mercano

@mercano@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a PC, essentially, so the hardware is always evolving, they could upgrade whenever they choose to. The advantage of any console, the Steam Deck included, is it offers a very consistent set of specs the developers can target for years. If Valve iterates too quickly, then two problems arise: One, there’s one performance goal for devs interested in making a portable game to work towards, there’s many. In addition, the Steam Deck Verified program gets a lot harder to maintain if there are too many flavors of Deck to manage. I think Valve is planing on a lifecycle similar to the major consoles.

  The upside is it is all PC hardware, and there are other handheld manufacturers out there, some even running SteamOS, so if you want a higher performance rig before Valve’s ready for the SD2, you can certainly find what you’re looking for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? ⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve used the right trackpad as a mouse. I haven’t tried it for an FPS, but it works well for menus, inventory management, or for lower stress mouse games like city builders.

  In Valhiem, at least, I’ve configured the left track pad as an 8 position radial menu to quickly activate to any hotbar slot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] What accessories do you use with your steam deck?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably one of the least flashy accessories, but I bought a 10 foot long USB-C cable that lets me sit anywhere on the sofa and play without battery anxiety.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Plucky Squire recently came out, and used the Steam Deck to represent PC⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that DJ GabeN dropping beats on the Deck’s screen?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What remote do you use?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  8bitdo is having an 11th anniversary sale right now, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The surprisingly robust careers of Star Trek stars who became video game voice actors⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  George Takei killed it in his role in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. (Literally and figuratively, he played a hitman-come-mob boss and a father figure to the game’s protagonist.) I wish he had more screen time in the role.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] Do you use desktop mode, and if so, what do you use it for? - August Week 2 2023⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  So far, only Minecraft.