Becksworth
Aging Hipster Dragon Dad
Steam has an offline mode. It’s just not nearly as intuitive as how consoles handle it.
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Steam! Now on your Couch! The Steamdeck Coming this Winter!
Yeah, but that's not a guarantee this will support it.
My research reveals: The screen is a touchscreen!
The line seems to be this is just a PC and everything Steam normally does, so I believe that's an implicit yes. They also said you can install any software you could on a PC so I imagine say, you could download all your DRM free games off GOG Galaxy and play those offline even if you can't access SteamOS (or it's a pain in the butt to do so).
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This is pretty interesting to me.
If it actually runs triple-A games at good settings, even moreso.
But most of all, if it connects to the TV...!
Ugh maybe I really should just make a little PC nook at my TV and move it there when I want to game. D:
If it actually runs triple-A games at good settings, even moreso.
But most of all, if it connects to the TV...!
Ugh maybe I really should just make a little PC nook at my TV and move it there when I want to game. D:
Specs are nice and all, but this thing won’t last two years before Valve stops supporting it completely and doesn’t make an upgrade that will be necessary.
I am very pleased with the Steam Link hardware I got from Falselogic, but fortunately it doesn’t require updates to just stream stuff from my actual PC. Since my computer and Link are connected both via Ethernet playing Steam games on my couch has been fantastic.
For now my in bed playing machine will remain Switch only. Those ergonomics look… less than stellar to me.
Part of the Switch’s appeal for me is that I can take the Joy Cons off and then use one of those phone arms to hold the screen up and use a controller laying down.
I am glad that it looks like it will fill a needed niche in here judging from the replies though
I am very pleased with the Steam Link hardware I got from Falselogic, but fortunately it doesn’t require updates to just stream stuff from my actual PC. Since my computer and Link are connected both via Ethernet playing Steam games on my couch has been fantastic.
For now my in bed playing machine will remain Switch only. Those ergonomics look… less than stellar to me.
Part of the Switch’s appeal for me is that I can take the Joy Cons off and then use one of those phone arms to hold the screen up and use a controller laying down.
I am glad that it looks like it will fill a needed niche in here judging from the replies though
Violentvixen
(She/Her)
I've been debating getting a cheap gaming laptop to play all my Steam games that won't play on my Mac anymore and this could fill that need. I'm interested, but would want to hold it, read some reviews and confirm that my games do work on it first.
I like the idea, but the implementation is borderline doggydoo (look at the positioning of that d-pad; how are you even supposed to use that???). And considering Valve's well documented history of orphaning literally everything it makes, and does so quicker than your standard Asian Android phone maker, investing in one of these seems like the worst idea this side of the Jaguar or the Virtual Boy.
Pajaro Pete
(He/Himbo)
I'm tentatively interested in this as an relatively affordable alternative to trying to figure out PC Gaming, but I'll be waiting for actual impressions and reviews to see how it actually runs (and then waiting, I suppose, about a year for it to be available without scalpers buying up all the available units)
I'm...preeeetty sure I'm going to buy this. The $399 price for the cheap model goes down easy compared to what else is on the market and you can slam an affordable SD card in there for extended storage.
SteamOS, but it can be wiped for alternatives such as Linux or Windows.
Becksworth
Aging Hipster Dragon Dad
As to which version to buy, one thing to keep in mind is that PC games aren’t made with running from SD cards in mind, so they might be a) slower from the SD card, and b) murder on the SD card. Might be best to use that for older games or emulation.
Do we know if the internal storage is expandable? I'm leaning towards actually getting one of the 64 gb ones, but this would tip over into definitely getting one if I can get inside the thing and tinker with it. I've never bought any Valve hardware, so I have no idea how they typically handle this sort of thing.
I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought that. My initial reaction was those buttons look like they're placed really high on the device.
There are also four completely programmable buttons on the back of the unit in the hand grip area. So, that might be a fix for the odd placement of the face buttons?
Can't know of course because I haven't actually held it but I could see them being useful in that sense.
Can't know of course because I haven't actually held it but I could see them being useful in that sense.
IGN has a Q&A up and it's confirmed that the internal storage is not expandable/replaceable (and neither is anything else in the device). They have the SD card slot for additional storage only.
They have the video embedded towards the end of this article if it's helpful:
Steam Deck: The First Hands-On With Valve’s Handheld Gaming PC - IGN
Our impressions of the Steam Deck, Valve's new handheld PC gaming device.
Is there a limit to when you can preorder? Like if I dont do this today am I screwed? I mean if it is I'll probably just pass. Nothing is worth the hell that is reloading shit web pages. But if I can preorder in a week or so I will.