Honestly this is a great overview of the issues the Steam Deck has and Valve should take note and work on these things you've mentioned ASAP. That said, I think the issues will eventually be ironed out. I expect a lot of open source add-ons and creative inventions/mods will get incorporated into future revisions. I expect the wayland subsystem to improve, The further improvement of Proton, advancements in anti-cheat, UI improvements.
Thank you for your comment! I appreciate you watching the video and I'm glad you found it useful. I do believe that in time valve will create something truly spectacular given their store front. Despite the issues that I had with the steam deck I still am happy that I got it and I do believe that future revisions in terms of software and even hardware will make this a very powerful portable device. I agree with you. 😃
I say if you are interested in this device - reserve it now and then whenever your wave comes watch the videos made at that time about the deck to see if a lot of issues are fixed. If not, just cancel the reservation and your money will go to steam wallet.
Simba is a wonderful kitty! He tried chewing on the Decks charging cable haha. Thank you for the sub! For his work in the videos, he gets full royalties haha.
Thanks Luke!!! Appreciate you. Maybe its because I don't put out content consistently? I sometimes wonder if I'm doing it right haha Then again I rather put out quality than quantity. Appreciate your kind words immensely.
@@TechTails your so welcome...just keep popping out vids about the steam deck ( even RUclips shorts) and you WILL get to the 500 mark before the end of the month. You've got this man!!! You've got the quality so SHOW THE PEOPLE 👍💪.
Great review, it's nice to see someone actually pointing out the good, bad, and ugly about the device... Most of the reviews talk about how they "can't live without it" or it's "changed the way I game forever" with near zero flaws, it's a good device don't get me wrong, but it needs quite a bit of work... And when this device finally hits a average gamer, I suspect the gross over hype will fade pretty quick
Thank you for watching Deon! I always try to aim for objectivity and keeping my subjectivity to a minimum until the end of a review mostly. Being in this industry for quite some time has shown me a lot of the bigger guys can't exactly be very objective when their review access to hardware and software is dependent on their livelihood. I can do without. Yes the Deck has potential, but its not the golden grail device at all. You most certainly can live without it! 😁🤣
Yeah apparently it can access 8GB like consoles on a shared vram. I should have mentioned it but I figured no one would get confused and think we're back in 2007! Lol. Thanks for watching:)
This explains why it can somehow run GPU heavy games and editing software much better than my similarly speced laptop. I was so confused why my laptop was weaker thanks for the explanation
It's not protondb its proton. Protondb is a site that shows game compatibility on linux based on user reports. Really liked this neutral neither negative nor positive review.
Thank you for watching! :) im glad it wasnt annoying. I'll try to do it more in the future, but usually I talk to the camera and not look at something. Its my pan effect on the software end using a null object in after effects
I liked the review seems pretty fair. Thanks for the tips on copying games to the SD card and file format (would had loved a bit of footage on that though like a small guide, also on gameplay for some titles. So maybe on future videos). About the battery I read / seen a lot of reviews and the situation is kinda mixed. Some found it Okay with their play style, others thought it was a tad short. In most cases it seems the primary use case is using it around the house and on relative short commutes. The situation is also similar to the Nintendo switch when it first came out the battery was not good. Am sure Valve will improve that issue in future iterations. Even if it's first on the higher end models (Since those have been the most on demand). Am really excited to see how the software, hardware and support keeps evolving!
Hi Manny Thank you for watching my video! I always try to be fair and cover the positives and negatives objectively as much as possible while giving my subjective opinion towards the conclusions. As for copying games to the SD card in file format it's simply a matter of formatting the SD card to exfat dragging a game's folder to it and then dragging that folder into Arch Linux steam directory SteamApps just like the PC filesystem. This assumes you have internal space. It will verify integrity. :) I probably should have included footage of it but unfortunately ran out of time do so. I agree with you - battery life will probably improve software wise and eventually Steam Deck 2 will fare better. For my style, I play a lot of graphical games, it dies too quick. If you have any other questions, feel free to reach out 😊
you can use extFS by paragon to access the sd card on windows any sort of linux based os should be able to read it out of the box that includes android
@@genericgamer1319 hi - that never worked for me using Paragons LFS program. Anytime I would drag anything to the folder, it wasn't written. Really common bug in linux filesystem on Windows if you google it. Is extfs format for paragon diff?
I think your expecting a bit too much from battery technology. Gaming laptops last about the same. One of the reviewers ran a web browsing test on the deck and it lasted 9 odd hours. As with a gaming laptop it's going to utterly depend on the demands you put on it. That's why the OS has built in power tuning options to reduce power draw, cap FPS and change the GPU clocks. The Switch works as well as it does because its running on a SOC from a phone, but that comes with performance trade offs for battery life. You can't get around physics, it's one or the other.
Very cool! I would say I expected not much from it and I totally agree with what you're saying. But that was also kind of my point...if its a limitation of battery technology...then maybe the Steam Deck needs a few revisions to its battery to be worth a lot IMHO. I don't think its physics as much as the technology just not being ready. No matter what I did gaming wise...either Indie or Intense graphical, the battery fell painfully short...more so than any gaming laptop I've had.
@@Matruchus i didnt need to limit the fps to 30...it seemed to struggle acheiving that on a fair bit of the games I played. Im sure it extends it...but I hardly found myself trying to cap it. I didnt use FSR as I wanted to gauge actual baseline performance and not upscaled which can skew the reality. I have heard wonderful things about FSR though
What I'd be curious to know is whether you had done the BIOS and software updates before testing games. Because I've seen various channels cover gameplay of games like God of War and Horizon and have no issues with maintaining a 30 fps lock
@@Purturtur its in the walkthrough portion. I did. And you only listed 1 game here. Admittedly its possible GoW is better optimized. I dont care much for that game so I didnt test that one specifically.
you can use extFS by paragon to access the sd card on windows any sort of linux based os should be able to read it out of the box that includes android
@@myproductions6225 if you mean does windows read ext4 slower than the deck with this driver then yes they slow it down intentionally to make you buy the program android should be as fast as the deck in that regard it's a shame that android is kinda useless
@@myproductions6225 yes so is android well at least it uses the linux kernel & ext4 as it;s filesystem but most other things are different though as far as i know android can run just about any linux app given you have the libraries an app needs android doesn't it's very easy to get those though
valve doesnt have to support the steam deck, i dont understand why people bring that up. its not like sony and the vita or psp, pc games are going to release regardless. therefore valve could stop supporting steam deck today and it wouldnt mean anything to the future of the steam deck
Goes without saying...but of course when people invest so much in a product, the right thing for a company to do would be to support the product with more value as time goes on. Do they have to? No. Should they? Absolutely or you're usually considered a crappy company. In the case of the Deck...if Valve hopes to shed their horrid support reputation, this would be the time to do it with proper software updates. I'm not sure why you don't understand that concept, lol. But it's not abnormal...
Woah hey! Loved your channel for Deck related videos. So cool to see your comment here! I find the right touchpad rather flimsy and it constantly clicks if I have to use it to move the mouse a good distance. I find the Steam button was less troublesome but more painful to use, haha. I did without due to it random clicking way too often.
Honestly this is a great overview of the issues the Steam Deck has and Valve should take note and work on these things you've mentioned ASAP. That said, I think the issues will eventually be ironed out. I expect a lot of open source add-ons and creative inventions/mods will get incorporated into future revisions. I expect the wayland subsystem to improve, The further improvement of Proton, advancements in anti-cheat, UI improvements.
Thank you for your comment! I appreciate you watching the video and I'm glad you found it useful. I do believe that in time valve will create something truly spectacular given their store front. Despite the issues that I had with the steam deck I still am happy that I got it and I do believe that future revisions in terms of software and even hardware will make this a very powerful portable device. I agree with you. 😃
I say if you are interested in this device - reserve it now and then whenever your wave comes watch the videos made at that time about the deck to see if a lot of issues are fixed. If not, just cancel the reservation and your money will go to steam wallet.
heard the music. Thought the intro was really good. Then saw the one eyed cat and knew I had to sub
Simba is a wonderful kitty! He tried chewing on the Decks charging cable haha. Thank you for the sub! For his work in the videos, he gets full royalties haha.
How do you have videos that are this good in quality but don't have 1mil subscribers...you honestly deserve more subs..I hope you channel blows up 💪😁
Thanks Luke!!! Appreciate you. Maybe its because I don't put out content consistently? I sometimes wonder if I'm doing it right haha Then again I rather put out quality than quantity. Appreciate your kind words immensely.
@@TechTails your so welcome...just keep popping out vids about the steam deck ( even RUclips shorts) and you WILL get to the 500 mark before the end of the month. You've got this man!!! You've got the quality so SHOW THE PEOPLE 👍💪.
Great review, it's nice to see someone actually pointing out the good, bad, and ugly about the device... Most of the reviews talk about how they "can't live without it" or it's "changed the way I game forever" with near zero flaws, it's a good device don't get me wrong, but it needs quite a bit of work... And when this device finally hits a average gamer, I suspect the gross over hype will fade pretty quick
Thank you for watching Deon! I always try to aim for objectivity and keeping my subjectivity to a minimum until the end of a review mostly. Being in this industry for quite some time has shown me a lot of the bigger guys can't exactly be very objective when their review access to hardware and software is dependent on their livelihood. I can do without. Yes the Deck has potential, but its not the golden grail device at all. You most certainly can live without it! 😁🤣
Is the fan loud?
Its audible hum for sure but not so loud to be immersion breaking imo. :] Great question!
The VRAM on the Steam Deck is dynamic; it will go a lot higher than 1GB when running a more demanding game.
Yeah apparently it can access 8GB like consoles on a shared vram. I should have mentioned it but I figured no one would get confused and think we're back in 2007! Lol. Thanks for watching:)
This explains why it can somehow run GPU heavy games and editing software much better than my similarly speced laptop. I was so confused why my laptop was weaker thanks for the explanation
It's not protondb its proton. Protondb is a site that shows game compatibility on linux based on user reports.
Really liked this neutral neither negative nor positive review.
Hi - thanks for watching! Yes, I thought I made it clear in the video but maybe I misspoke.
Good review
Thank you Nikhan! Appreciate you watching 🙏
Thx great review
Thank you for watching! Pineapples rule haha
How does your camera pan up and Down when you move your head? It's pretty cool and futuristic. Others should take note
Thank you for watching! :) im glad it wasnt annoying. I'll try to do it more in the future, but usually I talk to the camera and not look at something. Its my pan effect on the software end using a null object in after effects
I liked the review seems pretty fair.
Thanks for the tips on copying games to the SD card and file format (would had loved a bit of footage on that though like a small guide, also on gameplay for some titles. So maybe on future videos).
About the battery I read / seen a lot of reviews and the situation is kinda mixed. Some found it Okay with their play style, others thought it was a tad short.
In most cases it seems the primary use case is using it around the house and on relative short commutes.
The situation is also similar to the Nintendo switch when it first came out the battery was not good.
Am sure Valve will improve that issue in future iterations. Even if it's first on the higher end models (Since those have been the most on demand).
Am really excited to see how the software, hardware and support keeps evolving!
Hi Manny
Thank you for watching my video! I always try to be fair and cover the positives and negatives objectively as much as possible while giving my subjective opinion towards the conclusions. As for copying games to the SD card in file format it's simply a matter of formatting the SD card to exfat dragging a game's folder to it and then dragging that folder into Arch Linux steam directory SteamApps just like the PC filesystem. This assumes you have internal space. It will verify integrity. :) I probably should have included footage of it but unfortunately ran out of time do so. I agree with you - battery life will probably improve software wise and eventually Steam Deck 2 will fare better. For my style, I play a lot of graphical games, it dies too quick. If you have any other questions, feel free to reach out 😊
you can use extFS by paragon to access the sd card on windows any sort of linux based os should be able to read it out of the box that includes android
@@genericgamer1319 hi - that never worked for me using Paragons LFS program. Anytime I would drag anything to the folder, it wasn't written. Really common bug in linux filesystem on Windows if you google it. Is extfs format for paragon diff?
@@TechTails i think Paragons LFS is the same program but an older version
I think your expecting a bit too much from battery technology. Gaming laptops last about the same. One of the reviewers ran a web browsing test on the deck and it lasted 9 odd hours. As with a gaming laptop it's going to utterly depend on the demands you put on it. That's why the OS has built in power tuning options to reduce power draw, cap FPS and change the GPU clocks.
The Switch works as well as it does because its running on a SOC from a phone, but that comes with performance trade offs for battery life. You can't get around physics, it's one or the other.
Very cool! I would say I expected not much from it and I totally agree with what you're saying. But that was also kind of my point...if its a limitation of battery technology...then maybe the Steam Deck needs a few revisions to its battery to be worth a lot IMHO. I don't think its physics as much as the technology just not being ready. No matter what I did gaming wise...either Indie or Intense graphical, the battery fell painfully short...more so than any gaming laptop I've had.
@@TechTails Did you use FSR and limit frames to 30 fps? That usually expands battery life for 1 - 2 hours depending on games.
@@Matruchus i didnt need to limit the fps to 30...it seemed to struggle acheiving that on a fair bit of the games I played. Im sure it extends it...but I hardly found myself trying to cap it. I didnt use FSR as I wanted to gauge actual baseline performance and not upscaled which can skew the reality. I have heard wonderful things about FSR though
What I'd be curious to know is whether you had done the BIOS and software updates before testing games. Because I've seen various channels cover gameplay of games like God of War and Horizon and have no issues with maintaining a 30 fps lock
@@Purturtur its in the walkthrough portion. I did. And you only listed 1 game here. Admittedly its possible GoW is better optimized. I dont care much for that game so I didnt test that one specifically.
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you can use extFS by paragon to access the sd card on windows any sort of linux based os should be able to read it out of the box that includes android
does it lose speed tho?
@@myproductions6225 if you mean does windows read ext4 slower than the deck with this driver then yes they slow it down intentionally to make you buy the program android should be as fast as the deck in that regard it's a shame that android is kinda useless
@@genericgamer1319 the deck is Linux tho
@@myproductions6225 yes so is android well at least it uses the linux kernel & ext4 as it;s filesystem but most other things are different though as far as i know android can run just about any linux app given you have the libraries an app needs android doesn't it's very easy to get those though
valve doesnt have to support the steam deck, i dont understand why people bring that up. its not like sony and the vita or psp, pc games are going to release regardless. therefore valve could stop supporting steam deck today and it wouldnt mean anything to the future of the steam deck
Goes without saying...but of course when people invest so much in a product, the right thing for a company to do would be to support the product with more value as time goes on. Do they have to? No. Should they? Absolutely or you're usually considered a crappy company. In the case of the Deck...if Valve hopes to shed their horrid support reputation, this would be the time to do it with proper software updates. I'm not sure why you don't understand that concept, lol. But it's not abnormal...
Love the cats, thanks for the review, preordered the Deck unfortunately it will be in q3 : (
Thanks Daracon! Appreciate you watching. I love them too :).
In regards to desktop mode, you don't need to hold the steam button to control the cursor. Just use the right touchpad....
Woah hey! Loved your channel for Deck related videos. So cool to see your comment here! I find the right touchpad rather flimsy and it constantly clicks if I have to use it to move the mouse a good distance. I find the Steam button was less troublesome but more painful to use, haha. I did without due to it random clicking way too often.
@@TechTails Fair enough, can't argue with that as it's a personal feel thing :)
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