The Official Steam Deck Thread

[Chazore]

zero129 said:

Steamdeck has a lot to like for PC folks, PS gamers who wants a new portable console and Xbox gamers who want to play xbox games on the go natively. It also hits buttons for Switch Owners who wanted a more powerful Switch then the Oled. Imo i dont see it doing Switch numbers but i see it doing very well.

I'm likely to move over to the Deck once I get one, because in all honesty, the Switch to me has pretty much served as an indie machine, with only 3 Ninty 1st party games I liked (Splat 2 was one of them but I dropped that soon after). I suffered drift con issues with two different sets of joycons, and I'm not a fan of paying £70 for another set either.

I'm not a fan of games on there (usually the AA to AAA) going for £50-60 a pop (and hardly going down in price), so I pretty much have  a limited library of games on there since 2018. As much as I like the Switch as a handheld, it's honestly been one of the worst for me in terms of game offerings and prices, as well as the first Ninty console I've owned that's suffered controller issues, which has prevented me from playing the game I own.

Getting a Deck means I'll have a good deal of access to the game I already own on PC, meaning I'm saving a lot of money (not having to rebuy the games again) and I'll be able to play them at a likely better level of performance as well (also helps that Valve will source parts for replacement, which is something Nintendo still hasn't done yet). 

Since the Deck will also have it's own mini dock and function like an SFF PC when in docked mode, it'll pair up quite nicely with my desktop.

Last edited by Chazore - on 04 November 2021