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SvennoJ on 20 October 2021
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Chazore said:
SvennoJ said:


Just yanking your chain ;) Mobile play is just not for me, I've never enjoyed the small screen. (But starting to come around to headphones, 3D audio in Ghost of Todo list is actually not that bad)

I know ye yankin lol, I just can't believe this is actually happening. Like I knew the ports were coming, but to see the Deck show up out of nowhere and then advance this fast is just crazy talk to me.

I don't mind dedicated system play, but I've never been a fan of tablet/mobile gaming (it's why I'll always prefer the Deck/Switch over the former two any day). I want a Deck to replace my Switch tbh, and act as a mobile SFF style PC to take with me on travels (since all I need is a small pack-away keyboard and mouse and I can hook it up to |TV's wherever I go and treat it as a mini desktop in that mode).

I've yet to try 3D surround as well as HDR tbh, but atm I'm not doing so grand with income atm, and I've never been all that into 4k res anything, so I guess it'll be another one of those things I try sometime in the next 10 or so years.

Ahh, yes, a mobile PC you can connect to a TV, I forgot about that use case :)

3D headphone surround sound is no real replacement for a surround sound setup, but it's got to the point it doesn't (always) sound like the sound is all in your head. Which is what I always used to get with headphones. There's still plenty where it seems the dialog voices comes from my head but the environmental sounds are finally environmental and I can actually tell when an enemy is behind me or rather turn to face the direction the sound is coming from.

HDR the same, not revolutionary but a very nice enhancement to color and contrast. Downside, playing during the day I have to turn the brightness up to be able to see when it's night time in game. And sometimes the contrast can be a bit tiring. 4K is still pointless, assets aren't there yet. It's just a better form of AA for now. Clean visuals, lacking detail. (Oceans documentary on 4K HDR blu-ray does look amazing and does feel revolutionary, so much detail) For now 1440p is more than enough for games.

Anyway, getting (still pretty new) Sony first party exclusives on a Steam handheld / portable pocket PC, that is kinda revolutionary :) I wonder if Nintendo will smarten up and start porting to PC as well, or go in full attack mode to try to stop Switch emulation on Steam Deck :/ Plus I'm curious whether we'll get better DS4 (and Dualsense) support on PC now Sony is getting on board.