Quoting: RavenWingsDamn, they all are just so great! Can I just put em all in a folder and have the Deck choose one at random? That would increase my average daily happiness by at least 10% :grin:

You could probably make a script for this. I mean, someone has probably already made one xD

EDIT: Oh, yeah, https://github.com/hummelm10/steamdeck_startup_animations [External Link] was already mentioned, and do precisely that…

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Many of the games I played the most were pirate version on start. I bought the game later when I had the money to do it, either to thanks the devs or to unlock online/multiplayer features.

That’s the case for Factorio, Minecraft, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Cities : Skylines, Dirt 3 Complete Edition, Watch_Dogs, Beam.NG Drive, Astroneer, Subnautica, Just Cause 3… well, I didn't think the list would be so long when I started typing it, and it’s not exhaustive.

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Quoting: MohandevirIn my case, if I ever upgrade my PC, it's going to be with low end gaming GPUs. Streaming in 800p to my Steam Deck doesn't require a 1k$ GPU. In fact, any 250$ latest gen GPU will be overkill for the task and I don't plan on buying a 4k monitor. 1080p 75hz, maybe, eventually. I rarely sit in front of my PC, nowadays. I work all day thus (CAD designer), my couch is much more attractive, in the evening, but I want my PC games (mainly Steam) to follow me. For the moment, I'll wait for an entry level gaming GPU that's better than my GTX 1660 Super, in a gen or two.

Well, I’m currently in 1080p 60-120Hz (FreeSync) and I want to go 1440p 60-120 Hz (and probably with better graphics too), that’s why I want to replace my RX 590 by a 67--XT.

I work all day on PC (sysadmin) too, I don’t have a couch :D The 800p screen is a bit too little for a main gaming device (since even 1080p is not sufficient for me… ^^’ it depends on people and games (I need more space on screen for management games, so I can display more information at the same time. And in other games I want more readability, like the dashboard in Euro Truck Simulator 2)). And I’m a bit more demanding on the visual quality than before (when I was a student, 30 fps in low quality 1080 or even scaled 720p was ok, now 60 fps is a minimum, and I want the major part of my games to be in high quality). But I don’t need more neither (4K gaming is really expansive, and you have to upgrade your computer more often to keep it up with new games).

In short, it's always a matter of personal preferences, needs, desires and/or resources.

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Quoting: MohandevirI can definetly tell you that my main PC will become a backup plan for what's not playable on the Steam Deck (Steam streaming).

I never bought a gaming laptop because it's not that portable; I'v got an MSI workstation and I must bring the charger everywhere or the battery lasts for 45mins and I usually end up leaving it on the same table for this reason, thus defeating the purpose of portability. This and the fact that gaming laptops are on the heavy side... Nope the Steam Deck is a much better fit, imo. But that's just my personnal experience.

That’s going to be the other way around for me: the Deck will be a backup plan for when I can’t bring my main PC. The PC is way more practical (screen size, performance, posture, peripherals…) and comfortable for long gaming session. But the Deck is very portable, and have sufficient performances.

I bought it mainly for performance (at that price on top of that! Even the most expensive is a good deal compared to a laptop at the same price), because my current laptop have a big lack of performance.

A gaming laptop would be perfect for my main use case, but three times more expensive, and I wouldn't use it often enough to make it worthwhile.

The battery is a bonus, maybe I’ll start to play in new situations because of that. So it will probably be even more profitable.

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Quoting: LoftyAlso looks like you can buy THREE steams decks for the exact same price of a single GPU excluding the rest of the entire PC and sit and play couch co-cop with your other half or your friends and family. Sure they are different markets and some people like to sit in a room and play on PC monitor on their own sometimes, or play on the 4k TV with the settings maxed but it's just an interesting comparison.

Well, I just got my own Steam Deck before ordering this new GPU… for me that’s two complementary markets.

Quoting: LoftyThat's not far off FOUR steam decks. If you factor in the rest of the PC that's going to be close to 6 Steam Decks lol.

Personally the rest of my PC is from 2019 and I don’t plan to change it before five another years now that I’ll got a new GPU (changing the GPU was planned from the start, mainly because it was before RDNA, so AMD GPU weren’t very powerful at this time, but Nvidia was out of question because of Linux compatibility and price).

Quoting: LoftyIt's going to be interesting when Valve finally release an RDNA3 steam deck with 6/8 cores - 12/16 thread Chiplet APU with an some expecting a 200% increase in performance. Even if it is MUCH less like 35%-40% that's going to put it in line with a desktop gtx1050 Ti still. Not to mention other competitors who will want in on the lucrative handheld PC scene now that Steam OS 3.0 is a viable handheld gaming option.

It doesn’s seem planned, the Deck is conceived to be good enough for years from what I read. And I understand, the market isn’t moving that fast (if you look really close, you’ll see that a 2017 RX 580 is still good enough for 1080p gaming for a whole bunch of people). Even more when you add the battery in the equation.

Quoting: LoftyThere is definitely a huge market still for Desktop PC's and of course the graphics and general usability might be higher. But the steam deck does shake some things up a bit considering you can use it as a desktop PC for media consumption. And to be fair quite a few people are using MUCH slower ARM devices for this task. I wonder if the Deck will effect mid range gaming laptop sales at all going into the future ?

We’ll see. I don’t expect the Deck to change any existing market, honestly. Even gaming laptop still have interest.

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Quoting: crt0megaLooks like you can buy the 6750xt and 6950xt on amd.com

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Well, I just bought a 6750XT… I wanted a 6700XT for months (but it was always going out of stock while I waited in the queue) ^^’

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Quoting: scaineThat's a great turnaround from a few years ago, when the threatened removal of 32-bit libraries would have crippled the O/S from a gaming perspective.

A better gaming experience in what is still an incredibly popular "entry" distro is superb news.

When was it? Even Arch, who was one of the first distro to drop 32-bits support, still have 32-bits libraries (but in a repository that have to be activated explicitly), and is really good for gaming (well, even Valve is using it for SteamOS…).

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Not only would I like to see Dvorak (or others like Bépo for French, or even better, fully customizable), but also that the keys are orthogonal. Not that it's essential on a touch keyboard, but just for the sake of habits.

I think that’s easy to do in desktop mode, since you already have the tools to do that for Linux, but if it can be integrated in Steam…

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Quoting: TrainDocShh I really wouldn't support these devs.
A primary dev went on an absolutely insane rant about """"cancel culture"""" last year in June. I'd let valve have they're cut bare minimum.

I think that you're throwing the baby out with the bathwater. :happy:

I support Wube for developing Factorio and maintaining it, not for the questionable ideas of its members. By the way, I don't agree with the opinions that caused the shitstorm, but I do agree with some of the arguments that came up afterwards.

I'm certainly not here to rehash the debate, and today here's the good points I take away from Wube:
- it's an independent studio funded primarily by gamers
- they allow you to buy the game without DRM outside of any platform, and the authentication management is done by them, not a third party (but there is Steam integration, it's just optional, and it's extremely well managed. You can even play in multiplayer without any auth server, so even if Wube servers are down, you can still play with your friends).
- buying the game on Steam allows you to get the game from the site and vice versa without any extra cost
- the game is optimized like no other game does nowadays, or almost. It literally runs on a potato. They pay a lot of attention to the feedback from the community, and are very attentive to the gameplay, with very thorough testing (mainly by the requirement of the main devs when they play it themselves).

Moreover, even this "scandal" calmed down quite quickly, and did not have more impact than that, they (them and the community), succeeded to limit the damage, compared to many others.

So, honestly, even if you can blame one of the main devs for some flawed ideas (on subjects that have nothing to do with the company and the game on top of that), I would like to see the above points much more widespread among other studios. And for that alone, I find it worth to support them.

…without mentioning that the game is absolutely great and that I’ve spend hundreds of hours on it. Or that I don’t think that Wube have to be the main target in all the bad companies in the gaming world.

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You can also buy the game on their own website, and I think it’s worth mentioning it.

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