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Title: Add Steam Deck to PC Info (Suggestion)
Arehandoro 15 Jul 2022
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Hiya,

It would be nice to have the option of adding the Steam Deck for those that own one in the PC Info section.

P.S: Yes, this is my sneaky way to say I just received mine :D
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CatKiller 15 Jul 2022
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If your main gaming PC (which is what the survey is asking about) is a Steam Deck (or other handheld), you can already set that. I haven't checked whether there are appropriate options for the CPU and GPU, but they should be easy to add if not.
Arehandoro 15 Jul 2022
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Quoting: CatKillerIf your main gaming PC (which is what the survey is asking about) is a Steam Deck (or other handheld), you can already set that. I haven't checked whether there are appropriate options for the CPU and GPU, but they should be easy to add if not.
It is not my main gaming PC, and I would imagine, at least for now, it won't be for the majority of people, hence my suggestion :)
Liam Squires-Hand 15 Jul 2022
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I think we need some sort of dedicated "do you own a handheld PC" type of section given all the noise around it...will think on how to best do it, thanks.
Pengling 16 Jul 2022
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Quoting: Liam Dawewill think on how to best do it, thanks.
I'm looking forward to seeing how this will be implemented. It feels a bit odd to me to have to choose between "Handheld" or "Laptop" in the current setup, because my main gaming PC (GPD Win Max 2021) is technically both. :tongue:
pete910 1 Apr 2023
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Quoting: Liam DaweI think we need some sort of dedicated "do you own a handheld PC" type of section given all the noise around it...will think on how to best do it, thanks.
Come up of a solution yet?

As I too have one :grin:

Although the Mrs keeps pinching as she's on it now :sad:
Liam Squires-Hand 5 Apr 2023
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Still working on the best way to show it, because I don't want a plain "do you have / are ya gonna buy a steam deck" type of question. It needs to be more open, so it can stick around a long time.

Maybe more of a "Do you have a handheld gaming PC? If so, enter those / tick those that you do" sorta thing, but for that I need to find some free time to even have the survey support multi-answer questions <_<
CatKiller 5 Apr 2023
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If you're going through the work of adding secondary devices as well as the main gaming device, it should probably be all secondary devices. So
 
"Do you also game on another PC?
[] Laptop
[] Desktop
[] HTPC
[] Handheld
        -- which ones?
        [] Deck
        [] Deck 2
        [] Aya Thingy 1
        [] Aya Thingy 2
        [] Asus Thingy"
It should be pretty straightforward then to pull out a "secondary devices" graph that shows the numbers for each. Easy to expand in the future.

According to Valve, 42% of people with a Deck have switched to the Deck being their primary gaming PC and their other gaming PC being the secondary device.

Last edited by CatKiller on 5 Apr 2023 at 5:20 pm UTC
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