Should You BUY A Steam Deck In 2023?! The Answer May Surprise You!
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The answer is yes. Even without watching the video. Now I'll watch it.
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100%
same
I was going to wait for the Steam deck 2, but I ended up with having some extra money and decided to get it and I am not disappointed. I do hope that I won the Silicon Lottery though when I decide to overclock it
I hear the refurbished decks are goin for 320! Sign me up!
I don’t have a PC, but the nice thing about my Steam Deck is if I do get a full PC, I won’t have to rebuy any of those games on Steam.
The good thing with the steam deck is you can have a underpowered pc or laptop that you use for regular daily activities and have a steam deck for gaming
I think the Steam Deck is an amazing way to get started in PC gaming.
One thing to mention is the community support just for this device is incredible with all the guides, mods & accessories that fixes some of the downsides of the deck. It is the one invaluable things a handheld could have to have longevity over any other handhelds in the current market despite the advances in hardware.
Valve are now officially offering certified refurbished Steam Decks on their website as low as $319 to $519 depending on the storage model you get!
grumble grumble still not officially out in Aus
What better certification than one that comes from the manufacturer itself ? This is sooo cool fr ! 😊
@@francistaylor1822 Yeah I know if sucks right now but hopefully that will be coming soon!
@@voidvoidvoid7274 Yup, exactly...I heard GameStop will be doing refurbished Steam Decks too just not sure if that's just a rumor but definitely sweetheart Valve is doing this!
yeah my uncle lives in Aus. I told him to get one sent to my nan's his mum's and pick it up when he comes over. He is here now. Don't know if he did.@@francistaylor1822
Being a lifetime Windows user/Playstation owner the switch to Linux has been straight forward and easy to figure out. The fact I can have all my gaming history on one device from arcade to PS2 is next level. This thing is a trouble free next level wonder device.
A agree with you. I’m also 40 and a father and my gaming has gone up dramatically and saved my sanity a little 😅
The steam deck is far from perfect but so far it has to be one of my favorite handheld devices ever. Even tho I haven’t done emulation on it, just being able to play the games I like on it on the go or if I feel like not sitting in my room is awesome. I really hope valve can hit home with the successor.
I think the reason its so good is steam itself and the experience on gaming your existing titles on a handheld without much fuss
Dude, the Wii emulator is sooooo fun!! Dead rising and manhunt!!! 🗿🗿
Dude. PS2, Wii, Wiiu, Switch and anything below that is free gain. It is so nice to go back to older games, take em on the go and that suspend feature is a God send.
steamdeck is the godsent for travel and for someone who can‘t play games for long because of busy schedule( i play for an hour a day on my comfy ass bed)
I have a rp3+ for emulation, steam deck for pc titles and xbox series for console
Busy mom of 3 here and I love my Steam Deck! I've had it for a little over a year now and am able to game more because of it.
I absolutely love the steam deck, it's an amazing excellent handheld for indie games and especially emulating old games i.e SNES, GBA and PSone games
I gave my Switch to my best friend for her birthday and I'm now emulating it on my Deck ! Suuuch a better gaming experience and my friend is happy AF !
I even had some ps3 games working too. i was playing silent hill downpour for a little a few weeks back.
GameCube and PS2 games also run great on it, definitely one of my fav handhelds of all time!
Get a laptop
why?@@armyspy9797
I got my Steam Deck early in the past Spring and despite my PC being significantly more powerful, I haven't even turned it on more than twice since then. There hasn't been a single game I've not been able to play on it, and being able to mod New Vegas through MO2 including running LODGen and even editing mods in FNVEdit to perfectly customize whatever I want has all but made my PC unnecessary. I was not expecting for it to become a near total replacement when I bought it.
Seems like I could learn a lot from you. Maybe u could do some quick tutorials? Anyway. TTW has been an absolute blast, outside of like the 3 day installation lol
@@jeremiahjohnson2784 That is very kind of you to say, but I'm afraid that anything I know already is covered with tutorials. I've just been modding the Bethesda games for so many years that I've come to know the stuff like the back of my hand; if there is anything in particular you need some help with though I'd gladly try to offer some advice?
I actually have never done a TTW run, and have had it in the back of my mind for years. My current New Vegas mod count on Steam Deck is 332 lol though a significant amount of them are individual weapon animation replacers; I don't use any of the big packs (with the exception of Hit's animations for Another Millennia) because I like the work of different modders for different weapons and went through all of the weapons for which animations have been remade and covered the majority of them.
Getting all of the animations to work properly with Drop Mag, B42 Optics, Simplified Weapon Retexture Project, the Iron Sights Alignment patches, etc took forever though. I also edited the Wasteland Floral Overhaul and the Groundcover mods to get rid of all of the cacti with flowers on them, which involved replacing meshes with blanks and using FNVEdit. I also updated a bunch of stuff that is outdated; for instance I was stubborn and clung to Nevada Skies for years because I just love the Western Skies cloud and coloring effects, which you can fine-tune in the MCM while in-game, but was having issues with bright horizons and horrific looking early morning brilliancy. I switched it out for Desert Natural Weathers and the Redux, with Night Sky Tweaks and MoonlightNVSE and the result is staggering.
Anyway I'm very happy with my current loadout, it took nearly 3 weeks of frequent tweaking everything to work together and I managed to get it to where I can reliably play at 50 FPS (60 in all interiors and roughly half the time in the open worldspace) while using NMC, Poco Bueno, Micro Clutter, and around 40 or so individual mesh and texture replacers (I used to use the Small Collection of Textures mod but nearly half of those included I very much disliked so I trashed it and manually replaced only what I specifically like). If I were to turn the grass draw distance down I'd easily get 60 FPS near constantly, but going any lower than where I have it now practically makes using a grass mod pointless. It crashes after about an hour or two of playing if I'm staying in the exterior, and I have not been able to avoid this no matter what I've tried, so I can only assume it is a memory issue with the texture replacers (despite each of them being downgraded to performance size or 1k with a very few exceptions of 2k). If I could lock in more stability I'd be in heaven, but this is with using Viva New Vegas as a base and all of the latest utilities and bugfixes, NVTF, the 4GB patcher, etc.
I’m excited to try it out
A fantastic video, I have a deck and have upgraded the drive to a 1tb but haven't dived very deep into what I can do. You've inspired me to have a good play around and get a little deeper. I am off Friday so will have a good look then
I don't regret getting a steam deck. This device is absolutely phenomenal in my opinion. I've been following your guides on "how-to" anything steam deck and everything has turned out well for me. Thanks bruh!!!
Proton is absolutely magic. The steam deck is such a fun device, and my first foray into Linux.
It made me a believer that Linux is the future that games need to thrive.
It's also always a good day when Alex has an upload
Can you explain to me what Proton is. Is it an operating system like Linux or a program that you run to make certain games play?
@@pftburchell5197I am not super intimate with Proton either, but as far as I understand, Proton is essentially a layer between Linux and the application (game) that fools the game into thinking it's being run on Windows.
Like a translator for Windows > Linux.
@@mbazoka Ahh ok, thank you. That makes perfect sense.
Some years ago I switched to linux for coding and day to day stuff. I always dual booted windows for gaming but tbh? I didn't boot windows since maybe a year now. Everthing just runs, I even play apex with 300+fps. All indie titles run flawlessly. Even games like hogwarts legacy are no problem at all. It mostly just works. The only two games that won't run are fortnite and valorant, which would be nice, but I'm not gonna have a dual boot just for those. I see reason for windows anymore.
linux desktop use will keep stay 3% they never win windows with millions distros. they should make linuxOS and let user choose theme(distro wallpaper and extras) in one installation media. one linux not distros. windows has linux bash its fine for me. linux is bash not desktop
Alex, you should've mentioned that the deck is great for those on a budget that doesn't want to spend $700-1200 on a handheld. I own a deck by the way and loving the hell out of it
even mid range android phones can run any game emulator up to and including the ps3 at 30 fps or better
thats FAR better than the steam deck can do and last I heard one of those and a razor kishi dont cost anywhere near 1000 bucks...
or steam deck's 500 for that matter...
@@aa-tx7th You can literally go on RUclips and watch videos from this week of the steam deck running Cyberpunk 2077 on 40 fps on default settings without plugins (which greatly increase performance). But it can’t run PS3 games at 30? The switch can do that… Why lie?
It's been almost a year since the Steamdeck arrived at my front door. Considering that I'm in Western Australia, that's pretty important to me. However I've never had any luck with the official Holo/SteamOS. Currently running ChimeraOS and finding it to be the blessing I needed.
I've been a Linux nerd for most of my life now. It's been an exciting ride, and a slow build.
What do you mean never had any luck with steamOS? It just works?
I'm loving the steam deck so far! I got it like February/March this year and I haven't regretted it at all. I saved up to get the middle grade one, I put a few large games on it, and the rest is just emulation. I can mod Skyrim to my hearts content. I can take it to my training classes and use it with my dock, keyboard, monitor, and mouse to do my homework. I can take it anywhere I go, and play it however I want.
I love how valve offers parts so you can fix it yourself. Idk why it isn't required for all companies to provide parts. I use this system more than my home PC, switch, and Xbox s combined. I'm just mesmerized at how much this little thing can do!
There's a noticeable difference between the iFixIt screen and the preorder one of the 512 gb . I noticed it was brighter, and the colors were better. Repairing it was a thing, it wasn't overly difficult and it wasn't easy. It was tedious and time consuming but if you follow the guide you'll be fine. The fact that there are parts available is just amazing. It was what convinced my partner to buy hers. It's wonderful that we can play coop games or different games while cuddling on the couch is just how awesome the Deck is.
It most likely isn't an anti glare screen. 512gb are not as bright as the 256gb cos of the coating. I may change mine. If I knew about anti glare, I would of downgraded my order. Pre ordered in mins lol.
@@13guns87 Nope, it's the anti-glare etched glass replacement screen.
Got mine this year during the Spring Sale, and was finally able to start playing it about a month ago. I love it! It may not be a powerhouse like the Ally, but it helps me go through my backlog and play so many great games from my bed or on the dock through my TV. For any other AAA games, I'll just play them on my PS5. I even convinced my friend to get one, and he ended up getting one for his brother as well; they both love it! Just need to find a way to cool the system, it gets hot even when playing lower spec games.
I love my Steam Deck so much. As a Capcom/Sega/Retro gamer, its everything I want and much more. I really hope Proton becomes a bigger and better beast as the years go on so I can finally be released from the shackles of Windows. It's almost there!!!
Here's my story on why I ended up with a Steam Deck purchased in May 2023.
The ROG Ally had been announced, and reviews were starting to pour in. At the same time, Asus was under fire for their motherboards causing death to some CPUs, and their PR screwed up big time. That actually wasn't a big factor in why I chose the Steam Deck though.
No, biggest factor why I chose the Deck over the Ally was for the following reasons:
- I want to support a Steam Deck 2
- I want Valve to continue to make handheld Gaming amazing with SteamOS
- Valve's approach to repairability is insanely good (You could technically assemble your own Steam Deck via iFixit)
- A base Deck + Dock + 1TB SSD was cheaper than the Ally, and a tad more than the top Steam Deck.
For those reasons, the Deck won. I'm not using it as my primary gaming device, but going forwards, I no longer am carrying a gaming laptop.
Hey i am thinking to get a used steam deck 256gb for 30k inr which around 360 usd. Which is used for around 4 month, it has all the bill, box and accessories. Or should i wait more 6 months and get a used rog ally? Righy now used rog ally is costing me 50k inr that 601 usd. Please help me out
The STEAM DECK is my go to as well. My office and rig see me less and it's now mostly a MSFS set up now. I love my Deck and would get the next gen without question. Every game that is Proton compatible works and others if you tinker, haven't had graphics hold any game back yet, Backlog killer! That bezel is definitely a 1st gen trait. Playing AAA and only lasting 1.5 to 2 hours isn't a problem I do not have game sessions longer than that anyway and if they are I just save/cloud save and continue on my rig.
Fahrenheit Indigo prophecy runs so damn good.
Hi I’m wondering if I should save up for a steam deck or a gaming laptop?
Get PC This Steam deck It’s not worth shit it don’t support all the games for that price is a joke device why is anyone even interested in this junk.
I was looking into if it was a good idea to get a Deck, wanted to ask you but didn't do so.
The next day, you make a video!
Thank you Alex.
For this handheld pc could I plug in a DarkWalker ShotPad controller to it to play it like a keyboard and mouse?
But the big question. Do you get the 512 or one of the others. Yes the SSD is an easy swap. But are the other 'extras' worth it for the 512. I ask cause I want one but can't decide.
What's the website for the refurbished steam deck sale
Would love to see a buying guide in the future since I have NEVER bought any kind of hardware from steam before. :)
Buy a 64 gig version if you are willing to open it up and upgrade it to 512 gigs and beyond... buy a 512 if you really dont like the idea of opening it up.
Pretty simple really, if gaming on Linux is what you want to do the buy AMD, from a Linux vendor. Avoid Windows machines.
@@ViestaI'd recommend getting a proper PC repair kit if you're going to take it apart. So you have the right screw driver heads, spudgers and tweezers. I put a 2TB SSD into my Deck a few hours ago and I have to say the IFixit kit made the whole process much much easier in terms of having the right tools, especially the spudger for getting the clips in the shell to unhook and the magnetic screw driver heads for the eight screws you have to take out of it.
I'm interested in getting a Steam deck, but i have a Switch and PS5. Whats the biggest reason to get one if i already have those consoles?
What's the launch cmd for split screen please and thank you
I'm not sure how the proton things work. Do I download them all or just the latest one like 8.11 or whatever it is or do i get 8.7 8.6 etc etc same as the GE ones do I get them all. Plus there's other stuff like luxortedo or whatever. I have no clue. I just downloaded random ones and my biggest issue is when it says it needs microsoft C++++ and doesn't offer to install it then you are screwed. happens with moto Gp 2023 etc
I’m holding out for the Steam Deck 2. Always good to see how the first iteration of something goes. Been impressed so far.
Ditto. Even if they just release the same one with OLED, I'm in.
Switch 2 when? .... gonna be awhile for a deck 2 just get one or buy used
@@emanuelarriaza3710that will take almost 2 years. Next one will probably have 8inch + faster igpu. No oled.
You're gonna be waiting a while. Valve ain't one for rushing to make new tech. Could even be a couple of years at min. It's selling well and they're trying to perfect software. Still performs very well. Just like there vr headset. Best bang for your cash. Good, specs,visuals and cracking audio. When launched, best in vr audio. Still ain't got an index 2 lol. Htc Vive have probably released 12 in that time lol.
Not OP but oh I can wait. There's lots of backlogs and ways to play already.
I love my Steam Deck, get to play so many great games on traveling days. Plus with a "Dock" I can slap it on my big screen and play the games on the big screen. Though I only really play older/retro or indie games on it.
Like you, I am a dad (3 kids born between 2015-2019) and the Steam Deck has been another great addition to my portable library. I really agree with everything you said about positives and negatives.
I have had mine since April 2022 and it has been incredible for portable PC gaming.
It all comes down to whether big publishers will optimize their games for it or not.
It’s literally a PC… anything that is optimized for PC operating systems is optimized for it. It all comes down to hardware limitations since it’s much smaller than a desktop computer or even a laptop
my only question is before i even think about buying this hand held deck is two things
can i run Torrent games on here
and does it have or can i have more space on here for example a TB-hard drive on here or do i need an internal or external hard drive for that to be possible that's my two questions for this hand held
Man so many choices to choose from within the handled pc world besides the steam deck. Any suggestions as to what I should get that is a power house and that will not break the bank or unless I fork in a little bit of cash to make it happen. It seems that the steam deck is a pain to make most modern games and even old emulators to work. So yeah I am up for any sugesstions.
I am a father like u Alex and I have been considering buying a SteamDeck for a while but I never had space on my budget to get one. Now that I have a little bit more room ,and with the Valve certified refurbished ones, I might finally buy one but I am concerned with the quality. Any thoughts?
They'll be fine! Get one!
I’m sold!!!! I’m getting one for sure!!! Thanks for the great info video!! 😀👍
I can’t wait to see what the Steamdeck 2 will look like in the future.
All I want is less crappy screen and less crappy battery. The rest can stay the same
@@HaohmaruHL same
so what's the battery life when you play indie or emulated games?
Pretty good when I play GameCube games it's about 4 hours and N64 is around 6 hours give or take
I’ve had a heck of an experience with the Deck since I bought it in November of last year. Yuzu emulation is golden and Emudeck made emulation that much better, mostly use it for emulation but i have beaten Deus Ex mankind divided and Bioshock and both ran flawlessly at 40fps high settings at 800p
Does the steam deck come with a charger?
i plan on buying steam deck soon
Love the video Alex. Trying out chained echoes on the Deck. Game is great so far.
Recently gotten my own steamdeck, and im bloody lovin it. Its more expensive over here due to currency but thats beside the point
I like to play games on the go and my selection are hardly triple A, mostly playing stuffs like Project Diva Mega Mix and God eater3 and emulating a certain console games.
Its great to kill time on the go and on the bed when i dont feel like sititng up and facing my pc/laptop, and its certainly an amazing device to have despite the shortcomings it has.
so all i play is beat em up games would the deck be able to handle them
Can i replace the screen with oled ?
Can you Buy an OLED Screen to replace Current one
There was only one game that I found that was verified but runs horrible and crashes and that is Deathloop if full on restarts the steam deck does anyone know how to fix this
I’ve been on the fence with getting one for a few months. Generally I have my laptop to play games at home so my main thought is if I really need a handheld too. I can’t break out the laptop when the kids are awake…. Don’t know if this would make a difference
The Steam Deck is just great and of course you should buy in 2023 and also next years too. It's just important to not have wrong expectations. A mobile gaming device can of course not run new demanding AAA games with ultra graphics at 60 fps. That would be a miracle. But for that you have your power pc at home. But even new demanding AAA games are running at a minimum of 30 fps on the steam deck. And older or emulated games will always run perfect. So yes sure there won't be a better mobile gaming pc. You can just put all your favourite games on the steam deck and take it with you everywhere.
the touchpads and gyro really help for me, really makes actual PC game enjoyable
Do you need wifi to play or can you download games then play them offline?
You can do that even on the desktop steam client the only thing with offline is of course some games have online only DRM and steam will require you to login (not invisible) to verify ownership of games every like 14 days or something like that but yes you can play games offline
@@thefox5301 ty
Whats the price of the steam deck
i just got one and my reason for getting it was well mostly steam because i already have tons of games, but also the freedom it gives you being basically a handheld PC and Valve being in support of DIY repairs.
Just a question for you Alex: can you make gog games run on it?
I absolutely love my deck. I use it at work (lots of downtime)
I've had my Steam Deck for about a year as well, it was an absolute lifesaver post-knee surgery. Just for that, and also being a fairly decent portable workstation, I can't recommend it enough
How would a Steam deck be on a low key lan party with couple of friend playing games like minecraft, valheim, maybe borderlands?
Just bought one and don't regret it. Bought on the 7th. Second deck now.
1:05 That one guy : "Little gaming console"
Can someone tell me can you download games on this instead of stream them. And can you play games you already own on Playstation and x box?
It’s not worth shit it don’t support all the games for that price is a joke device why is anyone even interested in this junk.
I wanna run apex and I've had mix reviews some really good and some really bad not sure if I should pull the trigger and buy it
I got a Steam Deck around April in April and love it. I've been playing through a lot of PC games and trying games I had that I probabal wouldn't have checked out in a while.
Now I tend to buy a game for PC over PlayStation, Xbox or Switch, if it's Steam Compatible.
I just wish it was easier for it to play other games like The Division, for example. Or games from EPIC, without the extra work.
Yes, maybe. For me it has been an absolute yes, but the answer may vary from person to person.
Glad I saw this video. Didn't know much about Steam Deck, and think because of all the other random platforms coming to market, like Stadia, and I think nVidia had something, Steam Deck kinda fell into the background for me.
I grew up gaming on PC, and the missus also likes PC gaming; problem is, over the years our rigs have become completely outdated, and buying two formidable newer rigs so we can both play at same time, can be kinda pricey.
We also like gaming on our XBox Ones, and were toying with the idea of upgrade to Series, but not fans of having to surrender so much storage space, with really expensive upgrades, while both our consoles already have external HDDs (ginormous WD-Black on each). Not to mention, ABK trial revealed new consoles in 5 years anyways.
So then we thought, maybe PC, but again, price for two systems.
This may be a great solution however; I love Linux, love emulation, love tinkering, love optimizing, love modding.
Guess three primary things I'm still going to research are:
1. Can WoW play on Steam Deck. (Missus LOVES WoW, and I wouldn't mind playing it again.)
EDIT: LOL, first vid found in search results on this, was YOURS, thanks bro! 😎
2. Can Steam Deck hook to TV with either cables or BlueTooth. (Would love to be able to quick-link it [BT] to my LG 75" UHD 120hz SmartTV, and game on reclining couch.)
EDIT: Researched == Possible with cable or Steam Link. (Turns out it can also be docked with a keyboard and mouse.)
3. Can games run mods on Steam Deck. (Been wanting to run GTA4 with LSPD [police] mod, along with Real Life mod. Also thought ~maybe~ GTA5, but R* kinda beat that horse so much, dunno. Was thinking of testing GTA4 with those mods on my older PCs, which should maybe run okay-ish, but as said in video, that whole need to be locked down and sequestered.) 🤠
EDIT: Researched == Possible with some tinkering.
It blows my mind how valve got so much right with the deck and still gets so much crap. Whilst other companies get so much wrong and peeps still support them.
Would you say it's better than a Nintendo switch?
I've only had the Steam Deck since June 2023, but so far I really like it. My Steam Deck does have an issue though. I can't put mine to sleep or else the audio will stop working. I have to do a complete shut down every time I stop playing it. I have the 64GB version with a 1 terabyte Micro SD card, but can only have a few games installed because the shaders take up so much space on the 64GB SSD. I plan on buying 1 or 2 Terbyte SSD so that problem shouldn't last long. Also I'm hoping that when I reinstall the Steam OS whenever I buy the new SSD that the audio issue will fix. So far my favorite thing about the Deck is customization with the plugins. I have the Switch theme and added small gifs that I turned into Webp files as the game Icons. I've always wanted animated game icons since the PS Vita and now I can do that.
I've been saving for a "gaming computer" for a while, but am kind of broke. All my research into cheapest gaming PC keeps bringing me back to here. Thanks for the video. I just wanna play Vernal Edge (should be easy), and BG3 (my worry).
Does anyone know a new vid on how to quack games for the steam deck
hoping if they release a steam deck 2, they add the ability to have a full M.2 NvMe. Oled, and a better battery.
For the price on sale I think is ok for many ppl. Personally if I want to play on the go I use m phone for emulation or xcloud with kishi. I hope valve to create a steam deck 2 in a Mac mini or backbone pcs form factor without a display for the tv or monitor.
So I can hook it up to my tv and connect a controller to it?
yes
Did Ben Affleck and Adam Sandler have a baby 40 years ago that now creates gaming content?
I personally dock it to my TV and it works incredibly well. Just like using a regular desktop PC. Major difference is that you're on Linux but that is honestly not a problem.
The steam deck is a great handheld at that $400 and $530 price range. The Rog Ally makes the $650 model obsolete in my opinion but the power you get at the $400 price tag is Amazing.
main thing i worry with rog ally is support and the community cuz specs are not everything
@@jedinetwork9985 I get that and I don't have 100% faith in any company to look out for the customer. The thing that I am seeing with ASUS so far is they have been putting out updates that have been beneficial and they have been implementing changes that the community has asked for. They haven't been great with communication but they haven't been horrible they at least let people know they are aware of a problem but they are radio silent until they think they have a fix for it. If people like and buy the ALLY I suspect they will support it fairly well from what I have seen so far.
Can you please make a video about how to connect steam deck on apple studio display. Pleasesee
I'm waiting for mine to come in the mail.
I just bought one for $256 after taxes it’s 64gb but I had a 1tb ssd NVMe sitting home😊
Had mine for over a year and I love it even more as the time goes on.
Aloha I enjoyed this video! Looking forward to more of your content. Subbed!
Great review and really help me with the purchase decision. btw, you are kind of Adam Sandler lookalike and soundalike too.
I repasted my Steam decks APU with Thermaltake T4 I think it's called. A video I saw recommended it and as mine was hitting 90 degrees a lot of the time I did it. And now don't go above 83 -84 degrees which is nice. So I recommend that.
Dad experience here.
Only played Diablo 4 so far - minor hiccups, but man so I love this device.
Fits my life perfectly
So aren’t most of the problems solved by putting it in the dock & playing it on the Tv?
Why is the AMD FSR scaler on steam deck not as good
Just want to give some advice. I bought one of these last week instead of the ROG ally. And 100% it was the best decision. If there are any setbacks theres always a solution. I mainly play emulators, euro truck sim, project zomboid and some classic games on the deck but then i use xbox cloud gaming to play hundreds of xbox games like gta online, halo, sea of theves, doom and all the fallout games. When it comes to pc games like modded gta RP, five days to die, garrysmod, tarkov and stalker gamma I use shadow PC which I spend £30 a month for. This allows you to have a full high end windows gaming PC through an application on your deck. Now the issue with cloud gaming is usually latency but the trackpad and gyro is an absaloute game changer. Aiming and shooting over cloud through the trackpad is so perfect and you can map all 4 buttons, trackpad buttons with any game too so if I play gta over xbox cloud gaming i only need to hold one of the back buttons and it auto turbos the A button so I no longer need to spam A to sprint. Little things like this is what sold it to me compare to the ally. Yes you can play more on the ally without the cloud but your restricted to joysticks only which is horrible when you compare to trackpads and gyro
Really poor ergonomics compared to the Steam Deck, rushed buggy design confirmed by lots of reviews, laggier interface, worse joysticks, some gaming sessions lasting under 45 mins compared to the Steam Deck running GoW at 1 hour and 30 mins and others up to 8 hours, susceptibility to stick drift compared to the Deck, less overall inputs compared to the Deck that feel much worse, much higher price point which could've been used to get you 1512 GB of storage if you've gotten the most expensive Deck and a 1 TB SD for it, worse case compared to Steam Deck's, no pause button like the deck has, the Rog Ally just makes noise while for the Deck you can actually hear clear sound with a volume range that'd make anyone happy, it's the best to save your money and get the Deck ^^
Ally has gyro, if you're like me, and play AAA games pretty much exclusively , Ally is the right choice. Its not perfect, nor do I claim it to be. I based my choice on what's important to me, higher quality screen, higher resolution, compatibility with AAA titles. for those who emulate mostly, id say its a wash. for those who just want to turn on and play, then get the steam deck.
@@Jimmyz96 that's cool and all but I don't remember asking
doesnt matter if you asked or not, you posted on an open forum, so did i. no point in being assinine about it@@TheSpiritedFendron
@@Jimmyz96 assinine
Agree with everything you said. That said, i love the Steam Deck!
I just got mine yesterday, and am enjoying the hell out of it.
Does your game progress carry over?
Of course. Steam Cloud was introduced in (and I'm not joking) 2008.
I may have missed if you covered it but you can stream games from your desktop to the deck so game don't need to be 100% compatible, It would be nice if they were though.
This thing is great, I got to play Jedi Fallen Order and Doom Eternal in school and on a road trip. I used Decky Loader to customize big picture mode. Hell Heroic Games Launcher let me install Rocket League (though I can't play it offline for some reason). What really suprised me is that retro shooters play pretty nice on this thing. I played Half-Life Opposing Force and Doom 2 on this thing and resumed on my desktop.
However Proton isn't perfect. Direct 3D 8 games don't seem to work too great. Granted I only tried Metal Gear Solid 2 from GOG.
I say yes because of the support Valve provides for the handheld. Plus the community itself has been amazing with Decky and other apps. 😊
Recently pick up a use one & love it put more time in Story mode then at home
I'm pretty satisfied with my Steam Deck. Occasionally an update will come and certain games won't be playable, but they always fix it pretty quick. The only thing I don't like about it is that I can't stream on discord with it and show my game to my friends. It's probably possible, but I can't be bothered to figure it out
So If I already have my ps4 (and in the future ps5 so I can give up the ps4) is not for me unless I wanna play portable AAA classic games like MP3, AMR, TW2, etc. I think I would get one in a few years just for the games I sued to ahve on ps3/360
Thank you. This video was so informative.
Just got mine last month. it plays fallout 3 and 4. As an old school metal gear fan I was excited to see death stranding on it as well. There is more then enough games in the verified section to keep me happy until the wheels fall off or a decent enough upgrade comes along. For now I'm all in.