Steam Deck: How I Feel About It A Year Later
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ค. 2024
- How I feel about the steam deck didn't change all that much just a year later in 2023, I still love it, but there are also parts that are sometimes a bit of a bummer. Occasionally I still prefer taking the Nintendo Switch along even though the Deck can emulate pretty much anything I would want and has some of the best games out there.
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00:00 Intro
00:48 It Was Just A Break (what happened to my broken Steam Deck)
03:18 Companion (Why I love the Steam Deck)
05:40 Bigger Isn't Always Better
10:45 Totally Optional (Customization, Emulation, Plugins)
14:25 Live Long And Prosper (Will the Steam Deck last?)
16:55 Thank You
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Do I have a surprise for you my friend lmao
bahahaha
Im happy that they didnt rise the prise
@@svexon they did by 50 dollars
I don't understand
hahahahaha lmao thanks for the laughter xD
The deck allowed me to play a backlog that was just sitting there, you get older and your time for gaming gets really limited with what life throws at you, the steam deck just allowed me a new kind of access to my extensive steam library and rekindled my love of gaming. I was able to 100% Sable while I traveled or while keeping an eye on my toddler.
Sable, man... I gotta get back to it! One of the first games I added to my PC library, last year, and I was really enjoying my time with it. But as is the case, it got dropped for something new.
Want to love Sable but it had horrible and frequent stuttering on the XboxSX. Still waiting for news of them fixing it :(
@@piotr78 It wasn't that great on PC, either, truth be told. The port to home console was supposed to fix all of that, was the hope of the fans, but I guess not. Sable's world was quite unique, but I doubt I'mma buy anything else from Shadworks
Facts man, you took the words right out of my mouth!
ever heard of a laptop moron?
I’ve had my deck for a year and love it. I had a switch before and sold it. The deck is way more comfortable than the switch and valve has better sales on games. I’m happy handheld gaming PCs are becoming big.
While I understand why one would sell their switch, I find that every 3 months, I pick it back up start a new game and enjoy for the next 2 weeks or so.
Did the same, sold the switch with a dozens games, and had enough money to buy a refurbish 64gb SD AND A 512gb ssd to replace the original one.
I will never sell my switch oled, especially not for a deck 🤡
@@SWOTHDRAsteam has 5 times more power can emulate all till ps 3 and Switch emulator works great too, switch run games on 10 fps max😂
I had my Switch laying around for close to 12 months without really touching it. Games were just to damn expensive, and I'm not into the first party stuff as much as I used to be. It was very frustrating how janky some of the games I actually liked (Ninja Gaiden Master Collection, Doom Eternal, Witcher 3, MK11) looked or performed, and I was equally frustrated at having NO virtual console, and having to pay a monthly subscription for the right to play games I don't own. The Deck solves all the issues I had with the Switch and the added benefit all the games I had purchased on Steam when I used to have a gaming PC back in 2009-2014 where all available for me to play at no extra cost.
I have my deck for over 18 months and I am still a happy customer. Currently I am running steamOS 3.5 from the preview channel with a build in option to change the color saturation, similar to vibrantDeck. Although the screen quality was never an issue for me, the now richer colors are nice. Also the performance of demanding games is now slightly improved. This is exactly the continued software support the I am looking for. I had a hardware defect recently and Valve send me immediately a new Deck after I returned mine. So far a pleasant customer experience for me!
Totally off topic: I was visiting friends last week in Swizerland and we had Fondue and it was amazing!
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Why did you visit Switzerland? Why not Mumbai India
Hey man, how did you get the built in option to change saturation? I'm running the same build as you are, but I am using vibrantdeck for vibrancy/saturation.
@@Amadeos-Salvadore under Settings -> Display -> Adjust Display Colors
What was the defect?
I got mine in September 2022 and still love it and use it every day. I just wish I wasn't surrounded by cameras at work so I could do something more useful with my time and finish Yakuza 0 while being paid.
That’s basically my situation at Work 😂
Perfect excuse to learn how to hack CCTV!
Ironically, if you played games on your phone, you are less likely to get called out. But, doing _anything_ on something that resemble a gaming handheld is a big no-no at the office
Haha 😂
Coming up on a year owning my deck, and with being a much older gamer 40+ 😬 the ability to just pick up and play is a win. I’ve seen a couple others mention with having kids, the deck is a dream come true. I honestly don’t know much of anything about computers/the lingo so I’m sure I’m not using it to it’s totally potential, but being able to play RDR2 makes it worth the price. I hope to learn how to download/use mods and enjoy this gem even more.
The main things that keep me glued to the Steam Deck over other handhelds is the controls. I was a big fan of the Steam Controller back in the day, and this just feels like the natural evolution of that concept. That, and it's one of the only handhelds on the market not prepackaged with Windows 😮💨
This is a big one for me and It's unbelievable how many options you're given with controls. I can't play Elden Ring on a regular controller anymore. I also managed to create a full scheme for Diablo 2, which has a dumbed down control scheme for it's console counterparts, but the Steam Deck makes it possible for me to play like I would on a keyboard.
Whoever was in charge of controls *REALLY* gets it. I've spent the better part of a decade remapping buttons in favor of always having access a game's camera movement, and the Steam Deck just lets me do that for free. That was the thing that really felt next gen about Steam Deck to me.
As an owner who ordered the deck day one; I had a similar question, but the device is technically timeless. It runs ps4 era and before flawlessly, if you’re like me; you’re always going to have a near-infinite back log of games from those times to play. On top of that new 2d indie games will not be a challenge for the hard ware.
for sure, thousands of games are supported and that's not even counting emulation or other game launchers. being able to run so many games portably is awesome
I don't have a deck, but as a linux gamer the existence of the steam deck brought compatibility forward leaps and bounds. Most games I try pley either seamlessly or just need some minor tweaks, it's great!
Gaming on Linux after the Steam Deck released didn't feel real. It's still not perfect but it's getting real close.
The price aspect is a bonus i didn't initially foresee. I felt like owning a switch and a steam deck was a bit lavish to begin with (and it is, I'm very lucky). But the amount I've saved through frequent 80-90% discounts on steam is crazy
ya the nintendo store is such a rip off!! everytime i go on the store in the mood to buy something, i leave frustrating thinking "no fucking way im paying that". their flagship titles never get on sale. their sales in general are a sick joke (being very small, or discounting shovelware). when i look elsewhere its so much better. i HATE nintendos e store with a passion
@@phillystevesteak6982I've heard switch emulation on the steam deck is quite good.
Saying owning a switch and a steam deck is lavish makes me feel bad abt all the money I “waste” on things 😭
@@phillystevesteak6982 It's like I realized even just nintendo games in general are sort of meh and it's either mario, zelda, pokemon, or indie games. And they become all the same like odyssey, breath of the wild, arceus are just open world games but with different skin lol i know it's a portable low powered console but it only has rdr1 but ps4 gets rdr2 for like $20 even lol
@@MrLuffy9131 I mostly wanted one because of Xenoblade Chronicles. Was worth it for that.
Always had the plan to buy a Steamdeck but was never in a hurry. My friend decided he wanted the OLed version once it released so he sold it to me for a bro deal. Now that I have this thing, I can't imagine life without it. When they come out with a new gen of Steamdeck, I'm getting it right away.
So you bought the cheapest available Steam Deck knowing ahead its size and capabilities, you say you really like it, and then you make a video about how it doesn't fit perfectly in your personal backpack which you customized for something else. And you have to wait 3 seconds until it uploads your saves to the steam cloud. Did you think about buying a bigger backpack? And if you don't want to use it at home because you have a desktop pc (good for you, but didn't it cost at least 5 times more than your deck?), then why does it bother you that it doesn't work exactly like the switch? I simply don't understand. What exactly did you expect?
I stopped buying 3rd party games on Switch after getting a SD. When the hardware is long gone I'll still have my steam library, can't say the same for the Switch years later.
I'd love if Valve did a slim Steam Deck, exactly the same spec, but smaller with an OLED screen and a better battery
Rather they came out with a steam deck using the ryzen 7 7840u instead
@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 yeah that too🤣
@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716nah man the custom chip is fine, because with the custom chip they know how much power you can give it to it efficiently, instead of using a non custom chip
Cosign on the Slim. Sold my SD a yr ago; was comfortable but felt it was a bit too wide . Was looking for solutions but nothing matches the ease of the Deck. I may end up buying one again and docking it to stream to a slightly smaller device.
@@turbomilkcrew ayaneo 2s is slimmer and smaller while packing more power than SD
It brought me back to gaming. Simple as that.
I built a cutting edge gaming pc with 3080 the moment it was available here. However, job + marriage + degree caused me to have only short sessions for free time. I was looking at the deck for almost a year before buying it, fearing it will just collect dust.
And let me tell you that, not only that ot got me back to gaming, being daily, it also made me play much more on my gaming pc. The fact that now when I finaly have a time for a longer session I can play on the pc without the overhead of retuening to a game after a month.
They realy function as an ecosystem.
See, this type of comment right here is what initially sold me on the deck as a new father. However, the reality of it turned out to be pretty awful. Wifi connectivity sucks, Steam OS sucks, cloud sync works like 20 percent of the time, the ergonomics are poor, the buttons grind and get stuck, the analog sticks are slippery, the battery is almost nonexistent, and lots of games have abysmal performance overall. I ended up booting my Xbox 360 instead on so many occasions. Total waste of money for me.
@@The_Cadaver oh wow. :(
@The_Cadaver oh wow. I'm close to buying ine and in same situation. I have a 3090 pc so decent. I'm worried that this will collect dust. Is the graphics really poor?
@@markymoo22 (LCD model obv.) WiFi connectivity sucks, making it worthless as a PC streaming device. Cloud sync function only works about 20% of the time (due to potato WiFi chip). Syncing saves across devices becomes a manual chore if you add this thing to your ecosystem. And the shader cache updates go straight to internal storage, regardless of your SD card size or speed -- making the 64 GB model completely useless for SD cards over 512 GB.
Poor performance when running semi-modern titles natively. You'll have to lower your settings until it's a mess of blurry pixels, or stick to indie 2D games if you want 60 fps gameplay. Older stuff runs fine, but is mostly un-optimized, and makes the device run hotter than necessary -- if it's even supported at all.
The face buttons grind and get stuck. The analog sticks are slippery, with a rubberized outer ring. And the d-pad is poorly placed. High skill floor genres and games are borderline unplayable. And peripheral support is pretty bad too.
It's the worst controller I own, and the most frustrating PC/console I've ever had to deal with.
All that said, I am pretty anal about controllers and performance, and haven't really messed with consoles since the late 2000's. So your mileage may vary. Really depends on what you're playing and what you can tolerate.
@The_Cadaver Same problems. Steam deck is overblown. The sticks are clunky and the triggers feel awful to use with such a heavy device. On a controller your thumb pads rest over the sticks and yet most people use the tips of their thumbs on deck sticks because it's so poorly designed.
Great for old games, bad for anything new and yet the fanboyism surrounding this device would make anyone think it was a handheld 4090.
Ended up selling mine a couple months later and felt like I was lied to by everyone online.
Man what a great video! Soooo nice production and beautiful shots!
Thank you for making this!
Thank you so much! 😄
Ive had mine since this past Spring (2023) and i love this thing, ive had and old pc that died many years ago and a gaming laptop that finally gave up about a few months after december (2022) after that died i was convinced to get steam deck. Its crazy because it plays better than the gaming laptop i had lol. Thing is great on dock as well. Great video! 👍
Best thing that i own after my washing machine
Microwaves are better than washing machines
I got lucky, had mine over a year now, still 0 problems, ive only had to factory reset once. I love that it also doesnt just limit you to steam games, i got gog, epic, and battlenet running np.
i think it'll last a long time. it's the only handheld that can do it all for $300-400. sure it has cons but nothing can beat playing any game from your steam library handheld for that cheap
Thanks for the impressions. I've had my deck for about a month and it's been a very positive experience overall. I've owned and sold two Switches before but couldn't get into most of the Nintendo style games and balked at the typical store costs and lack of good discounts. You are right, there's something very special about being able to have your Steam library in a portable device. I have even been playing my deck in the room where my gaming pc is. Some games I prefer to be on the deck, lounging comfortably on a couch seat vs upright at a desk. Even if that means not playing on a big OLED with high refresh rates. Oh and playing a bit something in bed for 30mins before going to sleep has been great!
Do you dock yours? When I get mine I only want to play it on the tv or monitor
@@juzeljames7793 No I play it exclusively in handheld mode. There are some games that I prefer to play on my gaming pc with the big screen (like some fps games and GTA V)
@@zakblue oh ok cool
i've had about the same experience with the deck. even now when i'm not going out as much as i did when i got it around a year ago, i'm enjoying my time hooking it up on the dock to my 144hz monitor and having fun with new, old, and emulated games alike. at this part the biggest con for owning a steam deck is being stuck and unable to make a choice what to play
I’m now in the boat of considering buying a steam deck OLED, I have the switch OLED but hardly play it to be fair as I’m not into a lot of the games and don’t have a lot of times with working full time and being a parent outside of that. So considering selling the switch and putting the cash towards a deck, also I love the thought of being able emulate games from back when I had a game boy. As this would be fun and casual without being too intensive once you’ve got it up and running.
I love my steam deck and I love my switch. I hope that Valve continues releasing upgraded and slimmer steam decks long into the future.
I had mine for almost year. I love it so much cuz on some games you can play offline which huge plus for me when im traveling and sleeping in my van.
For performance wise, i tend play on medium or low settings to help it run longer. I don’t really care about graphics long as game is fun to play.
I bought mine maybe half a year ago just so I could play my steam library while lying in bed, since I increasingly found myself distracted by other things while at my pc and also having a harder time to sit comfortably for extended periods than I used to.
So far it has pretty much made me enjoy gaming more than I had for the better part of a decade.
I plan on picking one up. I’m not going to be able to have a full desktop setup with me anymore. I stopped playing overly competitive games so I think this helped further my decision. Thank you! Also I’m getting one of those battery banks they looks dope
omg yea comp made me a toxic person. now i play comp games how people did when they were my taemmates. trying my best but not really caring if i win or lose. as soon as i get my lenovo legion go I will never touch another god damn comp style game for the rest of my life. so muhc wasted time doing a Sisyphean level task that was depending on random people
Buy a lenovo
Same, I stopped playing competitive games almost entirely. Besides the whole toxic people/stress stuff, those games usually happen to be the ones people dump the most time into while also being the most repetitive. I learned a while ago that if I have 1,000 hours to game, I would rather spread it over 50 games than 1. The experience is richer and more rewarding that way. Also, it's the only way I'm going to be putting a dent in my 700 game backlog.
I'd recommend to wait and see as far as the Legion Go is concerned (look at the Ally recent update for example), the Steam Deck is proven hardware and is very well supported by Valve and the community.@@SWOTHDRA
Amazing video quality and care both in visual and subject. Thx for your work !
Thank you! Much appreciated 🙂
Thank you for sharing, I recently got my steam deck and I enjoying every bit of it
Thank you for commenting 🙂
Nice video! I love the quality of your video. The overall feel and aesthetic looks soo clean and classy. More power to you, Sir!
Thank you! 🙂
First time I've seen your channel, but this was an excellent and succinct video. Keep up the excellent work!
Thank you so much! 🙇♂️
The Deck is just perfect for my needs, I have a PC to play AAA with full fidelity on a big screen, but with the Steam Deck I can play Metroidvanias, JRPGs, tactical RPGs, visual novels, isometric RPGs, retro games, basically everything that can be played more laid back and usually aren't heavy to run.
Plus it's cheaper than other UMPC, just perfect for my need. I'm definitely getting the OLED once it gets cheaper.
I do think it's sometimes useful to use a handheld even if you are at home. Big handhelds like the Deck or a Switch with a large grip are actually very good for that use case. A gaming PC or a PS5 are great, but they really do need 100% of your attention. But when you are say... waiting for Unit Tests to finish or watching something on the TV, you can still play something on your handheld device
using a steam deck at home lol... makes sense
@@ehsanghazavi470 a psvita or Nintendo switch isn't something you only play outside either. Or is it. It's a console, the same way the steam deck is. Portability is one factor, but primarily it is treated such as a console and thus, is being played anywhere
Thanks for sharing your RMA story again.
Ive been waiting in a out of region county and had enough. Very likely making a OLED purchase this week
Great video and showcase of how this thing has evolved over time. I never buy the first version of something though so I held off. Can’t wait for the second one.
I usually have the same rule, but I still bought this at launch because it's sort of not their first version. It's basically a Steam Machine 2 and Steam Controller 2 put together. Their other hardware (especially the Index) has all been great, even if some of it is niche, so anything they release is basically a day one buy for me now. They're focused on the Index 2 right now, so we probably won't see a Steam Deck 2 until 2026 at least. If you don't want to wait that long, I'd buy a Steam Deck 1 now during one of the sales.
I love my steamdeck because it's comfortable and basically wide open for customization. Had a couple junk emulation handheld devices before the deck, always had odd hardware/firmware issues. The emulation community basically went all in on this hardware/os and it's in a great place. For emulation alone this thing is a staple now in the community, it's here to last. PC games are just a bonus 😂
Getting one soon so I'm just mildly hype torturing myself by watching reviews and yours is by far the best in terms of increasing my hype for it.
For me, the deck has been perfect. I had a gaming PC, but then I accepted a job overseas and was unable to take my gaming PC with me initially. So to still have access to my steam library even with thousands of miles away, has been very comforting.
I was able to bring a steam dock and some accessories, so I basically have a desktop setup that is home away from home. While I love my Switch, there's no denying that the plethora of steam games makes this an indispensable part of my travel tech.
People say the steam deck is not worth it. This kinda hurts my feelings, because for I had a blast with that machine for the last 12 months. I had so much fun. Money can't buy that.
And I think people can still have a similar experience with the deck now.
You can play Starfield on it. Something that Bethesda deemed to be not possible on the ps4. And still it running on deck ...
The device is cheap, the games are cheap, you can easily upgrade/repair it and valve is standing behind it. They do their best to give us the best experience on that power level. This is outstanding. Admirable...
That being said ... I got myself a Rog ally and I love that machine too 😅
I agree with you, you can't anticipate the fun the deck brings
Me and every friend that owns one has tried it, went "alright cool", put it aside for a lil while and then got back into it. After that break, we used it as our main device ever since.
It's lovely, fun, good enough and just works
The ROG is better
I just gotten my hands on a Steam Deck recently and it's just awesome. My kid has always wanted me to be by her side while she watches TH-cam until her bedtime, so I was only able to scroll through my own phone & unable to game on my desktop PC at the living room. I can now play my games with the Steam Deck while accompanying her by her side. She even watches my gameplay at times too.
The steam deck really brought forward the handhald market by a large margin. Before there were slight improvements with the new version of the handheld but are more typically emulation devices. Now some are able to run wii u, ps2 resource demanding games at roughly the same cost of devices back then that could only run small amounts of n64 games.
I'm hype for a handheld being shipped out in November the GPD Win Mini. It is the size of two switches (without joycon) stacked together or bigger than a 3ds xl.
Hell yeah, i'm hoping it incentivizes companies like Nintendo and Sony, maybe Microsoft too to take the market seriously, it's insane how few crumbs we've been getting since the Vita.
“Handheld”
Hope you don't get the GPD with a faulty battery. They did that with Win 2 and refused to replace the battery. Never buying from GPD again because of it.
@@CraWleRLT knock on wood for me 🪵so I don't get the experience
LOL delusion
great video a lot of effort went into this wishing you success
Thank you 🙂
My deck gets a lot of use at home as my bed/nightstand wind down console.
I think the Steam Deck is the best gaming system I've ever purchased. It has allowed to bring more games with me when I have to be on the road and the experience is really good with doing the "hand off" between the Deck and my home PC just like you mentioned. I got the Tom Toc case for the Steam Deck and I think while it was a bit expensive, its perfect because it holds a controller, batter pack, the original power chord, and has a good divider to keep the Steam Deck from sliding around.
yeap, size is really what killed it for me, ended up with gpd win4 instead which actually goes in a pocket (and has twice the performance as a bonus) good use of real estate is make or break.
Great editing skills and story telling!! loved the recap! greetings from the land of cheese and chocolate and TAXES 🧀🧀
Just received my deck 3 days ago and must say... It looks like the only way forward for the gaming industry, is a true delight for these hands to hold.
Thats true. Home gaming will die out, especially desktop gaming with a mouse and keyboard
@@SWOTHDRA I love my Steam Deck, but desktop gaming won't die out. Portable gaming may become enough for most people, but there will always be a niche wanting the higher performance ceiling of non-portable hardware, the large number of bindings you can only do with keyboards (important for flight sims), and large screens. There are a large number of games I've ruled off of playing on my Deck because the experience is too much of a downgrade from my desktop PC.
I got my Steam Deck 3 months ago and so far I'm pretty happy with it. Before, the only thing I had to play games on was a switch and the Deck enabled me to get to play some games I knew were good but that just weren't available to me before. It has it's little kinks here and there but all in all I'm just happy that I didn't have to invest in a whole gaming rig and am still able to play most high end games on it. The portability is another bonus, especially for a switch owner :)
Love your videos! I'd watch any video you'd make about the Steam Deck OLED and the Nuphy Air V2 lineup. Just bought these and I am curious to hear your take on the improvements
Thank you so much! 🙂 The Switch OLED sure is tempting to get 😅
Had it for one full year and after escaping the switch-only ecosystem, had time to explore and enjoy all those timeless/legendary last gen titles too powerful for the switch like Death Stranding, Apex Legends, Resident Evil 2+3, Monster Hunter World and The Outer Worlds, as well as open me up to TONS of incredible indie games ive never heard of before!
This was the entry level PC I've been dreaming of. I finally feel like me and my group of friends are IN SYNC with what games we can all play, now that we don't have to pay some ridiculous online subscription for multiplayer 🍻
This is a great video. My gaming laptop died about 7 years ago and i never bought a new one because i was broke at the time. When i did have money i just couldnt justify buying a new one since i already had a ps4 with alot of games and also felt like it would be waste because i wasn't gonna use the pc side of it at all. I really missed all the games you could play on steam compared to ps. And also all the sales. This is a great combination of pc and console gaming. Hopefully it goes on sale for black friday. If not ill still buy it
I agree very much with you in the size argument. I have rather large hands and no problem with grip, however the weight of the device bothers me. It is especially noticable when lying in bed and trying to play something. My arms get sore pretty quick and I have to change positions frequently. Using a Switch afterwards makes you appreciate the low weight of it a lot more. I always ask myself, is there any way (and even if it involves black magic) to reduce the weight, or at least felt weight of the deck? It is the only thing holding me back from using it a lot more.
I have had mine for over a year and have played the absolute living christ out of the steam deck. Gives me so much time to game where otherwise I wouldn't with a full time job and family. The backlog I had once given up on has had a massive chunk taken out of it.
high quality content as always!
Thank you 🙏 🙂
I'm definitely gonna pick one up one day as I currently don't own a laptop and having a steam deck and portable monitor + a mouse and keyboard will be the solution I've been waiting for, for both productivity and gaming. (In a portable sense)
Just got mine, such a great portable gsme comsole! ❤
Another thing on the deck's prize that doesn't get talked about often is the fact that it comes with your steam library included.
That is such a no brainer but it makes a big impact, I have more than 100 games on steam and 80% of those are playable on the deck, at least!
While the Steam Deck is double the upfront cost of a switch, With just 5-6 switch games it will cost the same as my deck. Also I will need to rebuy a lot of games that I already enjoy on pc for the switch, like Skyrim (happy todd noises).
The deck is fantastic. We owe it for creating and drivinbg this segment :D
8:06 I love how you started using your computer like a some Playstation 1 NPC, in the background, there
(or... More precisely... Like characters while hacking in X-perts on megadrive)
It's been an amazing couple of years or so, almost 2 years. I am starting to run into some issues with games I want not working, like Returnal, Lords of the fallen, starfield, and Remnant 2. I'm going to get the Legion Go, but keep the deck since it is still a masterpiece of a handheld.
all of your example games should run, albeit with low fps, on the deck according to protondb
my deck did that once, googled some stuff and reset it 18 times and it came back alive and worked great since
I bought this through a friend from France (in CH too) for my daughter and she gets great use out of it! Good video!
Thank you! 🙂
Great video, really enjoyed it.
Thank you so much 😊
Ordered my deck on the 20th still waiting for it but just had an update it's leaving the Netherlands and should I'm hoping be in the UK Saturday
Thoughts on steam deck OLED?
Really nice video.
Love the way tou present and arrenge the video.
But why cant i go higher resolution ?
Thank you 🙇 the video should be available in 4K, I don't know why you don't see that option though 🤔
wow man, i really like your smooth style of editing and all your fonts u use!!!! And wtf, you have only 19k subs? Man, you deserve a million mininum!
Thank you so much, working on getting more subs 😅
Careful when comparing colors on the Switch OLED and VibrantDeck. By default, the Switch OLED is set to "Vivid" colors and yields unaccurate boosted colors. Once set to "Standard", color accuracy is much closer to reference and this is what you should be comparing it to using VibrantDeck.
just sold my switch oled month ago with all of my games, and somehow it enough to purchase the deck OLED
and I agree, it felt a lil bit big and bulky for someone who already has accustomed carrying switch
Got mine Q2 during initial release and I still love mine. Been using it to play my PS5 remotely, also. Dope little machine.
Lol you are ahead of PlayStation at this point 😂 that handheld they are coming out with is made to do exactly what you used the steam deck for 😂 it's basically a remote player
@@dark12ain ya, I saw that device. PS dropped the ball producing that. Granted their display will prolly be better but, damn, with the such high demand for a new Vita or a new PSP, why not put the energy into that tech? I don’t get it.
I think of that case as the Deck's shipping case, not a case for general use. There are much smaller cases that make the thing way more portable.
one thing i still have trouble with is in fact the size. i mean for what it is, its an awesome device, and the first thing i did with my 64gb version was install a 1tb ssd. that with sd options i have no storage issues, and it cost me less than the 512 version.
I hold my steam deck like a stuffed animal while I sleep.
That case is solid, I also just leave it in bed and occasionally grab onto it lmao
Hi, sorry if this question has been answered but I would like to buy the steamdeck to play games with my partner with a PC. Can we use one steam account to play the same game or do we need to purchase it twice on different accounts to login and play together?
Nice "mixed bag" video, and I too tend to leave my Deck at home too often. 😅
I still have the very same opinion as day one though:
- The APU isn't powerful enough, and not just because development got delayed by two years. It probably should have 6 cores, not just 4, but the real issue is the GPU which should be 1080p level and not just 720p for both those who use it on 1080p but most notably to have a bit of buffer - min. performance levels required haven't changed much since 2015, and likely won't in the near future either, but barely reaching them from the get-go is a mistake. As it is, it needs active community and Steam / Valve support, possibly including developments kits and titles, to keep it alive.
- Hall Effect Sensor Joysticks should have been provided from the start.
- The Deck should have been designed for docking, and with USB-C + PCIe 8x + SATA at that. This way you could do quick switching in between console and PC mode, possible even with a different OS and an eGPU. The dock should also have added to the cooling to allow for the Deck to run full power in desktop mode. Sure you could argue that the Deck is a console, but I still feel it a waste that despite being to close to cover both console and PC mode they fell short due to simply connectivity.
- The Deck should not have used multiple partitions since it wastes available space, and especially not using BTRFS due to its sensitivity in case of a crash / low power hard shutdown.
- The Linux provided should have come with a "limited rights safe" user account / profiles if switching to desktop mode, that only provided access to standard applications and options, while allowing adding full multiple full-rights accounts / profiles using chroot. This way the Deck is protected against accidental OS damage, but still provide all features and options instead of the mixed one account bag you have now.
- The display used it wasting space especially regarding its borders.
- There is enough free space for bigger form factor M.2 SSDs. Only allowing the small ones limits capacity and drives the price up - a bad concept, since many switched theirs out.
Omg seeing the original PS logo boot up on this lol, I want one!!
The updated deck has a pop out liner for the case to make it more streamlined for packing, seems like a good option
I just got my deck, i primarily use it in desktop mode as most of the games i have do not have controller support, but compared to my old pc it's great.
Handheld wise its a bit uncomfortable, but i have small hands so thats primarily why.
Thanks for the video! Super cool! I have a question for the creator or anyone who owns one of these, how about games that are mouse dependent? How does these two little trackpads work for that?
Thank you! Much appreciated 🙂
Regarding the trackpads, I haven't really used them all that much. Most games I play are fine with the controller, people seem to a bit split about them though. Some love it, some hate it. I think they work surprisingly well in the desktop environment but are gonna take some time to get used to in games.
I like how it's going and my pc is very old already... I hope to get one in 1-2 years because I find it a bit too expensive for my budget right now. I hope by then there's been a renewed specs version!
I bought one in may 2023, I received it in 8 days and one more in September, I received in 5 days. The model from September has the new internal black cover, some more thermal past on the board and a different fan.
I can run my games with the tdp on 12W without hearing the fan. The older one I could only put 9W before hearing the fan on the same game
Thinking about getting a steam deck. On the fence of getting a lcd or oled. I have a switch oled use it regularly for roguelikes. I will try some aaa games if I get the deck like red dead and hogwarts. Which one would you recommend? 550 is a lot of cheddar
I would avoid getting the LCD version now that the OLED is out. Even though I never saw one in person, but from what I heard it's an overall better device.
I've had my Steam Deck for 13 months and it allowed me to get so much more gaming done. I was beating games left and right. It's also a god tier emulation machine. PS2 and PS3 performance is fantastic on this thing.
It is starting to fall behind a bit though. Some recent games have looked a little too ugly for me to want to play on the Steam Deck. Games like RE4 Remake and Lies of P.
They're still 100% playable but I ended up going back to my PC for most releases this year.
I'd buy a new Steam Deck model in a heartbeat, hoping that announcement is right around the corner. The current size is an issue but I do find it comfortable at least.
I love the size of the steamdeck. I makes it comfortable to hold for longer play sessions
I travel the road most of the year, the Steam Dexk has been a god send. So freaking awesome
I've got my deck last year in june and I've seperated my library into a desktop and a deck section
And I'm just switching between the two depending on what I want to play, or when there are evenings where the kids aren't sleeping to good, I don't want to leave my desktop running, the deck got that super cool sleep option
And biggest advantage is portability in the house and garden
I just love it and I'll get the Deck 2 for sure
Same, i made a category titled 'deck' and put side scrollers in it, action adventure, jrpgs, even some shooters and stealth games like postal 2 and metal gear solid 5, and all the games im emulating
Just something point out, the saturation can be done on any LCD screen, heck I can even do that on PSvita. So the key advantage of OLED is the contrast and the pure blacks which CANNOT be done on a LCD due to it having a backlight
Bought a steam deck during the first sale. I'm already hoping to make it part of my central desk setup. It's not going away anytime soon for me
I bought a Steam Deck a few months ago. I bought it to play games on the go, as more as a hobby toy then anything. I think its really great. Its basically a GameBoy for adults. As far as this thing being your only gaming kit, I think if you are a hard core triple A game gamer that likes 1st person shooters you won't use this. Its plays all the older games great but newer games it struggles. I still love this for my older steam games and newer casual games like Dredge.
Hmm, I suspect those are RAM sticks perpendicular to the GPU block at 8:00. Have you moved your PC out of the Meshlicious? Or am I too eager to see another PC related video?
That is some knowledgeable observation 👏 it has been moved, there will be a video about it next month (I hope 🤔) but long story short, water leak and a fried mainboard 😬
@@CheeseTurbulence jeez. The things we do to make our PC cool, but they don’t always go our way.
It's always sad when electronics break to such issues.
But I'm certain it'll make for an interesting video, your project and videos have a very unique style, which is what draws me to the channel.
Thankfully I haven't had things outright break, but so many of my electronics were glitchy and hard to debug.
My PC for example has an APU with a weak memory controller, had to drop it's RAM speed from 3200MHz to 3000MHz to solve random and inconsistent crashes.
And my Unicomp New Model M keyboard, ooh boy does it have issues, both with the controller and matrix. Though I'm receiving a full warranty replacement on Monday.
The only thing that hasn't been giving me any trouble is my now 6 year old phone, which I am still using for this reason. Android 7 and all.
7:16 I find that valid, because that's me with everything I own lol. Less used clothes, get buried underneath frequently used ones. And with the DS that I painstakingly homebrewed, just to find myself playing the same library with my phone just because it was what I was holding at the time.
Bruh, that claymore sfx surprised me😂😂😂
For me I'm waiting for the Steamdeck 2 and hoping it has USB4v2 because PCIe 4 x4, also hoping for at least 6 cores because I just want to use it as my main PC with an eGPU it would suit me perfectly so that like you said a Switch like experience, although that would need GPU hotpluging, but if they managed that like it would be better than the switch because it's a full PC which you can connect upto a keyboard, mouse and monitor use it like a desktop then as long as you were not using the eGPU just pull the cable and go.
For games where you can switch the GPU on the fly you can even just toggle it to the internal GPU and go.
Well put together video although your portability criticism is kind of convoluted imo but you addressed that as well. Nice work 👍🏾
Thank you 🙂
Is the deck a good option for someone who wants to be able to play steam games casually and occasionally do some web browsing and word/excel? Wondering if this could be a good option for my gf or if she should just get a $500-$600 PC for gaming
I primarily use it for emulation so far it’s the best but triple A I’m leaning more towards something powerful Lenovo looks promising
Very impressive production
Thank you so much, very much appreciated 🙂
Love the deck. Its my home gaming device. My nintendo oled is my travel device. Lying in bed at night or on the couch playing MMORPG's is a dream for me.
Best gaming purchase I've ever made. $400 for a handheld that, with $25 in cables I could quickly hook it to my gaming monitor and then unplug and continue at work. This alone would be worth the price.
But it's EmuDeck that makes this the best tech purchase ever.
Great video. I love my deck!
Im loving it till now !!!
mine is still going strong. when i bought it i had a specific use-type for it, meaning priority to battery life, so i use mine for retro/indie type stuff, low demanding, think signalis darkest dungeon disco elysium fran bow the ori game etc.
getting 5 hours or so of play time on the go makes the device a blessing.
side note, not sure if anyone can help but after the most recent stable channel update, the right trackpad and thumbstick have stopped working, but only for OS navigation, they work fine in game and also work when using the "test device inputs" function.
anyone else has this issue or know a fix?