18:43 - Rich, you have no idea how hard it was to grapple with the fact that such a sociopathic person managed to force myself and the first /r/SteamDeck moderation team almost completely out of the picture, silencing us from speaking out by banning us from the subreddit and blocking all of us from her account, and having the Reddit admins basically tell us to kick rocks. All because they created the subreddit. I was really hoping that the news would get covered back then, but it really felt as if no one cared... until the place got progressively worse and worse. So the fact that she's been finally removed from power is nothing short of sweet vindication. Because **WE** were making that place great during the preorder era (not just the modteam, but the community) without a single input from Wasabi, and they did absolutely nothing but coast on our hard work and act as if she was royalty. To think that she felt so threatened by an internal letter of us simply airing our grievances that she flew off the handle and basically condemned us. I really hope for the best with /r/SteamDeck now, because Wasabi held that place back from being a phenomenal resource and community hotspot for all Steam Deck owners.
Felt like I really needed to lead with that comment about the subreddit. It's like being able to talk after being voiceless for a long time. Here's to a good week overall! 😊 As someone who owns several Steam Controllers, an official Steam Controller 2 would be absolutely lovely. This DeckPad idea looks novel, but it's definitely going to need a lot of work in regards to comfortability and usability. In regards to Ryujinx... I suppose it was only a matter of time. If Nintendo knew about Yuzu, then they definitely knew about Ryujinx. I'm sure there's a bunch of forks and other projects under wraps, but we can clearly see now that emulation efforts for that platform are going to be volatile for a good while. Still annoyed that Russ got another copyright strike on their channel for Nintendo content, but it's clear that they just have to steer clear from showcasing any of their stuff from here on out. Remember what I said about those EmuDeck Machines in a previous comment? I didn't hate it, but I had a feeling that the EmuDeck team were biting off way more than they could chew, and that there's not much of a market they can capture for something like that when we already have so many different ways to engage in retro games emulation, from the Steam Deck to the wide spectrum of Anbernic devices. I'm fine with the project being shelved because it means they can move on to more important things.
Thanks for speaking on this. Looking back, I could have been more vocal about the problems. I tried to moreso be positive about other good spaces like r/SteamDeckHQ but there's value in speaking on the poor experiences that real people had.
@@FanTheDeck Totally understandable. If anything, it goes to show that the Deck was bigger than just that place and the terrible moderation there wasn't going to hold back the community from being awesome. The alternatives (like /r/SteamDeckHQ) did step up and remind people what a good curated community space should be like.
Just so people can get an idea of the situation: the words "mod" and "this sub", among others, were banned so that people could not freely discuss about the state of the sub. No wonder it devolved into it being about pictures of steam decks, "recommend me a game" posts or just blind praise. Absolutely no substance whatsoever, hope it'll improve now!
@@gordonoboh833 dedicated router on pc. I use it for vr or for steam link. Even with a cheap router works well because you don't use internet connection on that
@@gordonoboh833Play it at home for less lag unfortunately, there’s not really a whole lot you can do especially if you’re on mobile Internet for consistency.
I reserved my 512gb LCD the first day the steam deck was announced. I've been enjoying it for like 2 years now. But recently, I got an OLED monitor for my PC and I absolutely love it, it sort of makes LCD look bad to me now that I'm used to staring at an OLED display all day. So, i'm selling my original steam deck to a friend of mine who I know will get a lot of use out of it, and my OLED model should be here this week.
I bought the steam deck and hardly ever used it. After hurricane helene and having no power forever now, the steam deck has been a life saver and a sanity keeper.
Arrrrgh, no no. The edges on that controller should not be parallel. It's only comfortable like that on the Deck because of the spacing between the arms is wider. You have to minimise the amount a user's wrists bend. For a narrow controller like that, it needs to taper inwards, Ergonomics, people.
I mean, an OG 2DS is literally just a square and people say it's the most comfortable model to use. Also, the Dreamcast controller had mostly parallel sides/grips, and that was fine. Idk, I guess I just don't see it as a big deal.
I personally think ARM support is for the Valve Deckard VR Headset, basically they need ARM chip to do tracking as X86 not supported, but they also want it to do 2D gaming as well not only VR, so it becomes kinda like Vision Pro an all in one device but focused in gaming, for that to happen they need to have games supporting ARM and SteamOS also integrated with SteamVR. Basically it's an ultimate gaming device if Valve get their hands on a really powerful ARM chip
Not only for the VR, an arm chip would also be a great upgrade for the deck And long term, this might even be the start of arm getting more use in stationary PCs.
@@Dani004able Not yet might take 5 years for Arm to reach acceptable levels, it's not that ARM not doing well, it's just that X86 advancing so fast, we went from 14 down to 5 and 4nm so fast
So this is the first time I've heard about Valve's head mounted display: Deck Augmented Reality Device, DeckARD, and the reference embedded to one of the most iconic games of the 1990s is just sublime naming.
@@RoachDogggJR I agree... PS4 controller is the closest thing I own that is gives me that little track pad. Who would have thunk it would make a difference post-PS4/current-SD days? Still, a 2nd track pad would be cool to have if they are high quality and precise enough to handle the input.
@@RoachDogggJRI've had a PS5 controller for years now and it hasn't drifted at all, but I'd still prefer the Deck controller in the video. The 4 back buttons make a huge difference.
@@RoachDogggJR I keep hearing that but I've been using the same PS5 controller for about 2 years and have had no issues. I also have a LOT of free time. I think it's a luck of the draw kind of thing.
Imagine the Steam Deck with multiple bluetooth modules, to be able to connect to multiple controllers at the same time, which to be able to be controlled by different people in the same split-screen game hosted on the steam deck. This could bring back split-screen gaming!
Can you imagine pulling out your phone and being able to natively play steam games on it? That honestly be a dream come true. I'd miss the steam deck but phones are very powerful these days so it could be a nice solution to anyone that wants just one device.
I think we will see that in 5 years. Technology improves exponentially. I remember like 10 yrs ago, i wanted to play online games with a phone anywhere anytime.. look where we at now.
Imagine if they also include the ability to add non-steam games into the Steam launcher on arm devices, like they do on PC. Emulator ports become a whole lot easier; we could have the PC version of PCSX2 as an alternative to AetherSX2/NetherSX2.
Hard pass. Thats basic shit. No style, no culture. Handheld forever. Smartphone tech has been shit including design. Doesnt matter whicb phone u get they all are the same...
Talking about the Steam controller part, the one way I get around this as well as playing 3DS games as well is buying a USB C extension cord for my Steam Deck dock. Its actually great personally.
The developer for Steam Deck XR also does Breezy Desktop for Gnome. It works really, really well for productivity. My desk monitor is 4K and I have the Xreal Air glasses, so I wouldn't use Breezy Desktop over my monitor until better glasses are available. But, I have a tiny NUC for work (no laptop) and I can literally work comfortably on a plane with a giant widescreen monitor. When a pair of glasses are 4K with 80+ degree FOV(a guesstimate). Breezy desktop will be a game(work) changer. For gaming, Breezy Desktop widescreen was very, very smooth, I only wish my glasses had better FOV. Note: For those with Xreal Air glasses, there is a slight drift issue if you look to one side of the widescreen monitor a lot, but you can just hit a quick keyboard shortcut to recenter.
That's the exact reason I bought one. I never even heard of the SteamDeck until the day of the announce event. Just by luck, I happened to see the event that day. I pre-ordered one immediately. Told my buddy, if this Steam Deck plays games half as well as I think it will, I'll consider it a win. I had some very low expectations. I thought, maybe I could get a couple games to work half way with some tinkering, but at least there would be some investment into Linux and gaming on Linux. Talking about being gobsmacked.
I always liked arch linux. Probably my favorite distro. I loved how barebone it is and you can basically install what you want. I'm sure a lot of that can be done with other distros. But I also liked their package manager and their rolling release.
Had an rog Ally Z1 extreme for about 3 months now And for some reason watching you And the nerdiness crew had me so interested in a steam deck that I purchased one yesterday. Just waiting for its arrival😂
You may be impressed in some ways and disappointed in others. The Deck is definitely not as powerful as your Ally, so some games will run at a lower framerate. This is somewhat mitigated by the 1280x800 display (it's literally pushing half the pixels) and the ability to manually set the screen's refresh rate -- 40FPS on a 40Hz display is smooth enough that you probably won't be able to tell the difference between that and 60@60. I know I can't. But even with those, you're still likely to see some choppier performance than the Ally's capable of, on really demanding games. One area where the Steam Deck really shines is its energy consumption at low demand. I can regularly get 6ish hours of battery life while playing GameCube games, and with some tweaking, really light games like Stardew will let it last for up to 10! And that's with the LCD model, which has a smaller battery than the OLED! The trackpads are also an amazing feature, especially when combined with SteamInput. There are so many games that were never designed for a controller, but making radial menus and things like that on the trackpads works amazingly well. 💗
Tried the Hori x Valve controller and it's great functionality wise. It makes PC feels like SteamDeck Desktop mode. The deck shortcut works and even pop-up the custom key board I use on the deck But quite light and plasticky..
a handheld running arm would make the battery last much longer too... so it would really make sense. Especially for the easy to run type games that the deck is great for.
That's a very neat controller project, but I'd like it to have speakers, just like the Valve one. Maybe it could emulate a DualSense controller which has a poor quality speaker but is implemented in Sony titles and it would be just nice to have.
They have hinted at arm support for years. The moment I saw an un-selectable tablet option in my steam library about two years, I figured tablet and mobile support were not far out. Unless that icon been there for something I don't understand it seemed like a hint to me that they were working on it.
I bought a steam deck because I had no PC. I built a gaming PC and now play low power games on my deck or stream high power games onto my deck. Gaming PC + Steam Deck is perfection.
Could use this in a podcast format! New subscriber here: Would love to listen to this on the way to, or from, work. Whilst video context is great, the vocals are defo more important and as such could be great in podcast form
9:00 Xbox 360 and Xbox One OEM chatpads are a must for me still. I like to watch RUclips or various shows/Anime on my PC with Controller Companion and an Xbox One Controller as a mouse/keyboard. I would kill for a more reasonably priced alternative since OEM chatpads are getting insanely expensive on Ebay, unless this is only intended to be used on a Steam Deck.
The problem with that Steam Controller design is the grips are not angled out. When it's as wide as the Steam Deck is, it's not a problem, but I assure you, if you delete the screen having the grips straight up and down will be uncomfortable. Then there are the touch pads, you wouldn't need two if they are that close, just one. You could probably move the touch pad up and the sticks down. So you'd pretty much have a PlayStation controller, so Vavle just needs to enable full support for the DualSense Pro and BOOM, Steam Deck controller.
I’ve actually had pretty decent success getting the Gyro to Joystick to work on the built-in Steam Deck controls, as well as the PS5 controller. It just takes a lot of tweaking to get it anywhere close to gyro to mouse.
maybe not this upcoming headset, but perhaps they plan on an VR OS based on arch for ARM based headsets, something that can have an app store dedicated to VR programs. steam itself would be for vr games.
I think Valve is working secretly in some way to make Proton work in ARM, with some Steam ARM build, and they are waiting for some new ARM leap like snapdragon elite for desktops. To launch all new Steam Deck 2 with huge battery life…
That steam deck controller person doesn't sound at all serious if he hasn't even started printing off shell designs yet. I wouldn't hold your breath people.
I've managed to get some pretty good results on the new Gyro To Joystick [Beta] mode. It does depend heavily on how the game's controller settings, though. Mostly being able to change the deadzone to 0 and response curve to linear.
Yea, Ive been waiting for something that's close to xbox controller but with track-pads and keyboard added in so I can switch to desktop stuff while still on same controller.
Leaving a comment to support fellow Steam Controller fans, I wish Valve would continue the Steam Controller series or at least revive the original, they are old and mine are starting to break down.
The top mod was an incredibly toxic, mean person. She banned me for a stupid narcissistic reason. I blame reddit for enabling such people and for making it impossible to get help in those situations. Reddit has become a worse, more toxic place cause of greedy management. I've already thanked the new mods twice for engaging with the community and trying to clear up the mess. I'll do it again. I love that sub.
Great reporting but vague title and thumbnail. Would like to see more clarity there, since it makes them much more informative and easy to sift through when looking at all your videos in your profile. So far, Skill Up is the best in terms of clarity for all elements of a gaming news channel.
I don’t even think I’d want the remaster of HZD. I like the looks of the old version better personally but if it has better overall fidelity I might pick it up.
Can’t wait for them to officially release easy to install steam OS for other windows handhelds. I want to get an ally x and just install steam os on it
1:09 thing is, Valve isn't pushing Linux to avoid Microsoft waving their dick around and take that power for themselves instead. The support they provide isn't trying to hijack Arch and the open source ecosystem for their own benefit, but instead they're aiming to actually SUPPORT their development in the current direction, as it aligns with their goals, and from that everybody using any type of linux will benefit by proxy, since smoother work on Arch, one of the most popular distros, means the devs having more time to troubleshoot and fix bugs, and those fixes are usually contributed upstream, so everybody using those programs benefits from it.
What is that Wipeout / F-Zero like game that was being shown in the video and is it available on Steam? And thank you for the roundup. These news reports are always very informative and exciting.
And what was wrong with original steam controller? I'm totally in love with that thing. Playing with steam controller is in my opinion very good. The first game I tried was Dark Souls 3 and the game experience was just amazing.
10:17 Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration. You don't get used to the lack of a second stick right away, I agree. But you have dpad as touchpad, and you can still bind multiple outputs to back paddles. I have both of the deck and the controller, but since I get used to it before deck, I don't feel that there's any big ladder jumps, more like downgrade of og bigpicture configs.. but even now, it's still huge unlimited power of tinkering
Its not for Linuxarm. its for MacOS/iOS, Gaben still talks to TimmyC. Steam needs a compatibility layer for Apple Silicon AppleARM. MacOS is still the second largest platform.
I could just point and laugh, but I'll be polite. You know the real kicker? Proton _had_ MacOS support in the early days, but Valve dropped it over Apple being uncooperative
@@FanTheDeck glad that works for you, I cannot stand it. Trackpads are so fast and accurate... same as I prefer a thumb trackball on other machines after getting used to it, just takes some thumb training and its so fantastic. I can't stand using any controller where I am stuck with sticks.
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18:43 - Rich, you have no idea how hard it was to grapple with the fact that such a sociopathic person managed to force myself and the first /r/SteamDeck moderation team almost completely out of the picture, silencing us from speaking out by banning us from the subreddit and blocking all of us from her account, and having the Reddit admins basically tell us to kick rocks. All because they created the subreddit. I was really hoping that the news would get covered back then, but it really felt as if no one cared... until the place got progressively worse and worse.
So the fact that she's been finally removed from power is nothing short of sweet vindication. Because **WE** were making that place great during the preorder era (not just the modteam, but the community) without a single input from Wasabi, and they did absolutely nothing but coast on our hard work and act as if she was royalty. To think that she felt so threatened by an internal letter of us simply airing our grievances that she flew off the handle and basically condemned us. I really hope for the best with /r/SteamDeck now, because Wasabi held that place back from being a phenomenal resource and community hotspot for all Steam Deck owners.
Felt like I really needed to lead with that comment about the subreddit. It's like being able to talk after being voiceless for a long time.
Here's to a good week overall! 😊
As someone who owns several Steam Controllers, an official Steam Controller 2 would be absolutely lovely. This DeckPad idea looks novel, but it's definitely going to need a lot of work in regards to comfortability and usability.
In regards to Ryujinx... I suppose it was only a matter of time. If Nintendo knew about Yuzu, then they definitely knew about Ryujinx. I'm sure there's a bunch of forks and other projects under wraps, but we can clearly see now that emulation efforts for that platform are going to be volatile for a good while. Still annoyed that Russ got another copyright strike on their channel for Nintendo content, but it's clear that they just have to steer clear from showcasing any of their stuff from here on out.
Remember what I said about those EmuDeck Machines in a previous comment? I didn't hate it, but I had a feeling that the EmuDeck team were biting off way more than they could chew, and that there's not much of a market they can capture for something like that when we already have so many different ways to engage in retro games emulation, from the Steam Deck to the wide spectrum of Anbernic devices. I'm fine with the project being shelved because it means they can move on to more important things.
Thanks for speaking on this. Looking back, I could have been more vocal about the problems. I tried to moreso be positive about other good spaces like r/SteamDeckHQ but there's value in speaking on the poor experiences that real people had.
What a surprise, she held a lot of her power in the reddit space. That place is a cesspool of wokies and sociopaths.
@@FanTheDeck Totally understandable. If anything, it goes to show that the Deck was bigger than just that place and the terrible moderation there wasn't going to hold back the community from being awesome. The alternatives (like /r/SteamDeckHQ) did step up and remind people what a good curated community space should be like.
Just so people can get an idea of the situation: the words "mod" and "this sub", among others, were banned so that people could not freely discuss about the state of the sub. No wonder it devolved into it being about pictures of steam decks, "recommend me a game" posts or just blind praise. Absolutely no substance whatsoever, hope it'll improve now!
Steamdeck with a gaming pc is the ultimate experience. Remote play for games that I can't normally run is such a huge upgrade.
Bro, how do you minimize latency?
It is not bad at all. Used it quite alot and did not notice latency
@@gordonoboh833 PC or PS5 connected to Ethernet and the Deck to the 5ghz network
@@gordonoboh833 dedicated router on pc. I use it for vr or for steam link. Even with a cheap router works well because you don't use internet connection on that
@@gordonoboh833Play it at home for less lag unfortunately, there’s not really a whole lot you can do especially if you’re on mobile Internet for consistency.
Valve is easily my favorite company right now 😂
Valve is an amazingly good company, and proton even works making software you DIDN'T buy via steam work. Truly amazing
🔫Always has been
Truly. Nintendo really needs to emulate valves business practice
@@nthnglsn love the choice of words. "Emulate" lol
@@nthnglsnif this was intentional that was great 😂
Just got an oled today, this is good news. Steam deck is what the psp was during it's time
My OLED is supposed to arrive tomorrow super excited
My OLED was here a couple of months and it is the best gaming purchase I've made and that's including getting my PS5 launch day
I reserved my 512gb LCD the first day the steam deck was announced. I've been enjoying it for like 2 years now. But recently, I got an OLED monitor for my PC and I absolutely love it, it sort of makes LCD look bad to me now that I'm used to staring at an OLED display all day. So, i'm selling my original steam deck to a friend of mine who I know will get a lot of use out of it, and my OLED model should be here this week.
i have great settings for the last of us / days gone and more
Got my OLED a couple of months back and I'm happy I got it.
i like that the steam deck is standardized hardware for devs to make their game run on
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
The deck controls are PEAK, so a controller that does even slightly reach that level would be goated.
valve should release a steam controller 2 ngl
I bought the steam deck and hardly ever used it. After hurricane helene and having no power forever now, the steam deck has been a life saver and a sanity keeper.
Same but I deliberately force myself to use it and I don’t regret it.
enjoy every bit of it, it is the era of handhelds , ValvE opened a pandora box
A Pandora's box? You say that like it's a good thing.@@hussainali9722
I would buy a Steam Controller based on the Steamdeck in a heartbeat
Steam deck controller with keyboard sounds like a dream, very much want
Arrrrgh, no no. The edges on that controller should not be parallel. It's only comfortable like that on the Deck because of the spacing between the arms is wider. You have to minimise the amount a user's wrists bend. For a narrow controller like that, it needs to taper inwards, Ergonomics, people.
Shh, don't worry. They'll get it in product testing, and if they don't? Expect a 2.0 from all the complaints they'll get.
@@TheLimeCrimesI don't feel like there would be that much difference. It would still be comfortable albeit a little bit bigger than normal.
I agree, needs to be angled
I mean, an OG 2DS is literally just a square and people say it's the most comfortable model to use. Also, the Dreamcast controller had mostly parallel sides/grips, and that was fine. Idk, I guess I just don't see it as a big deal.
like the ROG Tessen
I personally think ARM support is for the Valve Deckard VR Headset, basically they need ARM chip to do tracking as X86 not supported, but they also want it to do 2D gaming as well not only VR, so it becomes kinda like Vision Pro an all in one device but focused in gaming, for that to happen they need to have games supporting ARM and SteamOS also integrated with SteamVR.
Basically it's an ultimate gaming device if Valve get their hands on a really powerful ARM chip
with the right formfactor that could be sick.
Nice write up, I’m definitely sure Steam Deck 2 will be absolutely ready for true HD VR
Also, isn't AMD working on an ARM-based SoC codenamed Sound Wave? I think MLiD and some insiders might know more about the specific details.
Not only for the VR, an arm chip would also be a great upgrade for the deck And long term, this might even be the start of arm getting more use in stationary PCs.
@@Dani004able Not yet might take 5 years for Arm to reach acceptable levels, it's not that ARM not doing well, it's just that X86 advancing so fast, we went from 14 down to 5 and 4nm so fast
So this is the first time I've heard about Valve's head mounted display:
Deck Augmented Reality Device, DeckARD, and the reference embedded to one of the most iconic games of the 1990s is just sublime naming.
The most amazing thing about the steamdeck to me is that I haven't found a game i cant play on it, its just incredible
If that Steam Deck controller goes to kickstarter or for pre-order
I'd buy it in a heartbeat
@@TheIceLeopard jus get a ps4 controller for steamdeck. The lil touchpad comes in handy
@@RoachDogggJR I agree... PS4 controller is the closest thing I own that is gives me that little track pad. Who would have thunk it would make a difference post-PS4/current-SD days?
Still, a 2nd track pad would be cool to have if they are high quality and precise enough to handle the input.
@@caspearious-ghost if it wasnt for the ps5 controllers leaving the production line with stickdrift, it'd prob be the answer.
@@RoachDogggJRI've had a PS5 controller for years now and it hasn't drifted at all, but I'd still prefer the Deck controller in the video.
The 4 back buttons make a huge difference.
@@RoachDogggJR I keep hearing that but I've been using the same PS5 controller for about 2 years and have had no issues. I also have a LOT of free time. I think it's a luck of the draw kind of thing.
Imagine the Steam Deck with multiple bluetooth modules, to be able to connect to multiple controllers at the same time, which to be able to be controlled by different people in the same split-screen game hosted on the steam deck. This could bring back split-screen gaming!
You CAN connect several controllers via USB on the dock
Can you imagine pulling out your phone and being able to natively play steam games on it? That honestly be a dream come true. I'd miss the steam deck but phones are very powerful these days so it could be a nice solution to anyone that wants just one device.
I think we will see that in 5 years. Technology improves exponentially. I remember like 10 yrs ago, i wanted to play online games with a phone anywhere anytime.. look where we at now.
Imagine if they also include the ability to add non-steam games into the Steam launcher on arm devices, like they do on PC. Emulator ports become a whole lot easier; we could have the PC version of PCSX2 as an alternative to AetherSX2/NetherSX2.
You can get 60fps fallout 4 on your phone now. I'm also impressed with native ports like Alien Isolation.
Hard pass. Thats basic shit. No style, no culture. Handheld forever. Smartphone tech has been shit including design. Doesnt matter whicb phone u get they all are the same...
Talking about the Steam controller part, the one way I get around this as well as playing 3DS games as well is buying a USB C extension cord for my Steam Deck dock.
Its actually great personally.
Excited to see that you're about to hit 100K subs soon! Love the channel!
aero GPX footage spotted, less goo. fantastic modern reimagining of f-zero games
you know ball
fuck yeah dude that 360 keyboard was a gamechanger
massive moves from steam.
The developer for Steam Deck XR also does Breezy Desktop for Gnome. It works really, really well for productivity. My desk monitor is 4K and I have the Xreal Air glasses, so I wouldn't use Breezy Desktop over my monitor until better glasses are available. But, I have a tiny NUC for work (no laptop) and I can literally work comfortably on a plane with a giant widescreen monitor. When a pair of glasses are 4K with 80+ degree FOV(a guesstimate). Breezy desktop will be a game(work) changer. For gaming, Breezy Desktop widescreen was very, very smooth, I only wish my glasses had better FOV.
Note: For those with Xreal Air glasses, there is a slight drift issue if you look to one side of the widescreen monitor a lot, but you can just hit a quick keyboard shortcut to recenter.
My biggest reason to buy my steam deck OLED was to support gaming on Linux and because it came out with Linux.
That's the exact reason I bought one. I never even heard of the SteamDeck until the day of the announce event. Just by luck, I happened to see the event that day. I pre-ordered one immediately. Told my buddy, if this Steam Deck plays games half as well as I think it will, I'll consider it a win. I had some very low expectations. I thought, maybe I could get a couple games to work half way with some tinkering, but at least there would be some investment into Linux and gaming on Linux. Talking about being gobsmacked.
I always liked arch linux. Probably my favorite distro. I loved how barebone it is and you can basically install what you want. I'm sure a lot of that can be done with other distros. But I also liked their package manager and their rolling release.
As a Linux user, I completely support a valve PC gaming monopoly.
Careful what you wish for m8, GabeN is getting old. What if he retires?
For sure lol, they earned their place its only right they take their crown!
As long as they’re not DRM free that won’t happen. Thankfully.
I don't. Steam is still DRM and gaben won't be around forever. Only real way to actually own your games is to have physical copies.
Is gaben retires steam will be worse than Activision
Hang on... The DualShock 2 was perfect.
With the new ruling in Epic vs Google, Valve could open their store up on Android and that would be pretty dang cool
Had an rog Ally Z1 extreme for about 3 months now And for some reason watching you And the nerdiness crew had me so interested in a steam deck that I purchased one yesterday. Just waiting for its arrival😂
You may be impressed in some ways and disappointed in others. The Deck is definitely not as powerful as your Ally, so some games will run at a lower framerate. This is somewhat mitigated by the 1280x800 display (it's literally pushing half the pixels) and the ability to manually set the screen's refresh rate -- 40FPS on a 40Hz display is smooth enough that you probably won't be able to tell the difference between that and 60@60. I know I can't. But even with those, you're still likely to see some choppier performance than the Ally's capable of, on really demanding games.
One area where the Steam Deck really shines is its energy consumption at low demand. I can regularly get 6ish hours of battery life while playing GameCube games, and with some tweaking, really light games like Stardew will let it last for up to 10! And that's with the LCD model, which has a smaller battery than the OLED! The trackpads are also an amazing feature, especially when combined with SteamInput. There are so many games that were never designed for a controller, but making radial menus and things like that on the trackpads works amazingly well. 💗
Great news roundup as always :)!
Getting pc gaming away from windows will be a historic milestone for all pc gamers. But that’s just my opinion
Y'all a bit late to the party..... Gaming has been moving away from Windows for a long time, we're just gaining pace.
@@Armand79th I definitely agree with you it just takes the right people to make it happen and influence it
So excited for this friday I'm getting a steam deck.
Valve is up there with Atlus as my favorite game company right now
Tried the Hori x Valve controller and it's great functionality wise.
It makes PC feels like SteamDeck Desktop mode. The deck shortcut works and even pop-up the custom key board I use on the deck
But quite light and plasticky..
Can you say where you got the controller? (if you did get one). Can't find a way to import it into the States.
I prefer a Xbox/playstation controller on PC.
Only a controller at least as good and with touchpads would make sense as an upgrade for me.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I was debating and such like that but the more I hear the less I'm inclined. Unfortunately, that's hori for you.
a handheld running arm would make the battery last much longer too... so it would really make sense. Especially for the easy to run type games that the deck is great for.
That's a very neat controller project, but I'd like it to have speakers, just like the Valve one. Maybe it could emulate a DualSense controller which has a poor quality speaker but is implemented in Sony titles and it would be just nice to have.
If you've already purchased HZD Complete Edition, you can upgrade to HZD Remastered for $10.
Sparking zero is something deck players might wanna keep their eyes on. If we can fix the issues it could be a great game for it
Image games running on ARM, already got my AYN Odin 2 mini. This would make this device the definite end game handheld!
I’m still waiting on a steamOS release for all devices already. Bazzite is a phenomenal in between but I would still LOVE a legit Valve release.
They have hinted at arm support for years. The moment I saw an un-selectable tablet option in my steam library about two years, I figured tablet and mobile support were not far out. Unless that icon been there for something I don't understand it seemed like a hint to me that they were working on it.
I bought a steam deck because I had no PC. I built a gaming PC and now play low power games on my deck or stream high power games onto my deck. Gaming PC + Steam Deck is perfection.
Could use this in a podcast format! New subscriber here: Would love to listen to this on the way to, or from, work. Whilst video context is great, the vocals are defo more important and as such could be great in podcast form
9:00 Xbox 360 and Xbox One OEM chatpads are a must for me still. I like to watch RUclips or various shows/Anime on my PC with Controller Companion and an Xbox One Controller as a mouse/keyboard. I would kill for a more reasonably priced alternative since OEM chatpads are getting insanely expensive on Ebay, unless this is only intended to be used on a Steam Deck.
The problem with that Steam Controller design is the grips are not angled out.
When it's as wide as the Steam Deck is, it's not a problem, but I assure you, if you delete the screen having the grips straight up and down will be uncomfortable.
Then there are the touch pads, you wouldn't need two if they are that close, just one. You could probably move the touch pad up and the sticks down.
So you'd pretty much have a PlayStation controller, so Vavle just needs to enable full support for the DualSense Pro and BOOM, Steam Deck controller.
I’ve actually had pretty decent success getting the Gyro to Joystick to work on the built-in Steam Deck controls, as well as the PS5 controller. It just takes a lot of tweaking to get it anywhere close to gyro to mouse.
Sold my LED for an OLED after a year of hardcore pc rts and strategy games still going strong.
maybe not this upcoming headset, but perhaps they plan on an VR OS based on arch for ARM based headsets, something that can have an app store dedicated to VR programs. steam itself would be for vr games.
Steamdeck with moonlight/sunshine for in home streaming is a game changer.
imagine valve releasing a Steam mobile library where you can run PC games on Mobile, running natively on Android/IOS without needing a PC/Laptop
I found the on screen keyboard using both track pads to be surprisingly really good and fast
I think Valve is working secretly in some way to make Proton work in ARM, with some Steam ARM build, and they are waiting for some new ARM leap like snapdragon elite for desktops. To launch all new Steam Deck 2 with huge battery life…
For the steam controller idea, would be great if you could split the controller like a joycon.
That steam deck controller person doesn't sound at all serious if he hasn't even started printing off shell designs yet. I wouldn't hold your breath people.
I've managed to get some pretty good results on the new Gyro To Joystick [Beta] mode. It does depend heavily on how the game's controller settings, though. Mostly being able to change the deadzone to 0 and response curve to linear.
Great video
The ARM Proton thing sounds so interesting
Bazzite for other handhelds I think will create some good competition do to the fact some games are not compatible with anti cheat
Yea, Ive been waiting for something that's close to xbox controller but with track-pads and keyboard added in so I can switch to desktop stuff while still on same controller.
Leaving a comment to support fellow Steam Controller fans, I wish Valve would continue the Steam Controller series or at least revive the original, they are old and mine are starting to break down.
Lol. I shared a concept of that controller awhile back on Reddit and got so much hate. It was hilarious
9:32 as a Swype typer I'd like a little touchscreen instead of a keyboard. Then that would almost make it a deck again...
it is time for a steamdeck 2 - the minipcs are getting faster and faster.
Bro made a steam controller in 2 minutes by removing the screen 😂
The top mod was an incredibly toxic, mean person.
She banned me for a stupid narcissistic reason.
I blame reddit for enabling such people and for making it impossible to get help in those situations. Reddit has become a worse, more toxic place cause of greedy management.
I've already thanked the new mods twice for engaging with the community and trying to clear up the mess. I'll do it again. I love that sub.
Very sorry to hear that, im glad the new mods are doing such a good job already. Lots of respect to them.
I would laugh so hard if there would be a valve phone that actually runs steam games and is still a smartphone.
That could be so much fun
Please put links to the sources for everything in the description please.
My Steamdeck is great...almost play it more then my Series X
Great reporting but vague title and thumbnail. Would like to see more clarity there, since it makes them much more informative and easy to sift through when looking at all your videos in your profile. So far, Skill Up is the best in terms of clarity for all elements of a gaming news channel.
Sweet video
I don’t even think I’d want the remaster of HZD. I like the looks of the old version better personally but if it has better overall fidelity I might pick it up.
Wish Valve would do a trade in option for the LCD - OLED
Can’t wait for them to officially release easy to install steam OS for other windows handhelds. I want to get an ally x and just install steam os on it
Valve is so cool. Did you know they still update the steam link hardware ?
Good thing I JUST bought a steam deck
I love you Valve ❤
Valve what happens when you have a guy who truly loves games and development in gaben and also smart enough to make money.
Trackpads and keyboard would be epic!
We really need for Valve to partner with 8bitdo on a steam controller.
Yep. Valve is the goat. ❤
Most games don't run on Linux, they run through Wine which translates DirectX commands, Proton is a fancy version of Wine.
Steamed Pis. What a time to be alive.
Thanks to steamdeck I use arch btw
1:09 thing is, Valve isn't pushing Linux to avoid Microsoft waving their dick around and take that power for themselves instead. The support they provide isn't trying to hijack Arch and the open source ecosystem for their own benefit, but instead they're aiming to actually SUPPORT their development in the current direction, as it aligns with their goals, and from that everybody using any type of linux will benefit by proxy, since smoother work on Arch, one of the most popular distros, means the devs having more time to troubleshoot and fix bugs, and those fixes are usually contributed upstream, so everybody using those programs benefits from it.
This video was the first time I had even heard of a Emudeck machine. Guessing they were only advertising it on their website?
What is that Wipeout / F-Zero like game that was being shown in the video and is it available on Steam? And thank you for the roundup. These news reports are always very informative and exciting.
And what was wrong with original steam controller? I'm totally in love with that thing. Playing with steam controller is in my opinion very good. The first game I tried was Dark Souls 3 and the game experience was just amazing.
That’s a cool ad.
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Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration. You don't get used to the lack of a second stick right away, I agree. But you have dpad as touchpad, and you can still bind multiple outputs to back paddles. I have both of the deck and the controller, but since I get used to it before deck, I don't feel that there's any big ladder jumps, more like downgrade of og bigpicture configs.. but even now, it's still huge unlimited power of tinkering
I never use my Steam Deck after getting an ROG Ally. Steam NEEDS to find out how to make it so we can play ALL our games.
If they are developing a steam phone I am gonna buy it!
Listen up Tim Sweeney, projects like THIS is where that "30%" goes to.
My gamesir g8 will be put to good use after this. There are a few PC games I could play on my phone for sure
Bro Gyro to joystick is not that bad you just gotta configure the sensitivity. Also depends on how the game uses joystick sensitivity
I sorely miss physical, clicky buttons on electronics, especially phones. Touch screens just never really "hit" for me.
Its not for Linuxarm.
its for MacOS/iOS, Gaben still talks to TimmyC.
Steam needs a compatibility layer for Apple Silicon AppleARM.
MacOS is still the second largest platform.
I could just point and laugh, but I'll be polite. You know the real kicker?
Proton _had_ MacOS support in the early days, but Valve dropped it over Apple being uncooperative
They didn’t delisted they combined the two games in one bundle so you can play the og and the resmastered
Can't wait to grind metaphor with my deck in bed!
OG steam controller is one of if not the best controllers ever made for PC. I really just want Valve to make another one...
You guys know that the steam deck mock up controller has been out before that guy made it. It was an joke at first. Maybe like an year ago?
That fan made steam controller looks really uncomfortable. Need to be a tad wider.
trackpads are great... I use them even for FPS, so much better than a joystick
I don't use normal joystick. I use Flick Stick with Gyro which I would say might be even better than trackpads.
@@FanTheDeck glad that works for you, I cannot stand it. Trackpads are so fast and accurate... same as I prefer a thumb trackball on other machines after getting used to it, just takes some thumb training and its so fantastic. I can't stand using any controller where I am stuck with sticks.