The deck is in its own category here. The deck provides the convenience and comfort that PC's have arguably lacked for years. You can't necessarily package them together in your claim. In addition, it's very possible all consoles start homogenizing into handheld gaming PC's throughout the next two to three decades.
Watching Julien find PC gaming is like watching those videos where people hear a classic song, out of their usual genre for the first time. It's fun to watch. I have been along time PC builder and console user but tend to lean towards PC gaming when it counts. I just threw together, literally out of my parts bin, a i7 2600/GTX970 build for my kid that finally came over to Steam. It's amazing what a CPU from 2011 and a GPU from 2014 can still play. PC's are usually way ahead of their time.
@@TheSniperWhoThere will always be a place for workstation PCs, but I can see the future being phones being workstations for low-power programs like browsers and office suites, but I can see PCs being for VR/gaming, with handhelds continuing their niche as a compromise between those. All the Steamdeck needs is 5G, and it'd be a great portable everything-device.
I think you’re way overthinking everything. If you want to get into PC gaming, just take the dive in. It will be a long learning process, but a rewarding one. Additionally, as an early adopter of the Steam Deck, I personally found the ROG Ally as the superior device. I haven’t touched my Steam Deck in months.
@@AkaHoodie Welp can't really say anything about that. If you don't like Linux then that's how it is. Unfortunately the Steam Deck uses Linux so you're outta luck if you're looking for the best handheld gaming PC experience.
@@TheSniperWho Since owning both the Steam Deck and ROG Ally, I can confidently say that in my personal opinion, the Ally gives a much more authentic PC gaming experience than the Steam Deck. Yes the Deck is much more user friendly and convenient similarly to something like Nintendo's Switch, but the overall gaming experience is much more satisfying on the Ally. So while all PC handhelds are great, simply saying Windows based handhelds are lesser than the Steam Deck is fallacious.
Every time a new pc handheld comes out I'm always forced to compare it to the SD OLED and they never quite live up to the ease of use that Valve have accomplished, even with the hiccups and complications inherent to the platform. Also, the peace of mind that comes with their proven track record of supporting it.
It's these reasons I'm ordering my steam deck tomorrow instead of getting the rog ally z1 extreme, pretty tough choice mainly because the rog ally is on sale at my best buy and is 120 cheaper than the oled steam deck at the moment
@@optimalbonkerz Got my OLED yesterday and trust me you won't regret it. The ergonomics are unmatched especially if you have big hands like I do. Wifi is blazing fast. I was installing games most of the time and already fell in love with the device. Then I played Doom Eternal for 5 minutes and I was in awe! Runs so smooth! Tried GTA 5 too and then Coffee Talk :D
@@paprika2280 when I held the display model at best buy it felt cheap in terms of build quality, the joy sticks felt very light and loose if that makes sense I didn't care for the ergonomics of the device at all, and personally I hated that it was only available in white, I'm glad I didn't pick it up that day, and more happy I continued to do research I feel the steam deck will suit my wants better from a hand held device as I have a desktop for those high end demanding games or when I want a really high frame rate
That’s why I’m silently quitting PC Gaming and I think will not buy a SD/Ally/Legion. Started in 2017 because I was amused by the fact of building my own gaming machine, I was enjoying the quality and performance. But then I suddenly start to feel the chunkyness of PC: fighting with small issues, buggy games, input problems (I play with controller, mouse and keyboard are not for me) started to ruin my game experience. I realized that I was more on troubleshooting than enjoy the games. After 8 hours of working at the PC I think that for me it’s more enjoyable to just wake up my PS5/Switch with a button and play.
@@robertrosalez6560 Hes saying the easyness of turning on a console and playing a game is much more enjoyable then booting up a pc to find theres bugs with games or you need some plugin or addon to play
That analogy is perfect! Its a big reason actually why I switched from PC to console, I personally don't have as much time right now and just want to play the game, even if I am giving up some freedom of "how my coffee tastes" if you know what I mean Im hoping in the future to get back to PC gaming when I have more time, I think I just need that one game that I really want to play that I cant just boot up and enjoy on my PS5. Your analogy was sooo perfect I've been trying to determine why I seem to prefer console gaming lately and I think you really hit the nail on the coffin there. Excited to see you continue to explore PC gaming!
Very well said man. I think it’s very important to list some of the negative aspects of the SD experience. It’s a great device but just like any other console not perfect. That being said I’m enjoying it more and more everyday. The big thing that sold me on it was A) the amazing fluidity of the UI itself, it feels like an iPhone in that respect may not be cutting edge on every front but checks off more boxes than any other device out there. B) Quick Resume or whatever you want to call it is absolutely amazing. It’s better than something you’d get on a PC, and C) the fact that we get an “Achievement” system. Extremely underrated I’m no achievement hunter but achievements really make your experience way more rewarding and I applaud them for thinking about that little detail.
If you grab the Ally, one of the big negatives for it is the first day with it requires TONS of updates before you can properly game. You will need updates for Windows, Armoury Crate and the My ASUS app. Do not try gaming before doing this! Also the battery life sucks! That all said i LOVE my Rog Ally. The way it slays games is great!
The advantages of PC are the power and the versatility. However two things where PC is still making some progress is the "ease of use" for the user, it has definitely come a long way from the 2010s but there are still problems. Two problems I have on a somewhat regular basis are pairing my DualSense with the PC, sometimes it just doesn't "handshake" properly. Another thing was getting surround sound working, I eventually had to buy a new AVR to be able to play games in 4k120fps with surround sound. These things can work on PC and with more power than consoles, but sometimes it takes some trial, error and troubleshooting. Learning is part of the journey, but it's easy to see why people who don't want to/don't like to solve problems on their own might prefer the console experience. The fact that things like surround sound and controllers kind of just "work" on consoles is why many still enjoy.
I’ve not had the issue with inputs not working when undocking or docking the SD but then I only dock it when I’m playing RTS and grand strategy games and those are best enjoyed on key and mouse and I only open those games when the SD is docked or else I have to change the resolution each time so maybe that’s why I haven’t noticed that issue but thanks for bringing it up it’s definitely something I’ll be watching
I stumbled across your channel when researching the steam deck (ended up getting the OLED). Really love the videos! My experience, steam unverified or have the yellow indicator mark on it seem to run much smoother than verified. Best steam deck verified game in terms of smoothness in my experience has been Horizons zero dawn
What is the case you have on the steam deck in the thumb nail? That looks neat! Ps nvr mind I saw its skull and co CUP 75! Your right also I wasn’t crazy about there other stuff but this one looks nice, just like u said it reminds me of EDC and two tone Glock lol
I'm a recent nintendo switch convert who had until last year spent all of his gaming time on either the PC or Steamdeck. The steamdeck was actually a bit of a gateway drug to the switch for me, the convenience of the steam deck and its pick up and play nature was so close to what I was looking for but I personally find the handheld too large and heavy and the extremely clunky docking experience left me wanting, so after buying a switch it's my steam deck that simply sits around gathering dust. My personal advice though to solve the docking issues with the deck is actually to avoid docking it all together and build a dedicated gaming PC if possible. Steam cloud saves work pretty well and I found that it was easier to simply close the game, let the save transfer and then re-open it on the other device compared to the controller hassles and scaling issues present when docking the steam deck. The windows api's that these games are built to interface with (even if it is through a proton wrapper) just simply don't know how handle things like changing inputs or resolution on the fly very well, because it's never really been a common use case in games on PC before now. So while the steam deck does it's best to work around these things, it would likely take both valve and developers working together on these issues to ever have as seamless an experience as the switch's docking is. Best case scenario it may get better over time, and some games may eventually dynamically support going from handheld to docked mode, but for now any sort of windows or steamos based handheld is only going to be at best serviceable as a hybrid console with tweaking and often game restarts needed between docking and handheld mode.
You've mentioned it in recent videos but don't give up on Macs and the Apple ecosystem. I personally think the Steam Deck OLED and MacBook Pro with Apple silicon is the perfect combo. Macs are great productivity machines and are slowly getting more video game support.
Ally isn’t too bad now, just need to be realistic about expectations. It’s not a 4090. Big thing that has helped me with mine is using custom wattage and fan curves on battery/plugged in. Keeping temps down, while still getting a solid frame rate. The VRR display is nice to have too. Also when you pick yours up, update everything possible until no updates. I’ve been playing Helldivers 2, MH iceborn, dragons dogma dark arisen and fallout new Vegas lately. Have had a good experience with those titles so far. Edit: also, as far as you saying you don’t want your purchases across a bunch of stores I agree with you. I have a lot of purchases on psn and I regret not making a lot of them on steam.
I run in to many issues on PC in general, example being the other day i booted up my desktop running Bazzite-Deck and it would take forever to boot up, and when it does the performance is absolutely trash, it struggled to run the ocarina of time PC port. So i submitted the issue to the discord and it was resolved in just a few minutes. Turned out it was a bad update due to the recent linux kernel being pushed, so all i had to do was rollback. As far as the TV experience goes, my current tv is a TCL roku tv and my dock won't display above 1080p from my steam deck for some reason, my desktop works just fine at 4k so it may just be my dock. Working with a PC introduces a trial and error process to building your own experience, but once you get it right, you rarly have to change following that
You should check out the steam controller....its not perfect but its pretty cool being able to turn the deck on with the controller, and it also has 2 track pads like the deck so games that make use of mouse controls (think rollercoaster tycoon) are actually playable from the couch without a keyboard and mouse. Tho the DualShock 5 is a pretty good deck controller too but the track pad is awkward if you were to play games like that.
It gets easier to use the more you use it . There's plugins and stuff. Also lots of input options. It may be easier for some games to just install emudeck and use 'legal' roms. Honestly the PS2 games rock also anything before that. Look into the gyro usage for fps games, CZcams it, changed my fps game outlook on the steam deck.
Oh man. I don’t think you are going to like the PC world. You’ll probably focus more on trying to achieve a solid frame rates versus just playing. Don’t get sucked into to trying to buy the latest GPUs because that adds up fast and not worth the time wasted.
I definitely think he should get a gaming PC but I know it's going to be overwhelming with all the little things that can go wrong. The steam deck is very close to a seamless experience compared to PC.
That controller issue is native on the deck too, sometimes I am setting the settings and it won't register, then all of a sudden it will register and work. Sometimes I'm settings multiple settings and it never works, one game I never found a layout that worked it just never would work properly. I've connected Bluetooth controllers and have them just not work but connect but just won't register buttons and starts acting like a keyboard, the controls are amazing that steam has brought to us but on steam deck it doesn't seem as easy as just programming the buttons as it should be
I’ve had similar issues with docking as well. A lot of times I can’t even get the Deck to show up and have to unplug the hdmi and power to reset it. Pretty aggravating. Also, had to look up what your Hans Zimmer vinyl was. I listen to The Dark Knight soundtrack all the time. Good stuff
Steam remote play is the simple solution for playing demanding games on your steam deck, presuming, of course, you have a capable gaming PC to actually run the games. If you want more stability and granularity in settings, then consider installing Moonlight/sunshine and the moondeck extension on Steam deck so you can boot/shut off your PC and launch games on your gaming PC from your game library viewed on your steam deck.
I also run my controller with a dongle that plugs into the dock along with a 2tb SSD along with keyboard and mouse,I've heard the official steam dock has its problems
Steam games on 1tb ssd, emulation on 1tb sd card. That is really all you need for the steamdeck, all in one place. Having my steam library plus emulation in the palm of my hands is just nuts because I would have never thought this possible as a young lad growing up.
Btw, Steam Deck doesn’t run better plugged in, or getting „more power“. TDP configured is what you get. Set to 15W, APU draws 15W on Battery or on power line.
So I found out I was gonna be a dad Dec 2022, so by June I bought the ally because of the reason's you've point out here about being present while still maintaining your hobby (I just discovered your channel and a lot of things resonated with me so here I am lol). The ally just plays everything I throw at it. I don't even have to pump the wattage too much. software updates have made it much more efficient as well. I don't have a steam deck but I do recommend the ally, most AAA titles run just great. Battery is not splendid (about 2-3 hrs depending, they gave us the ability to turn off the CPU Boost function which helped greatly) plus the ally is basically a gaming laptop crammed into a controller (full size buttons too)
There's definitely a lot of troubleshooting when it comes to PC gaming. Hours of research, lots of trial and error. Steam deck isn't without it's issues either. But I will say it like this, if you plan on playing solo/by yourself, then PC can be plug and play ready once you set it up right. If you plan on playing with other people with multiple controllers (especially on emulators other than Redream and Retroarch) expect the thing you fear the most...clunky. It can be frustrating when things don't run smoothly even after doing numerous tests on everything. But you'll come to realize that's just PC gaming, it's far from perfect, one day we'll get there though.
I have a PS5, XBox Series S and a Steam Deck Oled. I love my Steam Deck but it gets 3rd place when comparing the 3. Here are my reasons.- -bad graphics and framerate docked(I mainly play Elden Ring on my SD). note: The handheld experience is great with the oled screen. -7.4" screen makes reading text difficult(I have to use a magnifying glass to read some numbers on the thing lol) -No game subscription service available. Game Pass and PS+ are an amazing value. Why buy PC games when we can play the same games for "free"?) For me, the Steam Deck is the best choice for gaming on the go and travel. At home, I'm going with my main consoles. Any new games that come out, I'm buying on PS5. But, I do use the Xbox the most. Game Pass is just so good. Dead Island 2 got shadow dropped onto Gamepass last week, and I had a blast playing it. Looked great too. Diablo 4 comes to Game Pass later this month. What about Dead Space? It was epic!
As much as I love the PS + and the GamePass like you there are A LOT of games simply not available on both consoles. Thousand of indies games, PC exclusives or just older games. Xbox Series do a very great job at backward compatibility but only some have FPS boost. And for that my Steam Deck is amazing ! I don’t need to play those specific games on a big 4K screen, performances are excellent for that use, it’s very pleasant to play those gems on the couch or on the go.
You do know you can map Deck build in magnifier to a button like R4 right? In some game the cursor disappears but it in the middle of the screen so I can still click on the UI in magnifying mode.
neither the PS5 or XSX can run true 4k. they run at 1440 or 1080 (sometimes 720) and upscale it. youre only going to get true 4k on modern titles is a $1000 or more GPU.
I definitely recommend the ROG Ally, all of these devices are awesome in their own way. Steam deck is great but isn’t without its flaws, try both and see what suits you. I feel with the ROG Ally the controller just works with most games, no community inputs required. That’s one aspect that continues to impress me amount it’s numerous positive features.
Controller works on the Ally would also work on the Deck. The community input is required when a game doesn't have controller support. For example I saw a review noted "Classified: France '44" doesn't have controller support. They said they are working on it. Controller support mostly comes from Steam. For example I can't find a way to use joycons on PC gamepass while I can on Stream.
as someone who has made switches between platforms multiple times in my days, believe me when I tell you that you'll be back to console eventually and have a better understanding of why they exist. But either way! Enjoy the new tech while you can bud!
You can't play a Playstation game with an X-box controller on the Switch while you can on the Stream Deck. I can output HDR with the Deck but not with the Switch. I use $25 8k usb c docking station on Amazon but I wouldn't risk using it with the Switch since it doesn't use standard usb c. (Games that has small text I will map the build-in magnifier to "R4". Often the cursor will disappear but will be in the middle of the screen and can still click on the UI. A game that has zoom I will map the right trackpad to zoom in with clockwise movement and zoom out with counterclockwise movement.) (This is why the Deck sometimes requires to you change controller manually as the Deck has trackpads and 4 back buttons that are not on a controller. It allows me to have one control scheme when I'm playing in handheld and one controller scheme when it's dock and using a controller. )
i have the deck and ally...docking sucks for both, the ally is easier for me as long as i use a controller with a dongle . i have switched to ally fully and dont regret exce3pt for the suspend function.
What is the secret to playing the deck while docked? I feel like no matter what I do, I can not create a playable situation while it is docked. What is a good frame rate I should expect? What should I expect as far as the resolution setting? Should I just set everything to low? I know it is different per game, but Portal is honestly the only game I have been able to run smoothly. I am asking here, not complaining about the system. I do not have the oled.
Remember that the SD screen is 800p or 900p (can’t remember off the top of my head). I’d suggest keeping it that resolution or even dropping it to 720p. Combine that with low texture, then you should get at LEAST a stable 30fps depending on the game. Oh and enable V-Sync. That helps minimize screen tearing.
For anything other that gaming I love physical and have to have physical. For gaming though I haven't cared for physical for years, I love having the convenience of digital, of having all my games all in one spot all ready to play. Like on my Steam Deck OLED, I have a 2TB internal m.2 ssd and a 1TB micro sd card and I have over 240 PC games and something around 1500 emulated games installed on it, so I can play any of my games when I want without having to switch the game out everytime I want to play a different one.
The channel name is like your underwear, you keep changing it. Lol jk jk love you buddy we don’t care what the name is as long as you keep dropping that good good wisdom.
I have lots of issues with the Steam Deck. It's probably just my bad luck but I run into so many games that just crash randomly even if they are verified. On the other hand I have an AYANEO 2S and it runs everything I throw at it with no crashing. Windows is just better for gaming, these games are built on it after all.
I would love it if you would try my local coffee roaster (assuming you haven't before). They're called onyx coffee Labs. Even though I'm biased because they're down the street from me they have won a ton of awards and have world-class coffee.
For the TV because I was pulling my hair in this one, make sure when you select a game, go to steam settings for the game and put on resolution Native. Using this will unlock your monitors resolution. The bad thing is that you have to set it for every game. Hope it helps
I have the steamdeck for a year and now I’m getting the OLED. As cool and easy going steamdeck is, sometimes Linux can make a small issue seem like this huge problem. I have had the controller stuff as well. The way I went around it, was just check before I start a game
I have a ROG ally as well and my channel is mostly about the handhelds. I would say if you are familiar with windows ROG will leave some things from steamdeck desired like the sleep mode or battery, but in my experience the Docking on rog ally is flawless compared to SteamDeck.
I think you have a misconception about the convenience. PC does require a little bit of work but game developers have to optimize games to run on whatever hardware. This is normally why they run better on console because it’s a known hardware spec. PC can have a multitude of hardware combos.
I'm sorry to say but docking the Steam Deck doesn't give you more power, it's the same as in hand held. Also I don't know if you know this but docking the Nintendo Switch also doesn't give you more power, what really happens is that you lose power in hand held. It's because the Switch is already downclocked from the full power the tegra x-1 has to begin with and it just gets further downclocked in hand held because it is on battery not ac.
Dragon ball? …Who’s gonna tell him guys? Edit: the steam deck is a full on PC. A lot of the gripes you are bringing up are software side. I would say up until around the time of the Xbox 360 and ps3 era, games are not guaranteed to have native controller support. As more console games got ported to PC in that era, they came with controller support natively, and it got adopted as industry standard. But older games, even trying to play games ported to windows 7 on windows 10 can have compatibility issues, nevermind playing games on Linux. I was trying to play Bioshock the original port on my windows 10 machine, however I could not get audio to work for like 2 days after work troubleshooting. I eventually got it to work, but old windows games are difficult to play. I used to have an old windows 7 laptop that I tore down just because, but I wished I kept it to have an easier time playing games made for that era. tldr: the work valve have done to make PC games playable on linux is amazing
Absolutely, Valve has pioneered linux into mainstream and portable gaming, with a full platform/OS/economy that was founded beforehand, and the leading digital game distributor in the world....amazing what they have accomplished.
Yeah that hole verified thing on the Steam Deck you can just ignore that because it doesn't hold up, I gave up on it long ago. Or at the very least maybe just use it as a guideline not a rule.
What a coincidence. I am playing through the OG FF7 now with mods on steam deck. Just got out of midgar and I can report it runs perfect. Never had to sign into squenix anything. Rock solid 60 with the mod. 7thdeck makes installing 7th heaven on the deck a breeze. Playing with enhanced backgrounds and orchestral music at 60 fps have been highlights. I chose to play through the new threat 2.0 mod for a little spice and it does that.
I'm due for a gaming device upgrade, and man has this been racking my head with a limited budget. PS5, Series X or SteamDeck. The SteamDeck is the answer I think. I simply cannot monopolize the TV and I want to play games from all parties - PlayStation and Microsoft.
Been a console player my entire life until 2 years ago...went kinda crazy and spent like 2k on a pc bc i thought i had to have the best of everything only to realize it was quickly obsolete and i actively tried to hate it after i had bc it was so different until a few months ago when i made my pc experience more "console like" with my pc where i just switch it to big picture mode and only ever leave it if i wanna get on my browser. Still get upset at broken pc ports 😅
I was a console player from PS1 to PS3, till I got a laptop, then a PC, that lead to a 'proper' gaming PC. now I exclusively play on Steam Deck. It has the flexibility of PC and the convenience of consoles. The problems are easily solved with only a search, since the community is full of tinkerers that solves on behalf of those that can't. I can't wait for 2026/2027 for the potential steam deck 2.
Anyone else have external AV connectivity issues? Frequently, my Steam Deck has connectivity issues with the external display, either it won't send out audio to the display ("external speakers" don't show up in the settings) OR neither video or audio will output. Either I have to restart the deck (annoying) or boot into desktop mode to fix it there (also annoying)
I wear the same thing everyday...basically. Most of the week at least. The same Costco pack of black shirts. I have like 2-3 different pairs of the same basic pants from Costco. The same plain black work shoes...that look cheap but were fairly expense due to being ergo and slip resistant. They have outlasted any Nike's that I had when I was younger. I have a few pop culture tees that I mix in every now and then, Nintendo, bands or Star Wars but not very often. They are conversation starters more than anything. As long as I look clean and plain is all I care about. Clothing and fashion is very over rated.
The ROG Ally has terrible battery life, I believe worse than the Legion Go. HOWEVER, it's smaller and lighter than the Go and Steam Deck. I have a Deck and an Ally, using the Deck by default and the Ally for anything the Deck can't do, and it's great. Still simplified because they still share the same Steam library, plus you can dock the Ally with a keyboard/mouse and acclimate yourself to Windows before investing in a larger PC. You might not even need a larger PC, actually. You could get an XG Mobile with 4090 and get 4k60 everything right off the Ally. Sure, it's $2000, but a 4090 card by itself is $1600. Personally, I'd get a dedicated desktop for that money because I like to keep a home file/media server running with TBs and TBs of space, but the choice is yours. This space is all about choice.
Yeah im sorta trying to figure what I want to play on steam deck . Think I’m edging towards some good games from like 2011-2017. Really enjoyed titanfall 2, deus ex , Detroit. Use photon db to check if it runs well.
thats PC gaming in a nut shell. its not perfict. but when things go wrong u can fix it and don't have to wait for a dev. even more so when running linux
One thing I've realized with people who "PC" game is that y'all start to over think everything. Every little frame dropping, every little thing under 60fps and everything that stutters. I don't get it. I pop a game on my Steam Deck and I go. And the one thing I tell people is if you're able to sit and let Nintendo get away with all of their low tier games and their games not running smoothly. Then you definitely can let it go on the Steam Deck, cause it's nowhere near as bad as it is on the switch. Secondly, y'all get in y'all heads too much about the little icons. I've realized that if it runs on PS4 and or Switch it can run on Steam Deck, even if it's not verified. I play a bunch of Japanese games that are open world RPGs that don't ever get verified cause it's a small nich game.... And I have no trouble. Thirdly. Don't overcomplicate things. If it can't play at 60, put it at 30 and you're good to go. And I have the 64gig version. And I haven't wished for anything more lol. I may get the OLED simply cause it's OLED. But I'm not in a rush to upgrade
This isn't entirely true. For the longest time I couldn't even play Dragon Ball Fighterz on my Steam Deck not sure if this is still the case due to me no longer having one. In order to play Tekken 7 I had to use a workaround which required me to use Proton but still wasn't a plug and play experience out of the box. There were other games like that too, it's not a one size fits all type of thing, I wish it was though. Games that have DRM was a hassle for me to play on the SD
Enjoy your videos but man you live a complicated lifestyle. I’m 30 and am at the age where I just want to play something quick and easy that looks good for the limited amount of time I get lol
Shortcomings, the word is shortcomings lol Gaming PC with Steam + Smart phone with Steam Link app + Razer Kishi v2 = the best portable system I've ever had
Consoles = quick, convenience
PC/Deck = power, flexibility
Been like that since the NES my friend.
I'm late to the party
The deck is in its own category here. The deck provides the convenience and comfort that PC's have arguably lacked for years. You can't necessarily package them together in your claim. In addition, it's very possible all consoles start homogenizing into handheld gaming PC's throughout the next two to three decades.
Yup, OG truth there my friend.
Watching Julien find PC gaming is like watching those videos where people hear a classic song, out of their usual genre for the first time. It's fun to watch. I have been along time PC builder and console user but tend to lean towards PC gaming when it counts. I just threw together, literally out of my parts bin, a i7 2600/GTX970 build for my kid that finally came over to Steam. It's amazing what a CPU from 2011 and a GPU from 2014 can still play. PC's are usually way ahead of their time.
@@TheSniperWhoThere will always be a place for workstation PCs, but I can see the future being phones being workstations for low-power programs like browsers and office suites, but I can see PCs being for VR/gaming, with handhelds continuing their niche as a compromise between those.
All the Steamdeck needs is 5G, and it'd be a great portable everything-device.
I think you’re way overthinking everything. If you want to get into PC gaming, just take the dive in. It will be a long learning process, but a rewarding one. Additionally, as an early adopter of the Steam Deck, I personally found the ROG Ally as the superior device. I haven’t touched my Steam Deck in months.
All handheld gaming PC's are awesome but none of the Windows handhelds are better than the Steam Deck.
@@TheSniperWhoSteam OS really is just the secret sauce that every other pc handheld is missing
@@TheSniperWhothat’s your opinion, i like the steam deck but wont buy one since im not a fan of linux
@@AkaHoodie Welp can't really say anything about that. If you don't like Linux then that's how it is. Unfortunately the Steam Deck uses Linux so you're outta luck if you're looking for the best handheld gaming PC experience.
@@TheSniperWho Since owning both the Steam Deck and ROG Ally, I can confidently say that in my personal opinion, the Ally gives a much more authentic PC gaming experience than the Steam Deck. Yes the Deck is much more user friendly and convenient similarly to something like Nintendo's Switch, but the overall gaming experience is much more satisfying on the Ally. So while all PC handhelds are great, simply saying Windows based handhelds are lesser than the Steam Deck is fallacious.
Every time a new pc handheld comes out I'm always forced to compare it to the SD OLED and they never quite live up to the ease of use that Valve have accomplished, even with the hiccups and complications inherent to the platform. Also, the peace of mind that comes with their proven track record of supporting it.
It's these reasons I'm ordering my steam deck tomorrow instead of getting the rog ally z1 extreme, pretty tough choice mainly because the rog ally is on sale at my best buy and is 120 cheaper than the oled steam deck at the moment
@@optimalbonkerz Got my OLED yesterday and trust me you won't regret it. The ergonomics are unmatched especially if you have big hands like I do. Wifi is blazing fast. I was installing games most of the time and already fell in love with the device. Then I played Doom Eternal for 5 minutes and I was in awe! Runs so smooth! Tried GTA 5 too and then Coffee Talk :D
@@optimalbonkerz Had the Rog Ally in hand playing Forza 5 and in comparison it felt too small and like a childrens toy.
@@paprika2280 when I held the display model at best buy it felt cheap in terms of build quality, the joy sticks felt very light and loose if that makes sense I didn't care for the ergonomics of the device at all, and personally I hated that it was only available in white, I'm glad I didn't pick it up that day, and more happy I continued to do research I feel the steam deck will suit my wants better from a hand held device as I have a desktop for those high end demanding games or when I want a really high frame rate
Had the ally for a few months and sold it horrible device
That’s why I’m silently quitting PC Gaming and I think will not buy a SD/Ally/Legion. Started in 2017 because I was amused by the fact of building my own gaming machine, I was enjoying the quality and performance. But then I suddenly start to feel the chunkyness of PC: fighting with small issues, buggy games, input problems (I play with controller, mouse and keyboard are not for me) started to ruin my game experience. I realized that I was more on troubleshooting than enjoy the games. After 8 hours of working at the PC I think that for me it’s more enjoyable to just wake up my PS5/Switch with a button and play.
Isn't games made from the computer though?
@@robertrosalez6560 Hes saying the easyness of turning on a console and playing a game is much more enjoyable then booting up a pc to find theres bugs with games or you need some plugin or addon to play
@@scqueezehunt358 what about a Steam Deck or Rog Ally those are good
That analogy is perfect! Its a big reason actually why I switched from PC to console, I personally don't have as much time right now and just want to play the game, even if I am giving up some freedom of "how my coffee tastes" if you know what I mean
Im hoping in the future to get back to PC gaming when I have more time, I think I just need that one game that I really want to play that I cant just boot up and enjoy on my PS5. Your analogy was sooo perfect I've been trying to determine why I seem to prefer console gaming lately and I think you really hit the nail on the coffin there. Excited to see you continue to explore PC gaming!
This man knows how to milk a topic
Very well said man. I think it’s very important to list some of the negative aspects of the SD experience. It’s a great device but just like any other console not perfect. That being said I’m enjoying it more and more everyday. The big thing that sold me on it was A) the amazing fluidity of the UI itself, it feels like an iPhone in that respect may not be cutting edge on every front but checks off more boxes than any other device out there. B) Quick Resume or whatever you want to call it is absolutely amazing. It’s better than something you’d get on a PC, and C) the fact that we get an “Achievement” system. Extremely underrated I’m no achievement hunter but achievements really make your experience way more rewarding and I applaud them for thinking about that little detail.
If you grab the Ally, one of the big negatives for it is the first day with it requires TONS of updates before you can properly game. You will need updates for Windows, Armoury Crate and the My ASUS app. Do not try gaming before doing this! Also the battery life sucks! That all said i LOVE my Rog Ally. The way it slays games is great!
The advantages of PC are the power and the versatility. However two things where PC is still making some progress is the "ease of use" for the user, it has definitely come a long way from the 2010s but there are still problems. Two problems I have on a somewhat regular basis are pairing my DualSense with the PC, sometimes it just doesn't "handshake" properly. Another thing was getting surround sound working, I eventually had to buy a new AVR to be able to play games in 4k120fps with surround sound. These things can work on PC and with more power than consoles, but sometimes it takes some trial, error and troubleshooting. Learning is part of the journey, but it's easy to see why people who don't want to/don't like to solve problems on their own might prefer the console experience. The fact that things like surround sound and controllers kind of just "work" on consoles is why many still enjoy.
I’ve not had the issue with inputs not working when undocking or docking the SD but then I only dock it when I’m playing RTS and grand strategy games and those are best enjoyed on key and mouse and I only open those games when the SD is docked or else I have to change the resolution each time so maybe that’s why I haven’t noticed that issue but thanks for bringing it up it’s definitely something I’ll be watching
Some of the issue are with Linux, as well. Games are typically optimized for windows, so you get into some issues with compatibility with the os.
I stumbled across your channel when researching the steam deck (ended up getting the OLED). Really love the videos!
My experience, steam unverified or have the yellow indicator mark on it seem to run much smoother than verified.
Best steam deck verified game in terms of smoothness in my experience has been Horizons zero dawn
Must agree, that the coffee analogy was indeed excellent.
What is the case you have on the steam deck in the thumb nail? That looks neat!
Ps nvr mind I saw its skull and co CUP 75! Your right also I wasn’t crazy about there other stuff but this one looks nice, just like u said it reminds me of EDC and two tone Glock lol
I'm a recent nintendo switch convert who had until last year spent all of his gaming time on either the PC or Steamdeck. The steamdeck was actually a bit of a gateway drug to the switch for me, the convenience of the steam deck and its pick up and play nature was so close to what I was looking for but I personally find the handheld too large and heavy and the extremely clunky docking experience left me wanting, so after buying a switch it's my steam deck that simply sits around gathering dust. My personal advice though to solve the docking issues with the deck is actually to avoid docking it all together and build a dedicated gaming PC if possible. Steam cloud saves work pretty well and I found that it was easier to simply close the game, let the save transfer and then re-open it on the other device compared to the controller hassles and scaling issues present when docking the steam deck. The windows api's that these games are built to interface with (even if it is through a proton wrapper) just simply don't know how handle things like changing inputs or resolution on the fly very well, because it's never really been a common use case in games on PC before now. So while the steam deck does it's best to work around these things, it would likely take both valve and developers working together on these issues to ever have as seamless an experience as the switch's docking is. Best case scenario it may get better over time, and some games may eventually dynamically support going from handheld to docked mode, but for now any sort of windows or steamos based handheld is only going to be at best serviceable as a hybrid console with tweaking and often game restarts needed between docking and handheld mode.
You've mentioned it in recent videos but don't give up on Macs and the Apple ecosystem. I personally think the Steam Deck OLED and MacBook Pro with Apple silicon is the perfect combo. Macs are great productivity machines and are slowly getting more video game support.
Ally isn’t too bad now, just need to be realistic about expectations. It’s not a 4090. Big thing that has helped me with mine is using custom wattage and fan curves on battery/plugged in. Keeping temps down, while still getting a solid frame rate. The VRR display is nice to have too. Also when you pick yours up, update everything possible until no updates. I’ve been playing Helldivers 2, MH iceborn, dragons dogma dark arisen and fallout new Vegas lately. Have had a good experience with those titles so far.
Edit: also, as far as you saying you don’t want your purchases across a bunch of stores I agree with you. I have a lot of purchases on psn and I regret not making a lot of them on steam.
I run in to many issues on PC in general, example being the other day i booted up my desktop running Bazzite-Deck and it would take forever to boot up, and when it does the performance is absolutely trash, it struggled to run the ocarina of time PC port. So i submitted the issue to the discord and it was resolved in just a few minutes. Turned out it was a bad update due to the recent linux kernel being pushed, so all i had to do was rollback.
As far as the TV experience goes, my current tv is a TCL roku tv and my dock won't display above 1080p from my steam deck for some reason, my desktop works just fine at 4k so it may just be my dock.
Working with a PC introduces a trial and error process to building your own experience, but once you get it right, you rarly have to change following that
You should check out the steam controller....its not perfect but its pretty cool being able to turn the deck on with the controller, and it also has 2 track pads like the deck so games that make use of mouse controls (think rollercoaster tycoon) are actually playable from the couch without a keyboard and mouse. Tho the DualShock 5 is a pretty good deck controller too but the track pad is awkward if you were to play games like that.
It gets easier to use the more you use it . There's plugins and stuff. Also lots of input options. It may be easier for some games to just install emudeck and use 'legal' roms. Honestly the PS2 games rock also anything before that. Look into the gyro usage for fps games, CZcams it, changed my fps game outlook on the steam deck.
Oh man. I don’t think you are going to like the PC world. You’ll probably focus more on trying to achieve a solid frame rates versus just playing. Don’t get sucked into to trying to buy the latest GPUs because that adds up fast and not worth the time wasted.
I definitely think he should get a gaming PC but I know it's going to be overwhelming with all the little things that can go wrong. The steam deck is very close to a seamless experience compared to PC.
@@cosmic_drew this
Great video Julien. Still going back and forth on whether to get an SD. Good to hear and consider the points you cover here
That controller issue is native on the deck too, sometimes I am setting the settings and it won't register, then all of a sudden it will register and work. Sometimes I'm settings multiple settings and it never works, one game I never found a layout that worked it just never would work properly. I've connected Bluetooth controllers and have them just not work but connect but just won't register buttons and starts acting like a keyboard, the controls are amazing that steam has brought to us but on steam deck it doesn't seem as easy as just programming the buttons as it should be
I’ve had similar issues with docking as well. A lot of times I can’t even get the Deck to show up and have to unplug the hdmi and power to reset it. Pretty aggravating.
Also, had to look up what your Hans Zimmer vinyl was. I listen to The Dark Knight soundtrack all the time. Good stuff
I'm doing similar things but with initial D playing the ps3 emulator with the Japanese ps3 initial D game and rewatching the initial D anime series.
Always good to know one of my favorite animes is getting shown some love. Not enough people talk about Initial D
Steam remote play is the simple solution for playing demanding games on your steam deck, presuming, of course, you have a capable gaming PC to actually run the games. If you want more stability and granularity in settings, then consider installing Moonlight/sunshine and the moondeck extension on Steam deck so you can boot/shut off your PC and launch games on your gaming PC from your game library viewed on your steam deck.
I also run my controller with a dongle that plugs into the dock along with a 2tb SSD along with keyboard and mouse,I've heard the official steam dock has its problems
Steam games on 1tb ssd, emulation on 1tb sd card. That is really all you need for the steamdeck, all in one place. Having my steam library plus emulation in the palm of my hands is just nuts because I would have never thought this possible as a young lad growing up.
Btw, Steam Deck doesn’t run better plugged in, or getting „more power“. TDP configured is what you get. Set to 15W, APU draws 15W on Battery or on power line.
So I found out I was gonna be a dad Dec 2022, so by June I bought the ally because of the reason's you've point out here about being present while still maintaining your hobby (I just discovered your channel and a lot of things resonated with me so here I am lol). The ally just plays everything I throw at it. I don't even have to pump the wattage too much. software updates have made it much more efficient as well. I don't have a steam deck but I do recommend the ally, most AAA titles run just great. Battery is not splendid (about 2-3 hrs depending, they gave us the ability to turn off the CPU Boost function which helped greatly) plus the ally is basically a gaming laptop crammed into a controller (full size buttons too)
The legion go is my go to
Love my go
There's definitely a lot of troubleshooting when it comes to PC gaming. Hours of research, lots of trial and error. Steam deck isn't without it's issues either. But I will say it like this, if you plan on playing solo/by yourself, then PC can be plug and play ready once you set it up right. If you plan on playing with other people with multiple controllers (especially on emulators other than Redream and Retroarch) expect the thing you fear the most...clunky. It can be frustrating when things don't run smoothly even after doing numerous tests on everything. But you'll come to realize that's just PC gaming, it's far from perfect, one day we'll get there though.
I have a PS5, XBox Series S and a Steam Deck Oled. I love my Steam Deck but it gets 3rd place when comparing the 3. Here are my reasons.-
-bad graphics and framerate docked(I mainly play Elden Ring on my SD). note: The handheld experience is great with the oled screen.
-7.4" screen makes reading text difficult(I have to use a magnifying glass to read some numbers on the thing lol)
-No game subscription service available. Game Pass and PS+ are an amazing value. Why buy PC games when we can play the same games for "free"?)
For me, the Steam Deck is the best choice for gaming on the go and travel. At home, I'm going with my main consoles. Any new games that come out, I'm buying on PS5. But, I do use the Xbox the most. Game Pass is just so good. Dead Island 2 got shadow dropped onto Gamepass last week, and I had a blast playing it. Looked great too. Diablo 4 comes to Game Pass later this month. What about Dead Space? It was epic!
As much as I love the PS + and the GamePass like you there are A LOT of games simply not available on both consoles. Thousand of indies games, PC exclusives or just older games. Xbox Series do a very great job at backward compatibility but only some have FPS boost. And for that my Steam Deck is amazing ! I don’t need to play those specific games on a big 4K screen, performances are excellent for that use, it’s very pleasant to play those gems on the couch or on the go.
You do know you can map Deck build in magnifier to a button like R4 right? In some game the cursor disappears but it in the middle of the screen so I can still click on the UI in magnifying mode.
@@smidlee7747 I wasn't aware of a magnifying mode. I'll look into it for sure. thanks!
neither the PS5 or XSX can run true 4k. they run at 1440 or 1080 (sometimes 720) and upscale it. youre only going to get true 4k on modern titles is a $1000 or more GPU.
I can’t wait for the rog ally videos lol everytime I hear you talk about the sd, I wonder what you’d think about the ally.
I definitely recommend the ROG Ally, all of these devices are awesome in their own way.
Steam deck is great but isn’t without its flaws, try both and see what suits you. I feel with the ROG Ally the controller just works with most games, no community inputs required. That’s one aspect that continues to impress me amount it’s numerous positive features.
Controller works on the Ally would also work on the Deck. The community input is required when a game doesn't have controller support. For example I saw a review noted "Classified: France '44" doesn't have controller support. They said they are working on it.
Controller support mostly comes from Steam. For example I can't find a way to use joycons on PC gamepass while I can on Stream.
as someone who has made switches between platforms multiple times in my days, believe me when I tell you that you'll be back to console eventually and have a better understanding of why they exist. But either way! Enjoy the new tech while you can bud!
You can't play a Playstation game with an X-box controller on the Switch while you can on the Stream Deck. I can output HDR with the Deck but not with the Switch. I use $25 8k usb c docking station on Amazon but I wouldn't risk using it with the Switch since it doesn't use standard usb c.
(Games that has small text I will map the build-in magnifier to "R4". Often the cursor will disappear but will be in the middle of the screen and can still click on the UI. A game that has zoom I will map the right trackpad to zoom in with clockwise movement and zoom out with counterclockwise movement.)
(This is why the Deck sometimes requires to you change controller manually as the Deck has trackpads and 4 back buttons that are not on a controller. It allows me to have one control scheme when I'm playing in handheld and one controller scheme when it's dock and using a controller. )
i have the deck and ally...docking sucks for both, the ally is easier for me as long as i use a controller with a dongle . i have switched to ally fully and dont regret exce3pt for the suspend function.
What's been the go to games on the steam deck so far
I dock mine all the time, haven't had any problems with it but I'm not running a steam deck official dock and it's on a TV as well
What is the secret to playing the deck while docked? I feel like no matter what I do, I can not create a playable situation while it is docked. What is a good frame rate I should expect? What should I expect as far as the resolution setting? Should I just set everything to low? I know it is different per game, but Portal is honestly the only game I have been able to run smoothly. I am asking here, not complaining about the system. I do not have the oled.
Remember that the SD screen is 800p or 900p (can’t remember off the top of my head). I’d suggest keeping it that resolution or even dropping it to 720p. Combine that with low texture, then you should get at LEAST a stable 30fps depending on the game. Oh and enable V-Sync. That helps minimize screen tearing.
For anything other that gaming I love physical and have to have physical. For gaming though I haven't cared for physical for years, I love having the convenience of digital, of having all my games all in one spot all ready to play. Like on my Steam Deck OLED, I have a 2TB internal m.2 ssd and a 1TB micro sd card and I have over 240 PC games and something around 1500 emulated games installed on it, so I can play any of my games when I want without having to switch the game out everytime I want to play a different one.
I have exactly the same setup and I love it, steam library on the upgraded m.2, emulation on the 1tb sdcard.
The channel name is like your underwear, you keep changing it. Lol jk jk love you buddy we don’t care what the name is as long as you keep dropping that good good wisdom.
I have lots of issues with the Steam Deck. It's probably just my bad luck but I run into so many games that just crash randomly even if they are verified. On the other hand I have an AYANEO 2S and it runs everything I throw at it with no crashing. Windows is just better for gaming, these games are built on it after all.
I would love it if you would try my local coffee roaster (assuming you haven't before). They're called onyx coffee Labs. Even though I'm biased because they're down the street from me they have won a ton of awards and have world-class coffee.
I just did my first game on the tv with two controllers and that alone was awesome. I don’t mind the clunky but probably after a while I will.
For the TV because I was pulling my hair in this one, make sure when you select a game, go to steam settings for the game and put on resolution Native. Using this will unlock your monitors resolution. The bad thing is that you have to set it for every game. Hope it helps
I have the steamdeck for a year and now I’m getting the OLED. As cool and easy going steamdeck is, sometimes Linux can make a small issue seem like this huge problem. I have had the controller stuff as well. The way I went around it, was just check before I start a game
I have a ROG ally as well and my channel is mostly about the handhelds. I would say if you are familiar with windows ROG will leave some things from steamdeck desired like the sleep mode or battery, but in my experience the Docking on rog ally is flawless compared to SteamDeck.
I think you have a misconception about the convenience. PC does require a little bit of work but game developers have to optimize games to run on whatever hardware. This is normally why they run better on console because it’s a known hardware spec. PC can have a multitude of hardware combos.
I'm sorry to say but docking the Steam Deck doesn't give you more power, it's the same as in hand held. Also I don't know if you know this but docking the Nintendo Switch also doesn't give you more power, what really happens is that you lose power in hand held. It's because the Switch is already downclocked from the full power the tegra x-1 has to begin with and it just gets further downclocked in hand held because it is on battery not ac.
Can you manually set your camera's autofocus to a fixed distance. The jumping around is prettty distracting. Otherwise great content.
Ma man you need to try Kakarot. It’s amazing on deck. I play that at 90fps with almost 3 hours of battery. It’s one awesome experience!
the creator of dragon ball passed away only a few days ago.
Oh I know...
Steam deck and dragon ball in one video . As close as a perfect video as one can get
Dragon ball? …Who’s gonna tell him guys?
Edit: the steam deck is a full on PC. A lot of the gripes you are bringing up are software side. I would say up until around the time of the Xbox 360 and ps3 era, games are not guaranteed to have native controller support. As more console games got ported to PC in that era, they came with controller support natively, and it got adopted as industry standard. But older games, even trying to play games ported to windows 7 on windows 10 can have compatibility issues, nevermind playing games on Linux. I was trying to play Bioshock the original port on my windows 10 machine, however I could not get audio to work for like 2 days after work troubleshooting. I eventually got it to work, but old windows games are difficult to play. I used to have an old windows 7 laptop that I tore down just because, but I wished I kept it to have an easier time playing games made for that era.
tldr: the work valve have done to make PC games playable on linux is amazing
Absolutely, Valve has pioneered linux into mainstream and portable gaming, with a full platform/OS/economy that was founded beforehand, and the leading digital game distributor in the world....amazing what they have accomplished.
Really? You can get music from that round black thing? Is it new tech, how do you activate it?
Yeah that hole verified thing on the Steam Deck you can just ignore that because it doesn't hold up, I gave up on it long ago. Or at the very least maybe just use it as a guideline not a rule.
What a coincidence. I am playing through the OG FF7 now with mods on steam deck. Just got out of midgar and I can report it runs perfect. Never had to sign into squenix anything. Rock solid 60 with the mod. 7thdeck makes installing 7th heaven on the deck a breeze. Playing with enhanced backgrounds and orchestral music at 60 fps have been highlights. I chose to play through the new threat 2.0 mod for a little spice and it does that.
lol I feel like when you try the Ally and see what it can do your gonna play the SD much less
I'm due for a gaming device upgrade, and man has this been racking my head with a limited budget. PS5, Series X or SteamDeck.
The SteamDeck is the answer I think. I simply cannot monopolize the TV and I want to play games from all parties - PlayStation and Microsoft.
Steamdeck for sure
Been a console player my entire life until 2 years ago...went kinda crazy and spent like 2k on a pc bc i thought i had to have the best of everything only to realize it was quickly obsolete and i actively tried to hate it after i had bc it was so different until a few months ago when i made my pc experience more "console like" with my pc where i just switch it to big picture mode and only ever leave it if i wanna get on my browser. Still get upset at broken pc ports 😅
I was a console player from PS1 to PS3, till I got a laptop, then a PC, that lead to a 'proper' gaming PC. now I exclusively play on Steam Deck. It has the flexibility of PC and the convenience of consoles. The problems are easily solved with only a search, since the community is full of tinkerers that solves on behalf of those that can't. I can't wait for 2026/2027 for the potential steam deck 2.
Anyone else have external AV connectivity issues?
Frequently, my Steam Deck has connectivity issues with the external display, either it won't send out audio to the display ("external speakers" don't show up in the settings) OR neither video or audio will output. Either I have to restart the deck (annoying) or boot into desktop mode to fix it there (also annoying)
I wear the same thing everyday...basically. Most of the week at least. The same Costco pack of black shirts. I have like 2-3 different pairs of the same basic pants from Costco. The same plain black work shoes...that look cheap but were fairly expense due to being ergo and slip resistant. They have outlasted any Nike's that I had when I was younger. I have a few pop culture tees that I mix in every now and then, Nintendo, bands or Star Wars but not very often. They are conversation starters more than anything. As long as I look clean and plain is all I care about. Clothing and fashion is very over rated.
Hail to all Gamers that are proud to be Dads!
The ROG Ally has terrible battery life, I believe worse than the Legion Go. HOWEVER, it's smaller and lighter than the Go and Steam Deck. I have a Deck and an Ally, using the Deck by default and the Ally for anything the Deck can't do, and it's great. Still simplified because they still share the same Steam library, plus you can dock the Ally with a keyboard/mouse and acclimate yourself to Windows before investing in a larger PC. You might not even need a larger PC, actually. You could get an XG Mobile with 4090 and get 4k60 everything right off the Ally. Sure, it's $2000, but a 4090 card by itself is $1600. Personally, I'd get a dedicated desktop for that money because I like to keep a home file/media server running with TBs and TBs of space, but the choice is yours. This space is all about choice.
RIP Toriyama
15:30 hahah nice!
I LOVE DBZ!!!
good consistency with the videos
My man saying he needs to save money to feed his family so will leave consoles. Next episode he is buying the rog ally lol.
Dragon ball and coffee. What else.
Nothing my friend NOTHING
💥
Haha your like me . Each day I can’t decide , switch or steam deck .
oh its all deck all day or me right now
Yeah im sorta trying to figure what I want to play on steam deck . Think I’m edging towards some good games from like 2011-2017. Really enjoyed titanfall 2, deus ex , Detroit. Use photon db to check if it runs well.
OCD much lmao, I have all the same problems.
Id tell you and your stem deck to get a room but you already have one..😊 treat her right cause someone out here would.
Dont see any diff between the deck oled and the lcd ver
oled is just a gimmick
There is more to that device that was altered
are the brown books the timeless Christian classics set on your bookshelf?
If you mean Calvin and Hobbes hahha
@@julienmelnick I mean close enough lol. I just started watching you last week and you are quickly becoming one of my favorite channels to watch.
I have the ROG ally. It's okay. I like the legion go better. Steam deck is the best.
Consoles no issues its why 75% gamers exclusive consoles
thats PC gaming in a nut shell. its not perfict. but when things go wrong u can fix it and don't have to wait for a dev. even more so when running linux
Yea I really am excited to be able to learn more and more
wtf happened to caffeine and consoles dont get me mad
new channel name huh?
old
One thing I've realized with people who "PC" game is that y'all start to over think everything. Every little frame dropping, every little thing under 60fps and everything that stutters. I don't get it.
I pop a game on my Steam Deck and I go. And the one thing I tell people is if you're able to sit and let Nintendo get away with all of their low tier games and their games not running smoothly. Then you definitely can let it go on the Steam Deck, cause it's nowhere near as bad as it is on the switch.
Secondly, y'all get in y'all heads too much about the little icons. I've realized that if it runs on PS4 and or Switch it can run on Steam Deck, even if it's not verified. I play a bunch of Japanese games that are open world RPGs that don't ever get verified cause it's a small nich game.... And I have no trouble.
Thirdly. Don't overcomplicate things. If it can't play at 60, put it at 30 and you're good to go. And I have the 64gig version. And I haven't wished for anything more lol. I may get the OLED simply cause it's OLED. But I'm not in a rush to upgrade
This isn't entirely true. For the longest time I couldn't even play Dragon Ball Fighterz on my Steam Deck not sure if this is still the case due to me no longer having one. In order to play Tekken 7 I had to use a workaround which required me to use Proton but still wasn't a plug and play experience out of the box. There were other games like that too, it's not a one size fits all type of thing, I wish it was though. Games that have DRM was a hassle for me to play on the SD
Enjoy your videos but man you live a complicated lifestyle. I’m 30 and am at the age where I just want to play something quick and easy that looks good for the limited amount of time I get lol
My life and my testing of gear is very different. I play steamdeck almost exclusively. I want to learn about other tech too though.
Shortcomings, the word is shortcomings lol
Gaming PC with Steam + Smart phone with Steam Link app + Razer Kishi v2 = the best portable system I've ever had
Please help me.... hahah come help me
Good luck on your journey :) @@julienmelnick
steam deck inferior product, games are meant for windows as is emulation
Needs moar beard!
hahahah
First?
maybe?