Small note, the main problem with running windows on a microsd card is not the raw speeds, but the amount of reads/writes it does on the drive. Sd cards are prone to wearing down due to heavy utilization, and running an os really tests it.
Samsung and Sandisk have "high endurance" SD cards for heavy write purposes, only downsides is that they tend not to be the fastest cards on the market (your mileage may vary)
Not only that but Steam OS uses Ext4 like any other Linux distro, and that is faster in some cases than NTFS, besides the fact that it is hard to get data fragmentation
"and running an os really tests it" Yeah, and linux is particularly well suited here, as it's highly customizable. For example, you can tell Linux not to write changes to disk immediately, but rather to cache them in memory and write them periodically. This of course has the danger of data loss in the case of an unexpected power outage, but on the Steam Deck which is battery powered this should be no issue.
Why I loaded mine onto my 1 tb internal. I upgraded the SSD, partitioned for windows and just dual boot. Idk why sooo many folks were pushing SD card. I thought that was crazy.
I always skip past ads too, but not for Bob. His is usually pretty entertaining. He included his dad in one not long ago. Arlo is another one I'll watch the ads for, but not as consistently as Bob's.
I personally use a cheap dock, and I put the steam deck in desktop mode.... Then I go into the display settings to make my TV the primary screen and just disable the steam deck screen while docked. I set the resolution in this as well to 1920x1080 then I launch Steam and open big picture mode and its been a pretty decent experience. the games run at 1920x1080 and looks good doing it.
@@Zinkolo weird cuz that's all I do is just go to desktop mode. And open Up steam big picture mode. Works on both stable and beta OS atleast this has been the case for my wife and myself we both have steam decks. Is your steam deck fully up to date? , have you tried checking for updates on the Steam client as well for the desktop ?
The most useful Steam Deck feature would definitely be having a portable Linux out and about. Crazy to see how powerful and convenient technology has progressed just in past few years.
It's pretty awesome. I can pull my usb powered audio interface for music recording out of my bag, plug it directly into the deck, load up Guitarix and plug my guitar in, and suddenly the steamdeck is a portable guitar amp/amp modeler. (usb interface I have is a Behringer UM2)
I just got my Deck last week and there definitely is a learning curve. This thing can do so many things that it can be easy to get overwhealmed if you try to do too much at once. It's only gotten better and better the more I've gotten used to the control layout and I'm still continually impressed with how many things run smoothly, from PS2 and PS3 emulation to "unsupported" steam games just working without any extra tweaks. I'm using it every day and finding new fun things each day.
I love the way you run ads on this channel. They're super entertaining and funny. I normally fast forward through them on other channels but they're can't miss here.
Hey Bob. I’ve seen people boot into windows with a micro SD card on the deck! I think Deck Ready is a channel that has done it. Because they wanted to play destiny 2 on the deck.
@@ultraokletsgo I woulda just skipped the step of calling him deckless and just gone with maidenless bob cause obviously the two are integral to each other.
FYI regarding the shortcuts: you can use both the "STEAM" and the "..." buttons. So for the D-Pad shortcuts you would use your right hand to hold down "...".
Absolutely love the Steam Deck so far. I do have two SD cards, one for Steam games, one for emulation. Switching them on the fly is amazing, as it takes roughly 3-5 seconds for the Deck to recognize the newly inserted card, and display the right games. I recently took the Steam Deck and a dongle to friends. 4 People, 1 Steam Deck, 3 Xbox360 controllers, and a PS4 controller, and a whole lot of Mario Kart Double Dash. We wanted to play Steam games as well, but once you start up Mario Kart... ^^
@@1995pieter Emulators (there are MANY video that explain how to get them on the Steam Deck), and then you get yourself a multi-adapter (USB-c to multiple USB 2.0/3.0 . Plug in multiple controllers, configure the Emulator, and done! Sounds more complicated than it is, trust me!
@@RenegadeCactus thank you friend! I have searched and know now the gist of it. could you only help me with one more thing? where do you safely get your roms? no video or whatever want to go into that. man before this I doubted if I made a good decision to reserve a steam deck but after what you said I know its will bring a lot of nostalgia with friends and housemates
The things I love the most about the Steam Deck is in the likes of games like Jedi Fallen Order where I couldn't get a good solid 60FPS, that I could just go into the desktop mode and just change the .ini files in a manner that lets me optimize a bit better for the game, while still maintaining a great set of graphic settings that look gorgeous still on the Deck. Things like that, I wish were more common in console environments, like I would have loved if GoW HD on the PS Vita had a performance mode that prioritized framerate, or even let me try find a balance. Not like I'm going to be damaging my unit by changing the settings, if I bung up the game, just delete and reinstall in worst case scenarios. Or modding, like the GTA games all prior to V have had songs removed due to licensing, but you can restore the files if you had them backed up pre-2018 on the Deck, while I know that you can still play the disk variants that have all the songs unedited on consoles, if you're going the digital route on any of them, you are not going to get the full lineup on any of those games bar V. The only complaint I have about the Steam Deck is the effects it's had on my sleep ;-; but atleast I'm able to actually find time to finish games that are in the backlog for what seems to be an endless amount of time.
5:56 Changing the controller order is something that does set game focused devices like this apart from competitors that just slap an existing desktop or mobile OS on to their devices. Such a feature should have long been a part of all Linux window managers anyways. For that matter Windows & MacOS too.
You can dual boot windows from the ssd if you want. You can boot a usb, resize the last partition on the ssd and then install windows on the new empty partition. There's even a custom bootloader so you can get a nice steamos/windows selector on boot. It's amazing to see the community so dedicated to get things working on this thing :)
I really look forward to the Valve Steam Dock. I figure it will just be cleaner than the other options that are available. I can’t wait to have that experience. I been working on using the desktop more but it’s a bit difficult for me to adjust to it since it’s my first time using Linux and I just got my steam deck yesterday afternoon
@@versatilelord8893 Ooh that’s a tough one! I’d say the portability by far goes to the ayn Odin, battery life will be pretty similar and the only thing really is the operating system. I have about average to small hands and the steam deck isn’t an issue at all for me in terms of weight or feel. I’ll say for the majority of games that I want to play, retro games I’d pick something the Ayn Odin. Steam Deck is great for me as I play a lot of the GameCube titles and even ds and gameboy look good plus the occasional steam game that’s why I picked it plus the price was a lot better for me and in terms of how I travel it’s not too big a hassle. I will say it’s not pocket friendly though 😂 so if you’re on the fence I’d write a list of the games you want to play immediately look at scaling options and what resolution you’d want them in and go from there. If you don’t mind having a larger device that can also handle your steam library that’s the way to go but if you’re mostly a retro gamer go for ayn Odin plus if you have a good pc you can stream to the ayn Odin with moonlight or steam link :) I don’t have a computer so the Steam Deck is my desktop
While the Steam Deck is not a full switch replacement in every way I feel like the switch walked so Steam Deck could run. And it only gets better from here! :)
The Steam button shortcuts also work with the “…” button, so that weird grip you did for Enter, ESC etc, isn’t really needed, you can just do it two handed.
Resolution scaling can be fixed when you launch games on steam from the Linux desktop mode! Just remember to switch it back before going to handheld because it will not go back to 1280x800 on its own.
4:55 - 6:07 all those featurs are already part of Steam input pc so for those who uses steam you can do it on steam app too and even remap the controller buttons per game just as you could on deck also I think generic gamepad support is a toggleble feature as it is on steam pc
Bob not only has some of the best content in general but his ads are probably some of the most entertaining of any content creator I've seen. Plus he and I share a top-tier papaw name so that's a bonus.
The "ShamWow" style ad WAS GREAT!!! I actually laughed at that, that had me going, I enjoy the way you do your "ads/sponsorship", it's good content. Your friend BeatEmUps has good "ads" too, but your's are #1 when it comes to making them goofy & borderline nostalgic (at least for me anyways, as I grew up seeing that dude every night staying up late on like Adult Swim or something!!)!! Keep up the good work, both you & your friend BeatEmUps!!!
If you want to play in a higher resolution you need to go into desktop mode and then launch the game. But the controller issue proceeds to exists since its you no longer have to the option to change main controller and steam has yet to release that function on the desktop mode or just steam desktop in general. And if you want to launch for example spotify in game mode just go into desktop mode and inside steam add non steam game and it will then show up in game mode.
for those wondering you can listen to spotify if you set up the browser as a non steam app in game mode. the game mode allows fr multiple games and applications to run at the same time.
SteamOS is not proprietary people have already taken the code for it and made a pseudo steamos that you can install on any System since you can't do that with the official one as of now. You can listen to Spotify and play games, you need to get the desktop app from the Discovery Store when on the desktop mode. Then added as a non-steam game, then when back in game mode launch it hit play on whatever music you want and hit the steam button and switch back to the library and logic gate they will both run. This works with Discord and other apps hope this helps
the steam deck is the future of gaming, at least to me it finally bridges the gap of console being easily accessible to the consumer and pc being easily accessible to the developer also it runs linux which is very based
Great video! But I'm greatly disappointed by the lack of mentioning anything about Steam Input and how it lets you remap literally any input with tons of different options for any controller.
Didn't even think I'd use them but being able to use gyro and/or touchpad for aiming in first person on a portable is surprisingly useful! And you can use them on pretty much every game unlike the switch :)
@@RKramer105 I've been using a steam controller for years and trying to convince people how great this is is so frustrating. People just don't believe you till they try it for themselves. I'm excited for the steam deck to give people that opportunity. Also having the screen on the controller makes gyro feel a little more natural as well.
@@Ticktok_of_Oz yeah for me it's one of the strongest part of the stream deck since most other consoles has almost no controller configuration. 8bitdo is good too. Wish it would be possible to do macros on steam deck. Like choosing how long time between each subcommand when you have several subcommand after each other, otherwise it's flawless
I'm enjoying your Steam Deck coverage, but it's a little frustrating since it has a lot of either outdated, or slightly wrong information. 1. You can install "Windows To Go" on an SD card and dual boot like that, instead of having both OSs on the same drive. 2. You can use external GPUs on Steam OS, as long as they are not Nvidia, Windows is not needed. 3. You can listen to Spotify on gaming mode. Just add the Spotify client or a web browser as a non-steam program, and open it within gaming mode.
@@couchman-sw6jy Yeah, but when you want to use the Deck as it's supposed to be used, you have to change everything again. Then your SSD is still outside the Deck because you couldn't use as usual. The M.2 slot was taken of course. That's just too much of a hassle.
U can use Spotify while gaming by just adding Spotify as a non steam game launching it, chose ur favorite song. Then pressing the home button head over to ur library to launch ur favorite game. If u wanne change song u can just pres the home button en head over to Spotify. Works seamlessly. I wish they could add a quick shortcut tho to skip or rewind a track.
6:53 You can also use the QAM (3 dots) button instead of the steam button for these shortcuts - it’s a little easier than awkwardly adjusting your grip
@@CyberDruga hahahahaha bro stop just stop youre cracking me up. Going through these comments seeing you act like this is a W for linux. This is valves effort and community, not linux. All one needs to do is engage with any of the popular distros to see how god awful desktop linux community is. Stay in your fucking hole.
You absolutely can launch programs like Discord or Spotify while in-game, just set them up as non-steam games and once your actual game is running, hit the steam button and launch them from your library. Yes, the deck can multitask in game mode! Also, you can use the Steam Deck as a bluetooth audio skink for your phone and play whatever audio you want on your phone through your Steam Deck.
@xones4864 i wanted one but the price was a lil too high for a whim, so i waited til the oled version was coming out and then re-checked fb marketplace. I got one nice and cheap from someone who wanted the oled, but his wife said he had to sell his current one first 😂 He listed it for less so it would sell quicker and he could buy the oled
EMUDeck is fairly easy to use. It will import your roms/iso as a non steam game and attach it to a category with the appropriate console. It can also load emulation station as a stand alone app for all your retroarch titles.
Just got my steamdeck, downloaded emudeck, but I cant find where to download games and how and where to put them. 😅 do you have a link or something to help me ?
@@allexiaforget7373I think Retro Game Corps has a guide out for set up. As for game files, I use my own ISOs/Roms from games I own. Finding games online is difficult because it's like downloading copyrighted films. Best of luck with your hunt on the high seas mate.
Correction: SteamOS isn't proprietary since it based on arch linux which means SteamOS will/is open source or they are violating the license of arch linux
@@edrelaquino7041 honestly tho as a long time arch user i wish they had some kind of dev mode where you can use pacman and the aur without changes being overwritten every update
@@hylianchampion7713 true. Disappointed to see that you can't use aur and pacman but I hope steamOS will make more devs support linux as a whole. I use arch btw also 😜
The Steam Deck is a masterpiece mine arrived the other day. All I'm doing is playing Elden Ring and I'm 100% happy and there's SO MUCH more to do with it.
If you did not know. You CAN actually install Windows on a MicroSD card and just plop it in and boot up. You have to do some work before hand and pre-copy over all the drivers. It will also default to Windows on boot while the SD card is in the System. But if you ever want to go back to SteamOS you can either specify on boot or just take out the SD card. There's a good video tutorial by GameTechPlanet called "Steam Deck - How to Install & Run Windows on a Micro SD Card ( COMPLETE GUIDE )" that walks you through how to do it.
Here is a suggestion. Try to get a NAS drive working on it from another computer. That way you can add a lot of storage without swapping Micro SD cards. It should work well with roms and steam games that aren't too large. Might be worth testing the limits as I'm sure Wi-Fi and larger games might be a issue.
This will probably work just fine on desktop mode connected to a dock with wherever, but I don't think the nas drive will show up in game mode unfortunately.
I can confirm dual 1440p screens just pluggin them out of the box. I have two Dell U2719DC monitors, the deck can connect to them using the USB-C input on the monitor and the monitors link togheter using DP ports. The deck can handle them correctly with no issues.
I don't know if it's intentional or not but your little commercial you did reminded me of the commercials on rick and morty interdimensional cable lol.
I personally believe Gabe and company struck gold with the Steam Deck. I pre ordered the original 512gb LCD and just recently upgraded to the OLED and man, what a versatile handheld. From PS5, Xbox remote play and streaming, to emulation, to it working with other launchers(with some tinkering). Im 100% sold on it.
At 6:52 I see you having problems with Pressing Steam+Down/Left/Right, however I've found that the "..." options button does the same thing if held down. So you can Either do Steam+Down or "..."+Down, it should be the same thing. "..."+Left Joistick up/down for brightness much more comfortable than Steam+Joystick. That's what I found. If held down, they are basically the same modifier and await a 2nd input.
4:15 In case it hasn't been said before, with regard to game resolution being locked to 800p, before launching a game of you go to Gear icon > Properties > Resolution and change it from Default to Native, it'll allow you to set your resolution in game.
I gotta say the sponsors parts of wulff den are the only sponsor clips i watch all over youtube. you guys put so much love into this shit it might throw a baby at some point. peter mckinnon, snazzylabs, linus can all get rekt in comparison.
FYI regarding your comment on Win10 on a MicroSD, I actually did exactly what you're talking about and setup a 2nd 1TB MicroSD card with Win10 on it. I'm using it solely to run GamePass games. It works pretty flawlessly actually, best method is to use Rufus to do an actual pre-install of Windows, to the card, then boot to it directly from the Deck's bootloader option. That way the Windows install process won't totally break the bootloader for the Steam Deck during install, as it's already installed to the card and just needs to run through first time setup at that point. The Deck does bog quite a bit upon first boot, as does any windows machine... windows defender plus updates equals slow time central especially since MicroSD cards don't agree with Microsoft's hardcore fetish for constant random writes. But once defender finishes it's thing and all your updates are installed, it actually works pretty well at running GamePass games. The only caveat I've found is that Windows UWP games don't do a great job of recognizing the Deck's controller, especially the sticks off the bat. I found a 3rd-party utility however that allows you to add individual UWP apps/games to allow the controller to passthrough correctly. So basically you have to manually whitelist each gamepass game in that manner, but after that controller support works fine.
You mentioned the inability to have a music app in the background if you're playing in gaming mode, but I've been able to run two games at once in gaming mode. So it should just be a matter of adding your spotify or web browser as a non-steam app and launching both the music app and a game while in gaming mode. When you're running two games or apps at once, I think you can switch between them via the steam button menu, it just shows two app names at the top of the menu. It shows a warning when you're about to launch two games at once, suggesting that you close the other game first.
I'm on the edge of making my purchase for tunic I've played Zelda's before similar to what I've heard this game was like but I need an opinion, should I pick this game up?
I am enjoying connecting my SD to a projector via HDMI. Having the projector near my gaming PC (in my study) was never very convenient. Now I can quickly set up a portable projector anywhere and use the SD as a controller for big screen gaming.
You can install Windows to a SD card the only issue is that it might be as slow as a HDD and will degrade the sd card faster due to constantly reading and writing.
Wouldn't it be better to just install windows on the m.2 and have steamOS on the SD cards? Maybe someone can create magnet backs so the back can easily pop off to swap out the m.2 if you really wanted to use that instead
My experience with people 4 years ago: - Hey, you can install Linux on a PS4 and game on it. - "Nah, too inconvenient and incompatible" My experience with people today: - Hey, you could simply keep Linux and use this device as it's designed, like a console. - "No, I want Windows on this, even if it's inconvenient and incompatible" Honestly, fine, use whatever you want however you want, I'll be doing the same anyway..
Small note, the main problem with running windows on a microsd card is not the raw speeds, but the amount of reads/writes it does on the drive. Sd cards are prone to wearing down due to heavy utilization, and running an os really tests it.
Samsung and Sandisk have "high endurance" SD cards for heavy write purposes, only downsides is that they tend not to be the fastest cards on the market (your mileage may vary)
Not only that but Steam OS uses Ext4 like any other Linux distro, and that is faster in some cases than NTFS, besides the fact that it is hard to get data fragmentation
"and running an os really tests it" Yeah, and linux is particularly well suited here, as it's highly customizable. For example, you can tell Linux not to write changes to disk immediately, but rather to cache them in memory and write them periodically. This of course has the danger of data loss in the case of an unexpected power outage, but on the Steam Deck which is battery powered this should be no issue.
Why I loaded mine onto my 1 tb internal. I upgraded the SSD, partitioned for windows and just dual boot. Idk why sooo many folks were pushing SD card. I thought that was crazy.
@@seeibe no layman is going to go through all that or even know to look for that sort of information.
Usually I skip ads or promos. But this one was really good, for some reason it got me some rick and morty vibes. It was really satisfying.
I thought I was the only one who thought of it that way 😅
immediately paused the ad to see if anyone else felt the R&M vibe too
Same
Dude, get a grip.
I always skip past ads too, but not for Bob. His is usually pretty entertaining. He included his dad in one not long ago.
Arlo is another one I'll watch the ads for, but not as consistently as Bob's.
I personally use a cheap dock, and I put the steam deck in desktop mode.... Then I go into the display settings to make my TV the primary screen and just disable the steam deck screen while docked. I set the resolution in this as well to 1920x1080 then I launch Steam and open big picture mode and its been a pretty decent experience. the games run at 1920x1080 and looks good doing it.
What dock do you use? I'm in the market and it's a minefield atm
I also love that it remembers your desktop setup, so if you plug back in it auto switches back to that layout.
How do you use big picture mode? Steam always crashes whenever I use Big picture mode in desktop on the steam desktop client...
I don't know why
@@Zinkolo weird cuz that's all I do is just go to desktop mode. And open Up steam big picture mode. Works on both stable and beta OS atleast this has been the case for my wife and myself we both have steam decks.
Is your steam deck fully up to date? , have you tried checking for updates on the Steam client as well for the desktop ?
@@neage7171 believe me it is lmao. I use beta. I tried stable too but it just sticks to 4k30 on game mode
8:17 if you add Spotify as a non steam game you can actually play music while playing your games in gaming mode
literally just paused to video to say the same thing :D
Woah
He always has some kind of "Problem" that's already fixed, I find it kinda funny tbh
The most useful Steam Deck feature would definitely be having a portable Linux out and about. Crazy to see how powerful and convenient technology has progressed just in past few years.
How did you get the wolf next to your name?
@@Kevinmageddon I'm a member
@@Kevinmageddon Money.
It's pretty awesome. I can pull my usb powered audio interface for music recording out of my bag, plug it directly into the deck, load up Guitarix and plug my guitar in, and suddenly the steamdeck is a portable guitar amp/amp modeler.
(usb interface I have is a Behringer UM2)
@@Ticktok_of_Oz Wait, do you need a physical amp thingy? I wanna try to use the Steam Deck as a portable amp!
I just got my Deck last week and there definitely is a learning curve. This thing can do so many things that it can be easy to get overwhealmed if you try to do too much at once. It's only gotten better and better the more I've gotten used to the control layout and I'm still continually impressed with how many things run smoothly, from PS2 and PS3 emulation to "unsupported" steam games just working without any extra tweaks. I'm using it every day and finding new fun things each day.
*overwhelmed
In the same boat as you my friend!
8:16 you can open multiple programmes in game mode. so you can listen to Spotify while playing a game
I love the way you run ads on this channel. They're super entertaining and funny. I normally fast forward through them on other channels but they're can't miss here.
You can use the three dots button for the Steam shortcuts as well. It makes the shortcuts for the d pad and left joystick easier to perform.
The technical term for that is the meatballs button.
Hey Bob. I’ve seen people boot into windows with a micro SD card on the deck! I think Deck Ready is a channel that has done it. Because they wanted to play destiny 2 on the deck.
Been loving the Deck Ready channel
Windows sucks balls on SD
This is why I'm so happy Bob finally got his deck! I knew he'd give us that quality content right away :-D
I was starting to call him deckless bob. glad to know he has a deck.
@@ultraokletsgo I woulda just skipped the step of calling him deckless and just gone with maidenless bob cause obviously the two are integral to each other.
Oooo yea he got the steam deck because he got fired from Nintendo now he is trying to trash it out
Having a deck is tight!
Bob decked the Deck haters.
FYI regarding the shortcuts: you can use both the "STEAM" and the "..." buttons. So for the D-Pad shortcuts you would use your right hand to hold down "...".
Thank you so much! How did I not know this?
yeah no more claw grip needed to adjust the brightness
Absolutely love the Steam Deck so far.
I do have two SD cards, one for Steam games, one for emulation.
Switching them on the fly is amazing, as it takes roughly 3-5 seconds for the Deck to recognize the newly inserted card, and display the right games.
I recently took the Steam Deck and a dongle to friends.
4 People, 1 Steam Deck, 3 Xbox360 controllers, and a PS4 controller, and a whole lot of Mario Kart Double Dash.
We wanted to play Steam games as well, but once you start up Mario Kart... ^^
holyshit 4 local co op with nintendo games like mario kart and smash bros work!?? how?
@@1995pieter Emulators (there are MANY video that explain how to get them on the Steam Deck), and then you get yourself a multi-adapter (USB-c to multiple USB 2.0/3.0 . Plug in multiple controllers, configure the Emulator, and done!
Sounds more complicated than it is, trust me!
@@RenegadeCactus thank you friend! I have searched and know now the gist of it. could you only help me with one more thing? where do you safely get your roms? no video or whatever want to go into that.
man before this I doubted if I made a good decision to reserve a steam deck but after what you said I know its will bring a lot of nostalgia with friends and housemates
The things I love the most about the Steam Deck is in the likes of games like Jedi Fallen Order where I couldn't get a good solid 60FPS, that I could just go into the desktop mode and just change the .ini files in a manner that lets me optimize a bit better for the game, while still maintaining a great set of graphic settings that look gorgeous still on the Deck.
Things like that, I wish were more common in console environments, like I would have loved if GoW HD on the PS Vita had a performance mode that prioritized framerate, or even let me try find a balance. Not like I'm going to be damaging my unit by changing the settings, if I bung up the game, just delete and reinstall in worst case scenarios.
Or modding, like the GTA games all prior to V have had songs removed due to licensing, but you can restore the files if you had them backed up pre-2018 on the Deck, while I know that you can still play the disk variants that have all the songs unedited on consoles, if you're going the digital route on any of them, you are not going to get the full lineup on any of those games bar V.
The only complaint I have about the Steam Deck is the effects it's had on my sleep ;-; but atleast I'm able to actually find time to finish games that are in the backlog for what seems to be an endless amount of time.
5:56 Changing the controller order is something that does set game focused devices like this apart from competitors that just slap an existing desktop or mobile OS on to their devices. Such a feature should have long been a part of all Linux window managers anyways. For that matter Windows & MacOS too.
You can dual boot windows from the ssd if you want. You can boot a usb, resize the last partition on the ssd and then install windows on the new empty partition. There's even a custom bootloader so you can get a nice steamos/windows selector on boot.
It's amazing to see the community so dedicated to get things working on this thing :)
Welcome to the Linux community brother. We do it because we can, and because it's fun!
@@CyberDruga hahahahaha
"Boot a USB". What do you mean.
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I really look forward to the Valve Steam Dock. I figure it will just be cleaner than the other options that are available. I can’t wait to have that experience. I been working on using the desktop more but it’s a bit difficult for me to adjust to it since it’s my first time using Linux and I just got my steam deck yesterday afternoon
I’m currently debating between the steam deck or the ayn Odin lol
@@versatilelord8893 Ooh that’s a tough one! I’d say the portability by far goes to the ayn Odin, battery life will be pretty similar and the only thing really is the operating system. I have about average to small hands and the steam deck isn’t an issue at all for me in terms of weight or feel. I’ll say for the majority of games that I want to play, retro games I’d pick something the Ayn Odin. Steam Deck is great for me as I play a lot of the GameCube titles and even ds and gameboy look good plus the occasional steam game that’s why I picked it plus the price was a lot better for me and in terms of how I travel it’s not too big a hassle. I will say it’s not pocket friendly though 😂 so if you’re on the fence I’d write a list of the games you want to play immediately look at scaling options and what resolution you’d want them in and go from there. If you don’t mind having a larger device that can also handle your steam library that’s the way to go but if you’re mostly a retro gamer go for ayn Odin plus if you have a good pc you can stream to the ayn Odin with moonlight or steam link :) I don’t have a computer so the Steam Deck is my desktop
It’s been a whole anime arc watching bob go from when he first got the steam deck to now
While the Steam Deck is not a full switch replacement in every way I feel like the switch walked so Steam Deck could run. And it only gets better from here! :)
@@RKramer105 genuine question, how isnt it a full replacement for the switch
@@xenn4985 well you cant play switch games online with it, the switch is a bit cheaper
@@zOOpygOOpert you absolutely can
@@xenn4985 fr? Online?
That Satisfy infomercial 👌🏻
In a world where manufacturers are no longer allowing end user repairs and modifications, the Steam Deck is a breath of fresh air.
The Steam button shortcuts also work with the “…” button, so that weird grip you did for Enter, ESC etc, isn’t really needed, you can just do it two handed.
Resolution scaling can be fixed when you launch games on steam from the Linux desktop mode! Just remember to switch it back before going to handheld because it will not go back to 1280x800 on its own.
4:55 - 6:07 all those featurs are already part of Steam input pc so for those who uses steam you can do it on steam app too and even remap the controller buttons per game just as you could on deck
also I think generic gamepad support is a toggleble feature as it is on steam pc
I love this guy. I find myself just re-watching his videos just because I know they are entertaining and great quality.
Bob not only has some of the best content in general but his ads are probably some of the most entertaining of any content creator I've seen. Plus he and I share a top-tier papaw name so that's a bonus.
The "ShamWow" style ad WAS GREAT!!!
I actually laughed at that, that had me going, I enjoy the way you do your "ads/sponsorship", it's good content.
Your friend BeatEmUps has good "ads" too, but your's are #1 when it comes to making them goofy & borderline nostalgic (at least for me anyways, as I grew up seeing that dude every night staying up late on like Adult Swim or something!!)!!
Keep up the good work, both you & your friend BeatEmUps!!!
If you want to play in a higher resolution you need to go into desktop mode and then launch the game. But the controller issue proceeds to exists since its you no longer have to the option to change main controller and steam has yet to release that function on the desktop mode or just steam desktop in general. And if you want to launch for example spotify in game mode just go into desktop mode and inside steam add non steam game and it will then show up in game mode.
Love the promo, I actually watched it all!
this is the best channel on TH-cam hands down. That ad was pure gold!
for those wondering you can listen to spotify if you set up the browser as a non steam app in game mode. the game mode allows fr multiple games and applications to run at the same time.
SteamOS is not proprietary people have already taken the code for it and made a pseudo steamos that you can install on any System since you can't do that with the official one as of now.
You can listen to Spotify and play games, you need to get the desktop app from the Discovery Store when on the desktop mode. Then added as a non-steam game, then when back in game mode launch it hit play on whatever music you want and hit the steam button and switch back to the library and logic gate they will both run. This works with Discord and other apps hope this helps
Really happy you corrected the information you put in your initial review.
This versatility this thing gives you is just amazing. This is a console that we can use for many years to come.
the steam deck is the future of gaming, at least to me
it finally bridges the gap of console being easily accessible to the consumer and pc being easily accessible to the developer also it runs linux which is very based
Great video! But I'm greatly disappointed by the lack of mentioning anything about Steam Input and how it lets you remap literally any input with tons of different options for any controller.
Didn't even think I'd use them but being able to use gyro and/or touchpad for aiming in first person on a portable is surprisingly useful! And you can use them on pretty much every game unlike the switch :)
@@RKramer105 I've been using a steam controller for years and trying to convince people how great this is is so frustrating. People just don't believe you till they try it for themselves. I'm excited for the steam deck to give people that opportunity. Also having the screen on the controller makes gyro feel a little more natural as well.
@@Ticktok_of_Oz yeah for me it's one of the strongest part of the stream deck since most other consoles has almost no controller configuration. 8bitdo is good too. Wish it would be possible to do macros on steam deck. Like choosing how long time between each subcommand when you have several subcommand after each other, otherwise it's flawless
I'm enjoying your Steam Deck coverage, but it's a little frustrating since it has a lot of either outdated, or slightly wrong information.
1. You can install "Windows To Go" on an SD card and dual boot like that, instead of having both OSs on the same drive.
2. You can use external GPUs on Steam OS, as long as they are not Nvidia, Windows is not needed.
3. You can listen to Spotify on gaming mode. Just add the Spotify client or a web browser as a non-steam program, and open it within gaming mode.
Windows on an SD is horrific
@@lolcat I agree, I just wrote it on my comment because he mentions on the video wanting to put windows on an SD card.
What do you mean with external GPUs?
Oh, are you talking about the M.2 slot? Really? I wouldn't count that. It's way too unpractical!
@@Deinorius you could easily use it at your desk
@@couchman-sw6jy Yeah, but when you want to use the Deck as it's supposed to be used, you have to change everything again.
Then your SSD is still outside the Deck because you couldn't use as usual. The M.2 slot was taken of course. That's just too much of a hassle.
U can use Spotify while gaming by just adding Spotify as a non steam game launching it, chose ur favorite song. Then pressing the home button head over to ur library to launch ur favorite game. If u wanne change song u can just pres the home button en head over to Spotify. Works seamlessly. I wish they could add a quick shortcut tho to skip or rewind a track.
what's funny is Bob released this immediately after the announcement for the SteamOS 3.2 update which adds a BUNCH of features
6:53 You can also use the QAM (3 dots) button instead of the steam button for these shortcuts - it’s a little easier than awkwardly adjusting your grip
I love how many things you should be able to fix on your own. So much better and more consumer friendly than other game companies!
That is the point of Linux brother. If you want to fix it, go right ahead.
@@CyberDruga hahahahaha bro stop just stop youre cracking me up. Going through these comments seeing you act like this is a W for linux.
This is valves effort and community, not linux. All one needs to do is engage with any of the popular distros to see how god awful desktop linux community is. Stay in your fucking hole.
@@xenn4985 wow, your opinion is worthless. Keep it up
@@CyberDruga Not as worthless as linux desktop though, so I'm sitting comfortably.
Hey maybe next year will be the one, lmao.
@@xenn4985 cool
You absolutely can launch programs like Discord or Spotify while in-game, just set them up as non-steam games and once your actual game is running, hit the steam button and launch them from your library. Yes, the deck can multitask in game mode!
Also, you can use the Steam Deck as a bluetooth audio skink for your phone and play whatever audio you want on your phone through your Steam Deck.
Useful feature 1: I don't have one.
Useful feature 2: Get one.
@@junglezone7323 Sure, if you wanna wait a Year for it to arrive ^^
@@xones4864 Better than taking chances with scalpers and bots.
Poor thing 😢
@xones4864 i wanted one but the price was a lil too high for a whim, so i waited til the oled version was coming out and then re-checked fb marketplace. I got one nice and cheap from someone who wanted the oled, but his wife said he had to sell his current one first 😂
He listed it for less so it would sell quicker and he could buy the oled
That sponsor ad was so good I had to watch it twice. Love it so much
EMUDeck is fairly easy to use. It will import your roms/iso as a non steam game and attach it to a category with the appropriate console. It can also load emulation station as a stand alone app for all your retroarch titles.
Just got my steamdeck, downloaded emudeck, but I cant find where to download games and how and where to put them. 😅 do you have a link or something to help me ?
@@allexiaforget7373I think Retro Game Corps has a guide out for set up. As for game files, I use my own ISOs/Roms from games I own. Finding games online is difficult because it's like downloading copyrighted films. Best of luck with your hunt on the high seas mate.
@@greenprotag oooooh okay! Thank you!
The Satisfye add is perfect. 10/10 content
The promo was indicative of interdimensional cable. Just fantastic!
The ad was such a trip
that satisfye ad was like, Rick & Morty + Wulff Den, LOVE IT
Just want to say that i really enjoy the lighting and the feel of your videos. Always looks clean and cool. Also, loved the satisfye ad
Correction: SteamOS isn't proprietary since it based on arch linux which means SteamOS will/is open source or they are violating the license of arch linux
Steam client itself is proprietary tho
@@hylianchampion7713 the steam client is an app in the OS though not part of the OS itself
@@edrelaquino7041 yeah ik just wanted to point that out
@@edrelaquino7041 honestly tho as a long time arch user i wish they had some kind of dev mode where you can use pacman and the aur without changes being overwritten every update
@@hylianchampion7713 true. Disappointed to see that you can't use aur and pacman but I hope steamOS will make more devs support linux as a whole. I use arch btw also 😜
The soft pokemon center music is so nostalgic
The Steam Deck is a masterpiece mine arrived the other day. All I'm doing is playing Elden Ring and I'm 100% happy and there's SO MUCH more to do with it.
Mine arrives this coming week, I'm psyched :D
That Satisfye ad read had full commitment behind it. Thank you, Bob, for being so entertaining!
If you did not know. You CAN actually install Windows on a MicroSD card and just plop it in and boot up. You have to do some work before hand and pre-copy over all the drivers. It will also default to Windows on boot while the SD card is in the System. But if you ever want to go back to SteamOS you can either specify on boot or just take out the SD card. There's a good video tutorial by GameTechPlanet called "Steam Deck - How to Install & Run Windows on a Micro SD Card ( COMPLETE GUIDE )" that walks you through how to do it.
Had to pause and comment after the satisfye ad. It was amazing. Thank you.
Absolutely love the music choice for the intro and the Rick and Morty skit for the ad. Lmao
Here is a suggestion. Try to get a NAS drive working on it from another computer. That way you can add a lot of storage without swapping Micro SD cards. It should work well with roms and steam games that aren't too large. Might be worth testing the limits as I'm sure Wi-Fi and larger games might be a issue.
This might be the reason I make a NAS machine. Been trying to find a reason to set one up for my use-case.
This will probably work just fine on desktop mode connected to a dock with wherever, but I don't think the nas drive will show up in game mode unfortunately.
@@Ticktok_of_Oz That might be true. We'll have to wait till someone tries it.
@@Ticktok_of_Oz you should be able to make a symbolic link to nas storage folder
Add the Spotify client or chrome as a non-steam game and you can listen to music while gaming
first time ever I just loved the "ad" in the video. awesome job!!
Thanks for the useful information. Also, I liked the sponsor bit.
Steam deck is 99% open source, that is the reason for the high compatibility with controllers , docks etc. It is also the reason HoloISO is possible
I can confirm dual 1440p screens just pluggin them out of the box. I have two Dell U2719DC monitors, the deck can connect to them using the USB-C input on the monitor and the monitors link togheter using DP ports. The deck can handle them correctly with no issues.
Love the junk food micro in the beginning!
I don't know if it's intentional or not but your little commercial you did reminded me of the commercials on rick and morty interdimensional cable lol.
I think Vince Offer would be proud of the ad spot... very nice!
Dude your add read is epic !
Yoooo shoutout to Bob listening to Polkadot Stingray! Awesome band!
I personally believe Gabe and company struck gold with the Steam Deck. I pre ordered the original 512gb LCD and just recently upgraded to the OLED and man, what a versatile handheld. From PS5, Xbox remote play and streaming, to emulation, to it working with other launchers(with some tinkering). Im 100% sold on it.
never stop making deck videos
At 6:52 I see you having problems with Pressing Steam+Down/Left/Right, however I've found that the "..." options button does the same thing if held down.
So you can Either do Steam+Down or "..."+Down, it should be the same thing. "..."+Left Joistick up/down for brightness much more comfortable than Steam+Joystick.
That's what I found. If held down, they are basically the same modifier and await a 2nd input.
4:15 In case it hasn't been said before, with regard to game resolution being locked to 800p, before launching a game of you go to Gear icon > Properties > Resolution and change it from Default to Native, it'll allow you to set your resolution in game.
It's really fun watch Nintendo TH-camr/fanboy gush about a freak'n Linux device.
Great Stuff, as always!
I gotta say the sponsors parts of wulff den are the only sponsor clips i watch all over youtube. you guys put so much love into this shit it might throw a baby at some point. peter mckinnon, snazzylabs, linus can all get rekt in comparison.
Love your ads, man! And thanks for the regular content as well! 😀
love how he committed to dropping that on his face
This Ad was amazing. Please protect Wulff at all costs. Lol
FYI regarding your comment on Win10 on a MicroSD, I actually did exactly what you're talking about and setup a 2nd 1TB MicroSD card with Win10 on it. I'm using it solely to run GamePass games. It works pretty flawlessly actually, best method is to use Rufus to do an actual pre-install of Windows, to the card, then boot to it directly from the Deck's bootloader option. That way the Windows install process won't totally break the bootloader for the Steam Deck during install, as it's already installed to the card and just needs to run through first time setup at that point.
The Deck does bog quite a bit upon first boot, as does any windows machine... windows defender plus updates equals slow time central especially since MicroSD cards don't agree with Microsoft's hardcore fetish for constant random writes. But once defender finishes it's thing and all your updates are installed, it actually works pretty well at running GamePass games. The only caveat I've found is that Windows UWP games don't do a great job of recognizing the Deck's controller, especially the sticks off the bat. I found a 3rd-party utility however that allows you to add individual UWP apps/games to allow the controller to passthrough correctly. So basically you have to manually whitelist each gamepass game in that manner, but after that controller support works fine.
That’s a nice looking fight pad, Bob!
You mentioned the inability to have a music app in the background if you're playing in gaming mode, but I've been able to run two games at once in gaming mode. So it should just be a matter of adding your spotify or web browser as a non-steam app and launching both the music app and a game while in gaming mode. When you're running two games or apps at once, I think you can switch between them via the steam button menu, it just shows two app names at the top of the menu. It shows a warning when you're about to launch two games at once, suggesting that you close the other game first.
seeing bob have a noita game makes me smile. that game is dope and punishing
I’m glad to see him warming up to Steam Deck. I want one so bad.
I've been waiting for this
Satisfye. First "in-video" advert I didn't want to skip 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I literally just finished one of your other steam deck videos. Good timing.
I'm on the edge of making my purchase for tunic I've played Zelda's before similar to what I've heard this game was like but I need an opinion, should I pick this game up?
The jank counter near the end is very funny. Good informative video
Did Tim and Eric direct the ad?
You saved my life with the Steam+Joystick trick to use the mouse cursor. The trackpad was giving me a headache lol
The only channel where I can't skip sponsored content, as much as I want to 😂
As far as I know, you can actually use any app in the background in SteamOS default interface, but you need to add that app to Steam.
I am enjoying connecting my SD to a projector via HDMI. Having the projector near my gaming PC (in my study) was never very convenient. Now I can quickly set up a portable projector anywhere and use the SD as a controller for big screen gaming.
Take a shot of vodka whenever Bobby boi says JANK or JANK-e.
You can install Windows to a SD card the only issue is that it might be as slow as a HDD and will degrade the sd card faster due to constantly reading and writing.
Wouldn't it be better to just install windows on the m.2 and have steamOS on the SD cards? Maybe someone can create magnet backs so the back can easily pop off to swap out the m.2 if you really wanted to use that instead
That was by far, the best sponsored ad break I've ever seen. I can't stop laughing.
My experience with people 4 years ago:
- Hey, you can install Linux on a PS4 and game on it.
- "Nah, too inconvenient and incompatible"
My experience with people today:
- Hey, you could simply keep Linux and use this device as it's designed, like a console.
- "No, I want Windows on this, even if it's inconvenient and incompatible"
Honestly, fine, use whatever you want however you want, I'll be doing the same anyway..
Remember this brother: it's Free in Freedom!
I hate ads! But, you really made it entertaining and funny!
Well done!👍
Interdimensional cable commercials are the best!
ive watched many videos of you my man but today....today I realized you have the same voice when excited as the character snipes on rocka-doodle.