Quoting: Eike

Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: KlaasBut it requires a lot more power everywhere else, so it should be avoided at all costs.

It's a nice way to think, but like people who argue against capitalistic ways all the time, it's just not grounded in the reality of how we all live our lives. Should I care about how much energy servers on everything I use cost the planet? Yes. Do I? Not really, I'm just trying to survive and keep costs low like everyone else.

Everytime I read this kind of argument, I'm wondering if the environmental impact of the over the seas shipments of the new devices is taken into account... I guenuinely don't know, but I'm wondering if a few shipments to the likes of google, for their servers with the streaming impact is much worse than 25+ millions of units of consoles or pc being shipped to 25+ millions of different adresses, on huge ocean liners/trucks/airplanes that burns lots of unecological fuel... I'm guenuinely curious.

I don't know... but the 25+ million people will still need a device to access their games either way. Maybe less often, though.

Not if you already have the device, because it runs on a potato. Yes there will be new devices to be bought, but streaming will lengthen your device's lifespan, thus less shipments required.

And think about electronics... Even more obvious with DIY PCs... Parts rarely comes from one place... I don't know. I'm wondering.

Edit1: Seriously, let's pretend we are in a 100% streaming world (absolutely not a wish; I like local gaming too much)... I'm probably still running my old i7-3770 from 2012. No Graphics card, one less shipment. :wink:

Edit2: And now, I'm thinking about all the upgrades I wouldn't have bought afterward... That much less shipments... Yikes!

Edit3: x25 million users? And one device for all services? No need for a Playstation and/or Xbox and/or Steam Deck and/or PC and/or Nvidia Shield, etc... One device that does it all in the form factor that you prefer? Think about all the shipments that gets avoided... Ok. It's highly theoric, but see where it could lead us?

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Quoting: STiAT

Quoting: MohandevirIt would be really nice of them to "turn on" the standard bluetooth pairing for the Stadia controller, so we may use it elsewhere, wireless... It could make a fantastic AndroidTV controller for GeForce Now...

I thought that was a hardware limitation not just a limitation by the firmware.

Would be nice, I really like the controller.

Nope. The Stadia controller has a standard 4.2 bluetooth chip... It's only used for initial pairing, though.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: KlaasBut it requires a lot more power everywhere else, so it should be avoided at all costs.

It's a nice way to think, but like people who argue against capitalistic ways all the time, it's just not grounded in the reality of how we all live our lives. Should I care about how much energy servers on everything I use cost the planet? Yes. Do I? Not really, I'm just trying to survive and keep costs low like everyone else.

Everytime I read this kind of argument, I'm wondering if the environmental impact of the over the seas shipments of the new devices is taken into account... I guenuinely don't know, but I'm wondering if a few shipments to the likes of google, for their servers with the streaming impact is much worse than 25+ millions of units of consoles or pc being shipped to 25+ millions of different adresses, on huge ocean liners/trucks/airplanes that burns lots of unecological fuel... I'm guenuinely curious.

Edit: And I didn't even mentionned the impact of these shipments on sea life.

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In not so long, Valve will start it's own optional cloud service, based on SteamOS and using the infrastructure of Google Stadia. It will come preinstalled on all Chromebooks...

Just a wild idea, that may never happen. :wink:

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Quoting: KithopThat's worth spending my hard-earned money on. Stadia... wasn't.

And in the end, it won't cost anything to the users who bought games and controllers from Google. I seriously enjoyed using Stadia. Performance and UI wise, It was the most fluid service offering. It was like a real cloud console. Not some patched PC in the cloud with all the UI awkwardness that comes from using a desktop OS in the background. UPlay or EGS games on GeForce Now (Android TV devices) makes you search for a keyboard, more often than not.

This said, I backed out at the minute they shut down SG&E. They spelled Stadia's doom at this precise moment, showing everyone they didn't care enough or didn't know what they were doing in the gaming industry.

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It would be really nice of them to "turn on" the standard bluetooth pairing for the Stadia controller, so we may use it elsewhere, wireless... It could make a fantastic AndroidTV controller for GeForce Now...

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Quoting: CatKillerWindows is still unsupported on the Deck, but the ability to repurpose it as a Windows machine increases customer confidence. The current restore image nukes-and-paves, like the Windows installer does, but Valve did say that when they eventually get around to releasing a SteamOS 3 installer that it will be considerate of the dual-boot use case.

While Steam Deck is fully capable of dual-boot, the SteamOS installer that provides a dual-boot wizard isn't ready yet.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/3131696199122435099 [External Link]

You found the link I was searching for... I forgot about the Windows drivers page.

Maybe the dualboot support will happen when Valve release SteamOS 3 for general PC use?

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Quoting: FisterfrankAny word on the dedicated supported “dual boot” that’s suppose to be included in steam OS 3 update? I know there are simple workarounds but that’s not what Valve advertised.

Personnally, I have no recollection of any promise regarding dualbooting. All Valve said was that you may install Windows on the Steam Deck, but Windows is not officially supported. Basically, if that's what you want to do, you are on your own.

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The more I think about it, the more I believe that Valve's timing, with the Steam Deck, is perfect. There is no way I'm going to buy these overpriced gpus when I can do all my gaming on a whole sub 700$ (at worst) complete PC. I'm currently on a CP2077 run and it's awesome. I even ditched my GTX 1660 Super (I gave it to my son) in favor of an RX 6500 XT. With SteamOS 3 (Holoiso), on my desktop (PCIE4) and coupled with system wide AMD FSR, on a 1080p TV, it's more than enough, as a family Steam Machine.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: DrMcCoylol, 450W. I'm sorry, but this is utterly ridiculous.

I'm waiting for cards to reach the point where you start playing a game, the graphics card starts drawing power, and the breaker blows.

Making me remember...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inWKw8nqQlI [External Link]

96 days... Lol!

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