Disagree about the track pads. They are incredibly customizable and are great for hotkeys/numpad emulation for roguelikes, for example. They are also great for quick adjustments in FPS games OR for fine aiming with low sensitivity. They were honestly a big selling factor for me, personally.
That’s actually really great to hear they’ve been working for you. I’ve been hearing more and more about how people use them and I now do appreciate them more. What are some of the games you enjoy using the touchpads with?
Good review, I would suggest looking at the track pads as a back up support for games that need mouse input, and should you need to mess with desktop away from your desk ... I also don't like them for gaming or even typing but I actually have come to love them for reasons Ida nvr guessed
You should play Aperture Desk Job to demo all the controls. For those not familiar Aperture Desk Job is a free game short developed by Valve as an intro to the Deck. So you'll be able to try out everything on the device including stuff that many games may not regularly use like the gyro, the back buttons, the track pads and the microphone. Once you learn the stuff you can incorporate them into your games via Steam Input. For example the gyro can give you fine control for First Person Shooters lol on top of the more coarse control of the sticks. I think some real power will be revealed when you can customize Steam Input and take advantage of all the built in Steam Controller has to offer.
Trackpads and back buttons are super useful. Try playing a click and point game or RTS without a track pad, not fun! Also the back buttons are useful for games that use more buttons than a Xbox controller, think a hotkey for an ability in a MMO that would normally use the number keys. Track pads also have gesture controls and select wheels, so in a old game like Max Payne I can use it to select a weapon quickly, normal weapon select is 1-6 number keys on PC. Honestly, the Deck is nearly perfect control wise, mainly because everything is customizable, you can disable buttons if you don't like them. Battery life can be drastically improved by locking framerates, the screen can show only 60fps, so running bioshock 2 at 120fps is wasting energy to render frames you will never see. Newer games that can't hit 60 fps anyway can be locked to 40fps and 40fps screen refresh rate and see major improvements in battery life.
Love hearing how people are using the Decks inputs. RTSs are something I hadn't considered before and you make a good point. True on the battery life. I believe valve even recommends 40Hz screen lock for best battery to performance.
I absolutely agree with this. Both trackpads and the back buttons are extremely useful. I loved both features in a Steam Controller so I was really glad Valve brought them to Steam Deck. In my opinion the trackpads on the Steam Deck are better than the Steam Controller had, and instead of two back buttons there are now four of them. For me they aren't something I'd hit easily by accident but I can see how it can be possible for some players, and just like trackpads I think they are much more improved compared to how they were on the Steam Controller. One use for back buttons is to set LB/RB for example on L4/R4 because LB/RB can sometimes be hard to use quickly, or simultaneously with triggers. Having them on the back buttons can give easier access to buttons without having to move your fingers from the triggers. I also agree with that the being able to customize everything is one of the best things on the device, and Steam Input is such a great system for that. Game forcing the player to use B for Accept and A for Cancel without option to rebind them? No problem! Just swap them in the Steam Input. Want to play a game that requires over a hundred actions? Just set up some action sets and actions layers, or add multiple actions to a trackpads or the back buttons. You could, for example, set the right trackpad work as a Radial Menu for up to 20 actions, and also make four Action Layers so that each of the back buttons activates a different Action Layer when being hold, and in each Action Layer you could set the right trackpad to do up to 20 different actions. This would quickly give access to up to 100 different actions using only back buttons and right trackpad (only the right trackpad, L4 + right trackpad, L5 + right trackpad, R4 + right trackpad, R5 + right trackpad, and each of these with 20 actions in Radial Menu). Touch Menu allows up to 16 actions so with the same idea you could get up to 80 actions. And all of that doesn't even cover things like extra commands, sub commands, activators (Regular Press, Double Press, Long Press, etc.). To be honest, when it comes to the number of inputs alone, the Steam Deck's possibilities feel almost infinite. You know how you can on a keyboard use Ctrl, Alt and Shift in combination with other buttons to create more combinations than the keyboard has physical buttons? The same can easily be applied to the back buttons. They also added mode shift functionality in the beta channel recently so that adds even more options. Of course I have nothing against it if someone doesn't like the back buttons or the trackpads, they all are optional and easy to disable if needed, but I absolutely don't think Valve should remove good and useful features just because some players haven't found use for them just yet. Some players may not find use for the touchscreen but I've found it to be useful in some games. As great as the trackpad is as a mouse, there are situations where it can feel more awkward than a real mouse (well, a real PC mouse), and some gestures or actions can feel more natural when using a finger on a touchscreen than doing the same on a trackpad. I personally haven't used gyro a lot but I don't think it's useless or that Valve should remove it just because I don't usually use it. I should practice it more because I understand that it is a great feature, and using it could help in some games. Another thing about the trackpads is that using them for camera in games where you can use a mouse as camera just feels so much better, especially once you get sensitivity and other settings tuned. Some games may not like using both controller and mouse actions simultaneously or show KB/M glyphs as soon as you touch the trackpad (mouse camera), but games that in many games it has become my favorite way to control the camera. Different players are playing so many different games that someone who mainly plays games that have a good controller support (d-pad, sticks, ABXY, LB/RB, LT/RT in full use), may not realize how helpful some other input methods are in games that don't support those perfectly, or even if they do then what kind of ways there are to expand the available inputs to more than a traditional controller could offer. I think Valve added the trackpads for this exact reason even back when they made their Steam Controller: To let players play a large variety of games, both those that are typically intended for KB/M and those that work great on a controller. A common use case with the trackpad as a mouse is to set RT for left mouse click and LT for right mouse click. It somehow feels just right. Of course one option is to just set left click on trackpad click but that often may move the mouse cursor at the same time. Anyway, I'd say that I could hardly think of anything else they could have added to the Steam Deck in input wise to make it even more compatible with various games and even more customizable. Something that I'd love to see is things like being able to bind different sections of the touchscreen to certain actions such as keyboard buttons, or more other kind of customization for the touchscreen overall. For example, if you could divide the touchscreen in 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 etc. sections (1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, or even such as 3x4 or 7x2), and each of those could be bound to an action such as keyboard, mouse or controller outputs. Another thing that I wish they would do is that whenever you are doing something that gives on-screen things (such as some of the things you can do with the trackpad), I wish there was a preview to see where and how it looks on the screen in use so you wouldn't have to jump in and out of the game after changing a few values. Sorry, this became a bit of wall of text. I just get easily excited about Steam Deck. The main point is that I really like both the trackpads and the back buttons.
@@Mizufluffy Thanks for sharing your thoughts. The layering of input maps you mentioned seems interesting. Like you said, there's so many different games people are playing on the steam deck so all these inputs probably cover the majority of use cases. At the very least, it gives players a lot of room for creativity.
@@TaylorBrauer Yeah, creativity is a good way to put it. I understand that you don't like the trackpads and back buttons, and that they get in your way, but have you ever actually tried to give them a chance and use them in a game and use Steam Input to explore the possibilities? I won't say you have to but the way you said it sounds like they are always in your way so you disable them but haven't actually tried to see them in a positive way yet. If I have thumbs on the sticks then the way I hold the Steam Deck makes it nearly impossible to touch the trackpads at the same time. The back buttons aren't touch sensitive and take a little bit force to use so even if you press them by accident I think it is a habit you can learn to forget. When you were talking about the trackpads and the back buttons, and how you always disable them and wish they weren't there, it sounded like an uninformed opinion. For that reason I would like to challenge you to use them in various games and in various ways to find out both their good and bad sides, strengths and weaknesses, and if after that you still think they are in the way and not needed then I can at least accept and appreciate that you are saying it after giving them a chance. Of course you don't have to accept my challenge so no, I'm not trying to force you to use them, but rather I hope you'd be able to see both pros and cons of them rather than just the cons and perhaps learn to appreciate them a little bit more. One thing I'd like to add is that even though I like both the trackpads and the back buttons, I don't try to use them in every game I play. This could be, for example, if a game has a really compact and good control scheme that I don't feel the need to expand it with the trackpads or back buttons. However, if I see an opportunity to use them then I'll gladly do so. Also, if you want to explore the possibilities of the trackpads and back buttons then even if you don't accept the challenge I'll promise to assist with whatever it is you want to use them for if you have an idea that you want to try out with them. It's just like you said, all it takes is a little bit of creativity.
That's a brilliant use of them. I'll have to consider mapping that to some games and see how it works out. I save a lot in BioShock so maybe it would work there. Thanks for sharing!
Battery depends heavily on setting and certain games. Recently played through games like Dishonored, Portal1/2, Trine1/2 etc was getting 4 hours, New games like Stray closer to 2hrs.
First off the video was very informative. I’m really on the edge about this thing. On one hand I really want it but on the other hand the battery life really is haulting that but from what you said in the video in my opinion if they reduced the price a bit and replaced the touch pads with a touch oled screen I’d be ready to buy you didn’t say anything about blue tooth if not already apart of the steam deck I would really like to see Bluetooth for head sets and controllers so you can connect to the tv while on the charger to really eliminate the battery issue the idea of the steam deck is definitely awesome but I feel there’s a few things that can be changed, added, and removed it’s a hand held game system I don’t see any reason for the desktop mode other then accessing steam most people that’ll spend 600+ on this thing will already have a PlayStation or Xbox so no need for streaming apps if this was made specifically for steam and playing steam games with out the other extras I think it would really be easier for people to buy I feel most people have issues with buying this because we all know there’s a few kinks that need to be worked out
Thanks, Noel! Glad you enjoyed. The Steam Deck is a great PC and like you said it's still in it's early stages. Feeling on the fence about it is totally fine and I'm sure that's how a lot of people feel about the Steam Deck. Valve seems to be putting a lot of support behind the Deck so I suspect it'll get better with time.
I'm not sure as I haven't personally played it on the Deck. If I recall, that series has always been very cpu intensive. I'm sure there's some benchmarks out there someone has put together for that series.
Haven’t gamed since the late eighties when I had an Atari ST . Had a go on the Apple Arcade games on my machines I got to help me make musc. Lego castaways is how we used to pretend or wish our games were. Like the look of P C and some console games. But I think by the time I’ve bought monitors or TV’ . It’s cheaper and more practical as can take on long train journeys but can connect to a monitor at home.
Half Life 2 makes use of the capacity thumb pads. If you rest your thumb on it, you can aim by moving the steam deck around. works very well. I also totally disagree with your feelings on the touchpads. They work great, and maybe I'm built differently than you, but I do not accidentally hit them AT ALL. The memory speed is most definitely better on the 256/512 versions. The 64gb uses MMC which is comparable to (fast) SD card speeds. The 256/512 get a NVME drive which is a lot faster. That said, it is not the fastest SSD I own..
Interesting, didn't know about HL2. Thanks for sharing, i'll have to give it a try. Fair disagreement, it's just my personal preference on the touchpad. Perhaps I hold it odd or something to get the palm press issues, lol. Thanks for watching and for the feedback. For being a single device, the Deck really has a lot of diverse features and it's awesome to see how people use it. Have a great week!
I have absolutely no idea how come it works properly because it doesn't make any sense for a PC game to work properly but somehow in Tomb Raider when you set up the mouse to aim the mouse does absolutely nothing when you're not aiming you'd think that it would still be controlling the camera but for some reason it doesn't so it ends up feeling identical to breath of the wild including the fact that for the most part you're using a bow.
I'm actually waiting on mine to be delivered today and I can say before getting it my biggest disappointment is the lack of an Oled display. I'm so use to playing on my Oled Switch the display makes such a huge difference over the ips displays. The Oled should have been part of the 512gb Steam Deck perks.
Congrats! I hope you love it! Totally agree, the OLED should have been an option. Perhaps we'll see it on the Steam Deck 2, I hope. The Switch OLED is a beautiful display.
@@Evolve816 I pre ordered Oct 2nd 2021. My understanding is that there trying to get caught up by the end of the year so your wait should only be about 4 months or so.
@@Jacester1324 That's great to hear! Was it worth the money you spent? I've been looking vigorously on Ebay for one a little bit cheaper than retail if I can.
Taylor! Missed you on your channel. I hope that means your Summer has been excellent and fun. Your desk in this vlog looked like a PC environment. Hoping you didn’t sell off your Mac kit! Cheers!
@@TaylorBrauer there are differences in the case though depending on what tier you got. many people who bought them noticed that the 64 gig case while looked the same the steam deck logo on the front is in a different color and also i think a bit less durable.
There are differences between the 64/256 and the 512, the carrying case logo on the 64/256 is printed on it, the inside materials from what I heard are of a lesser quality.
@@Siqnasty Oh no! That sucks and doesn't seem normal. Perhaps get with Steam to get an RMA process going. Sounds like you unfortunately got a lemon and I'm hoping Steam can work with you get resolve it. Keep us posted, Siqnasty.
@@Siqnasty Totally understandable Siqnasty. Sorry that it didn't work out for you. Hoping you get a nicer experience in the future. Thanks for sharing your experience.
First.. An OLED screen (while LOOKING great) WILL have burn in! so it's better to have an ips screen. Second the lowest version of the deck is really crappy tell people to get the one that you got.
I've seen people who bought the lowest tier one say its not that bad. all you need is just a sd card and you have all the space you need for games. plus if you can find a good deal and not scared to open your deck you could possibly get a higher nvme drive and install it into your deck so that you could possibly get say a 512 gig steam deck for less money.
I have a friend that got the 64gb model a few weeks before I received my 512gb we compared the displays head to head and both agreed the etched glass non glare looked significantly better in the lighting in his home. And the viewing angle was much better on my display. I guess if your good with repairing electronics you could buy the Etched display from ifixit for $99 and save some money but I'm not that person. Either way a Steam Deck is a really fun way to game.
@@Gr13fKvlt Yes I had pre ordered the dbrand KillSwitch and love it including protective travel cover and magnetic kickstand. I travel 5 days a week with my Steam Deck not only does it feel better protected it takes up less room in my pack. Also it adds a premium feel and grip to the Steam Deck.
Disagree about the track pads. They are incredibly customizable and are great for hotkeys/numpad emulation for roguelikes, for example. They are also great for quick adjustments in FPS games OR for fine aiming with low sensitivity. They were honestly a big selling factor for me, personally.
That’s actually really great to hear they’ve been working for you. I’ve been hearing more and more about how people use them and I now do appreciate them more. What are some of the games you enjoy using the touchpads with?
i am only using those track pads only instead of analog on overwatch
Just dropped money on the 512 model with the Dock yesterday, hopefully shipping be kind and I'll get it in a few days! Nice review of it!
Congrats! Let us know how you like it.
Good review, I would suggest looking at the track pads as a back up support for games that need mouse input, and should you need to mess with desktop away from your desk ... I also don't like them for gaming or even typing but I actually have come to love them for reasons Ida nvr guessed
That's a good point, Naderz. I actually installed System Shock 2 for grins and the trackpad was necessary for a lot of the interface.
You should play Aperture Desk Job to demo all the controls. For those not familiar Aperture Desk Job is a free game short developed by Valve as an intro to the Deck.
So you'll be able to try out everything on the device including stuff that many games may not regularly use like the gyro, the back buttons, the track pads and the microphone. Once you learn the stuff you can incorporate them into your games via Steam Input. For example the gyro can give you fine control for First Person Shooters lol on top of the more coarse control of the sticks.
I think some real power will be revealed when you can customize Steam Input and take advantage of all the built in Steam Controller has to offer.
That's a great idea! I haven't tried that out yet so I'll give it a go. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the tip CWS I will check it out.
Trackpads and back buttons are super useful. Try playing a click and point game or RTS without a track pad, not fun! Also the back buttons are useful for games that use more buttons than a Xbox controller, think a hotkey for an ability in a MMO that would normally use the number keys. Track pads also have gesture controls and select wheels, so in a old game like Max Payne I can use it to select a weapon quickly, normal weapon select is 1-6 number keys on PC. Honestly, the Deck is nearly perfect control wise, mainly because everything is customizable, you can disable buttons if you don't like them.
Battery life can be drastically improved by locking framerates, the screen can show only 60fps, so running bioshock 2 at 120fps is wasting energy to render frames you will never see. Newer games that can't hit 60 fps anyway can be locked to 40fps and 40fps screen refresh rate and see major improvements in battery life.
Love hearing how people are using the Decks inputs. RTSs are something I hadn't considered before and you make a good point. True on the battery life. I believe valve even recommends 40Hz screen lock for best battery to performance.
I absolutely agree with this. Both trackpads and the back buttons are extremely useful. I loved both features in a Steam Controller so I was really glad Valve brought them to Steam Deck. In my opinion the trackpads on the Steam Deck are better than the Steam Controller had, and instead of two back buttons there are now four of them. For me they aren't something I'd hit easily by accident but I can see how it can be possible for some players, and just like trackpads I think they are much more improved compared to how they were on the Steam Controller. One use for back buttons is to set LB/RB for example on L4/R4 because LB/RB can sometimes be hard to use quickly, or simultaneously with triggers. Having them on the back buttons can give easier access to buttons without having to move your fingers from the triggers.
I also agree with that the being able to customize everything is one of the best things on the device, and Steam Input is such a great system for that. Game forcing the player to use B for Accept and A for Cancel without option to rebind them? No problem! Just swap them in the Steam Input. Want to play a game that requires over a hundred actions? Just set up some action sets and actions layers, or add multiple actions to a trackpads or the back buttons.
You could, for example, set the right trackpad work as a Radial Menu for up to 20 actions, and also make four Action Layers so that each of the back buttons activates a different Action Layer when being hold, and in each Action Layer you could set the right trackpad to do up to 20 different actions. This would quickly give access to up to 100 different actions using only back buttons and right trackpad (only the right trackpad, L4 + right trackpad, L5 + right trackpad, R4 + right trackpad, R5 + right trackpad, and each of these with 20 actions in Radial Menu). Touch Menu allows up to 16 actions so with the same idea you could get up to 80 actions. And all of that doesn't even cover things like extra commands, sub commands, activators (Regular Press, Double Press, Long Press, etc.).
To be honest, when it comes to the number of inputs alone, the Steam Deck's possibilities feel almost infinite. You know how you can on a keyboard use Ctrl, Alt and Shift in combination with other buttons to create more combinations than the keyboard has physical buttons? The same can easily be applied to the back buttons. They also added mode shift functionality in the beta channel recently so that adds even more options.
Of course I have nothing against it if someone doesn't like the back buttons or the trackpads, they all are optional and easy to disable if needed, but I absolutely don't think Valve should remove good and useful features just because some players haven't found use for them just yet. Some players may not find use for the touchscreen but I've found it to be useful in some games. As great as the trackpad is as a mouse, there are situations where it can feel more awkward than a real mouse (well, a real PC mouse), and some gestures or actions can feel more natural when using a finger on a touchscreen than doing the same on a trackpad.
I personally haven't used gyro a lot but I don't think it's useless or that Valve should remove it just because I don't usually use it. I should practice it more because I understand that it is a great feature, and using it could help in some games.
Another thing about the trackpads is that using them for camera in games where you can use a mouse as camera just feels so much better, especially once you get sensitivity and other settings tuned. Some games may not like using both controller and mouse actions simultaneously or show KB/M glyphs as soon as you touch the trackpad (mouse camera), but games that in many games it has become my favorite way to control the camera.
Different players are playing so many different games that someone who mainly plays games that have a good controller support (d-pad, sticks, ABXY, LB/RB, LT/RT in full use), may not realize how helpful some other input methods are in games that don't support those perfectly, or even if they do then what kind of ways there are to expand the available inputs to more than a traditional controller could offer. I think Valve added the trackpads for this exact reason even back when they made their Steam Controller: To let players play a large variety of games, both those that are typically intended for KB/M and those that work great on a controller. A common use case with the trackpad as a mouse is to set RT for left mouse click and LT for right mouse click. It somehow feels just right. Of course one option is to just set left click on trackpad click but that often may move the mouse cursor at the same time.
Anyway, I'd say that I could hardly think of anything else they could have added to the Steam Deck in input wise to make it even more compatible with various games and even more customizable. Something that I'd love to see is things like being able to bind different sections of the touchscreen to certain actions such as keyboard buttons, or more other kind of customization for the touchscreen overall. For example, if you could divide the touchscreen in 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 etc. sections (1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, or even such as 3x4 or 7x2), and each of those could be bound to an action such as keyboard, mouse or controller outputs. Another thing that I wish they would do is that whenever you are doing something that gives on-screen things (such as some of the things you can do with the trackpad), I wish there was a preview to see where and how it looks on the screen in use so you wouldn't have to jump in and out of the game after changing a few values.
Sorry, this became a bit of wall of text. I just get easily excited about Steam Deck.
The main point is that I really like both the trackpads and the back buttons.
@@Mizufluffy Thanks for sharing your thoughts. The layering of input maps you mentioned seems interesting. Like you said, there's so many different games people are playing on the steam deck so all these inputs probably cover the majority of use cases. At the very least, it gives players a lot of room for creativity.
@@TaylorBrauer Yeah, creativity is a good way to put it.
I understand that you don't like the trackpads and back buttons, and that they get in your way, but have you ever actually tried to give them a chance and use them in a game and use Steam Input to explore the possibilities? I won't say you have to but the way you said it sounds like they are always in your way so you disable them but haven't actually tried to see them in a positive way yet.
If I have thumbs on the sticks then the way I hold the Steam Deck makes it nearly impossible to touch the trackpads at the same time. The back buttons aren't touch sensitive and take a little bit force to use so even if you press them by accident I think it is a habit you can learn to forget.
When you were talking about the trackpads and the back buttons, and how you always disable them and wish they weren't there, it sounded like an uninformed opinion. For that reason I would like to challenge you to use them in various games and in various ways to find out both their good and bad sides, strengths and weaknesses, and if after that you still think they are in the way and not needed then I can at least accept and appreciate that you are saying it after giving them a chance.
Of course you don't have to accept my challenge so no, I'm not trying to force you to use them, but rather I hope you'd be able to see both pros and cons of them rather than just the cons and perhaps learn to appreciate them a little bit more. One thing I'd like to add is that even though I like both the trackpads and the back buttons, I don't try to use them in every game I play. This could be, for example, if a game has a really compact and good control scheme that I don't feel the need to expand it with the trackpads or back buttons. However, if I see an opportunity to use them then I'll gladly do so.
Also, if you want to explore the possibilities of the trackpads and back buttons then even if you don't accept the challenge I'll promise to assist with whatever it is you want to use them for if you have an idea that you want to try out with them. It's just like you said, all it takes is a little bit of creativity.
I think the back buttons are such a Relief for quicksaving in Games like The Witcher
That's a brilliant use of them. I'll have to consider mapping that to some games and see how it works out. I save a lot in BioShock so maybe it would work there. Thanks for sharing!
Great review! Just ordered the 512GB LCD, which was on sale 15% off! You were right about the OLED, but it was too pricey for me.
Congrats! The LCD is still a great choice. Enjoy.
Battery depends heavily on setting and certain games. Recently played through games like Dishonored, Portal1/2, Trine1/2 etc was getting 4 hours, New games like Stray closer to 2hrs.
True. I believe Valve even recommends 40hz for the best smoothness and battery combo. I was running mine at 60hz.
First off the video was very informative. I’m really on the edge about this thing. On one hand I really want it but on the other hand the battery life really is haulting that but from what you said in the video in my opinion if they reduced the price a bit and replaced the touch pads with a touch oled screen I’d be ready to buy you didn’t say anything about blue tooth if not already apart of the steam deck I would really like to see Bluetooth for head sets and controllers so you can connect to the tv while on the charger to really eliminate the battery issue the idea of the steam deck is definitely awesome but I feel there’s a few things that can be changed, added, and removed it’s a hand held game system I don’t see any reason for the desktop mode other then accessing steam most people that’ll spend 600+ on this thing will already have a PlayStation or Xbox so no need for streaming apps if this was made specifically for steam and playing steam games with out the other extras I think it would really be easier for people to buy I feel most people have issues with buying this because we all know there’s a few kinks that need to be worked out
Thanks, Noel! Glad you enjoyed. The Steam Deck is a great PC and like you said it's still in it's early stages. Feeling on the fence about it is totally fine and I'm sure that's how a lot of people feel about the Steam Deck. Valve seems to be putting a lot of support behind the Deck so I suspect it'll get better with time.
Great video. Are u familiar with the Total War franchise? Is it payable?
I'm not sure as I haven't personally played it on the Deck. If I recall, that series has always been very cpu intensive. I'm sure there's some benchmarks out there someone has put together for that series.
Haven’t gamed since the late eighties when I had an Atari ST . Had a go on the Apple Arcade games on my machines I got to help me make musc. Lego castaways is how we used to pretend or wish our games were. Like the look of P C and some console games. But I think by the time I’ve bought monitors or TV’ . It’s cheaper and more practical as can take on long train journeys but can connect to a monitor at home.
Great job dude!
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very nice review. Than you!
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Awesome review.
Thanks Brian!
Half Life 2 makes use of the capacity thumb pads. If you rest your thumb on it, you can aim by moving the steam deck around. works very well. I also totally disagree with your feelings on the touchpads. They work great, and maybe I'm built differently than you, but I do not accidentally hit them AT ALL. The memory speed is most definitely better on the 256/512 versions. The 64gb uses MMC which is comparable to (fast) SD card speeds. The 256/512 get a NVME drive which is a lot faster. That said, it is not the fastest SSD I own..
Interesting, didn't know about HL2. Thanks for sharing, i'll have to give it a try. Fair disagreement, it's just my personal preference on the touchpad. Perhaps I hold it odd or something to get the palm press issues, lol. Thanks for watching and for the feedback. For being a single device, the Deck really has a lot of diverse features and it's awesome to see how people use it. Have a great week!
I have absolutely no idea how come it works properly because it doesn't make any sense for a PC game to work properly but somehow in Tomb Raider when you set up the mouse to aim the mouse does absolutely nothing when you're not aiming you'd think that it would still be controlling the camera but for some reason it doesn't so it ends up feeling identical to breath of the wild including the fact that for the most part you're using a bow.
Candy Coated keyboard is the way to go.
Candy coated is a really cool one, CheeseDish. It's just too bright for my tastes. If they had a Dark Candy coated then, i'd probably be using it.
great job with the review! i had a feeling i could trust that face of yours lol
Thanks, I appreciate that! haha, thanks, I think?
Nice job with the video!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed.
I'm actually waiting on mine to be delivered today and I can say before getting it my biggest disappointment is the lack of an Oled display. I'm so use to playing on my Oled Switch the display makes such a huge difference over the ips displays. The Oled should have been part of the 512gb Steam Deck perks.
Congrats! I hope you love it! Totally agree, the OLED should have been an option. Perhaps we'll see it on the Steam Deck 2, I hope. The Switch OLED is a beautiful display.
@@TaylorBrauer I did receive my Deck today and I'm actually pretty happy with the display it looks better than I was expecting.
@@PongbyAtari w00t! Glad to hear you're happy with it. Enjoy!
I paid for my reservation last night. How long did it take for yours to ship?
@@Evolve816 I pre ordered Oct 2nd 2021. My understanding is that there trying to get caught up by the end of the year so your wait should only be about 4 months or so.
Do you think it's good for retro gaming or a bit big?
I think it'd be great for retro gaming!
Just ordered mine. Hope it gets here by the weekend! Can’t believe I spent 700 on this…. I hope it’s worth it
Congrats, Jacester! Hope it arrives to you soon! It's a big decision for sure. Let us know what you think of it!
@@TaylorBrauer I will! Great video!
Any updates?
@@Cub__ it’s really awesome! I just have to find the right games to play on it. Assassin creeds odyssey runs great on it
@@Jacester1324 That's great to hear! Was it worth the money you spent? I've been looking vigorously on Ebay for one a little bit cheaper than retail if I can.
id want them to release a loose oled screen you can install yourself
That would be so nice. Hoping they do something like that eventually.
Taylor! Missed you on your channel. I hope that means your Summer has been excellent and fun. Your desk in this vlog looked like a PC environment. Hoping you didn’t sell off your Mac kit! Cheers!
Thanks, Pete! Still got all my Apple gear 🍎. Definitely for Mac content to come. Have a good day! ✌🏻
My 64 GB version I got yesterday has the exact same case. I thought the 512 version got an improved one?
Thats interesting. I didn’t think any steam deck besides the 512gb got the case.
@@TaylorBrauer there are differences in the case though depending on what tier you got.
many people who bought them noticed that the 64 gig case while looked the same the steam deck logo on the front is in a different color and also i think a bit less durable.
There are differences between the 64/256 and the 512, the carrying case logo on the 64/256 is printed on it, the inside materials from what I heard are of a lesser quality.
What's the cost, the way to cheaper than win max 2?
The 512gb is $650 USD. Not sure if that’s what you’re asking.
$399 for 64gb version, upgrade with your own SSD later if you want.
Mines shipping soon
Congrats, Fudge! Let us know what you think of it when you get to using it. Enjoy!
Have you had issues playing games? I have the same one as you and I have had nothing but issues.
I haven't had any issues. The experience has been very positive. What kinds of issues are you having?
@@TaylorBrauer constant crashing, freezing. Error codes. Even on Verified games. Little nightmares crash. Red dead crash. Kingdoms crash
@@Siqnasty Oh no! That sucks and doesn't seem normal. Perhaps get with Steam to get an RMA process going. Sounds like you unfortunately got a lemon and I'm hoping Steam can work with you get resolve it. Keep us posted, Siqnasty.
@@TaylorBrauer I’ve decided to just return it and get my money back. Bad taste in my mouth. I will wait for the Steam Deck 2 to come out
@@Siqnasty Totally understandable Siqnasty. Sorry that it didn't work out for you. Hoping you get a nicer experience in the future. Thanks for sharing your experience.
First.. An OLED screen (while LOOKING great) WILL have burn in!
so it's better to have an ips screen.
Second the lowest version of the deck is really crappy tell people to get the one that you got.
You have a good point about the burn in. I think I’d still take it over the ips, personally.
I've seen people who bought the lowest tier one say its not that bad.
all you need is just a sd card and you have all the space you need for games.
plus if you can find a good deal and not scared to open your deck you could possibly get a higher nvme drive and install it into your deck so that you could possibly get say a 512 gig steam deck for less money.
Is it worth getting the $650 edition ?
I have a friend that got the 64gb model a few weeks before I received my 512gb we compared the displays head to head and both agreed the etched glass non glare looked significantly better in the lighting in his home. And the viewing angle was much better on my display. I guess if your good with repairing electronics you could buy the Etched display from ifixit for $99 and save some money but I'm not that person. Either way a Steam Deck is a really fun way to game.
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Did you put a protective case on your 512?
@@Gr13fKvlt Yes I had pre ordered the dbrand KillSwitch and love it including protective travel cover and magnetic kickstand. I travel 5 days a week with my Steam Deck not only does it feel better protected it takes up less room in my pack. Also it adds a premium feel and grip to the Steam Deck.
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