Sable, with Moebius style artwork, out later this year. Probably just going to be short exploration type thing, but I'm in.
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Friday, 11 June 2021 12:31 (three years ago) link
Steamboy is finally here
Introducing Steam Deck: powerful, portable PC gaming starting at $399. Designed by Valve, powered by Steam. Shipping December 2021.Learn more at https://t.co/ZOTx3KUCVK and reserve yours tomorrow. #SteamDeck pic.twitter.com/jcgbaKfT9c— Steam (@Steam) July 15, 2021
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:26 (two years ago) link
haha, L4, L5, R4, and R5
looks like the kind of button i would accidentally press one trillion times
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/jiLPDj6.png
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:31 (two years ago) link
it also seems like something that would be really useful for games like guitar hero. which is sad, because i can imagine some little kid absolutely mastering guitar hero on the steam controller, doing these crazy metal riffs down all five of the Ls and all five of the Rs like a lil van halen. but then picking up a guitar and being like "scrrkrkoonk. fllooom."
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
oh they do have SD card slots, makes the cheapest one more usablelooks like it's running on Steam's Linux OS, how is Linux game support these days?they way the dpad and ABXY buttons seem to be trying to escape off the edge is pretty lol
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:36 (two years ago) link
i was starting to get myself psyched up to buy this, because most of my gaming is done on steam these days anyway, and i'd love to be able to play PC games as well as mac. but the $399 price point is for the lowest storage model (64 GB), which isn't even large enough to cover a lot of AAA games, let alone multiple.
Three storage optionsThere is no in-game difference in frame rates or graphics quality between the three models.$399 64GB64GB eMMC internal storageCarrying case$529 256GB256GB NVMe SSD internal storageFaster storageCarrying caseExclusive Steam Community profile bundle$649 512GB512GB NVMe SSD internal storageFastest storagePremium anti-glare etched glassExclusive carrying caseExclusive Steam Community profile bundleExclusive virtual keyboard theme
$399 64GB64GB eMMC internal storageCarrying case
$529 256GB256GB NVMe SSD internal storageFaster storageCarrying caseExclusive Steam Community profile bundle
$649 512GB512GB NVMe SSD internal storageFastest storagePremium anti-glare etched glassExclusive carrying caseExclusive Steam Community profile bundleExclusive virtual keyboard theme
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
oops xp
oh they do have SD card slots, makes the cheapest one more usable
nice! ok, thinking about getting re-psyched for this
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:39 (two years ago) link
major "cups too close to the edge of the table" vibes from those buttons
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:39 (two years ago) link
wait apparently you can wipe the Steam OS and install windows on this?my dream of a portable PS2/GC emulation beast may be closer than I thought
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:43 (two years ago) link
(which I will spend hours and hours dicking around to make the perfect library of games run perfectly, then put it aside to gather dust lol)
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:47 (two years ago) link
heh, yes.
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
oh interesting. i thought Windows games were relying on the Proton layer. hmm... i think the $399 version is a tough sell with only 64GB. yes you can put in SD cards, but I imagine the performance would be much worse vs. the SSD.if i got one i'd get the top tier... though at that point it might be tempted to get a laptop instead? not sure(not to mention Switch OLED pre-orders opened today...)
― Nhex, Thursday, 15 July 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
this... seems good? as long as it's not just streaming from your real computer. if it's really a powerful gaming pc, i'm interested.
there's a patent troll suing any controller maker that puts buttons on the back. wonder if they paid that company off.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Thursday, 15 July 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
something doesn't sit right for me, same feeling i got about the steam controller (which i bought anyway, and yeah big fat dud)
64gig seems small, could probably get about 3 of my AAA steam games on that (not RDR or GTA at all though).
People seem excited for it though, what am I missing? What's the big deal, doesn't seem great at all to me.
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Friday, 16 July 2021 15:30 (two years ago) link
its a handheld that plays the zillions of games you already have on your steam account. don't think playing AAAs is the main appeal here so much as having access to every indie and mid-budget and retro game under the sun
― ciderpress, Friday, 16 July 2021 16:05 (two years ago) link
for me the biggest appeal is being able to play some PC-only games that i've been wanting to try for a long time.
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Friday, 16 July 2021 16:08 (two years ago) link
there's a zillion adventure games and VNs that aren't on switch and its always a bummer having to play stuff like that at your pc when its such a natural fit for handhelds. i'm not gonna get one of these but that'd be the reason for it if i did
― ciderpress, Friday, 16 July 2021 17:16 (two years ago) link
sounds like the opening of reservations has been the usual Valve clusterfuck, to no one's surprise
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 16 July 2021 17:36 (two years ago) link
Surviving Mars currently free on Steamhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/464920/Surviving_Mars/
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link
Thanks for the heads up, will check it out
― Sorry, but that is how I feel (Ste), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 21:36 (two years ago) link
thanks!
― adam t. (abanana), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 02:04 (two years ago) link
nioh 1 currently free on epic game store
― ciderpress, Friday, 10 September 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
Surviving Mars currently free on Steam
Is it region-specific? I see that it's 75% off.
― Carte Blanchett (Leee), Friday, 10 September 2021 18:37 (two years ago) link
it was only free for a very short period
― Sorry, but that is how I feel (Ste), Friday, 10 September 2021 18:41 (two years ago) link
What's with the daily dozens of Steam updates lately, been happening for a couple of weeks now where every morning loads of games require tiny updates?
― Chicks and Ducks and Geese better scurry (Ste), Saturday, 23 October 2021 08:06 (two years ago) link
maybe developers prepping games for Deck compatibility?
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 23 October 2021 08:32 (two years ago) link
Here's a name-your-price pumpkin-carving sim from the dev of A Short Hike
https://adamgryu.itch.io/pumpkin-carver
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 25 October 2021 18:53 (two years ago) link
What's the latest word on the Deck? Is it still buggy and hit-or-miss with what games it'll be able to play
― Ace of Base Are Belong To Us (Leee), Monday, 28 March 2022 16:48 (two years ago) link
I've heard that it has a noisy fan and it's as buggy as a normal PC. I think most games work on it. I just reserved one.
― adam t. (abanana), Monday, 28 March 2022 18:09 (two years ago) link
pretty great Capcom PC bundle, $20 for Monster Hunter World, all the DMCs including 5, SF4 & 5, Dragon's Dogma etchttps://www.humblebundle.com/games/capcom-summer-2022-bundle
I got a Deck the other day so messing around with that, it's buggy but fun
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 18:50 (two years ago) link
curious about your impressions of it, once you settle in with it for a bit
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 18:57 (two years ago) link
the Steam Deck, that is
first impressions are it feels good in the hand, not that heavy considering the size and nicely balancedbuttons & sticks are ok, not a fan of the trackpads so far but then I doubt I'll use them that muchinside the walled Steam garden it works well, but using the desktop mode (for setting up emulators, patches, mods etc) is a massive pain in the arse. I'm not a linux person and my god I never will be if it's always like thishaven't noticed much fan noise but then I haven't really pushed it yet
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 19:06 (two years ago) link
Sounds like a good bundle though I'm not sure how much of it already own. Will give most of the money to ACLU/Trevor Project
― Nhex, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 19:30 (two years ago) link
Should we just start a Deck thread?
https://kotaku.com/steam-deck-boot-cyberpunk-fallout-dragonball-z-gamecube-1849644839/slides/18
― Kim Wipers - Youth in America (Leee), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
I got GOG and Epic working on Steam Deck by using an app called Heroic. Strange that you can add it to the steam library through the desktop steam app but not when you're in the Deck UI. Still haven't tried the yuzu switch emulator because the installation sounds like a chore -- and also I have a switch that can't be hacked so I'd need to download everything.
― formerly abanana (dat), Friday, 11 November 2022 09:11 (one year ago) link
Whoa, Control Deluxe is $10 on Steam!
― Rabbity Gainsborough (Leee), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 20:00 (one year ago) link
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/turkiye-syria-earthquake-relief-bundle
No great headliner, but 100% to charity always welcome.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 20:41 (one year ago) link
I bought it despite not wanting any of the bigger games.
Neat that it has games made in Turkey.
― formerly abanana (dat), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 21:40 (one year ago) link
Oh this looks like a promising site, i.e. recommended settings for different games on the Deck: https://steamdeckhq.com/game-reviews/signalis/
― Cashews Everything Around Me (Leee), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 03:51 (one year ago) link
Thank you! I just got mine in the mail today (feels extra special getting one in Australia). Website looks like a godsend.
― hrep (H.P), Thursday, 18 May 2023 12:48 (one year ago) link
Yeah that site can be handy but worth bearing in mind that for a lot of (maybe most) users, optimal settings mean “looks good and plays well and has good battery life”. But for me battery life isn’t a concern, I’m mostly playing while plugged in anyway, so the community recommended settings tend to put more constraints on performance/visuals than I want them to.
― JimD, Friday, 19 May 2023 21:32 (one year ago) link
Just installed windows onto my steam deck, now have access to all my gamepass games. This is so much better than I had heard. My impression was Windows was a big compromise, but I think that was just the early days of the deck. Right now, it’s flawless and I much prefer it to the stock steam OS. This has to be my favourite console ever owned
― hrep (H.P), Friday, 2 June 2023 02:57 (one year ago) link
Did you do the unregistered Windows 10 thing, where it doesn't allow the desktop to be personalized but otherwise it's complete? I am tempted.
― formerly abanana (dat), Saturday, 3 June 2023 02:51 (one year ago) link
I did unregistered windows 11, but yeah same thing. If you have games only accessible via windows I highly recommend. I did the gamepass for like $30 a year via upgrading for goal for 3 years so it felt tough not being able to access that. So great now
― hrep (H.P), Saturday, 3 June 2023 05:52 (one year ago) link
really good Namco bundle - Tekken 7, Katamari, Code Vein, Tales of Vesperia, God Eater 3, .hack, Pacman Museumhttps://www.humblebundle.com/games/bandai-namco-fights-frights-and-fantasy
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 12 October 2023 00:24 (eight months ago) link
Good one. If you’ve got a partner who’s not big into games, the other multiplayer bundle is a great one for casual local playing. My wife and I are loving rounds and Boomerang-fu atm
― H.P, Thursday, 12 October 2023 00:35 (eight months ago) link