For the past few months UA-cam has started recommending more smaller creators and the videos have been a bit hit or miss, but every once and awhile I get presented amazing content like this. Great job!
Getting a steam deck as a PC gamer is a surreal experience. It's new and also at the same time familiar because you're just using steam and that library you've built up over the years. It just works out the box and I got sucked into playing like an hour of Triangle Strategy while setting up the device and downloading games xD
As a true PC gamer, it was so surreal to get that console-like feel by playing games I have been playing on my PC. And the funniest part is, that many games I have already tried on Deck, like Snowrunner and Stardew Valley, works quite well with controller as well with keyboard+mouse. Though this is not going to make me buying any consoles. :D
And then for some people it is going outside their comfort zone from the OS they know, to the uncharted waters of Linux. But if someone likes learning and tinkering it opens a whole new world (alternative launchers, side loading drm free games, emulation). For me deck replaced my old laptop with a dock and an 27” display. EDIT: the only thing I believe could be improved is the grip, I would prefer some texture to it, as sometimes I have impression that my hands are not firmly gripping the device and it might slide.
Thumbs up for being one of the few UA-camrs to recognize the customizability and potential of the Deck's thumbpads, especially for better control in shooters...even most Deck users think it's just for desktop mode. I'm a huge fan of them, as anyone can tell from one glance at my channel, which lately is mostly trackpad setup guides and gameplay videos showing it in action.
Absolutely. I felt they needed to be recognized along with all the customizability even if I particularly don’t use them all that much. The fact that it’s that big of a feature quietly tucked away was something I felt needed some attention.
Tyler, just discovered you bro. Well done. Editing, script, engagement, all of it top notch. Ordered my Steam Deck last night and eagerly awaiting its arrival.
@KevinD-fr9sg Sea of Stars (if you like RPGs), Dave the Diver, Vampire Survivors, Subnautica, Teardown, Cult of the Lamb! Also Dredge is amazing. You’ll love Dave the Diver.
@XXIVCONCEPT I'm into open world game where I can play any angle I want, like totk and botw. Was eyeing to elden ring, but I'm open to anything else as well
Dude, some sick production value on this one. Great work. I will sub and continue to watch. I just ordered a deck, and can't wait to mess around with it!
I preordered the 512 lcd before release and really enjoyed it. I held off on the OLED until I seen one in person and man, I was immediately sold on it. Love it. Valves openness is a breath of fresh air in this, well any, industry. I can't say I trust many companies to be consumer friendly(looking at you ASUS) but I do trust Valve.
What a fantastic video. Great quality and edits. Really showed out what the OLED is capable of. I love mine and I can’t wait for the future of it. It’s been a backlog nightmare and killer for me. 10/10 device.
I know you put a lot of effort in it so I will go ahead and say: nice editing and cinematography! The intro legitimately rivaled that of mkbhd's openings and he has a studio and a crew at his disposal. This video easily has the production value of one coming from a channel 1000x your size. keep it up!
Dude thank you so much. I really wish I could do these kinda videos every single week. Those intros are my little babies and I absolutely love making them even if they wipe out my energy hahaha. I'm so glad you enjoyed and hope to see you around the channel more!
Great video, wild it only has 272 views 1 day from posting. Only thing it misses is chapters maybe. Otherwise superb visuals/production and everything is super well explained.
Just watched this video which happens to be the first of yours, and with the intro, the background music and the whole composure of the video is so much on point! I love this video its simply amazing, so thats a sub from me in hope of seeing more awesome vibey and helpful videos like this, congrats and keep up the good work!😊😁
BRO SAME. While I love the Go for it's risk taking, it just isn't going to be a barebones gaming handheld that is solely designed to game. Now we just need a Steam Deck with a touch more power!
I was thinking the same. But I’ll try ChimeraOS on the legion and give that a go. I have both and even though I love the steamdeck, I’m always longing for a little more power.
Totally feel that. I'm in this weird boat where it's like yes I want more power, but at what cost? Give me all the power, but at a much more efficient power draw. That's the future of handhelds. Give me the ability to game ALL DAY. @@yoanhg421
Great video! Love my OLED, I actually upgraded from the LCD and I think I’d actually highly recommend it to anyone wondering whether they should do the same!
Absolutely agree. I honestly wasn't sure how to feel about the Steam Deck when some of these Windows handhelds came out but once I got the OLED I remembered why the Steam Deck truly gave me that nostalgia for having a handheld.
My favorite handheld so far was a modded PsVita and I still prefer the smaller size of the Vita(only with a grip tho) compared to the Steam Deck, but all the other upsides make the Steam Deck the best handheld option now.
Totally agree. I miss my original PSP so much. Something about the build quality and design really spoke to me. And love it or hate, I liked the UMD games hahaha.
OK, in my country it's not possible to buy one, so I just managed to get an old one. And I'm amazed how much thinking was spent to make controls usable, familiar and not in the way of gaming. I hope Valve soon goes worldwide and looking forward to upgrading these little things that OLED has.
One of the best reviews out there. Quality. I too have a limited steam deck, unfortunately I have a dead pixel somewhere in the middle. Do you also have this? I know this has been an issue with the limited editions.
I like that you mention the resolution “war” in the laptop space, it is the same for handheld devices. The resolution of a display should be comprise between pixel density making image look good and the power draw. IMO 16:10 proportions a good, but I do not see a point of of 4K resolution on 17” laptop screen. Same for handheld devices, trying to increase pixel density on a small screen might be impressive from technical standpoint but beyond certain PPI it will be hard to see the difference.
I think this maybe my favourite console of all time lol if you have a decent pc and good internet I highly recommend streaming , the battery lasts 9 hours and can play them hard to play triple a games at 60 fps
It's actually a super limited edition Nomad Watch Band for Apple Watch Ultra. It was a CES 2024 Exvlusive! It's actually more of an orange. However, they JUST launched their Nightwatch Red series! It includes the same band as I have but in all red. Check out Nomad Goods!
The update that is a must the downloading while the screen is off as the OLED burn in screen is true horror, also in the summer it will be super hot and the pixels will die out alot faster valve have to make it much better to save the OLED models. let valve know 🙏🏼
NGL - I used a small LED light to add some flare however, I also wanted to showcase it without the added production stuff to be accurate! It has no accent lighting of course and I didn't mod mine haha although I'm sure you could. The lights I use are Smallrig RM120s on Amazon! I even have a review of them!
I have the oled steam deck and I like my rog ally better I got my ally on sale at Best Buy 399 for the z1 extreme you can’t beat the performance for that price and is cheaper than the underpowered steam deck
Totally valid! Everyone has a preference. I love my Ally too. I just can't stand windows :( But out of the ones I've tested, the Ally takes the cake. ASUS definitely did a good job with Armoury Crate.
@@ozarkeusful in AAA games depending 1.5-2 hours but the steam deck oled in the same game say fallout 4 in 720p I get about 10 minutes more of battery life so it not that much of a difference in battery and I was playing the rog ally at 1080p and in light weight game I have gotten 5 hours out of the rog ally with the latest update the battery is a lot better
Very true! It's why I did my review a bit later. Hopefully to catch those who maybe missed the inital wave of reviews. Plus I like to spend a bit more time with my devices before I post!
Had the 1TB hated everything about it, I did a video why & seriously this thing is way over hyped but I see more gamers reselling theirs on marketplaces or secondhand that it doesn't surprise me. I owned it for a week the first 24 hours I said "I'm sending this back" really not a good device the OLED is the only thing that was good.
Bro i get like 2 hours and 50 Minutes in Elden Ring capped @45 Fps in Low Medium on the Oled model. Meanwhile i get 1 hour and 30 minutes capped @30 Fps on Low settings on the LCD Deck.
Its a great device but flawed design and bad controls specifically tthe buttons are mushy and too close to the edges of the unit,retro games are garbage on the deck and strangely not very good looking due to the deck screen aspect ratio Black screens are common,messing with linux to get basic things working is NOT fun,grill plastics are not durable,unit can get hot,the fan can be loud,the desktoo environment doesnt work the same as gamemode,specifically performance is slower vut sometimes is needed,diags on the terrible Doad are bad,button placement bad I have the oled 512,its power was more than i expected for a handheld,it plays soo many games amazingly well,the screen is clear and ultra bright,the battery life is GOOD and charges really quick too,the touch screen and sticks are great I am a fussy gamer,the deck is amazing to me even with its flaws,they can be forgiven because of the scope of what is possible
MOST people don't know how to configure Proton versions or linux to do so. But they learn in order to play their games. Now imagine they learn all of the vast ways to configure and play their favorite titles...But it doesn't work anyway; that's Steam Deck in the nut shell. Learn how to use windows if you want to play ALL your games. It's not perfect but, learning how to use windows could land you a job so it's a win-win?
I have a steam deck and a ally and I don't touch my steam deck at all the ally is the best and most simplest handheld on the market oh and on the ally no anti cheat conflicts I can play mw3 at 80 90 fps easy and anything else I want to throw at it I have spent months with both and the allys performance and all around is better in my opinion
The stupid thing wont display/turn on every now and then. Even at 66% battery ai had to plug it in. The led light next to the power button kept blinking for about 20 minutes until it finally decided to boot up and display the image. It was really scary especially because I got mine not 48 hours ago
Valve should invest more in hardware - steam Machines failed as they were 3rd party different configurations, and let’s be honest back then gaming on Linux had more issues and less compatibility. Steam Machines used intel cpu + nvidia gpu. So imo the hardware itself was a problem. I believe Valve should take a next try on a cross-over PC-console market. Modern consoles are just custom build PCs with AMD APU. The PC that people a building are getting really expensive. So there is a middle ground where Valve in cooperation with AMD could create APU (similar to one’s which will be in next gen consoles - I mean the same internal AMD architecture and based on well known x86-64) but more powerful. Instead of using power supply which is like 250W it should use 500W power supply. Architecture similar to consoles also means there will be less issues with optimizing games. Sure the price will be well above console price but at the same time I believe it would be still cheaper than building a PC. For me it would be best of two worlds. This plus the next gen Deck and valve would build an ecosystem. Which would in the long run benefit them as they could also earn on hardware sales or use it to promote their store front.
No the console market is already taken up by Sony, Microsoft, and (sort of) Nintendo. Valve found their niche and should not go no further. Atari tried the console market once again and failed. I used to say to myself if Atari came out with their own hybrid handheld, it would have been very attractive. Handhelds are the "thing" now so going forward it should only get better. People these days are always on the go/or have very little time to game hence taking care of their family, college, 9-5's, and the like. Alienware dropped the ball 5 years ago when they showed Concept UFO. They money they could have made if they had released their hybrid PC handheld console would had valve weaving in second place where the Ally sits right now...but alas look where the tides had turned. Valve sits at #1. Smach Z also dropped the ball.
Pretty annoying "review". More like a ball-fluffing session. The steam deck is... fine. Just fine. It was terrible with that very bad quality LCD screen. Now with the nice OLED screen it is serviceable. But the problem is - its just too weak. In 90% of situations a gaming laptop is going to be leagues better. Gaming Laptop with say an RTX 4060 is almost as portable but miles more powerful - like 2x at least. Sure you can't use a laptop in those edge-cases like bus-travel or whatever... Each to their own. I will buy a gaming handheld once the tech matures a bit more but for now the Steam Deck is just meh - too underpowered to devote 19 minutes of enthusiastic deep-throating it to.
So comparing the SD to a laptop isn't really a fair comparison is it? It serves a different market. People buying a laptop are likely looking to do more than just game. A handheld is more focused on gaming, likely solo. Valve built the Steam Deck not to cut out laptops, but to allow you to enjoy your Steam library on the go without the need for a controller or having to deal with Windows which is of course a preference. Totally valid point. I agree in that I would love to have more performance, but as i said in my review, the best handheld is the one you actually find yourself wanting to use. This goes for any device imo. I have 2 high-end gaming PCs I built and have had my fair share of gaming laptops but I have gamed more on this SD than any of them since owning it. That also is due to the games I like to play. Let's be real, the best handheld would be a super super efficient high powered machine with good controls, good software, and good game selection. But we're not quite there yet. But I think we're close!
What do you wanna see me review next? Drop a comment below!
An Ayaneo 2S would be rad, ngl
AYO. You should do the Ally ;) @@deckverse
The moment, it arrives! 🤞 @@XXIVCONCEPT
For the past few months UA-cam has started recommending more smaller creators and the videos have been a bit hit or miss, but every once and awhile I get presented amazing content like this. Great job!
Thank you! 🙏🏻
Getting a steam deck as a PC gamer is a surreal experience. It's new and also at the same time familiar because you're just using steam and that library you've built up over the years. It just works out the box and I got sucked into playing like an hour of Triangle Strategy while setting up the device and downloading games xD
Totally agree and i love this story!
As a true PC gamer, it was so surreal to get that console-like feel by playing games I have been playing on my PC.
And the funniest part is, that many games I have already tried on Deck, like Snowrunner and Stardew Valley, works quite well with controller as well with keyboard+mouse.
Though this is not going to make me buying any consoles. :D
As a non PC gamer, the steam deck has been phenomenal. Easy UI, incredible sales. Easy emulation too.
Everything mentioned is why I’m buying the steam over the ally or legion go. The overall package is better than the other two mainstream handhelds.
And then for some people it is going outside their comfort zone from the OS they know, to the uncharted waters of Linux.
But if someone likes learning and tinkering it opens a whole new world (alternative launchers, side loading drm free games, emulation). For me deck replaced my old laptop with a dock and an 27” display.
EDIT: the only thing I believe could be improved is the grip, I would prefer some texture to it, as sometimes I have impression that my hands are not firmly gripping the device and it might slide.
Thumbs up for being one of the few UA-camrs to recognize the customizability and potential of the Deck's thumbpads, especially for better control in shooters...even most Deck users think it's just for desktop mode. I'm a huge fan of them, as anyone can tell from one glance at my channel, which lately is mostly trackpad setup guides and gameplay videos showing it in action.
Absolutely. I felt they needed to be recognized along with all the customizability even if I particularly don’t use them all that much. The fact that it’s that big of a feature quietly tucked away was something I felt needed some attention.
Man, you knocked it out of the park again. Remember us smaller creators once your amazing intros make your channel blow up!
Haha as long as you remember me too! Thank you so much for the kind words as always.
GOATED production. You’re gonna be unstoppable soon, king.
Oh man. Thank you! We'll get there one day. One crazy intro at a time!
The Most banger intros on UA-cam and such a great detailed review. Making me want to get a streamdeck Oled. Nice review!
YESSIR
Tyler, just discovered you bro. Well done. Editing, script, engagement, all of it top notch. Ordered my Steam Deck last night and eagerly awaiting its arrival.
Wow man, this was a solid review. Best I've been on the new oled.
Means a ton! I had a blast making this one!
I just got mine a week ago, and good games you can suggest? So for I had hades, dredge, and warframe.
@KevinD-fr9sg Sea of Stars (if you like RPGs), Dave the Diver, Vampire Survivors, Subnautica, Teardown, Cult of the Lamb! Also Dredge is amazing. You’ll love Dave the Diver.
@XXIVCONCEPT I'm into open world game where I can play any angle I want, like totk and botw. Was eyeing to elden ring, but I'm open to anything else as well
I have yet to dive into Elden Ring but I want to! Let me know if you do and how you like it!@@KevinD-fr9sg
The color orange is honestly underrated
Damn right it is.
Holy crap this was the greatest review video I’ve ever seen. Great quality, pacing, and info!
Thank you Chris! That means a ton. Will continue to try and make the next ones just as good!
Dude, some sick production value on this one. Great work. I will sub and continue to watch. I just ordered a deck, and can't wait to mess around with it!
Glad you enjoyed it! Welcome to the channel and more importantly, welcome to the Steam Deck fam ☺️
I preordered the 512 lcd before release and really enjoyed it. I held off on the OLED until I seen one in person and man, I was immediately sold on it. Love it. Valves openness is a breath of fresh air in this, well any, industry. I can't say I trust many companies to be consumer friendly(looking at you ASUS) but I do trust Valve.
What a fantastic video. Great quality and edits. Really showed out what the OLED is capable of. I love mine and I can’t wait for the future of it. It’s been a backlog nightmare and killer for me. 10/10 device.
10/10 comment! Thank you so much. Trying to make the best quality reviews for you guys possible! More to come!
I know you put a lot of effort in it so I will go ahead and say: nice editing and cinematography! The intro legitimately rivaled that of mkbhd's openings and he has a studio and a crew at his disposal. This video easily has the production value of one coming from a channel 1000x your size. keep it up!
Dude thank you so much. I really wish I could do these kinda videos every single week. Those intros are my little babies and I absolutely love making them even if they wipe out my energy hahaha. I'm so glad you enjoyed and hope to see you around the channel more!
Great video, wild it only has 272 views 1 day from posting. Only thing it misses is chapters maybe. Otherwise superb visuals/production and everything is super well explained.
True. I always go back and forth on the chapters. Would you prefer I had them? Would that help you think?
@@XXIVCONCEPTit would be appreciated 👍
The first music sounds like a dope VICE war documentary
That was a bomber intro ngl, some crazy good graphics and editing for a small little Yt channel
I see you also have an LTT bag ..
Thanks! Sure do! They gave me one during LTX along with a ton of other goodies haha.
that was an absolutely killer intro
Just watched this video which happens to be the first of yours, and with the intro, the background music and the whole composure of the video is so much on point! I love this video its simply amazing, so thats a sub from me in hope of seeing more awesome vibey and helpful videos like this, congrats and keep up the good work!😊😁
That means a ton! Thank you so much!! 🥹
I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE! Returned my Legion go and got an OLED deck instead. I am LITERALLYY LOVINGGGGGG IT!
BRO SAME. While I love the Go for it's risk taking, it just isn't going to be a barebones gaming handheld that is solely designed to game. Now we just need a Steam Deck with a touch more power!
I was thinking the same. But I’ll try ChimeraOS on the legion and give that a go. I have both and even though I love the steamdeck, I’m always longing for a little more power.
Totally feel that. I'm in this weird boat where it's like yes I want more power, but at what cost? Give me all the power, but at a much more efficient power draw. That's the future of handhelds. Give me the ability to game ALL DAY. @@yoanhg421
Great video! Love my OLED, I actually upgraded from the LCD and I think I’d actually highly recommend it to anyone wondering whether they should do the same!
Absolutely agree. I honestly wasn't sure how to feel about the Steam Deck when some of these Windows handhelds came out but once I got the OLED I remembered why the Steam Deck truly gave me that nostalgia for having a handheld.
My favorite handheld so far was a modded PsVita and I still prefer the smaller size of the Vita(only with a grip tho) compared to the Steam Deck, but all the other upsides make the Steam Deck the best handheld option now.
Totally agree. I miss my original PSP so much. Something about the build quality and design really spoke to me. And love it or hate, I liked the UMD games hahaha.
Yes, definitely, absolutely. It is
OK, in my country it's not possible to buy one, so I just managed to get an old one. And I'm amazed how much thinking was spent to make controls usable, familiar and not in the way of gaming. I hope Valve soon goes worldwide and looking forward to upgrading these little things that OLED has.
Absolutely. I'm glad you managed to get one and hope they begin extending offers to other countries as well!
One of the best reviews out there. Quality. I too have a limited steam deck, unfortunately I have a dead pixel somewhere in the middle. Do you also have this? I know this has been an issue with the limited editions.
Awh man. I'm sorry. I will need to check but i haven't noticed any yet. I usually check when my screen goes white. But get in touch with Valve!
bro went all out on that into
I may have gotten a little carried away... haha
I have a lcd one for years now. But the Intro so tasty makes me buy an oled one
I like that you mention the resolution “war” in the laptop space, it is the same for handheld devices. The resolution of a display should be comprise between pixel density making image look good and the power draw.
IMO 16:10 proportions a good, but I do not see a point of of 4K resolution on 17” laptop screen.
Same for handheld devices, trying to increase pixel density on a small screen might be impressive from technical standpoint but beyond certain PPI it will be hard to see the difference.
I think this maybe my favourite console of all time lol if you have a decent pc and good internet I highly recommend streaming , the battery lasts 9 hours and can play them hard to play triple a games at 60 fps
Excellent review! Awhh so even if I charge the deck without the stand/hub it still charges pass through? Thank you.
I believe so! Either way- the Deck has a system in place to avoid over charging.
Damnn the intro! 👏🏻
The LCD is already perfect, Oled is just an icing on top.
Tyler random question. Can you tell me watch band you have on in the video? It’s red with a black clasp it looks like. I really like it lol
It's actually a super limited edition Nomad Watch Band for Apple Watch Ultra. It was a CES 2024 Exvlusive! It's actually more of an orange. However, they JUST launched their Nightwatch Red series! It includes the same band as I have but in all red. Check out Nomad Goods!
Thanks. I thought it was nomad but the black clasp threw me off. I have a couple nomad bands are they’re great. Thanks for the reply.
The update that is a must the downloading while the screen is off as the OLED burn in screen is true horror, also in the summer it will be super hot and the pixels will die out alot faster valve have to make it much better to save the OLED models.
let valve know 🙏🏼
A buddy of mine actually did a test on the burn in for the OLED! Check out The Phawx's channel!
What is the ambient lighting under your deck? I haven't seen that before, but looks cool!
NGL - I used a small LED light to add some flare however, I also wanted to showcase it without the added production stuff to be accurate! It has no accent lighting of course and I didn't mod mine haha although I'm sure you could. The lights I use are Smallrig RM120s on Amazon! I even have a review of them!
Great review. Question? How do I get that light on the back of the deck. That blue glow is nice. It’s shown in 9:50mins in video
The onexfly is the big daddy of handhelds but the steam deck is cute
Thank you master.
I have the oled steam deck and I like my rog ally better I got my ally on sale at Best Buy 399 for the z1 extreme you can’t beat the performance for that price and is cheaper than the underpowered steam deck
Totally valid! Everyone has a preference. I love my Ally too. I just can't stand windows :( But out of the ones I've tested, the Ally takes the cake. ASUS definitely did a good job with Armoury Crate.
But you have to stay constantly plugged in or you lose battery power in less than an hour. Why make a portable PC that has no portability??
@@ozarkeusful in AAA games depending 1.5-2 hours but the steam deck oled in the same game say fallout 4 in 720p I get about 10 minutes more of battery life so it not that much of a difference in battery and I was playing the rog ally at 1080p and in light weight game I have gotten 5 hours out of the rog ally with the latest update the battery is a lot better
There are still people who don't know what the SD OLED is 3 months later.
Very true! It's why I did my review a bit later. Hopefully to catch those who maybe missed the inital wave of reviews. Plus I like to spend a bit more time with my devices before I post!
The sd is a god controller
I totally agree. The controls on the SD are definitely the best imo for a a handheld.
@@XXIVCONCEPT always wished they made a controller like this, dreams do come true😆
you deserve this sub
I won't let you down!
FIRE
My brain after making this.
Had the 1TB hated everything about it, I did a video why & seriously this thing is way over hyped but I see more gamers reselling theirs on marketplaces or secondhand that it doesn't surprise me. I owned it for a week the first 24 hours I said "I'm sending this back" really not a good device the OLED is the only thing that was good.
Everyone has their preferences.
Can I use the new steam deck oled to eat sketti and butter?
If you're bold enough. Eat your sketti in a new light.
Grate content 👌
Bro i get like 2 hours and 50 Minutes in Elden Ring capped @45 Fps in Low Medium on the Oled model. Meanwhile i get 1 hour and 30 minutes capped @30 Fps on Low settings on the LCD Deck.
Its a great device but flawed design and bad controls specifically tthe buttons are mushy and too close to the edges of the unit,retro games are garbage on the deck and strangely not very good looking due to the deck screen aspect ratio
Black screens are common,messing with linux to get basic things working is NOT fun,grill plastics are not durable,unit can get hot,the fan can be loud,the desktoo environment doesnt work the same as gamemode,specifically performance is slower vut sometimes is needed,diags on the terrible Doad are bad,button placement bad
I have the oled 512,its power was more than i expected for a handheld,it plays soo many games amazingly well,the screen is clear and ultra bright,the battery life is GOOD and charges really quick too,the touch screen and sticks are great
I am a fussy gamer,the deck is amazing to me even with its flaws,they can be forgiven because of the scope of what is possible
MOST people don't know how to configure Proton versions or linux to do so. But they learn in order to play their games. Now imagine they learn all of the vast ways to configure and play their favorite titles...But it doesn't work anyway; that's Steam Deck in the nut shell.
Learn how to use windows if you want to play ALL your games. It's not perfect but, learning how to use windows could land you a job so it's a win-win?
I have a steam deck and a ally and I don't touch my steam deck at all the ally is the best and most simplest handheld on the market oh and on the ally no anti cheat conflicts I can play mw3 at 80 90 fps easy and anything else I want to throw at it I have spent months with both and the allys performance and all around is better in my opinion
But that battery tho. 😢
Totally valid! I love my Ally too! I think it boils down to the games you play most. I'm glad you love your Ally!
The stupid thing wont display/turn on every now and then. Even at 66% battery ai had to plug it in. The led light next to the power button kept blinking for about 20 minutes until it finally decided to boot up and display the image. It was really scary especially because I got mine not 48 hours ago
I would RMA that unit asap.
What's RMA?@@XXIVCONCEPT
I’m so torn between the lcd and oled. They are not cheap at all.
OLED is the superior Steam Deck. If you’re gonna use it, get the OLED.
Valve should invest more in hardware - steam Machines failed as they were 3rd party different configurations, and let’s be honest back then gaming on Linux had more issues and less compatibility. Steam Machines used intel cpu + nvidia gpu. So imo the hardware itself was a problem.
I believe Valve should take a next try on a cross-over PC-console market.
Modern consoles are just custom build PCs with AMD APU. The PC that people a building are getting really expensive.
So there is a middle ground where Valve in cooperation with AMD could create APU (similar to one’s which will be in next gen consoles - I mean the same internal AMD architecture and based on well known x86-64) but more powerful. Instead of using power supply which is like 250W it should use 500W power supply. Architecture similar to consoles also means there will be less issues with optimizing games. Sure the price will be well above console price but at the same time I believe it would be still cheaper than building a PC. For me it would be best of two worlds.
This plus the next gen Deck and valve would build an ecosystem.
Which would in the long run benefit them as they could also earn on hardware sales or use it to promote their store front.
No the console market is already taken up by Sony, Microsoft, and (sort of) Nintendo. Valve found their niche and should not go no further. Atari tried the console market once again and failed. I used to say to myself if Atari came out with their own hybrid handheld, it would have been very attractive. Handhelds are the "thing" now so going forward it should only get better. People these days are always on the go/or have very little time to game hence taking care of their family, college, 9-5's, and the like. Alienware dropped the ball 5 years ago when they showed Concept UFO. They money they could have made if they had released their hybrid PC handheld console would had valve weaving in second place where the Ally sits right now...but alas look where the tides had turned. Valve sits at #1. Smach Z also dropped the ball.
Bruh.. discovering chaki4deck may have given my PS5 a second lease on life 😂.. steam deck just rocks
Pretty annoying "review". More like a ball-fluffing session. The steam deck is... fine. Just fine. It was terrible with that very bad quality LCD screen. Now with the nice OLED screen it is serviceable. But the problem is - its just too weak. In 90% of situations a gaming laptop is going to be leagues better. Gaming Laptop with say an RTX 4060 is almost as portable but miles more powerful - like 2x at least. Sure you can't use a laptop in those edge-cases like bus-travel or whatever... Each to their own. I will buy a gaming handheld once the tech matures a bit more but for now the Steam Deck is just meh - too underpowered to devote 19 minutes of enthusiastic deep-throating it to.
Sounds like you didn’t try one yet. Shame.
So comparing the SD to a laptop isn't really a fair comparison is it? It serves a different market. People buying a laptop are likely looking to do more than just game. A handheld is more focused on gaming, likely solo. Valve built the Steam Deck not to cut out laptops, but to allow you to enjoy your Steam library on the go without the need for a controller or having to deal with Windows which is of course a preference.
Totally valid point. I agree in that I would love to have more performance, but as i said in my review, the best handheld is the one you actually find yourself wanting to use. This goes for any device imo. I have 2 high-end gaming PCs I built and have had my fair share of gaming laptops but I have gamed more on this SD than any of them since owning it. That also is due to the games I like to play.
Let's be real, the best handheld would be a super super efficient high powered machine with good controls, good software, and good game selection. But we're not quite there yet. But I think we're close!
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