The FIRST things to do with your brand new STEAM DECK
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Getting a Steam Deck soon? There is SO MUCH you can do right out of the box, and so many options that can make your experience JUST that much BETTER. Here's a couple of tips and tricks and features you should know about...
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0:00 Intro
3:07 say thank yoooou
3:26 Navigate the compatibility
5:19 Wish list everything (Get those SALES)
5:40 Cloud saves ON
6:36 Updates are VERY important
7:35 SD card and INTERNAL STORAGE UPGRADE
8:59 Don't put it to SLEEP
10:07 Set back buttons
11:05 Turn on Performance Information (FPS)
12:08 EMULATION
13:32 Linux Desktop Mode is your friend
14:37 Xbox Gamepass
15:16 MOST controllers work. Plug that guy into a TV
16:44 Remote into your current PC
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This may sound silly, but adding a Steam Gift Card ($20 is the sweet spot) as a stocking stuffer for that special someone with their shiny Steam Deck should be considered.
Silly you! You forgot the extra 0. I punish my family otherwise. đđđ
Edit: I feel I should clarify that THIS IS A JOKE
Possibly but most pc gamers will have 1000 unplayed games
@@aryanmoodyjoke? maybe to you it is. If they donât give me 100 EACH itâs 3 weeks back in the gulag.
@@pachurro2762 Nice, I like an old fashioned rustic aesthetic, thrown into the van and taken to the torture chamber, I call her âGood Olâ OOWWWWWâ
â@@aryanmoodyyou're not joking tho. I know you habitually abuse your family members including infants and extremely elderly if they don't gift you $200 steam cards.
My favorite part?
Just pulled it out, downloaded my games and it generally just worked. All the tweaking and customization is AMAZING but it's the fact that the Steam Deck is so functional "out of the box" that is what's most impressive to me. I appreciate Steam's open hardware philosophy, but only because they back that up with a quality default product included with that hardware †Valve's nailed it with this one. đ
I just ordered Steam Deck.
For me it is combination of both - good out of the box experience plus the possibility of using this portable Linux PC as such, without limitations. If it comes to gaming from what I checked there are ways (easier or harder) to install games from other launchers (GOG, Amazon games app, ea app and possibly others) not all of them might work flawlessly and might need additional tweaking but this possibility is not blocked by Valve. I saw a few videos on the subject of using Deck as a PC and from what I saw it should be good enough for me: browsing the web, using Google apps, once in a while editing spreadsheet or a text document. Sure I get that this is low power PC (even in comparison to my almost 7 year old laptop) but should be good for basic stuff.
It is up to user what they want to do with their hardware. And many people who just want a portable gaming device do not have to care about underlying OS level, just use it as is, after learning how to use a few features (setting the game settings, setting power consumption, setting refresh rate to balance the quality and battery life).
My favourite part is the phone slipping out of his hands
When I pull it out, it doesn't always work
Vibrant deck : Saturation to 130. It's the most important thing to set up and a game changer for the deck. I've try a lot of saturation settings and 130 is perfect
How do I get this?
Why would you ruin the viewing experience like that
@@elytrous4898 "ruining the viewing expereince" lol. Going by the recommedations of MANY large youtubers that have experience with Steam Deck apps, He did the right thing. ive heard many say that using 'vibrant deck' to increase saturation is the closest thing to having an OLED screen. Just tried it myself last night and is a deffinate IMPROVEMENT.
â@@elytrous4898120 is great.
â@@elytrous4898it improves it. The default is sort of bland, or lacking. Just needs more saturation
I've had the Steam Deck for 5 months now, and I wish someone would make an all-in-one advance tutorial for Steam Deck users. Things like installing Proton GE, Lutris, adding custom cover arts and boot animations, and other even technical and coding tricks that I don't know of. It would definately help people from bricking their Deck like in the past.
Edit: Thank you for all of your suggestion and help, but what I meant wasn't that I don't know how to do it, but rather new users who just got the Steam Deck will have to go through all the channels and websites you have mentioned, rather than an all-in-one detailed guide which would save both time and effort for them.
@Jack your mother didn't hug you...
I think people that don't want to research the best channels for Deck info are probably not going to go out of their way to watch an all-in-one video either, there would be way too much information that they're not interested in and who the heck wants to skip around in an hour long video(or longer) for the stuff you need when you can just search what you need and get a video specifically for it.
Alternatively, put all the useful videos into your own playlist and start sharing that around for new users.
I'll just say that Lutris is a waste of time on the Deck, Proton all the way baby! For games from different launcher you get Heroic Launcher (I don't personally bother with non-Steam games for now) and the way that works they ask you for your login and password and they're a middle man in the login process so it is sketchy but apparently they're also very legit so proceed as you wish with that.
fan the deck has a vid for his, its this q4 review
That's not how open platform works. You're suppose to find solutions to your problem on page 58 of the forum written 8 years ago.
for the third year in a row now, i would like to thank you for uploading on Christmas Eve. i'm yet again, about to eat dinner by myself, but this will help keep me entertained for 18 minutes.
merry christmas to everyone who may read this ^-^
Merry Christmas to you too, buddy!
merry christmas! đ
Merry christmas to you from Thailand :) â€
merry Christmas!!!
Merry Christmas to you
Wulff den is one of the only creators who I actually watch the sponsors. I love the skits!
Creatures?
Perhaps Critters
@@LooganYT
Perhaps he meant âcreatorsâ
@@AdityaWaghmare nah. Critters
@@LooganYT
Well, âcrittersâ it is then
A hiccup I ran into was INSANELY slow download speeds (3gb game taking 8hrs to install) after some researching, I learned that the steam deck's SD card format software can sometimes cause issues with the drive. If you reformat it via the linux desktop instead it seems to work better. Helped the download speeds a lot!
Thx for the imfo
By linux desktop, do you mean Desktop Mode of Steam OS?
@notyusof yup! Google the process, though. I don't remember the steps.
Anything is possible. All I know is that since I reformatted as described, everything has been downloading substantially faster. Also, none of my other wireless devices had the issue.
I had this issue till SteamOS 3.4 came out, SD card went from slow to quite comparable with the internal SSD.
Using the right SD card should be quite a game changer.
I love the beatemups reference. Wulff's impression was just amazing. I love their friendship
ProtonDB is still used all the time, very useful. Also, I use Warpinator to transfer files from my pc to my Deck, it's free and super easy to use.
You uploaded this the exact minute I got my steam deck from FedEx. Fucking king.
One of the things that I've actually found that's SUPER helpful is the community controller layouts. You can make really detailed controller layouts fairly easily, and with the community layouts there's generally someone who's already made a pretty decent layout and done all the hard work and testing for you. Hell, when I went to try a fairly new early access game like Project Playtime, there was already several great controller layouts that have thousands of hours of playtime! The most helpful one for me has gotta be the community layouts for Minecraft, where having a good layout is night and day for playing it without ripping your hair out in frustration.
15:55 You're able to change controller priority in the input settings while in-game. No need to quit the game and relaunch with a different controller.
This!
Just purchased the OLED Deck. Had to make another stop here. Thanks brotha!
Okay okay okay. Bob, I have started watching your content a lot over the past few weeks. Binged almost every Nontendo episode and I've been loving all of your Wulff Den videos as well. Your ad spots are genuinely hilarious. It's basically unprecedented that I enjoy the sponsor spots as much as the rest of the video, but you nail it every time. Love what you're doing.
Wulff, there is also a third group of viewers who already own some of the hardware you review and weâre just enjoying your videos đ€Ł
And other group that has none of devices that he has (like me except the switch)
Signing in, had mine before he had his and the dock XD.
There's another
we here!
I keep mine docked, have a Jausx Dock specifically, with the ethernet support. I picked up a few controls, including an XBox One controller as well as a USB Keyboard and Mouse. I had a steam link from before, which is compatible with the Steam Deck for transfering my game to my 40' TV, with surround sound.
I play it pretty constantly too, even though it sits next to my PC full time. It's that good to have and use!
Really cool stuff, thanks for sharing this with us! Two major things to highlight though:
First: I would highly recommend learning about the "Golden 40" that leverages the 40Hz capabilities of the Deck's display. Inevitably, you'll often end up worrying if a recent release can run at 60FPS on there. The Golden 40 would massively help here: Due to the fact you can lower the panel's refresh rate to 40Hz through the Quick Action Menu, you are able to go for 40FPS instead of 30. Why you may ask? Despite a 10FPS additional payload to the Deck's graphics APU, 40 FPS is right in the middle between 30 and 60 FPS in terms of frame pacing - meaning a nearly-60 FPS experience. Try it out! If you want to see this in action, feel free to give an older video of mine a shot, where I tried to explain this comprehensively.
Second: Sleep has been massively improved with SteamOS 3.4, so it's in fact more of a "per-game decision", but I'd definitely try it regularly out, because with games that CAN be put to sleep, it's such a blessing - especially as gamer dad. I guess many of you can relate.
Cheers!
Can you please explain how sleep works with the deck in general and also how it works with the update? Or maybe link to a video with the answer? I just got it for Christmas and have only begun diving little by little into it.
@@andydarling8951 It's really easy: Sleep works for all offline-games but may also result in audio issues after wakeup in rare occasions. Those can be easily fixed by a reboot of the device itself. You can't brick anything while trying this out on a per-game basis. Just make sure to save the game before you try it the first time. :) Online games put to sleep inevitably will end up disconnected, but that's self explanatory.
@@deckverse about the audio loss, totally! That happens with phone apps so Iâm used to it. Guess I wasnât sure if just tapping on the power button actually puts it to sleep or just turns off the display cuz the Steam logo appears for a few seconds. Thank you for the response đđ»
I was pleasantly surprised how great 40fps looks when I got my deck. I started locking almost all games there and it looks "almost" indistinguishable from 60.
It's because of the good sleep feature that I ultimately chose it over the ROG ally. Thanks other dads :)
You don't need the "Show Perf Overlay" option on, that's only so it shows up in the main Steam OS UI instead of only in game, you can just adjust the "Performance Overlay Level" slider in games to get the FPS counter to show up normally.
Dude, your editing is superb. props to you or your editor! Whoever does it, is on point. :)
This is one of the most useful Steamdeck videos thank you for your time and hard work and sharing it!!
Decky plugins is also pretty essential in my opinion. Gives you tonnes of customisation options within a simple UI but also gives you access to the power tools which can help you emulate certain systems better. For example, setting the number of cores being used by the deck to 4 seems to boost fps on almost all switch emulation I've tried.
+1
Yeah, the Deck is pretty usable out of the box (after an update for good measure), but you can safely get some significant performance boosts out of the PowerTools plugin for Decky and CryoByte33's CryoUtilities script (don't forget to increase VRam in the BIOS settings).
Disabling SMT using PowerTools usually leads to massive improvements in emulators and older games that can't take advantage of more than 4 cores anyway.
Especially with all the plugins that just dropped in it. Including SteamDB support!
Just got one today for Christmas from my mom and girlfriend and I was so excited, Iâm an Xbox gamer and I have like 30 days on Elden Ring at this point. So first thing I did was bought it again on the winter sale and now Iâm halfway done with it all over again. đ
Your ad skits are great! I also love how you always poke fun at beatemups lmao. Idk why I always watch these beginner steamdeck guides since I have one, but I always enjoy hearing other peoples opinions on the steamdeck! Such a great device.
Ordered mine Wednesday and it's expected to get here Tuesday. Can't wait.
That knock in the intro skit was way too real. My heart almost jumped out of my chest cause I thought someone knocked on my wall.
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You did do an add about cases but the first thing you do is put on a screen protector.
Bob, I was wearing headphones and during your ad, the knocking freaked me the F out as it came from outside my window. So A+ sound editing and thanks for the video!
Thank you for some super solid, actionable info! Just ordered mine, waiting for it to come in, this is exactly the info I wanted, cheers, mate!
For transferring files I've tried using both warpinator/winpinator and also KDE Connect, both apps that can be found in the discover store. They work really well and were pretty easy to setup. Winpinator was a bit easier to send multiple files but KDE connect has some cool things like also having a phone app which will let you input mouse controls, media controls, or send your clipboard between your phone, pc and steam deck which I thought was super neat!
The KDE linux desktop is fantastic. As a fulltime linux user anyway, it's handy to have what is basically a 100% gaming desktop, with a simple dongle, for well under $1000. However, you can minimize or even eliminate dongle use by getting a keyboard and mouse that connect via bluetooth. That said, I have a 2-year old cablecreation dongle I use to just hook up wired/USB input devices, and a portable external display.
I think the biggest thing to get done before you can REALLY enjoy games on the steam deck is to set the gyro options just the way you want them. The options for it are varied and very specific, so you can spend hours tweaking. Do you prefer tilting or rotating for your left and right? You can set that all up in the settings menu.
I played around with those options for 3 hours on my friend's steam deck, had the time of my life.
Really good video. Thank you. I liked the geeking out and I also really liked the comedy flourishes. 17:07 Couch time!
Merry Christmas Bob!!
I got mine last summer, and am loving it. Definitely my most played gaming device next to PS5. I kinda wish I bought a 64 GB and upgraded the SSDâŠgranted 2TB SSDâs were not available when I got my Steam Deck, and they started at like $400 when I started seeing them a few months later. But I was able to get a 2TB SSD+ 1TB micro SD (I broke the first one opening my steam deck).
What ssd brand and how much did it cost?
Just remember, you should only use an m.2 2230 NVMe SSD. If you use anything larger, even if it fits, it can cover the charger IC and cause it to overheat.
@@mostcoolkid78 I got a WD SN740 2230 from Aliexpress $249 free shipping. It took like 2 weeks to arrive and works perfectly after using Clonezilla to clone my 512 GB hdd. I was initially nervous but I figured that all 2 TB 2230 SSDâs at the time (I think till now too) came from China anyway.
@@MithosDagon thanks
keep doing what your doing man love your reviews and shows
Great video. This is the first I've seen from Wulfden, and I'm subscribed now. Great info, tips, and tricks. I'm getting my steam deck in the next few days, and now I'm even more excited about it. Thanks!
Dude I gotta really thank you for all your videos in the past year. I ordered my Steam Deck in November of 21 and received it in August of 22. Watching your videos not only helped me decide to buy the Desk, but also prepared me for everything I would face. From navigating a linux desktop, to retro arch, and dipping my toes into other tech-y-game-y projects unrelated to the Deck. Thank you so much for all your content man. Informative, fun, incredibly well put together. Whether you see this or not, I wanna thank you for everything you've done for all of us little content consuming gremlins
Loved the vid but now I am obsessed with that arcade cabinet!!! Future vid on that build????
Thank you very much for this vid, Iâm getting mine in 2 days and canât wait,your walk thru will be very useful to a newbie like meâïž
I'm sure many people have commented the same thing, but I feel like it's important: Switch has an ARM processor, which is the primary reason for downloading while asleep. ARM tends to have better power management, and can basically stop specific processes in the background, like a running game (at least that's how I think of it).
The steam deck has a amd64 processor, so when it's asleep, it's asleep. They could potentially make it so the screen can turn off while it's downloading, but it'll still be on.
YESS MORE STEAM DECK VIDEOS PLEASEEEWW
Yes you missed âPlay Desk Jobâ Its a game that demonstrates all Steam Deck features. Its like Astro Boy for Steam Deck. Must play! Great game too.
you mean Astro's Playroom. Astro Boy would a much cooler mascot for the PS5 than what Sony came up with if I'm being honest
@@BronzeAgePeppertheyâd have to pay Konami or who ever owns him lol
I ordered mines Saturday it just came in the mail today so it took 5 days can't wait to play it haven't even turned it on yet
Thanks for this video, I was not thinking of even getting this til today. I was pretty much sold on it but you definitely made that official!!! Getting the 500+ gb
I literally just picked one up about a week ago because of one of your vids. Absolutely in love with it. Iâve watched a few of these vids, but yours as usual takes the cake.
Good job. High five. Thanks bob.
Settings -> Family -> Authorize Library Sharing on this device.
If gifting a Steam Deck to family member it's worth sharing your library to help them get going. I also went a step further to hide mature games didn't want my kid playing. Also, if gifting to a child, you can set family mode up so they can't access the store.
you can send files to the deck in desktop mode via kde connect and the formatting to EXT4 is inevitable because it needs to be EXT4 for special file operation like special linlks for games which is just impossible on NTFS or FAT32 and the drivers for those filesystems aren't as fast as EXT4 which also helps in boosting performance with running games from sd cards
9:00 There is a way to download your games, while the screen is off. Go to desktop mode, go to power management and set the "Dim screen" and "Screen Energy Saving" to 1 minute. After 1 minute the screen will turn off, but the download will continue.
If you use a flash drive formatted for Windows then transfer your roms that way you don't run into issues with sd cards being formatted for Linux.
The Steam Deck also emulates Switch and Wii U VERY Well. It's not just up to Game Cube. I was playing Pokemon Violet yesterday. It was fantastic.
That's wild I'm not PC savvy too much but I just bought one of these I'm gonna have to figure out how to get violet on there
When buying a SD card for your SteamDeck buy an A2 card. They tend to download games faster and play a bit more reliably.
Yea I got my steamdeck for Christmas and I use it for ff14 fallaout76 and mame and yes it did not disappoint me it out does my pc preformance and I love it thanks for the tips wolf this helped get me started without worry †I also downloaded proton ge cause that will help greatly with compatibility and improve preformance on some games and steamvr support added too
Got the 64GB version with a 512GB SD card. I'm very happy with my purchase and love this little handheld.
I actually have Windows 11 dual boot installed on my Steam deck, and it's also a fantastic experience since I have access to other launchers like Game Pass. It's my usual daily driver. The folks at Valve have made the drivers available for us tinkerers out there, and it's great. There are several guides on how to get Windows 11 up and running with controller support. SteamOS is also pretty neat. Thanks for the review!
I'm very interested in doing these, but need to know if I can have both boot options on one SSD and if I can transfer my Win11 "digital license connected to my Microsoft account" from my laptop to the deck (I'm considering buying a Pro license key for the laptop to get remote desktop capabilities, and then I don't have to buy a key for the deck).
Thank you for the video. Merry Christmas
Great video! I've had my deck for a few months now and I love it. To get files from my PC to Steamdeck easily I use Warpinator.
Did anyone else like the vid just for the add skit? Although its still not as good as some of the manscaped ones.
Yep, subscribed too cause of the skit.
Pro tip: in lieu of plugging in to a dock or monitor, Steam Link is a serviceable way to more easily use desktop mode. It basically turns whatever device you link to (in my case, an iPad Pro with Steam Link app) into a VNC client. You can then use the iPad peripherals to interact with the Steam Deck desktop. Not perfect, mind you, but very handy in a pinch. And in a fast enough connection, streaming games to a larger screen can be fun as well.
Worst part the deck cant even stream directly with my gaming laptop,The next room over which is a shame since the vita and the ps4 pulled it off perfectly and with no active wifi i played so much bf4 on it
Thats a great tip, i have an ipad pro so i might do that too
@@TheL1arL1ar use parsec.
@@neoandroid8586 just figured it out yesterday, thought it might be worth sharing. I didnât realize you could stream from the desktop, but sure enough, it works without a hitch! Add a Bluetooth keyboard (or a Magic Keyboard case) and itâs like your iPad is running Linux!
@@TheL1arL1ar that is literally impossible to happen unless your laptop can't reach wifi
OMG, i started following you the first time i had my Switch, now that you're making videos for the Steam Deck i'm hooked, i wanna have a Steam Deck right away, the Switch was good but because of the weak power it has i think a Steam Deck is the way to go, don't get me wrong but i still adored my Switch but i think that the Steam Deck is the ultimate Gaming Platform. I can't wait for more video and contents from you for the Stream Deck.
Just ordered mine. Stoked to get it.
Just a heads up the "unsupported" games most of the time will still work atleast from my experience, most of the games I have that are "unsupported" simply show the wrong controls (keyboard instead of controller) but otherwise are 100% playable.
Bob the role model for all! Donât forget to say âPlease and Thank youâ đ
Well this answered all my questions regarding the Steam Deck. Thanks, Bob!!!!
Ordered one this morning and been waiting for the shipping notification like a madman
The steam deck actually recognizes windows formatted flash drives. So place your files on a flash drive formatted fat32 or exfat for windows, and use the steam deck dock or a USB-C hub to connect a mouse and the flash drive. Then just go to file explorer in desktop mode and drag and drop. No need for external programs that cost money
i wanna see Wii U emulation on the steam deck, by plugging it into an external monitor and using that as the top screen, and the steam deck as the game pad. its like its built for it, honestly. you could also do DS and 3DS emulation with it really well.
Oh my god youâre so right! A proper Wii U emulator that could do that would be AMAZING!
From what I've heard, it's overly complicated to do something like that bc the wii u gamepad used a very specific way to communicate with the console and mimicking that would be a pain
Project Killswitch's included kickstand includes little spots to put microSD cards, so if you like to play a few large games, you could always keep them on microSD cards as if you're playing an old cartridge game.
the production value on this video is awesome :)
"Watching videos about stuff before you get it" Literally me about everything đ€Ł
I tried emudeck and didn't love it trying to get it to work through the steam os was annoying. I created a boot microsd with batocera and I think it's way better.
For downloading, I set them all going in gaming mode, then switch to desktop mode where I have it turn the screen off (but not sleep!) after a minute in the Setting>Power options~. Then you can leave it overnight or whatever and BOOM, all downloaded.
I got mine on Christmas, it's an amazing device â€ïž
I really appreciate these videos they really show off good features that you donât often see in reviews. Iâm currently deciding between Aya neo or the steam deck and the big factor for me is simple mod support since I often need to find accessibility mods. Currently a point in aya Neos favor seeing as they have windows support
@Vaphi this is promising Iâll need to to do more research to verify but that is helpful and makes me more optimistic
I would add the Vibrant Deck plug-in ^^
Man, the only channel that I don't skip the merch....tbo, sometimes its my favorite part. And I live in Brazil...so, most of the times the products are not even "purchaseable" down here.
Merry Xmas Wulff!
Thanks for the tips i just ordered mine couple days ago and waiting it to arrive. i was amaized that you can emulate mario games and such to the deck and it is one of the reasons i bought it. And yea i didnt get it to be my main gaming system just for when work need me to be somewhere else where i dont have my pc with me.
Its so cool that you and Wood have a podcast. Ive been watching you both for years. Its pretty cool to see you guys just hang out and talk about stuff. Merry Christmas
Wood is a horrible person
@Raius Daltar why do you think that?
@@raiusdaltar1483 so do you have a real reason as to why Wood is a horrible person, or are you just grumpy?
@@kinkydervish I've seen the way he treats fans and viewers. Keep buying into the on-camera persona if it makes you happy.
I'm only just getting bold enough to start tinkering and modding with it. (Afraid to break things.) Definitely gonna try some emulation in the next couple weeks though.
As of now I didn't try any mods yet myself. Would like to when I get GTA V, Fallout and the street fighter games đ
@@Gerudo-King-Ganondorf street fighter mods? uh oh
i had the deck for a while but just knew the basics so this was helpful
Thanks for the info!! Canât wait for mine!!!
For overnight downloads open steam in desktop mode and turn off sleep after waiting idle, it let me download games without the deck turning off
For the arcade box, rather than putting a Steam Deck in there I recommend putting a full mini-ITX system instead. It'll be a bit more work to get up and running, but in exchange you can put in a 5800X3D, a 6950XT, and multiple terabytes of high-speed storage.
I⊠think you went from âif you want a sensible compaxt mode of transportation, dont use a motorcycle, buy a smart, then put a v12! In it!â
@@mikearisbrocken8507 It's an arcade cabinet. While fun and exciting (much like a smart with a V12), there are very few that would consider it sensible and compact.
Great Video and thanks for all the awesome tipps and tricks!
Can't wait! Mine will be here this week! :)
Tip for downloads. Switch to desktop mode. You can reliably download with the screen off.
There's a power setting icon next to the clock, where you can adjust how fast the screen turns off and not to ever put the system to sleep when plugged.
Wish it was available in my country. Would be an instant buy
im getting mine tomorow! I am so excited
the video made me laugh a couple of times, and you were very informative
Brought it for my nephew birthday as a gift to him he's only 12yr old been 6 months he loved it hell forget him i loved it soo much next month i brought it for myself and it is sooo soo soo much fun i come back home from work and i pick up the deck every single day and play and it works perfectly i am yet to have any issue whatsoever for 5 months its a godgiven tech honestly
Idk if anyone else feels the same, but even though I have tons of games on GOG and Epic, I'd be willing to rebuy most of them on Steam just for the ease and cleanliness, and one-stop cloud saves. Valve was brilliant to make this hardware to boost software sales, imo.
there is an app called heroic on the deck for logging into epic and gog to play those games
@@BRxRanger True, I'm well aware. But most of the smaller indie titles you can usually find pretty cheap and the alure of having them all so cleanly through steam instead is strong.
I love the steam deck. Probably the best gaming platform out there right now. Seems convenient to go through and install windows as the boot loader though. That way you donât have to deal with the shortcomings of linux with cheat engines and would be easier to navigate. I could be wrong though.
You're not. I messed with steamOS for like a month until I ripped it off forever
What do you think of getting another ssd and putting windows on that one?
@@TheWorstshoe I started that way. It's not worth it booting the whole operating system off an external SD isn't stable. It works, but its is broken compared to off the internal. Trust me
@@ipetloudog duel boot then?
@@TheWorstshoe sure if you wanna mess with protons and get pissed off all the time
Iâd pick up a Steam Deck but I donât know how well a person could get along with a hot spot. Great Stuff, as always!
It's very frustrating but doable. Most of the time I had to use my T-Mobile unlimited 3G hotspot đ
Only way it goes fast is if I go out with my Deck to use public wifi or get the faster hotspot data for that month. If you are downloading a game for a long time with a slow hotspot I highly recommend disabling all dim display settings, and do not put the Deck into sleep mode or pause the download even if you leave the house with your hotspot (it starts the whole download all over again from scratch-lesson learned for me when trying to download ~52gb WWE 2K22)
for cloud gaming it might be rough but as long as you make sure you keep your cloud saves up to date it should be just fine!
i did not expect to hear eve in the middle of a steam deck video but here we are. you have good taste in music good sir
17:07 I hope Zim survived this lol
Fun fact, ChatGPT was trained with internet data before the release of the Steam deck. When the model is eventually updated it will probably spill out something that actually makes sense.
Jesus Christ loves you
I got an Xbox controller to use with my Steam deck and I found it _incredibly_ laggy. I ended up taking it back and getting a Switch Pro Controller, which works great. I hooked up my deck to my TV and can play Gamepass on it, and despite the many vectors I am creating for latency it works really well.
Wulff den has slowly become the best alt gaming info and tips channel on this platform.
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Eve - Dramaturgy
Itâs not that the Steam Deck doesnât download games as fast while in sleep mode, it just doesnât download them at all!
I setup mine with full dull boot win 11 and emudeck the possibility are endless it is powerful enough to run most stuff if you setup right, I recommend tiny 11 and keeping steam os for all suprted games, for steam look at emudeck, power tool, and proton, for windows set vram to 4gb it works best for everything, I love this deck
Getting mine tomorrow and Iâm very excited
You can just leave Deck on during download and it will go to sleep when it has finished