I didn’t think Valve even expected this level of success, given previous flops. The company is a tad disorganized though, I don’t see them taking full advantage of it or offering a real sequel or alternative sizes anytime soon. (My wife requires a lite version, like Switch sized, cause admittedly the deck is a bit of a behemoth and she admittedly has tiny Asian girl hands.)
Steam Deck had a strong end to 2023 and a great start for 2024
Submitted 8 months ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
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taiyang@lemmy.world 8 months ago
MajorHavoc@programming.dev 8 months ago
Yes! If they release a SteamDeck Pocket, that’s all anyone in my family is getting for Christmas from me.
Admittedly, at these prices, only one or two people will be getting gifts, but everyone else can gather around and watch them play, I guess.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 8 months ago
Probably not a bad idea but will drastically affect ergonomics. SD is the only device I’ve even seen with joysticks and buttons on the same horizontal plane. Every other device drops the right thumb stick down, which means your hand is hanging off the edge, which quickly becomes uncomfortable.
Diversification is great so long as Valve is not stretching their resources.
taiyang@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Haha, usually a smaller screen means cheaper prices… but obviously they’d need to setup the manufacturing and supply chains and whatnot. Having cracked mine open, I know it really wouldn’t be hard with parts they already use (it’s already very thin and efficient).
They are just really stubborn about the track pads… and given Valves lack of hierarchical structure, it’s hard for someone on their team to nix a feature as anyone involved and veto that decision.
But man, I’d buy so many as gifts— well, one or two, but good enough!
OrangeCorvus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I would love that. I have a refurbished Steam Deck and I don’t use it that much, actually I’m barely using it. I’ve been a PC gamer all my life, I have a pretty strong workstation and a gaming laptop.
So for me a perfect pocket Deck would be a smaller and lighter one, less powerful to play indie titles, 2d games or really old games like Fallout 3, New Vegas. Not to try and run Starfield on it or any new and demanding games. I play those games on my PC. The current Deck is too big and not really carry friendly in my bags.
Still I bought it to support the system, I would love for the whole gaming scene to move to Linux, even if most of my PCs run Windows. Maybe this in turn will also push app developers to also make their apps available on Linux.
Nilz@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Was it ever not going strong?
systemglitch@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah man it’s fucking rockin’.
Tugboater203@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m still new to it, but I love my Deck
twistypencil@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Raging here, accurate
averyminya@beehaw.org 8 months ago
Been gaming less on my Steam Deck lately, but that doesn’t mean I’ve been using it less! Just different purposes!
That said, I miss it for gaming. There’s no reason I haven’t other than I just haven’t, lol. Helldivers 2 feels better on Mouse and Keyboard at my PC (plays fine on Deck + Controller) and by the end of the night I’ve just been going to bed instead of playing a game for a bit.
Another part of it is the games I’m into. I do like indie games but they’re more of a vibe to return to - Revita has been my Steam Deck go-to. Though, Hero’s Hour just got an update that looks really good.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Honestly I’ve been really surprised by how well the steam deck has sold. I knew it was a device I wanted to own, but I never imagined it would have the level of success it has, or inspire so many competitors.
AndrasKrigare@beehaw.org 8 months ago
I particularly like that it’s gained enough popularity that most of the gaming podcasts I’ll listen to will make some remark on whether or not a particular game works well on steam deck