I remember when the Steam Deck released in 2022. I showed it to a friend who hadn't heard of the thing, he didn't quite get why I was excited about it. He thought a laptop would be better in every way, because "it's a portalbe PC, just like the Steam Deck". The thing he failed to realize was that the Steam Deck is easier to use around the house. A laptop is portable, but I wouldn't feel comfortable to place it on my lap while watching TV with my family (also, I would not use my laptop in public). The Deck might not be the most powerful device, but it is by far the most convinient for gaming when you don't have the time to boot up your PC. It might be the ultimate Dad-Gaming-Machine.
100% this. I have 3 brother in-laws that, when I got the Deck at launch, they just didn't see what the big deal was. Basically the same mentality as your friend. I told them over and over, "this is everything i've ever wanted (i'm a millennial) in a gaming device. This is the culmination of the entirety of gaming from the day I was born to today. This thing does it all, and does it in every and any way I want it to" Play in bed, on the bus, at the doctors office waiting room, anywhere? Yes. Play on a monitor with KB/M? Yes. Play on a TV like a "traditional" console? Yes! Play PC games? Yes of course. Play every console from the dawn of gaming to the PS4? (I know it's still early but it can do it!) YES! The Steam Deck is the omnibus gaming device. They all thought it was just "some kind of weird Switch wannabe that would never take off." Fast forward a year or so and ALL 3 of my brother in-laws have one, and have clocked more hours in the games they play on their Deck than their consoles/PC's. And even their non-gaming wives have been known to steal it from them to play the occasional Stardew Valley or Cult of the Lamb session. Most of my friends have one as well with the exception of one stubborn PC master race die-hard that thinks anything else but a "perfect rig" is compromising and not worth it. Fools! I laughed at every one of them when I saw them with their Deck for the first time, then I welcomed them to the flock with open arms. Then we kicked some ass in Nine Parchments (super fun game btw from the Trine people.) The Steam Deck was the missing link between PC gamers and Console gamers. It is fighting the war on both fronts, and it will win it. Well, more likely, steamOS will win that war since Valve is definitely going to release it for other hardware as they have said, but i'm fine with that outcome as well.
@DeathJerrie for me, it's the handheld console that isn't so weak it can't even run its own games, much less third party ones, isn't made by a morally bankrupt company, and the handheld console that lets me play the way I want to play. I've been playing a lot of indie games and even some lower-end AAA games on it, and I haven't even wanted to touch another gaming console (except maybe my gaming desktop) since the Steam Deck OLED was released; it's that good.
@@kenjitasaka this is all so fake and valve pilled it was frankly frightening reading it. if this exact same thing was made by microsoft instead of valve, but everything else was EXACTLY the same, you wouldn't care about ANY of it. That's absolute fact.
@@cameronbosch1213 valve is the greediest company. they originally gained success by forcing their anti-consumer malware/virus steam on gamers who just wanted to play half life 2. but you couldn't without installing steam. you had no choice. but of course. otherwise noone would have. the DOJ definitely needs to investigate valve for monopolistic practices and tactics. And start jailing some of their fanboys like you as well. it's not legal to lobby for a company for free. that's unpaid work for a corporation, which is illegal under labor code. also the steam deck might be the worst handheld (armheld?) of all time. despite constantly being on fire sale it sells very little. it's huge, heavy, and just a general example of a brutish, poorly designed product. oh and the topper, it cant play any games. lets not even mention valves long history of hardware failure and canceling unsuccessful hardware leaving consumers holding the bag. steam deck looks to be next?
I am watching this video from a docked Steam Deck. It has become my main desktop PC. I love SteamOS and it has been mostly flawless for me. I will never go back to Windows if Valve continues to support this as an alternative. I really want a more powerful console-like box from them.
@@brooklyn9291 Honestly, Nintendo can go fuck themselves. Ever since Iwata died, this shit keeps getting worse. That and the aging Switch hardware is why I went full-time to PC gaming after being sold a lie since well before most modern Nintendo fans were born. I won't be back.
He'll be fine. Nintendo went after Retro Game Corps because he's basically THE retro games guy and he's featured MiG flash cart a few times. I love RGC's videos but the guy was flying to close to the sun. They struck his channel to send a message to everyone else.
My only complaint with my LCD model, which I've mentioned in the Steam Deck forums from time to time, is the ability to rollback OS versions. Because the new versions from 3.5 or higher, broke older VibrantDeck versions. And the ability to crank the saturation to the max as well as de-saturate it to the levels of black & white were mindblowing. And the Steam Vibrancy Slider doesn't go anywhere near enough or have the granular control. And the latest VibrantDeck version just doesn't do the same thing with the latest Steam OS version, as it did when it was 3.4.
The continuous optimization improvements on the Deck is pretty impressive. I have a Steam Deck OLED and an AOKZOE with the 7840U. I noticed that the Deck's performance has improved quite a bit compared to the AOKZOE over time. Last year, there were some games that the Deck had trouble with but the AOKZOE could handle fine. But now, those games play as well on the Deck.
The Steam Deck OLED is quite possibly my favorite "console" of all time. Nothing else comes close to what Valve delivered in terms of good battery life, an extremely competitive price, and an awesome screen. And Valve is not a 💩 company like many other console companies.
valve is the greediest around, their hordes of fanboys rival any in the world, along with sony, nvidia, and apple (you are likely a fanboy of these brands as well). each has fanboy horde armies doing their corporate bidding.
@cryengine_x What are you going off about now? First of all, Valve hasn't done anything even _close_ to as bad to consumers as Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo has done. If a 30% cut of games is the worst thing that they've done (and you _can_ use GOG or Epic Games on the Steam Deck), then that's nothing to complain about, especially given it's not like they have a monopoly in that regard unlike the other three companies I mentioned with their consoles, in addition to Apple outside of the EU. Second, yes, there are fanboys for every major company; I hate Apple and especially Nintendo fanboys who willingly get screwed by them despite the fans showing their praises for said company. Again, Valve hasn't done anything that serious. Now take Sony with their PS5 Pro, Microsoft with their Windows 11 adware and spyware mess (and Windows 8 and its software Store actually was the catalyst for Valve to start supporting Linux in the first place), Apple with their expensive and unrepairable devices as well as their walled garden, and Nintendo for literally every decision they've made since Iwata passed away. Those are all _much_ worse companies than Valve has been.
@@cameronbosch1213 valve is much worse, valve makes more per employee than goldman sachs. but, they have a huge army of ppl like you. corporate slaves. which is fake since normally Americans hate capitalism. fake fake fake times 100. you'll beg fir valve to shaft you. you dont own anything and you love it. because this faceless corporation is the one you'll fight for, unpaid. fuck you.
Got my steam deck oled this early month. Yes compared to rog ally which is my friend's, steam deck performance is below rog ally. But for me, because steam deck have its own os, easy to navigate and really comfortable to use, id say this is one of the best purchase ive ever made
I'm getting a steam deck during black Friday. I'm so excited! Someday, I do think a Ps4 emulator will be awesome on it. I am also drawn to it because I primarily play indie games, and this is perfect for me. I have a baby, so the sleep mode is also a big driver.
It's absolutely fantastic, I would like to thank PS5 Pro because I wasNOT paying £700 or dollars. It pushed me to get an OLED MY FIRST GAME IN PC. I am content with the PS5 slim the Xbox series X black ops 6 is coming out game pass and the games on the Steam deck. THANKS SO MUCH
I like it for gaming because it runs better than my old laptop and I love it for being my intro to linux right when Windows 11 looked like shit. I use the touch screen on desktop mode to draw using Krita sometimes for fun.
i love my og 512 steam deck got a 1 tb sd card for steam games and another 1tb card to run batucerus for my retro library haven't felt the need to upgrade and have only turned on my beast of a gaming pc a handful of times that i spent over 2k on in late 2021 it still runs everything beautifully on a 32 inch ultrawide monitor with freesync but i only run it once in a while when i buy a new triple a game to see how nice it looks with all that hardware. to me the steam deck is perfect, i can game anywhere in my house with headphones not hog the tv from my family and i could play all night without keeping my wife up all night because the gaming pc is in the bedroom. valve really knocked it out the park with this. and when they come out with a new one that is considerably better i will upgrade instead of sinking thousands into a newer gaming pc that crushes my electric bill
If you don't already have a gaming PC and you really are ok with Windows and NEED a PC for work/school/etc, get one of the Windows based handhelds like the Legion or Ally, and you can just use it as your full blown PC when at your desk, and then as an awesome gaming device in all other aspects. But if you already have a gaming PC, I cannot recommend getting one of the Windows based handhelds when the Steam Deck is just as close to the perfect gaming device as one can get. Hell, if my job didn't require the use of specific OS/software, I would just hook up my Deck to the monitor at my desk and use it instead. With the exception of some specific things for Windows/macOS, most Linux builds can do everything the average person needs from a "PC" and then some. I have a gaming PC, and multiple consoles. I only use the PC for work and/or multitasking (watching youtube while gaming on my Deck), and the consoles are literally collecting dust. TLDR: Get a Legion/Ally if you absolutely need Windows, otherwise get a Steam Deck.
Nothing wrong with wearing a tank top to show us those gains - and dont be miffed if some of us are here partially because of how you look and not all about the tech. Sex has always sold. And no one is above the fray, some just pretend to and the more they do, the more pathetic they seem to many.
Handheld Gaming PCs like Steam Deck, Rog, Legion, Aya, GPD, 1Net.. + Play games library anywhere anytime in hand on the go + PC Games + Emulation games, server emulators + Mods + Best backwards AND forwards compatibility. + OWN your games with GOG + can also double as desktop Pc...becauase it's an actual PC. Two problems, albeit BIG problems, that still plague PC gaming - Ease of use. System UI still needs vast improvements with deep controller integration or just have a tight "console mode" (but still retain the ability to configure it) console gamers don't want to deal with drivers, tdp configuring, managing files etc.. just simple turn on and play. PC gaming attitudes need to change and adapt. ALL PC games ought to have FULL controller support baked in going forward, there is less and less reason not to have this for PC games, especially if PCs are going to be * *Handhelds* * emphasis on being held in and controlled by hands. - Price PC gamers are accustomed to more expensive hardware. So marketing console gamers to see Handheld PCs as more long term investments were the big payout is savings in more cheaper games. also Handheld PCs are not consoles they are still PCs, there are many options on the marker that can fit different power and budgets
'Power efficiency' is what makes a handheld good, not 'muh power' and high end specs VALVe is the first, and likely still the only, PC handheld manufacturer that DOESN'T shove in 1080p+, RGB, extreme refresh rates, or completely neglect the battery in pursuit of raw performance. They're the only ones that actually understand what "POWER EFFICIENCY" means. And in doing so, they gave us the world's first PC handheld that actually lasted more than an hour!! Handhelds with 1080p or 1440p are very poorly designed. No handheld is gonna handle 2k, especially AT 144 FPS, outside of super basic games. ROG Ally, LeGo, etc have learned absolutely nothing. You think 2k144 or 1080p120 all with RGB and whatever is new? It ain't. It's the same slop that kept the PC handheld market irrelevant The people buying them are either collectors/reviewers or completely stupid people buying handhelds for the wrong reasons over the fad of the PC handheld market that VALVe blew up. They're buying the same garbage that's been on the market way before the Steam Deck! They have no idea what they're buying! They mock weaker powered handhelds only to complain about frickin battery, that their portable device is actually flippin useless
@cqllel5186 Bingo. That's why I went for a Steam Deck OLED over something else. Shoving a 1080p or especially a 1600p screen into a device like this is wasteful and only serves to kill battery life. What's the point of a handheld you can't play away from the wall for more than an hour? Also, after the Asus microSD card issue, I don't know why anybody would buy one, especially running Windows 11 without touchpads. And yes, I use those touchpads all the time.
@@cameronbosch1213 Indeed! 720p is the minimum and maximum standard for battery powered devices. Even if 1080p gaming was the new minimum and lasted like 12h minimum, that'd just mean 720p would perform and last EVEN longer. There's no reason to ever upgrade res, especially not on a 7 inch display. I'll take a refresh rate increase of the pointlessness of a resolution increase any day Touchpads are a necessity for PCs. Without a touchpad, you're unable to actually play certain games and genres. You can't play RTS games on the Ally without a Mouse. Touch screen isn't gonna be great in those games, either OLED is also the most power efficient display. Even if the Ally was 720p, it's still worse than OLED by default
Problems are now front and centre and unfortunately Valve haven't the huge amount of cash necessary to replace their console every 18 months as is going to be needed. Luckily for them windows is absolutely and utterly user unfriendly and is really only suitable for lovers of Windows. Looking to the future I see 2 companies destroying Valve and that is Sony with what looks like an outstanding machine on paper with an absolute amazing back catalogue and Apple that could in theory do a Valve on the world but they have Apple OS and make there on chips......time will tell but my money is on Sony to go big , bad and bold......Jonn
@@JonnMcLoed-vo3fe Sony has become a laughing stock. I mean, the PS5 Pro might be a new level of a joke. For that price, you could literally build a better desktop.
i hope your hand is ok holding that steam deck in the fake thumbnail lol. it would break your fingers if you did that in real life by sheer, massive brick-like weight. fake valve schill.
@@cryengine_x You know what's the cure for that? Hitting the gym. Yeah, if you can't lift a Steam Deck and you don't have a medical condition that would make it difficult to lift objects, you really need to hit the gym.
@@jamesalexhowlett He's saying he really wants a steam deck but can't afford one cause he's either just a kid, no job or just broke. He see's everyone else with one and loving it which makes him envious and angry because they're having fun and he can't have one, so instead of just being happy for everyone else that has one he instead acts as if he really hates the steam deck. He then goes into comment sections like this to spread hate about the steam deck while in reality he's crying that he has to be without one as his tears gets all on and in his keyboard.
@@jamesalexhowlett how the steam deck literally cant play any good games. not cod not destiny not almost anything. maybe english isnt your first language. but i suspect youre being intentionally obtuse. well, enjoy uhh, control at 600p ultra low 25 fps i'd rather have my eyes removed.
@cryengine_x is a troll who already responded to my comment going off about nothing. As for me, I literally have played more games on it than any console I've ever owned. I'm now sold on PC gaming. Traditional consoles can die.
I remember when the Steam Deck released in 2022. I showed it to a friend who hadn't heard of the thing, he didn't quite get why I was excited about it. He thought a laptop would be better in every way, because "it's a portalbe PC, just like the Steam Deck". The thing he failed to realize was that the Steam Deck is easier to use around the house. A laptop is portable, but I wouldn't feel comfortable to place it on my lap while watching TV with my family (also, I would not use my laptop in public). The Deck might not be the most powerful device, but it is by far the most convinient for gaming when you don't have the time to boot up your PC. It might be the ultimate Dad-Gaming-Machine.
100% this. I have 3 brother in-laws that, when I got the Deck at launch, they just didn't see what the big deal was. Basically the same mentality as your friend. I told them over and over, "this is everything i've ever wanted (i'm a millennial) in a gaming device. This is the culmination of the entirety of gaming from the day I was born to today. This thing does it all, and does it in every and any way I want it to"
Play in bed, on the bus, at the doctors office waiting room, anywhere? Yes. Play on a monitor with KB/M? Yes. Play on a TV like a "traditional" console? Yes! Play PC games? Yes of course. Play every console from the dawn of gaming to the PS4? (I know it's still early but it can do it!) YES! The Steam Deck is the omnibus gaming device.
They all thought it was just "some kind of weird Switch wannabe that would never take off."
Fast forward a year or so and ALL 3 of my brother in-laws have one, and have clocked more hours in the games they play on their Deck than their consoles/PC's. And even their non-gaming wives have been known to steal it from them to play the occasional Stardew Valley or Cult of the Lamb session. Most of my friends have one as well with the exception of one stubborn PC master race die-hard that thinks anything else but a "perfect rig" is compromising and not worth it.
Fools! I laughed at every one of them when I saw them with their Deck for the first time, then I welcomed them to the flock with open arms. Then we kicked some ass in Nine Parchments (super fun game btw from the Trine people.)
The Steam Deck was the missing link between PC gamers and Console gamers. It is fighting the war on both fronts, and it will win it. Well, more likely, steamOS will win that war since Valve is definitely going to release it for other hardware as they have said, but i'm fine with that outcome as well.
@DeathJerrie for me, it's the handheld console that isn't so weak it can't even run its own games, much less third party ones, isn't made by a morally bankrupt company, and the handheld console that lets me play the way I want to play.
I've been playing a lot of indie games and even some lower-end AAA games on it, and I haven't even wanted to touch another gaming console (except maybe my gaming desktop) since the Steam Deck OLED was released; it's that good.
hi deathjerrie
a laptop is better in every way. so is a moist dog turd.
hope that helps
@@kenjitasaka this is all so fake and valve pilled it was frankly frightening reading it.
if this exact same thing was made by microsoft instead of valve, but everything else was EXACTLY the same, you wouldn't care about ANY of it. That's absolute fact.
@@cameronbosch1213 valve is the greediest company. they originally gained success by forcing their anti-consumer malware/virus steam on gamers who just wanted to play half life 2. but you couldn't without installing steam. you had no choice. but of course. otherwise noone would have.
the DOJ definitely needs to investigate valve for monopolistic practices and tactics. And start jailing some of their fanboys like you as well. it's not legal to lobby for a company for free. that's unpaid work for a corporation, which is illegal under labor code.
also the steam deck might be the worst handheld (armheld?) of all time. despite constantly being on fire sale it sells very little. it's huge, heavy, and just a general example of a brutish, poorly designed product. oh and the topper, it cant play any games.
lets not even mention valves long history of hardware failure and canceling unsuccessful hardware leaving consumers holding the bag. steam deck looks to be next?
I'm waiting for mine to arrive, so damn excited. It already seems so good, if it ever gets OS wide fsr3 it will be unstopabble
@mategido That's on AMD to bring it to Linux; right now it's only available on Windows 10/11.
I am watching this video from a docked Steam Deck. It has become my main desktop PC. I love SteamOS and it has been mostly flawless for me. I will never go back to Windows if Valve continues to support this as an alternative. I really want a more powerful console-like box from them.
Bro I’m scared for you, that one Zelda frame might get the ninjas after you, be careful Nintendo has been on a hit list with smaller creators.
@@brooklyn9291 Honestly, Nintendo can go fuck themselves. Ever since Iwata died, this shit keeps getting worse. That and the aging Switch hardware is why I went full-time to PC gaming after being sold a lie since well before most modern Nintendo fans were born. I won't be back.
He'll be fine. Nintendo went after Retro Game Corps because he's basically THE retro games guy and he's featured MiG flash cart a few times. I love RGC's videos but the guy was flying to close to the sun. They struck his channel to send a message to everyone else.
@blakeandcamp Nintendo and their lawyers need to take a bunch of chill pills and never wake up.
@@blakeandcamp And that's why nobody should support companies who threaten their own fans.
Thanks for this, I've been considering getting a Steamdeck for sometime now and this honest appraisal has convinced me!
My only complaint with my LCD model, which I've mentioned in the Steam Deck forums from time to time, is the ability to rollback OS versions. Because the new versions from 3.5 or higher, broke older VibrantDeck versions. And the ability to crank the saturation to the max as well as de-saturate it to the levels of black & white were mindblowing. And the Steam Vibrancy Slider doesn't go anywhere near enough or have the granular control. And the latest VibrantDeck version just doesn't do the same thing with the latest Steam OS version, as it did when it was 3.4.
The continuous optimization improvements on the Deck is pretty impressive. I have a Steam Deck OLED and an AOKZOE with the 7840U. I noticed that the Deck's performance has improved quite a bit compared to the AOKZOE over time.
Last year, there were some games that the Deck had trouble with but the AOKZOE could handle fine. But now, those games play as well on the Deck.
Same for the most part. Looking forward to picking up Wukong on the p5.
The Steam Deck OLED is quite possibly my favorite "console" of all time. Nothing else comes close to what Valve delivered in terms of good battery life, an extremely competitive price, and an awesome screen. And Valve is not a 💩 company like many other console companies.
valve is the greediest around, their hordes of fanboys rival any in the world, along with sony, nvidia, and apple (you are likely a fanboy of these brands as well). each has fanboy horde armies doing their corporate bidding.
@cryengine_x What are you going off about now?
First of all, Valve hasn't done anything even _close_ to as bad to consumers as Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo has done. If a 30% cut of games is the worst thing that they've done (and you _can_ use GOG or Epic Games on the Steam Deck), then that's nothing to complain about, especially given it's not like they have a monopoly in that regard unlike the other three companies I mentioned with their consoles, in addition to Apple outside of the EU.
Second, yes, there are fanboys for every major company; I hate Apple and especially Nintendo fanboys who willingly get screwed by them despite the fans showing their praises for said company. Again, Valve hasn't done anything that serious.
Now take Sony with their PS5 Pro, Microsoft with their Windows 11 adware and spyware mess (and Windows 8 and its software Store actually was the catalyst for Valve to start supporting Linux in the first place), Apple with their expensive and unrepairable devices as well as their walled garden, and Nintendo for literally every decision they've made since Iwata passed away. Those are all _much_ worse companies than Valve has been.
@@cameronbosch1213 valve is much worse, valve makes more per employee than goldman sachs. but, they have a huge army of ppl like you. corporate slaves. which is fake since normally Americans hate capitalism. fake fake fake times 100. you'll beg fir valve to shaft you. you dont own anything and you love it. because this faceless corporation is the one you'll fight for, unpaid. fuck you.
Got my steam deck oled this early month. Yes compared to rog ally which is my friend's, steam deck performance is below rog ally. But for me, because steam deck have its own os, easy to navigate and really comfortable to use, id say this is one of the best purchase ive ever made
I'm getting a steam deck during black Friday. I'm so excited! Someday, I do think a Ps4 emulator will be awesome on it. I am also drawn to it because I primarily play indie games, and this is perfect for me. I have a baby, so the sleep mode is also a big driver.
It's absolutely fantastic, I would like to thank PS5 Pro because I wasNOT paying £700 or dollars. It pushed me to get an OLED MY FIRST GAME IN PC. I am content with the PS5 slim the Xbox series X black ops 6 is coming out game pass and the games on the Steam deck. THANKS SO MUCH
Have you docked it to a TV? Curious on how that looks/works.
I like it for gaming because it runs better than my old laptop and I love it for being my intro to linux right when Windows 11 looked like shit. I use the touch screen on desktop mode to draw using Krita sometimes for fun.
Great video, I love my steam deck too
i love my og 512 steam deck got a 1 tb sd card for steam games and another 1tb card to run batucerus for my retro library haven't felt the need to upgrade and have only turned on my beast of a gaming pc a handful of times that i spent over 2k on in late 2021 it still runs everything beautifully on a 32 inch ultrawide monitor with freesync but i only run it once in a while when i buy a new triple a game to see how nice it looks with all that hardware. to me the steam deck is perfect, i can game anywhere in my house with headphones not hog the tv from my family and i could play all night without keeping my wife up all night because the gaming pc is in the bedroom. valve really knocked it out the park with this. and when they come out with a new one that is considerably better i will upgrade instead of sinking thousands into a newer gaming pc that crushes my electric bill
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Hmm interesting, can’t decide between this or Legion Go
If you don't already have a gaming PC and you really are ok with Windows and NEED a PC for work/school/etc, get one of the Windows based handhelds like the Legion or Ally, and you can just use it as your full blown PC when at your desk, and then as an awesome gaming device in all other aspects. But if you already have a gaming PC, I cannot recommend getting one of the Windows based handhelds when the Steam Deck is just as close to the perfect gaming device as one can get. Hell, if my job didn't require the use of specific OS/software, I would just hook up my Deck to the monitor at my desk and use it instead. With the exception of some specific things for Windows/macOS, most Linux builds can do everything the average person needs from a "PC" and then some.
I have a gaming PC, and multiple consoles. I only use the PC for work and/or multitasking (watching youtube while gaming on my Deck), and the consoles are literally collecting dust.
TLDR: Get a Legion/Ally if you absolutely need Windows, otherwise get a Steam Deck.
@specter what is that game you are play at 0:36 in the video?
The game is Aperture Desk Job. It's free and made for the Steam Deck.
4:03 shhh... dont tell Nintendo🤫
@@takatsukisen2877 Nintendo needs to overdose on chill pills.
0:33 what game?
What’s the game at 3:56?
I sold the oled I had for a rog ally x and I regret it… I miss my oled sd
Nothing wrong with wearing a tank top to show us those gains - and dont be miffed if some of us are here partially because of how you look and not all about the tech. Sex has always sold. And no one is above the fray, some just pretend to and the more they do, the more pathetic they seem to many.
Handheld Gaming PCs like Steam Deck, Rog, Legion, Aya, GPD, 1Net..
+ Play games library anywhere anytime in hand on the go
+ PC Games
+ Emulation games, server emulators
+ Mods
+ Best backwards AND forwards compatibility.
+ OWN your games with GOG
+ can also double as desktop Pc...becauase it's an actual PC.
Two problems, albeit BIG problems, that still plague PC gaming
- Ease of use.
System UI still needs vast improvements with deep controller integration or just have a tight "console mode" (but still retain the ability to configure it)
console gamers don't want to deal with drivers, tdp configuring, managing files etc..
just simple turn on and play.
PC gaming attitudes need to change and adapt.
ALL PC games ought to have FULL controller support baked in going forward, there is less and less reason not to have this for PC games, especially if PCs are going to be * *Handhelds* * emphasis on being held in and controlled by hands.
- Price
PC gamers are accustomed to more expensive hardware.
So marketing console gamers to see Handheld PCs as more long term investments were the big payout is savings in more cheaper games.
also Handheld PCs are not consoles they are still PCs, there are many options on the marker that can fit different power and budgets
'Power efficiency' is what makes a handheld good, not 'muh power' and high end specs
VALVe is the first, and likely still the only, PC handheld manufacturer that DOESN'T shove in 1080p+, RGB, extreme refresh rates, or completely neglect the battery in pursuit of raw performance. They're the only ones that actually understand what "POWER EFFICIENCY" means. And in doing so, they gave us the world's first PC handheld that actually lasted more than an hour!!
Handhelds with 1080p or 1440p are very poorly designed. No handheld is gonna handle 2k, especially AT 144 FPS, outside of super basic games. ROG Ally, LeGo, etc have learned absolutely nothing. You think 2k144 or 1080p120 all with RGB and whatever is new? It ain't. It's the same slop that kept the PC handheld market irrelevant
The people buying them are either collectors/reviewers or completely stupid people buying handhelds for the wrong reasons over the fad of the PC handheld market that VALVe blew up. They're buying the same garbage that's been on the market way before the Steam Deck! They have no idea what they're buying! They mock weaker powered handhelds only to complain about frickin battery, that their portable device is actually flippin useless
@cqllel5186 Bingo. That's why I went for a Steam Deck OLED over something else. Shoving a 1080p or especially a 1600p screen into a device like this is wasteful and only serves to kill battery life. What's the point of a handheld you can't play away from the wall for more than an hour?
Also, after the Asus microSD card issue, I don't know why anybody would buy one, especially running Windows 11 without touchpads. And yes, I use those touchpads all the time.
@@cameronbosch1213 Indeed!
720p is the minimum and maximum standard for battery powered devices. Even if 1080p gaming was the new minimum and lasted like 12h minimum, that'd just mean 720p would perform and last EVEN longer. There's no reason to ever upgrade res, especially not on a 7 inch display. I'll take a refresh rate increase of the pointlessness of a resolution increase any day
Touchpads are a necessity for PCs. Without a touchpad, you're unable to actually play certain games and genres. You can't play RTS games on the Ally without a Mouse. Touch screen isn't gonna be great in those games, either
OLED is also the most power efficient display. Even if the Ally was 720p, it's still worse than OLED by default
Another Spectre video!!!
holy glaze
Problems are now front and centre and unfortunately Valve haven't the huge amount of cash necessary to replace their console every 18 months as is going to be needed. Luckily for them windows is absolutely and utterly user unfriendly and is really only suitable for lovers of Windows. Looking to the future I see 2 companies destroying Valve and that is Sony with what looks like an outstanding machine on paper with an absolute amazing back catalogue and Apple that could in theory do a Valve on the world but they have Apple OS and make there on chips......time will tell but my money is on Sony to go big , bad and bold......Jonn
@@JonnMcLoed-vo3fe Sony has become a laughing stock. I mean, the PS5 Pro might be a new level of a joke. For that price, you could literally build a better desktop.
I hope that all Succed so we get the best Product.
i hope your hand is ok holding that steam deck in the fake thumbnail lol. it would break your fingers if you did that in real life by sheer, massive brick-like weight. fake valve schill.
@@cryengine_x You know what's the cure for that?
Hitting the gym. Yeah, if you can't lift a Steam Deck and you don't have a medical condition that would make it difficult to lift objects, you really need to hit the gym.
@@cameronbosch1213 better cure dont buy steam deck. also saves 550 dollars
You got some weak Wrists train them or small Hands.
I can hold that in the same position as well.
steam deck is the worst handheld. big chunky massive and weak, and cant play any games like destiny. valve cant even fire sale these.
I really want one.
What are you talking about?
@@jamesalexhowlett He's saying he really wants a steam deck but can't afford one cause he's either just a kid, no job or just broke. He see's everyone else with one and loving it which makes him envious and angry because they're having fun and he can't have one, so instead of just being happy for everyone else that has one he instead acts as if he really hates the steam deck. He then goes into comment sections like this to spread hate about the steam deck while in reality he's crying that he has to be without one as his tears gets all on and in his keyboard.
@@jamesalexhowlett how the steam deck literally cant play any good games. not cod not destiny not almost anything. maybe english isnt your first language. but i suspect youre being intentionally obtuse. well, enjoy uhh, control at 600p ultra low 25 fps i'd rather have my eyes removed.
@cryengine_x is a troll who already responded to my comment going off about nothing.
As for me, I literally have played more games on it than any console I've ever owned. I'm now sold on PC gaming. Traditional consoles can die.