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twisty on 16/7/2021 at 13:23

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Valve recently announced a new portable gaming device that they claim can play games from your entire Steam library. While I had heard rumours, or perhaps wishes, about a Steam device I really didn't think that they would release one after they abandoned further development on the Steam Link some time ago.

That same technology has enabled streaming from PC to a mobile/tablet for some time, but only within the LAN so it will be interesting to see if there is enough appeal for portable gaming based on access to Steam's considerable catalogue. While it certainly outspecs the Switch (including the updated version), the cost is much higher, and it's hard to imagine playing it with the position of the controls.

I was an early adopter of the Steam Link and quite liked it; their novel controller, not so much, but it was innovative and had some useful features. I'm going to play wait and see on this one.

(https://kotaku.com/steam-deck-is-valves-answer-to-the-switch-out-in-decem-1847299762)

WingedKagouti on 16/7/2021 at 14:09

(https://www.steamdeck.com/en/tech)

One thing that's worth looking at is the storage capacity, while they say that models start at US$399 (or 419€) that version only has 64GB worth of onboard storage. A lot of AAA games the device could play won't fit on that.

While you can use a micro-SD card, the tech specs specify "high-speed" which is 25MB/s or about 1/16th of the speed of the small version's internal eMMC storage.

henke on 16/7/2021 at 15:02

It looks cool, but I've ended up being disappointed with every piece of Valve hardware I've bought(yeah, all 3 of them), (https://twitter.com/Henrik_Hermans/status/1415908843138306053) I wrote a twitter thread about it here. I think I've finally learned my lesson and won't be buying this.

Renault on 16/7/2021 at 15:19

My love for gadgets has me drooling, but I can't see many scenarios where I would use this.

Yet....still...portable Thief player....hmmm....

faetal on 16/7/2021 at 15:39

Quote Posted by henke

Same. Though I just bought controller and link.

Nameless Voice on 16/7/2021 at 17:12

I'm most interested in the fact that this is a SteamOS / Linux-based device.
If it becomes popular, the other big game companies (like Epic, GOG, etc.) might finally consider adding a bit more Linux support.

I like the idea of Linux, but am always held back from actually using it by the fact that so many things I want don't run there.

ZylonBane on 16/7/2021 at 18:31

All these pictures need a human for scale. Just looking at it, I'd assume it's three feet wide and weighs 10 pounds.

If it's NOT that big, then get ready to bust out your opera glasses to read monitor-sized text on a tablet-sized screen.

Pyrian on 16/7/2021 at 19:15

Quote Posted by Nameless Voice

I like the idea of Linux, but am always held back from actually using it by the fact that so many things I want don't run there.

Supposedly it comes with a good version of Wine to run Windows games with.

Quote Posted by henke

Somehow this makes me think it'll actually be good. :p :cheeky:

Renault on 16/7/2021 at 19:24

FYI, less than 15% of Steam games run on Linux. But you can apparently load Windows onto your Steam Deck if you so choose, so problem solved.

nicked on 16/7/2021 at 20:49

Quote Posted by Brethren

My love for gadgets has me drooling, but I can't see many scenarios where I would use this.

Yet....still...portable Thief player....hmmm....

Realistically though, another limitation is controls. It's not going to play nicely with pre-controller-support games, I suspect.