Lots of fear in this thread fo sho
Im a PC gamer and I want one. I'll happily replace my PS5 in the living room with it. I bet the price to performance this time around will be excellent.
This. With Windows 10 support on its last leg and tons of people left wondering what to do with their hardware not being supported by 11 through normal means, this is the time to strike.
No. Steam Deck console round 1.
The steam deck reignited the want for higher end handhelds. You're getting a new PlayStation and Xbox handheld because of it. Show some respect peasant! Lol
autoboot steam in big picture mode on windows startup.
Yup, and remove the sign-in pin and you are set. I have a Mini-ITX behind my TV that does this beautifully. Only downside is you have to make sure to close the game and shut down. Going into sleep mode makes me sign in.
I thought about elaborating lol but as soon as you have to drop back into Windows for anything (driver updates, other fiddling, software installs etc etc) it breaks apart
You'll always need to drop back into KDE for anything involving technical shit like emulators. You can't have all the benefits of PC gaming and then ignore that Personal Computer part, lol
Aside from maybe jumping into the nvidia or amd tools to update graphics drivers every few months (and even that can be automated)...... what is there that would have you have to drop into windows on a dedicated gaming machine?
Yeah, nah, the Switch has way more to do with it. I honestly doubt any high-level executive at SIE has looked that closely at the Steam Deck for them to even consider returning to the handheld market BECAUSE OF IT.
If it has sleep/resume, can be woken up via a controller, similar functionality to steam deck, it's an instant buy as well. I'd buy multiple to use as "consoles" for the tv.
I also feel more devs are starting to port games now with M4 out. The chip is now decent enough for basic gaming even on lower CPU/GPU core counts on Mac Mini and upcoming MacBook Air.
I view the deck as a success, personally. I'm just waiting on Valve to bring out the successor.
Still not good enough which is why most people don't bother. If I need to plug in a keyboard and mouse to manage various things the experience falls apart.
That’s such a little beast of a computer. I was genuinely shocked to see how much performance it provided for such a stomach-able price.
Steam Deck has been a nuclear bomb on gaming handhelds. It's a niche gaming device that has zero retail presence that is no doubt nearing 6-8 million sold. It serves the same purpose as a PS Portal... it's not supposed to stand on it's own but allow you to take your library with you. This device without a doubt has influenced Sony and MS to push forward.
The Switch that had existed for 5+ years didn't spur jack shit. 2017-2022 no action. Then the Steam Deck comes out and all of the sudden companies are having talks and discussion on making new handhelds, dozens of PC handhelds of varying quality getting pushed out, etc.
But now with Halo, Forza, God of War, Spider-Man and The Last of Us under one machine. And a better support from Japanese studios than it was last time. + new Half-Life if they're serious.
The deck is successful because it was priced to make a profit and there was no alternative. I don’t see them pricing steam machines 2 competitively or subsidizing it to where it becomes mass market.
Every Sony game that is available on Steam and currently playable on steam deck and therefore playable on any future steam os device.Where?
It could happen TBH. It's probably running a newer AMD portable processor, those have amazing CPUs capable of supporting good GPUs. They'll sell this on its compatibility with external GPUs, for like 500 dollars. Then you can get a 4070 enclosure for 700 and play that way
They would allow Windows too like with the Deck.
....the original statement was day one sony games releasing on the steam box.
Stagnant, for sure. Perhaps even shrinking. But not dying.But consoles are dying right
"Ideal experience" is not possible on windows shit by default.
Why do you think on the Steam Machine games will be better optimized than on PS5 PRO?
Steam was literally designed for windows. You don't get the 100% steam experience without using Windows. It's about as ideal as can be. 99% of the challenges of steamOS involve reaching parity with Windows.
This has nothing to do with consoles.But consoles are dying right
