playing games on a PC, misc. chatter, Steam names, etc...

haha, i use a PS4 controller, and i was going to recommend an xbox one otherwise :)

do you have to sell your controller with the PS4? i guess you do, unless you want to ruin some kid's christmas

yeah the ps4 and xbox one controllers are the best pc controllers too right now

don't know of anything significantly cheaper than the ps4 one thats not dodgy

okay i'm trying ps3 controller instead, after having installed the driver from third party. so far so good.

(but only tried 1 game, when i finish with work i'll give it a thoroough test with gta5 or something)
(of course if it doesn't work with farming sim then all bets are offf)

I use an Xbox one controller. Previously I used a Logitech F710 controller but Logitech stopped supporting it when Windows 10 came out.

xbox 360 controllers can be had for very cheap now and work great with a pc so long as you don't use the d-pad too much

Sable, with Moebius style artwork, out later this year. Probably just going to be short exploration type thing, but I'm in.

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

haha, L4, L5, R4, and R5

looks like the kind of button i would accidentally press one trillion times

https://i.imgur.com/jiLPDj6.png

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."

oh they do have SD card slots, makes the cheapest one more usable
looks 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

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 options
There is no in-game difference in frame rates or graphics quality between the three models.

$399 64GB
64GB eMMC internal storage
Carrying case

$529 256GB
256GB NVMe SSD internal storage
Faster storage
Carrying case
Exclusive Steam Community profile bundle

$649 512GB
512GB NVMe SSD internal storage
Fastest storage
Premium anti-glare etched glass
Exclusive carrying case
Exclusive Steam Community profile bundle
Exclusive virtual keyboard theme

oops xp

oh they do have SD card slots, makes the cheapest one more usable

nice! ok, thinking about getting re-psyched for this

major "cups too close to the edge of the table" vibes from those buttons

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

(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)

heh, yes.

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...)

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.

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.

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

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.

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

sounds like the opening of reservations has been the usual Valve clusterfuck, to no one's surprise

Surviving Mars currently free on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/464920/Surviving_Mars/

Thanks for the heads up, will check it out

thanks!

nioh 1 currently free on epic game store

Surviving Mars currently free on Steam

Is it region-specific? I see that it's 75% off.

it was only free for a very short period

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?

maybe developers prepping games for Deck compatibility?

Here's a name-your-price pumpkin-carving sim from the dev of A Short Hike

https://adamgryu.itch.io/pumpkin-carver

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

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.

pretty great Capcom PC bundle, $20 for Monster Hunter World, all the DMCs including 5, SF4 & 5, Dragon's Dogma etc
https://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

curious about your impressions of it, once you settle in with it for a bit

the Steam Deck, that is

first impressions are it feels good in the hand, not that heavy considering the size and nicely balanced
buttons & sticks are ok, not a fan of the trackpads so far but then I doubt I'll use them that much
inside 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 this
haven't noticed much fan noise but then I haven't really pushed it yet

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

Should we just start a Deck thread?

https://kotaku.com/steam-deck-boot-cyberpunk-fallout-dragonball-z-gamecube-1849644839/slides/18

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.

Whoa, Control Deluxe is $10 on Steam!

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/turkiye-syria-earthquake-relief-bundle

No great headliner, but 100% to charity always welcome.

I bought it despite not wanting any of the bigger games.

Neat that it has games made in Turkey.

Oh this looks like a promising site, i.e. recommended settings for different games on the Deck: https://steamdeckhq.com/game-reviews/signalis/

Thank you! I just got mine in the mail today (feels extra special getting one in Australia). Website looks like a godsend.

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.