Valve introduces Steam Deck

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Well fuck me, got my email already. Also noticed the dock is a thing now as well though won't buy that till I've had some hands on.


May look ino the Batocera thing and share how it goes but I may just go fuck it and use emudeck
 
ShitLurker said:
Also noticed the dock is a thing now as well though won't buy that till I've had some hands on.
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Oh for fucks sake, you've gotta be kidding me!

I literally just bought one of those third party USB-C hubs last week because I got sick of waiting for the official dock, after holding off on getting one for months because I was worried this exact situation would happen.
Goddammit Gabe.
 
Tiger Jack said:
Oh for fucks sake, you've gotta be kidding me!

I literally just bought one of those third party USB-C hubs last week because I got sick of waiting for the official dock, after holding off on getting one for months because I was worried this exact situation would happen.
Goddammit Gabe.
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It's $90. I'd hesitate to even buy one for half that.
 
I've had the Steam Deck for a little over a week, and it's great! If you're trying to do some stuff outside of the Steam ecosystem (testing games *cough* emulation *cough*), just be prepared to do a bit of reading. You can always switch to the desktop of the OS if you want to fiddle around in a Linux system, as well. I have the measly 64GB one, and it works fine loading games or emulation from a speedy MicroSD card. The performance is also quite good for the chipset, it has a lot of RAM for one of these types of devices, and the screen decent.

And it plays Baseball Stars 2 like no one's business.
 
Any news on Steam Deck alternatives? Not looking to continue using Steam's storefront anymore.
 
TheDarknessGrows said:
Because it objectively is the best way.
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Wrong
1. If you are stuck in pal regions many older games are 50hz, emulation is a easy way around this
2. Cost is cheaper, even if you own a PS2 and a good CRT, you still need buy games some of which are now very expensive or you need buy a harddrive or DVD-rs, with PC or steam deck you don't have that extra costs.
3. Can play at higher res making the games look better, and most emus also support texture replacements now. This just out right looks better especially so with newer TVs
4. Emus like Duckstation can do geometry correction, something the OG PS1 was unable to do
5. Save sates
6. With steam deck playable on the go
7. Faster Loading times
8. Widescreen mods, which work very well with PS2 and Gamecube games, and something you would expect if the games were ever remastered.
9. Can fix frame rate issues the old games may have had
10. Many emus let you speed the game up, which is great when you are hit with an unskippable cutscene or if you are grinding in a RPG

If you want a more accurate experience then sure original console with a CRT is the best way to go, and are the rare games that just not work well on emulation.
 
Product Placement said:
Wrong
1. If you are stuck in pal regions many older games are 50hz, emulation is a easy way around this
2. Cost is cheaper, even if you own a PS2 and a good CRT, you still need buy games some of which are now very expensive or you need buy a harddrive or DVD-rs, with PC or steam deck you don't have that extra costs.
3. Can play at higher res making the games look better, and most emus also support texture replacements now. This just out right looks better especially so with newer TVs
4. Emus like Duckstation can do geometry correction, something the OG PS1 was unable to do
5. Save sates
6. With steam deck playable on the go
7. Faster Loading times
8. Widescreen mods, which work very well with PS2 and Gamecube games, and something you would expect if the games were ever remastered.
9. Can fix frame rate issues the old games may have had
10. Many emus let you speed the game up, which is great when you are hit with an unskippable cutscene or if you are grinding in a RPG

If you want a more accurate experience then sure original console with a CRT is the best way to go, and are the rare games that just not work well on emulation.
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Ew gross.
 
Emulation is convenient and portable, unlike playing on a CRT using real hardware. It's good enough, but certain games are better on CRT. Games were designed with it in mind, and so there will be cases where that's optimal.

I was playing RE2 (N64) on Steam Deck and the backgrounds and characters clash jarringly, which was not a problem on CRT. I'm not sure I'll even play it now.

Also, there can be some fiddling necessary whereas with the intended experience you just play basically flawlessly. RE2 wouldn't play cutscenes, just a black screen with sound. Fixable probably but a cursory glance shows it is not a particularly uncommon issue.

Tldr; emulation has its place but it's not optimal, though most people usually won't care since it's good enough in 90% of cases.
 
SSj_Ness said:
Emulation is convenient and portable, unlike playing on a CRT using real hardware. It's good enough, but certain games are better on CRT. Games were designed with it in mind, and so there will be cases where that's optimal.

I was playing RE2 (N64) on Steam Deck and the backgrounds and characters clash jarringly, which was not a problem on CRT. I'm not sure I'll even play it now.

Also, there can be some fiddling necessary whereas with the intended experience you just play basically flawlessly. RE2 wouldn't play cutscenes, just a black screen with sound. Fixable probably but a cursory glance shows it is not a particularly uncommon issue.

Tldr; emulation has its place but it's not optimal, though most people usually won't care since it's good enough in 90% of cases.
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In the case of RE2, they have an AI upscale texture mod


Last time I talk about this since it's getting off topic.
 
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