The steam deck community has been so refreshing. Thank you so much for all of the content that you make. Seeing a new video from you pop up makes my day!
At Microsoft BUILD 2014, (I only learned this recently) Microsoft made Windows for IoT and devices with a screen 9" and under free. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems like handhelds would fall into that category.
I'm a CS person, and I just play games on my Steam Deck. I haven't opened it up or anything, just installed decky. I care more about battery life than performance, so I'm glad that's Valve doesn't want to compromise on that. I've been a PC gamer since the late 90s, and the Deck has made gaming so much more accessible again to this new father. If Valve releases a TV 'console' device, I will get it. I still have the OG Steam Link device I use to stream on my TV.
They didn't announce it, but in Steams interview with PC World they said they're quite far down the line with multiple hardware form factors. This was in response to being asked about the 'Console' specifically. Presumably they're referring to another handheld, VR and the console unit that have all been mentioned
I deployed Bazzite on a Minisforum UM690, and it works flawlessly for my nephews. But I am not the typical gamer. I love your passion and positivity Mr. Champagne!
I've experienced quite a few visual bugs while using a 3080 on Linux, and I've considered getting an AMD card, but if they can get Nvidia to support Linux more, then it would save me a few hundred dollars.
Just wanted to add my own positive comment. I recently got a steam deck, and your videos have helped me because of the information and knowledge you have on it. Your videos are very informative and you clearly know what you’re talking about and have a lot of experience. It shows by the way you talk and the little details as well as your own opinions on this kind of news or just steam deck things in general. I can tell you’re definitely a dude who loves games and appreciates hardware that makes it easier and better for the consumer. Hope that makes sense. I subbed about a week ago and will definitely stay and continue watching your uploads. 10 out of 10. Wish you the best. This channel should definitely have more followers.❤
What do you mean? Steam workshop works and there are games where I've had to modify the installed files and I just used dolfin in desktop mode and was able to get what I needed done.
@KJMcLaws alot of games to mod either requires you going into the konsole to add things. Having to add stuff called prefixes, and so on. Been trying to get things like Hedgemodmanagers to work for the sonic games and The kh mod managers but there just really isn't really good youtube tutorials.
@KJMcLaws alot of games don't have a workshop option and usually need you to do a bunch of things within the konsole or weird other steps to get a mod manager working like hedgemodmanager which somehow still don't have a good youtube tutorial guide on. Would like to mod alot of the sonic games, kingdom hearts games and others
@@KJMcLawssome mods require you to run .bat files to install, this can’t be done easily in Linux, usually have to configure the mod on a windows pc and port over to the deck. But i hear you, modding on the deck is easy’ish, people do overplay the complexity of modding on the Deck
I haven't heard anyone else say this, but I hope with all these Steam devices come out and buyers spread their money out that Devs don't stop making games optimized for OG Steam Decks
I bought a steam deck last month and arrived after the new years (so sad, at that point no more holiday), but I really like it! I tried few games, Terraria runs well but not used to controls yet, Rimworld runs very well, the control not used to it yet but not difficult, but currently playing Star Ocean the Second Story R which is one of my all time favourite (the remake version is just so good, can't stop playing and won't stop except I need to sleep because of work the next day... It also runs crazy well on the deck, battle is smooth and I. Just. Love. It!!!!!!!) State of Decay 2 runs good in Low settings, I tried emudeck with Star Ocean 3, it runs PERFECT! I don't know later when I will have to do the dragon flute, but I'll think about it later.... I love it so much, that I can have full control with FPS limit, TDP limit, the choices is just so good. There's also built in FSR, seems good for playing with older emulated games. There's also built in screen recorder too, though too bad we can't choose AV1 or H265 or H264 manually, but I'm happy we can select bitrate at least. One of the shocking thing is, I install most of my games on microsd (SanDisk Extreme with sequential write around 60-70 MB/s and seq read 80-100 MB/s), IT RUNS SO WELL! Maybe a few more seconds on loading, but it really doesn't felt bad at all. I'm so happy!!!! At this rate I'm not using my PC for gaming anymore hahaha... Also tried installing non-steam games, and with Lutris it works great! Now, I need to figure out how to install mods on my non-steam version of FNV XD
so so so true, I think valve might be the "historical" reason why linux finally destroys all close source which is totally unexpected of the currently educated
Steam was ahead of the times trying the Steam Box back in the day. That was before people were so fed up with the other stuff out there and the switch hadn't come out, which was bigger for gaming than people think.
I hope it lives up to the hype because I like the simplicity of steam os but at the same time the ability to use different software to enhance gaming on the windows side is hard to beat as we are dealing with lower end gaming hardware
Didnt the devs boast about getting better performance than KCD1? They apparently put a lot of focus into optimisation so running it at low-medium 45fps is probably gonna be doable.
I looked at the requirements and they're light. Also I've watched previews where people on 4070's can max it out at 4K and get 60fps. The devs have also said it gets better performance than KCD1 and if that's true, even if i'm taking it with a grain of salt, then it 100% will run well on Deck bc KCD1 runs at a locked 30 at medium settings.
It’s crazy when you think how happy people are that valve is putting their OS everywhere, and people love it. But Xbox is rumor to be doing the same with their OS and people hate it. The world is a crazy place. * for context, I am a steam deck and Xbox gamer.
Xbox and Windows limit it. If you get xbox os your gonna have to buy all your games from Microsoft. The steamdeck for now is still a pc first and you can still get your games from else where
Cause Valve has over 2 decades of good will and pro consumer decisions behind then while Microsoft is horrendously anti consumer and the crap they've been pulling with Win11 is why the amount of people looking to switch to Linux has skyrocketed. Why would anyone trust and be excited for Microsoft exactly?
If Microsoft release an Xbox OS for handhelds that have game pass and easy integratrion with other launcher/stores... SteamOS will be history. People will go for the known and familiar. And it will play all the games. I have Rog Ally, Legion Go and SD OLED, all with Bazzite. Same with all my PC's, Just running Linux.
@monki_sudo You seem to have no idea what the actual situation with game pass is, its not anywhere as successful as they need it to be, their entire console division is a joke. Game pass has a tiny fraction of a tiny fraction of games, each game they add to it increases their costs while their numbers arent impressive. If you think Gamepass has a chance at beating Steam you're delusional, there is a reason Steam has control over PC gaming, its cause its by far and away the best service with the most games. Add to all of that the fact that Microsoft have earned a massive amount of disdain and you have a recipe for another flop. The whole reason Linux is even a hot topic is because of the mass amounts of people pissed at Microsoft. Also you seem to believe Steam is the niche one in this scenario, Steam has hit 40mil people online at once, for reference total PS5 sales are in the 50mil range and they're outselling Xbox by a hilarious margin. Valve are the ones in control Microsoft just has more money to set on fire while failing to compete.
They need to produce a full desktop version that does not require steam log in and is not immutable.. I just have a feeling maintaining a desktop distribution is something Valve does not want to do in the slightest.
Just installed Bazzite on my Rog Ally, it is so much better to use than Windows. It may be a little buggy here or there, but Windows on handhelds is buggy too. IT NOW SLEEPS AND WAKES!!!!!
I just grabbed my SteamDeck OLED a year ago. I'm new to the community and still obsessed with this thing. I drag it everywhere, especially when I know I'm going to be somewhere long and waiting. I'm overjoyed with this thing and I hope we don't get a new one for a couple more years. I'd hate for them to drop one because of all the new recent handhelds releasing. I'm glad they're taking their time to drop a competitive product and worrying about Battery Life.
@@iamweebboi4392 You're going to love it. Good move on going for the OLED, it definitely make a difference. Love the experience of having these games on the go now. Before all I had was my Switch OLED but grabbing this was a game changer.
I kinda wish valve didn't ditch the steam link. I know you can use apps on a lot of devices, and I bought one when they announced it was being discontinued, but it's such a good solution to wanting a console experience if you already have a gaming pc.
I don't want a deck 2 yet. I just upgraded my deck Lcd to the OLED at christmas. And my god the screen is stunning!!! Also how much power does one want in their handheld. AAA games are kinda wasted on a tiny 7inch screen. I save these for my desktop computer and OLED monitor, for proper immersion ❤
As an old person someone who hasn't owned a hand held gaming device since a gameboy (and not counting the Switch), but eyeballing a Steamdeck for a year. Should I buy one now? Or should I wait for ... something to come out? Or should I get something totally different? I'm in no rush.
honestly i cant wait for people to see the potential of steams voice chat ... it is almost better than Discord and is in some ways... when this os releases i hope they spend some time on it cus im tired of Discords bs
Yeah that would be amazing, especially if they tailored it to work fantastically with SteamOS since Discord on Linux has a ton of little issues you need to iron out for it to even work properly, like getting it to detect your mute keybinds when the app isnt focused.
Valve I just want a 500$ steam box with roughly PS5 performance with a steam controller 2 it's not hard don't do some weird unpowered steam deck chip but you give it 50 watts or some crap like that
If Valve is willing to sell them at cost they can easily get the hardware at bulk discount from AMD and it would run laps around the PS5 Pro at 500$... With the new gen AMD GPU's being rumored to be around 4080 performance for under 500$ they could easily beat the PS5 pro with a 200$ GPU.
@@DebasedAnon I think valve is going with an apu from AMD and I think even the top end 40cu strix halo chip is barely PS5 level of performance. But who knows I'll be excited for whatever valve releases we need more competition regardless.
@@Spencerwalker21 Depends what the 40CU's are, if they're RDNA 2 like in the PS5 then its gonna be in between a PS5 and a PS5 Pro, if they're RDNA 3 its already approaching PS5 pro territory, if its RDNA 4 then its easily going to be better than the PS5 Pro but I doubt Strix is using RDNA 4. A PS5 is the equivalent of an RX 5700, an RX 6700XT is an RDNA 2 GPU with 40CU's for comparison... if Strix uses RDNA 3 (probably the case) its gonna run laps around the PS5. Either way there isn't really a bad product they can make with any of the AMD stuff, it all depends on pricing, if its marginally slower than a PS5 Pro while costing half the amount its still an amazing build. if they want to match the PS5 Pro in terms of price then they can cram SIGNIFICANTLY more power into it since Valve is willing to sell their hardware at cost.
It's been a while since I tinkered with machines running Linux and Nvidia. But if I recall correctly, the main issue with Nvidia on Linux is that their driver is proprietary. So unless there's a big push from users, support for new machines, or help from Nvidia itself, the support for Nvidia might not improve quickly.
the only problem with this is SteamOS going to all these handhelds that are releasing more horse power with their units and the steamdeck community being stuck with the steamdeck with no upgrades for us. but the love of the optimization for the games with it really makes me happy to own one but they are going to have to look at something towards the future if not make a new steamdeck at least give us a hub or something where we can hook a ext GPU to it for those who are into that kinda of thing. i myself couldnt be happier with my OLED and raw power is something that doesnt interest me that much if that was the case id just go play over on my laptop.
Many Bazzite users became worried that Bazzite would shut down. Bazzite devs. made a statement on reddit. They will develope it further... I prefer Universal Blue and Bazzite. I also like projects like NobaraOS and CachyOS.
9:46 my theory is valve has already tapped Lenovo for manufacturing Deckard or its components, so this steam handheld is just the tip of the iceberg of their relationship.
My guess for a new Steam Deck is end of 2025 there will be an anouncement with a new custom APU by AMD Like 8x5c cores 16-20 CUs 24/32 Gb Ram 7,4" OLED 800p/900p
well honestly while we are discussing the potential i would like to add to it.. why not install steam os on smart tvs? we see samsung and sony etc in commercials saying how great their tvs are for gaming? why not just put steam os on there and then manufactors can add a gpu to the tv for the moneys they save on making their own os. that wuld be as seamless as it gets or adding gpus to gaming monitors... no need for a box. a box would be considerd premium buysings and we save a lot on making materials for all kinds if the only thing you had to think about was turning on a screen and thats it. then you could have tv or monitors for casual stuff too. like deviding the sector more to have better tailored products for what you need. like how there exist specific tools for a specific task at the farm or home
If Valve's main concern is getting more Steam customers, wouldn't it be smart just to release a battle-tested SteamOS and let other companies experience the risks and hassles of manufacturing boxes instead of subsidizing their own low-cost consoles?
Should I buy a Steam Deck or get an Ally X and put Steam OS on it when it comes out. I want to be able to play games like POE2, Diablo, Wow, etc along with emulations.
All 3 of the games you mentioned work on Deck. POE2 starts fine but gets harder to run as you get deeper but I've put a hundred hours into Diablo on Deck and it's great. WoW I know works well too. Emulators are a dream.
Dude, most schools and start-ups are on Google workspaces, small business are on iPads, Microsoft office is down to 25% Gamers are the last bastion for windows, without them it’s legacy businesses only
I think it would be a mistake to allow others to release a console. I would buy a steam console, I wouldn’t touch others. They made this mistake with the steam machines 10 years ago
Customers just want games to work, so software houses like Rockstar or Epic, need to get they sheit together, else they risk getting upstaged by a competitor with similar gaming.
Hi and thank Jimmy I have been following you for a while it was you and several others who convinced me to get a Steam deck last year and it's the best investment I ever made for gaming.. Keep up the good work..
To be honest, if the Steam Machine is not cheap in a sense that makes me doubt about building a new PC, I would rather buy an old workstation, a used GPU and install Bazzite.
Got mine this week (500gb oled) and the only regret that I have right now is the fact that I delayed buying it for so long 😂 Be aware that if you have a big library (mine is +250 games) you will lose a ton of time choosing between games and which ones you want to play first
Buy it valve won’t come out with another model until they find a chipset that offers what they are looking for. I’ve had my oled for a year now and it’s great I love it reignited my passion for gaming
The narrative that Steam Deck is old and can’t run modern Triple A games is lame, yes it’s older, but I play Cyberpunk, Metaphor, and the newest versions of NBA and WWE with no problem on my Deck
I mean, Cyberpunk is over four years old and Metaphor was built with PS3 tech. It CAN run a lot of new AAA games but we're definitely at the point where it's going to run less of them than more.
I want it on my 2080s 3900x 😢 I mean just make it compatible for nvidia, I would not mnd using my 2080s at the performance of 2060-2070 for a few months, I just wanna move away from windows mate... I don't mind if I loose DLSS, rather SteamOS than DLSS imo
Valve loses money when selling the Steamdeck but make it back with everyone that buy games thru Steam, its a smart decision for them to license SteamOS for free they dont lose money on selling the steamdeck but still get the perks of people buying games from Steam. Smart move by Valve
I doubt they lose money, they most likely break even. Losing money at the current Deck prices makes no sense when you consider how old and therefore cheap the chips are.
I think you meant to say Intel GPU not CPU because there is still a huge market share of users who use Intel CPUs and if Valve doesn't support Intel CPUs would shut out a lot of users. So Yeah you are on to something when it comes to the MSI claw that it may not support due to it having an Intel Graphics chip. I could see Valve using both a Box that has an AMD dedicated mobile GPU and one without one.
It is Arch. They can just use mhwd to probe for hardware and get licenses from Nvidia to install their drivers automatically if they are detected. AMD and Intel already work out of the box in this way. Nvidia is still manual in most cases but it will work once you get it running. Linus said it and I concur, 'Nvidia sucks!'.
We will get a steamdeck 2 at the absolute soonest during the summer of 2026, 2027 is probable, and even spring 2028 is not out of the picture. The reason is that steamdeck 2 needs 3-4nm to have sufficient battery life to get a 4-6 times performance lift but also at a reasonable price. That will not be available until 2026. Buuuut, we might see a additional steamdeck update, something like a steamdeck light or possibly a steamdeck XL, the first one would be a swich like formfactor and the second one would be something like with a 9" screen.,
I just got into Hades the game can you give me some advice for other games that are able to play on the steam Deck with this kind of genre. I'm not asking you to promote my Channel or anything but I was wondering would you get me some advice about making a UA-cam I have a UA-cam channel called retro GameCube Channel and I make all kinds of videos but I'm curious I've been having been doing a good job that you think. I'm new to this stuff and im sort new aad I've had it for 3 years. but I figured I'd reach out and ask for some advice from a popular UA-cam channel like yours. I figured it couldn't hurt to ask for little help
Community fan build? It's open source. Bazzite, NobaraOS, CachyOS, ChimeraOS uses open source stuff that Valve have made. How the hell could Valve take it down? SteamOS is based on a community built open source Linux distrobution, Arch. It's you that don't know what you are talking about. The Linux Kernel they use are open source, GPL-2. Those community fan builds you are talking about has a newer Kernel, newer KDE plasma and they have Wayland. SteamOS will probably never be a general purpose OS for "all devices". Valve can't just "figure" out Nvidia drivers and add it to SteamOS.
I laugh when game news channels think that Valve sees other hardware manufacturers as "competition" when Valve makes all their money on Steam revenue. All Valve cares about is Steam being everywhere, hence why it makes sense that the would partner with other hardware manufacturers. They are not a threat, but an enabler. If Microsoft attempted to officalize the installation of Gamepass on SteamOS, now THAT would be disrupting Valve's revenue stream. That doesnt stop people from installing it, but it will never be officially supported.
Valves primary goal isnt expanding revenue massively by targeting console players to switch them over, thats the side effect. Their primary goal since the early 2010s (thats what the Steam machines were) was to break the Microsoft monopoly on gaming. If there was an alternative to Microsoft for a PC gaming OS then Valve wouldnt be doing any of this, but there isnt so they've made it their mission to make Linux a viable gaming platform and their Steam Decks and Steam OS is a way to popularize it and its working.
It’s kinda of strange to see people thinking SteamOS will be a replacement for a desktop OS to have a PC experience. It is not meant to be that and it will never be. Steam OS is for dedicated gaming devices, the Desktop Environment they ship is outdated and their drivers focus on delivering only the essential for gaming devices (as Linus saw when he tried to use a printer on the steam deck) to optimize the performance. If people want to have a Linux Desktop the SteamOS will never be that solution. If you look at the show off on CES they said they are releasing steam os for other gaming devices in specific.
Er, I'm a developer and I've been using my Steam Deck as my main development PC for my open source projects since 2023. I program in Go, JavaScript, Julia, use Emacs and VIM. I generally have more than 400 tabs open in my Brave browser. For more than a year I haven't had any problems using it as my main personal computer.
Why was Linus having issues? I've had no problem printing from my SteamDeck. Hell SteamOS on my Deck nearly as good as my experiences with Arch Linux. only Fedora has been better for me in all honesty.
And then they don't even need to spend money on it's development. They can just give them support, or just maybe pay them a bit. I just hope the whole CS gambling stuff doesn't end up taking Valve down completely. That would be completely horrible, everybody losing their whole libraries, and everything one day snaps out of existence because of it all. IDK who could run it that people would feel confident that it was in good hands if say it, ended up being sold due to litigation so that didn't end up just getting destroyed completely. I just hope it survives, I can't imagine what would happen due to the vacuum it no longer existing would cause.
steamOS is very limited, it just launches games, that's it. There's no other function, not printers, no to locate USB sticks, no native anything except less than basics...
Do you know what. I've read so many comments about leaving Windows and installing SteamOS on all your devices.... It's starting to get very annoying, but I can't wait for you to do it. 🤣😂 90% of Windows users who install SteamOS will switch back to Windows within a month. SteamOS is not some magic OS, it's Linux. If you don't use Linux today you will soon find out how Linux is on "all your devices".
IF Valve sctually does manufacture theur iem official console I might actually have to a reason ti try it out..... Handhelds are already rxpensive because of multi SKUs, pkus hard to yrll what has a good suze acreen like Nintendo Swirch size us a good consideration.
a Steam ''console'' for a modern tv would dominate. Just a cheap good pc for tv's. THAT would be so good.
The deck already can dock and output to a modern tv.
i'm still waiting for the cleaveland steam box to come out
@@RFNY315true, but if it can be even at series S performance or better would be incredible
An open source “console” would be amazing
@@darrenheaberlin7827 seems like it is already, no?
I don't want a Steam Deck 2; because it means that we will never get a Steam Deck 3; so, I hope they'll use other naming XD
hahahaha
I mean we have OS3
Steam Deck 2: Episode 1.
Steam Deck: Alyx
steam deck 1 episode 2
:))) duuude
The steam deck community has been so refreshing. Thank you so much for all of the content that you make. Seeing a new video from you pop up makes my day!
At Microsoft BUILD 2014, (I only learned this recently) Microsoft made Windows for IoT and devices with a screen 9" and under free. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems like handhelds would fall into that category.
I'm a CS person, and I just play games on my Steam Deck. I haven't opened it up or anything, just installed decky. I care more about battery life than performance, so I'm glad that's Valve doesn't want to compromise on that.
I've been a PC gamer since the late 90s, and the Deck has made gaming so much more accessible again to this new father.
If Valve releases a TV 'console' device, I will get it. I still have the OG Steam Link device I use to stream on my TV.
You are now the only youtuber that I've both subscribed to and have set my notifications to all for. You're that good!
Thanks, it really does mean a lot
@@DeckReady you da man jimmy!
They didn't announce it, but in Steams interview with PC World they said they're quite far down the line with multiple hardware form factors. This was in response to being asked about the 'Console' specifically. Presumably they're referring to another handheld, VR and the console unit that have all been mentioned
I'm on my new steam deck playing Firewatch, while I wait for Uber passengers, man what a game changer for my down times ❤
I deployed Bazzite on a Minisforum UM690, and it works flawlessly for my nephews. But I am not the typical gamer. I love your passion and positivity Mr. Champagne!
Your not the only one who's waiting for nvidia support, I've got a 4080 in my PC and would love to have SteamOS installed instead of windows
I've experienced quite a few visual bugs while using a 3080 on Linux, and I've considered getting an AMD card, but if they can get Nvidia to support Linux more, then it would save me a few hundred dollars.
I got a pc with a 4070 ti and I'm playing ps2 games on a Steam Deck.
That depends more on Nvidia than on Steam.
Its entirely up to Nvidia and not Valve or any of the Linux distros.
@@grandmarquee Dude I'm getting the 5090 soon to play Balatro. I cannot wait!
Not hearing “As always, I’m Jimmy Champagne (or however you spell your last name)” just feels so wrong lmao
Ok I’ll bring it back
@ All is right in the world
The Ryzen AI Max 385 looks pretty good for a steam box. Much more powerful than the Z2
Yeah, 4070 like performance or something close to.
pretty sure thats because they literally throw (32 - 40) alot of graphic cores on it lol...
and for sure it aint going to be cheap ..
@@schikey2076 more expensive than a normal CPU probably, but almost certainly less expensive than a CPU and a discrete GPU
Just wanted to add my own positive comment. I recently got a steam deck, and your videos have helped me because of the information and knowledge you have on it. Your videos are very informative and you clearly know what you’re talking about and have a lot of experience. It shows by the way you talk and the little details as well as your own opinions on this kind of news or just steam deck things in general. I can tell you’re definitely a dude who loves games and appreciates hardware that makes it easier and better for the consumer. Hope that makes sense. I subbed about a week ago and will definitely stay and continue watching your uploads. 10 out of 10. Wish you the best. This channel should definitely have more followers.❤
Keep up the great work love the channel
Thanks! Will do!
You do good work Jimmy. I havent bought a steamdeck yet but I like to keep up with all the news on it. I will be getting one at some point soon.
Really hope they make games easier to be modded on steam os/steam deck
They have the Stean Workshop most mods, but r2modman and the in development Nexus Mods App both work on Linux if you need them.
What do you mean? Steam workshop works and there are games where I've had to modify the installed files and I just used dolfin in desktop mode and was able to get what I needed done.
@KJMcLaws alot of games to mod either requires you going into the konsole to add things. Having to add stuff called prefixes, and so on. Been trying to get things like Hedgemodmanagers to work for the sonic games and The kh mod managers but there just really isn't really good youtube tutorials.
@KJMcLaws alot of games don't have a workshop option and usually need you to do a bunch of things within the konsole or weird other steps to get a mod manager working like hedgemodmanager which somehow still don't have a good youtube tutorial guide on. Would like to mod alot of the sonic games, kingdom hearts games and others
@@KJMcLawssome mods require you to run .bat files to install, this can’t be done easily in Linux, usually have to configure the mod on a windows pc and port over to the deck.
But i hear you, modding on the deck is easy’ish, people do overplay the complexity of modding on the Deck
0:08 But SteamOS 3.0 is factually wrong! just call it SteamOS 3!
Ok that’s a good point for real
We get it bro. SteamOS is coming out.
Thank goodness they are updating the OS
I want a Valve Steam Deck Portal to work off Steam OS on my gaming PC.
I haven't heard anyone else say this, but I hope with all these Steam devices come out and buyers spread their money out that Devs don't stop making games optimized for OG Steam Decks
Valve is every PC handhelds friend. We ALL win!
I’m all for what steam is doing and I’ll support them the whole way
I bought a steam deck last month and arrived after the new years (so sad, at that point no more holiday), but I really like it!
I tried few games, Terraria runs well but not used to controls yet, Rimworld runs very well, the control not used to it yet but not difficult, but currently playing Star Ocean the Second Story R which is one of my all time favourite (the remake version is just so good, can't stop playing and won't stop except I need to sleep because of work the next day... It also runs crazy well on the deck, battle is smooth and I. Just. Love. It!!!!!!!)
State of Decay 2 runs good in Low settings, I tried emudeck with Star Ocean 3, it runs PERFECT! I don't know later when I will have to do the dragon flute, but I'll think about it later....
I love it so much, that I can have full control with FPS limit, TDP limit, the choices is just so good. There's also built in FSR, seems good for playing with older emulated games.
There's also built in screen recorder too, though too bad we can't choose AV1 or H265 or H264 manually, but I'm happy we can select bitrate at least.
One of the shocking thing is, I install most of my games on microsd (SanDisk Extreme with sequential write around 60-70 MB/s and seq read 80-100 MB/s), IT RUNS SO WELL! Maybe a few more seconds on loading, but it really doesn't felt bad at all. I'm so happy!!!! At this rate I'm not using my PC for gaming anymore hahaha...
Also tried installing non-steam games, and with Lutris it works great! Now, I need to figure out how to install mods on my non-steam version of FNV XD
so so so true, I think valve might be the "historical" reason why linux finally destroys all close source which is totally unexpected of the currently educated
Steam was ahead of the times trying the Steam Box back in the day. That was before people were so fed up with the other stuff out there and the switch hadn't come out, which was bigger for gaming than people think.
I hope it lives up to the hype because I like the simplicity of steam os but at the same time the ability to use different software to enhance gaming on the windows side is hard to beat as we are dealing with lower end gaming hardware
KCD2 is going to work on the Steam Deck? Where did you hear this? That is great news!
Didnt the devs boast about getting better performance than KCD1? They apparently put a lot of focus into optimisation so running it at low-medium 45fps is probably gonna be doable.
I looked at the requirements and they're light. Also I've watched previews where people on 4070's can max it out at 4K and get 60fps. The devs have also said it gets better performance than KCD1 and if that's true, even if i'm taking it with a grain of salt, then it 100% will run well on Deck bc KCD1 runs at a locked 30 at medium settings.
Valve won't remove Bassite as the money is made from the Steam store not the OS.
It’s crazy when you think how happy people are that valve is putting their OS everywhere, and people love it.
But Xbox is rumor to be doing the same with their OS and people hate it.
The world is a crazy place.
* for context, I am a steam deck and Xbox gamer.
Bc Microsoft will make it overly complicated and expensive and only on Microsoft devices most likely
Xbox and Windows limit it.
If you get xbox os your gonna have to buy all your games from Microsoft.
The steamdeck for now is still a pc first and you can still get your games from else where
Cause Valve has over 2 decades of good will and pro consumer decisions behind then while Microsoft is horrendously anti consumer and the crap they've been pulling with Win11 is why the amount of people looking to switch to Linux has skyrocketed.
Why would anyone trust and be excited for Microsoft exactly?
If Microsoft release an Xbox OS for handhelds that have game pass and easy integratrion with other launcher/stores... SteamOS will be history. People will go for the known and familiar. And it will play all the games.
I have Rog Ally, Legion Go and SD OLED, all with Bazzite. Same with all my PC's, Just running Linux.
@monki_sudo
You seem to have no idea what the actual situation with game pass is, its not anywhere as successful as they need it to be, their entire console division is a joke.
Game pass has a tiny fraction of a tiny fraction of games, each game they add to it increases their costs while their numbers arent impressive.
If you think Gamepass has a chance at beating Steam you're delusional, there is a reason Steam has control over PC gaming, its cause its by far and away the best service with the most games.
Add to all of that the fact that Microsoft have earned a massive amount of disdain and you have a recipe for another flop.
The whole reason Linux is even a hot topic is because of the mass amounts of people pissed at Microsoft.
Also you seem to believe Steam is the niche one in this scenario, Steam has hit 40mil people online at once, for reference total PS5 sales are in the 50mil range and they're outselling Xbox by a hilarious margin.
Valve are the ones in control Microsoft just has more money to set on fire while failing to compete.
They need to produce a full desktop version that does not require steam log in and is not immutable.. I just have a feeling maintaining a desktop distribution is something Valve does not want to do in the slightest.
Just installed Bazzite on my Rog Ally, it is so much better to use than Windows. It may be a little buggy here or there, but Windows on handhelds is buggy too. IT NOW SLEEPS AND WAKES!!!!!
I just grabbed my SteamDeck OLED a year ago. I'm new to the community and still obsessed with this thing. I drag it everywhere, especially when I know I'm going to be somewhere long and waiting. I'm overjoyed with this thing and I hope we don't get a new one for a couple more years. I'd hate for them to drop one because of all the new recent handhelds releasing. I'm glad they're taking their time to drop a competitive product and worrying about Battery Life.
Hey man how are you? My OLED comes tmr! How's the experience with games so far? Can't wait to play elden ring anywhere
@@iamweebboi4392 I love it, its been hard to put down. Good move on grabbing the OLED. It definitely makes a difference. You've gonna love it.
@@iamweebboi4392 You're going to love it. Good move on going for the OLED, it definitely make a difference. Love the experience of having these games on the go now. Before all I had was my Switch OLED but grabbing this was a game changer.
I’m praying the Assetto Corsa Evo ( launch’s 16th Jan) will be playable on my OLED Deck. Yes I do sim racing online with my deck, using gyro steering😃
I kinda wish valve didn't ditch the steam link. I know you can use apps on a lot of devices, and I bought one when they announced it was being discontinued, but it's such a good solution to wanting a console experience if you already have a gaming pc.
Yeah, it could use a refresh for sure
Dedicated stream box was nice start but not worth it tbh. Steam Deck can do the same and can play laying on couch/bed
Z2 extreme looks okay. I'm glad they don't use it for the steam deck 2. Thanks for the video!
No problem!
I don't want a deck 2 yet. I just upgraded my deck Lcd to the OLED at christmas. And my god the screen is stunning!!! Also how much power does one want in their handheld. AAA games are kinda wasted on a tiny 7inch screen. I save these for my desktop computer and OLED monitor, for proper immersion ❤
This will be like update to the steam deck we know or a different consol
As an old person someone who hasn't owned a hand held gaming device since a gameboy (and not counting the Switch), but eyeballing a Steamdeck for a year.
Should I buy one now?
Or should I wait for ... something to come out?
Or should I get something totally different?
I'm in no rush.
You’re good to get one now
honestly i cant wait for people to see the potential of steams voice chat ... it is almost better than Discord and is in some ways... when this os releases i hope they spend some time on it cus im tired of Discords bs
Yeah that would be amazing, especially if they tailored it to work fantastically with SteamOS since Discord on Linux has a ton of little issues you need to iron out for it to even work properly, like getting it to detect your mute keybinds when the app isnt focused.
Valve I just want a 500$ steam box with roughly PS5 performance with a steam controller 2 it's not hard don't do some weird unpowered steam deck chip but you give it 50 watts or some crap like that
It's not likely to be cheaper than the top-end Steam Deck.
@malcaniscsm5184 batteries display ECT cost alot so I don't know why it can't cost leas then a top end steam deck.
If Valve is willing to sell them at cost they can easily get the hardware at bulk discount from AMD and it would run laps around the PS5 Pro at 500$...
With the new gen AMD GPU's being rumored to be around 4080 performance for under 500$ they could easily beat the PS5 pro with a 200$ GPU.
@@DebasedAnon I think valve is going with an apu from AMD and I think even the top end 40cu strix halo chip is barely PS5 level of performance. But who knows I'll be excited for whatever valve releases we need more competition regardless.
@@Spencerwalker21
Depends what the 40CU's are, if they're RDNA 2 like in the PS5 then its gonna be in between a PS5 and a PS5 Pro, if they're RDNA 3 its already approaching PS5 pro territory, if its RDNA 4 then its easily going to be better than the PS5 Pro but I doubt Strix is using RDNA 4.
A PS5 is the equivalent of an RX 5700, an RX 6700XT is an RDNA 2 GPU with 40CU's for comparison... if Strix uses RDNA 3 (probably the case) its gonna run laps around the PS5.
Either way there isn't really a bad product they can make with any of the AMD stuff, it all depends on pricing, if its marginally slower than a PS5 Pro while costing half the amount its still an amazing build.
if they want to match the PS5 Pro in terms of price then they can cram SIGNIFICANTLY more power into it since Valve is willing to sell their hardware at cost.
It's been a while since I tinkered with machines running Linux and Nvidia. But if I recall correctly, the main issue with Nvidia on Linux is that their driver is proprietary. So unless there's a big push from users, support for new machines, or help from Nvidia itself, the support for Nvidia might not improve quickly.
the only problem with this is SteamOS going to all these handhelds that are releasing more horse power with their units and the steamdeck community being stuck with the steamdeck with no upgrades for us. but the love of the optimization for the games with it really makes me happy to own one but they are going to have to look at something towards the future if not make a new steamdeck at least give us a hub or something where we can hook a ext GPU to it for those who are into that kinda of thing. i myself couldnt be happier with my OLED and raw power is something that doesnt interest me that much if that was the case id just go play over on my laptop.
It could be possible Valve was testing the Z2 for Fremont. 🤷♂️
I think they would use the Deck APU
Valve should just hire the devs that built Bazzite, from there SteamOS validation would be fast-tracked on other hardware.
Right??
Many Bazzite users became worried that Bazzite would shut down. Bazzite devs. made a statement on reddit. They will develope it further...
I prefer Universal Blue and Bazzite. I also like projects like NobaraOS and CachyOS.
my fiance got me a steam deck cos im disabled and gaming on a laptop in bed sucks. love the steam deck. love love love
If you think about it, Steam ALWAYS saw this threat, even 10-11 years back, when Windows 8 tried shoving everyone into the WinRT ecosystem.
If there is a steam console coming I’d love one that way I can just have my steam deck as portable only instead of in a hybrid role
It’s rumored. I hope it is true. I hate Sony and I’m disappointed in xbox
It should be SteamOS 4 with a move like this
9:46 my theory is valve has already tapped Lenovo for manufacturing Deckard or its components, so this steam handheld is just the tip of the iceberg of their relationship.
Oh man, that's interesting!
My guess for a new Steam Deck is end of 2025 there will be an anouncement with a new custom APU by AMD
Like 8x5c cores
16-20 CUs
24/32 Gb Ram
7,4" OLED 800p/900p
Hope SteamOS 3 finally give us an Wukong Verification.
I had steam OS on my desktop PC. Would I be able to access the meta-VRPC app?
well honestly while we are discussing the potential i would like to add to it.. why not install steam os on smart tvs? we see samsung and sony etc in commercials saying how great their tvs are for gaming? why not just put steam os on there and then manufactors can add a gpu to the tv for the moneys they save on making their own os. that wuld be as seamless as it gets or adding gpus to gaming monitors... no need for a box. a box would be considerd premium buysings and we save a lot on making materials for all kinds if the only thing you had to think about was turning on a screen and thats it. then you could have tv or monitors for casual stuff too. like deviding the sector more to have better tailored products for what you need. like how there exist specific tools for a specific task at the farm or home
If Valve's main concern is getting more Steam customers, wouldn't it be smart just to release a battle-tested SteamOS and let other companies experience the risks and hassles of manufacturing boxes instead of subsidizing their own low-cost consoles?
LTT loaded it last week on a PC
Finally! he gave up on the intro... approved!
Now I’m bringing it back
Should I buy a Steam Deck or get an Ally X and put Steam OS on it when it comes out. I want to be able to play games like POE2, Diablo, Wow, etc along with emulations.
All 3 of the games you mentioned work on Deck. POE2 starts fine but gets harder to run as you get deeper but I've put a hundred hours into Diablo on Deck and it's great. WoW I know works well too. Emulators are a dream.
Dude, most schools and start-ups are on Google workspaces, small business are on iPads, Microsoft office is down to 25%
Gamers are the last bastion for windows, without them it’s legacy businesses only
0:48 - 0:58 Hell Yeah! Cheers!!
Anyone have any experience with Steam VR on Steam OS/Bazzite? Any drawbacks vs Windows?
I think it would be a mistake to allow others to release a console. I would buy a steam console, I wouldn’t touch others. They made this mistake with the steam machines 10 years ago
steam deck 2!, 2 early to come out so much so it might miss the Full ray tracing(path tracing) feature eh
Customers just want games to work, so software houses like Rockstar or Epic, need to get they sheit together, else they risk getting upstaged by a competitor with similar gaming.
Hi and thank Jimmy I have been following you for a while it was you and several others who convinced me to get a Steam deck last year and it's the best investment I ever made for gaming.. Keep up the good work..
That's awesome to hear. Fan the Deck and NerdNest are the nicest people I've met through UA-cam. I can't recommend their videos enough.
To be honest, if the Steam Machine is not cheap in a sense that makes me doubt about building a new PC, I would rather buy an old workstation, a used GPU and install Bazzite.
Id rather get a steam pc lol, pretty hard for a steam console to be able to run on on huge tvs that have 4k resolution
Can you have links to your other channels or im I being think and there are links that I can’t find
UA-cam.com/psready + youtube.com/@reeelones
@ thanks
and your are extremely nice, thank you sir
You are very welcome!
I'm always nice... as long as you don't throw that Weird Last Stand Media Biased Xbox hate out there...
Just asking should I buy a deck oled 1tb early February or wait for the next one?
buy, its dope, got mine in december!
Got mine this week (500gb oled) and the only regret that I have right now is the fact that I delayed buying it for so long 😂
Be aware that if you have a big library (mine is +250 games) you will lose a ton of time choosing between games and which ones you want to play first
Buy it valve won’t come out with another model until they find a chipset that offers what they are looking for. I’ve had my oled for a year now and it’s great I love it reignited my passion for gaming
Got my oled 1tb maybe a week ago. Do it.
Buy!
The narrative that Steam Deck is old and can’t run modern Triple A games is lame, yes it’s older, but I play Cyberpunk, Metaphor, and the newest versions of NBA and WWE with no problem on my Deck
I mean, Cyberpunk is over four years old and Metaphor was built with PS3 tech. It CAN run a lot of new AAA games but we're definitely at the point where it's going to run less of them than more.
I want it on my 2080s 3900x 😢 I mean just make it compatible for nvidia, I would not mnd using my 2080s at the performance of 2060-2070 for a few months, I just wanna move away from windows mate... I don't mind if I loose DLSS, rather SteamOS than DLSS imo
I been saying Go is King for like over a year now lol. Its going to dominate! You might need a new channel, "Go Ready" lol..
Haha I’ll keep it in the back pocket
Valve loses money when selling the Steamdeck but make it back with everyone that buy games thru Steam, its a smart decision for them to license SteamOS for free they dont lose money on selling the steamdeck but still get the perks of people buying games from Steam. Smart move by Valve
I doubt they lose money, they most likely break even.
Losing money at the current Deck prices makes no sense when you consider how old and therefore cheap the chips are.
Yeah, I think they may have at launch but the tech definitely has gotten cheaper over time
I think you meant to say Intel GPU not CPU because there is still a huge market share of users who use Intel CPUs and if Valve doesn't support Intel CPUs would shut out a lot of users. So Yeah you are on to something when it comes to the MSI claw that it may not support due to it having an Intel Graphics chip. I could see Valve using both a Box that has an AMD dedicated mobile GPU and one without one.
Nah I just meant at launch. I feel like it’ll start with just AMD support
Steam makes money regardless if SD exists. LOL
It is Arch. They can just use mhwd to probe for hardware and get licenses from Nvidia to install their drivers automatically if they are detected. AMD and Intel already work out of the box in this way. Nvidia is still manual in most cases but it will work once you get it running. Linus said it and I concur, 'Nvidia sucks!'.
We will get a steamdeck 2 at the absolute soonest during the summer of 2026, 2027 is probable, and even spring 2028 is not out of the picture.
The reason is that steamdeck 2 needs 3-4nm to have sufficient battery life to get a 4-6 times performance lift but also at a reasonable price. That will not be available until 2026.
Buuuut, we might see a additional steamdeck update, something like a steamdeck light or possibly a steamdeck XL, the first one would be a swich like formfactor and the second one would be something like with a 9" screen.,
I just got into Hades the game can you give me some advice for other games that are able to play on the steam Deck with this kind of genre.
I'm not asking you to promote my Channel or anything but I was wondering would you get me some advice about making a UA-cam I have a UA-cam channel called retro GameCube Channel and I make all kinds of videos but I'm curious I've been having been doing a good job that you think. I'm new to this stuff and im sort new aad I've had it for 3 years. but I figured I'd reach out and ask for some advice from a popular UA-cam channel like yours. I figured it couldn't hurt to ask for little help
Community fan build? It's open source. Bazzite, NobaraOS, CachyOS, ChimeraOS uses open source stuff that Valve have made. How the hell could Valve take it down? SteamOS is based on a community built open source Linux distrobution, Arch. It's you that don't know what you are talking about. The Linux Kernel they use are open source, GPL-2.
Those community fan builds you are talking about has a newer Kernel, newer KDE plasma and they have Wayland.
SteamOS will probably never be a general purpose OS for "all devices". Valve can't just "figure" out Nvidia drivers and add it to SteamOS.
I laugh when game news channels think that Valve sees other hardware manufacturers as "competition" when Valve makes all their money on Steam revenue. All Valve cares about is Steam being everywhere, hence why it makes sense that the would partner with other hardware manufacturers. They are not a threat, but an enabler. If Microsoft attempted to officalize the installation of Gamepass on SteamOS, now THAT would be disrupting Valve's revenue stream. That doesnt stop people from installing it, but it will never be officially supported.
Valves primary goal isnt expanding revenue massively by targeting console players to switch them over, thats the side effect.
Their primary goal since the early 2010s (thats what the Steam machines were) was to break the Microsoft monopoly on gaming.
If there was an alternative to Microsoft for a PC gaming OS then Valve wouldnt be doing any of this, but there isnt so they've made it their mission to make Linux a viable gaming platform and their Steam Decks and Steam OS is a way to popularize it and its working.
Yeah, the point is to sell games on Steam. Steam on more devices sells more games on Steam. I don't know why people don't get that.
@@DeckReady ehn, people are weird now-a-days.
It’s kinda of strange to see people thinking SteamOS will be a replacement for a desktop OS to have a PC experience. It is not meant to be that and it will never be. Steam OS is for dedicated gaming devices, the Desktop Environment they ship is outdated and their drivers focus on delivering only the essential for gaming devices (as Linus saw when he tried to use a printer on the steam deck) to optimize the performance. If people want to have a Linux Desktop the SteamOS will never be that solution.
If you look at the show off on CES they said they are releasing steam os for other gaming devices in specific.
Er, I'm a developer and I've been using my Steam Deck as my main development PC for my open source projects since 2023. I program in Go, JavaScript, Julia, use Emacs and VIM. I generally have more than 400 tabs open in my Brave browser.
For more than a year I haven't had any problems using it as my main personal computer.
Why was Linus having issues? I've had no problem printing from my SteamDeck. Hell SteamOS on my Deck nearly as good as my experiences with Arch Linux. only Fedora has been better for me in all honesty.
just buy a steam deck then you dont need a box.
Why will they fight bazzite when bazzite makes your entire pc into a steam machine front and center? Its just adding steam to more pcs.
And then they don't even need to spend money on it's development. They can just give them support, or just maybe pay them a bit.
I just hope the whole CS gambling stuff doesn't end up taking Valve down completely. That would be completely horrible, everybody losing their whole libraries, and everything one day snaps out of existence because of it all.
IDK who could run it that people would feel confident that it was in good hands if say it, ended up being sold due to litigation so that didn't end up just getting destroyed completely.
I just hope it survives, I can't imagine what would happen due to the vacuum it no longer existing would cause.
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Have work in the morning
steamOS is very limited, it just launches games, that's it. There's no other function, not printers, no to locate USB sticks, no native anything except less than basics...
Do you know what. I've read so many comments about leaving Windows and installing SteamOS on all your devices.... It's starting to get very annoying, but I can't wait for you to do it. 🤣😂
90% of Windows users who install SteamOS will switch back to Windows within a month. SteamOS is not some magic OS, it's Linux. If you don't use Linux today you will soon find out how Linux is on "all your devices".
I’ll tone it down
Got here early too
Omg i got here early.
Confirmed!
IF Valve sctually does manufacture theur iem official console I might actually have to a reason ti try it out..... Handhelds are already rxpensive because of multi SKUs, pkus hard to yrll what has a good suze acreen like Nintendo Swirch size us a good consideration.
steamos is so bloated. Bazzite is wayyy better.
😂
Hahahah