with Ubuntu in Desktop mode than I really have gaming.... almost makes me wonder if I'd rather just pickup a decent Single Board Computer and stick Linux on to play with!

Gaming is good although barely touched a lot of Steam stuff, mainly emulation so far but really enjoying catching up with some PS2 games I grew up playing!!

Why have you installed Ubuntu on the Steam Deck?
Surely SteamOS which is based on Arch Linux which is what the device ships with is the way to go.

chrismscotland · 13 Jun 2022 at 13:35

purplesky said:
Why have you installed Ubuntu on the Steam Deck?
Surely SteamOS which is based on Arch Linux which is what the device ships with is the way to go.

Sorry my mistake - I did actually Mean Arch Linux - I just mean "Linux"
SteamOS is fine but I'm enjoying playing around with a linux system/desktop

pete910 · 13 Jun 2022 at 13:58

purplesky said:
Why have you installed Ubuntu on the Steam Deck?

Maybe thinking it's Ubuntu based like the original SteamOS was rather than Arch

StarShock · 13 Jun 2022 at 14:32

Just wondering, with only a few weeks left of q2, are there people here who are in the q2 bracket but haven't yet had their email?

IanAG · 13 Jun 2022 at 15:55

I am still Q2 (18:31 for the 512GB) and haven't had the email. My gf's 64GB arrived a few weeks back so I may have borrowed that temporarily...

IanAG · 13 Jun 2022 at 17:50

IanAG said:
I am still Q2 (18:31 for the 512GB) and haven't had the email. My gf's 64GB arrived a few weeks back so I may have borrowed that temporarily...

@StarShock - just this second got the email/alert!

StarShock · 13 Jun 2022 at 17:57

IanAG said:
@StarShock - just this second got the email/alert!

Hah, nice

pcfarrar · 13 Jun 2022 at 18:07

Finally got the alert myself for the 256GB. My time was 7.54pm on launch day.

Took 3 attempts to buy it due to payment failing in the store.

Scougar · 13 Jun 2022 at 18:17

pcfarrar said:
Finally got the alert myself for the 256GB. My time was 7.54pm on launch day.

Took 3 attempts to buy it due to payment failing in the store.

What are the payment options? Are you able to pay via paypal for example?

pcfarrar · 13 Jun 2022 at 18:29

Scougar said:
What are the payment options? Are you able to pay via paypal for example?

I didn’t really notice but PayPal was an option just used my Barclaycard and on the third attempt it let me authorise the transaction in the card app.

kinger8938 · 14 Jun 2022 at 13:24

pcfarrar said:
Finally got the alert myself for the 256GB. My time was 7.54pm on launch day.

Took 3 attempts to buy it due to payment failing in the store.

Oh nice, they have sped up a bit then?

Mine was about 8:30 (second attempt after it refunded a failed try nearer to 6pm

)

I'm still not 100% sure if I'll go ahead with the purchase but I feel I'm leaning more towards giving it a shot.

pcfarrar · 14 Jun 2022 at 13:35

kinger8938 said:
I'm still not 100% sure if I'll go ahead with the purchase but I feel I'm leaning more towards giving it a shot.

You can always sell it if you don’t like it as they are still selling way above the retail price.