Jrockwar

@Jrockwar@feddit.uk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When the Steam Deck was still just an idea, Valve says some staff were like, "I just want that for me" and "the point wasn't even to make a product out of it"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not a waste of resources if you learn something. Think of this as research rather than product development. You can try many things (from VR, to miniaturised computers, to cloud gaming, controllers with wonky form factors…) to see what results in a good experience. You don’t need to get anywhere near a full fledged product to understand those things, so the waste of resources isn’t massive anyway.

  I’d bet at the moment people decided “this is useful, I even want this for me, so let’s turn it into a product” the steam deck looked more like a screen, a gamepad and a raspberry pi all taped together or jammed into a 3d printed prototype chassis.

  If people have spare capacity to work on these projects, the material cost at such a point can be under <5k which is peanuts for a company like Valve.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Plucky Squire recently came out, and used the Steam Deck to represent PC⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  1. Turn on
  2. Open desktop mode (in power menu I think)
  3. Open terminal
  4. Type rsync <source> <destination>
  5. Press enter
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Destroying Videogames petition heads to the European Union⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When you bought e.g. half-life, it would come with the ability to run a server.

  If a game needs a server, that functionality should be added into the game, not kept separate. I mean it might be a separate executable, but it should be part of the game “bundle” because the server is part of the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly 30 Percent Of The Top 100 Steam Deck Games Aren’t Verified⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, that’s one of the perks of ADHD. After 20 minutes I’ve had enough and then I move to playing in <insert new place here>

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly 30 Percent Of The Top 100 Steam Deck Games Aren’t Verified⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s definitely better but still doesn’t do it for me. One of my favourite pleasures is playing in bed on a lazy weekend morning 😄

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly 30 Percent Of The Top 100 Steam Deck Games Aren’t Verified⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I sold my gaming PC and replaced it with a Steam Deck. Yes - after trying stadia (and then buying a switch), graphics don’t scratch my itch nearly as much as portability. I already spend too much time sitting at a desk at work, when I am playing to relax I prefer being on a couch, bed, kitchen, garden, or wherever I happen to feel like, but definitely not tied to a desk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why more PC gaming handhelds should ditch Windows for SteamOS - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Unlike the Switch, which drains 70% of the battery in 3 days of standby. Every time I pick it up I have to charge it, it feels like such a chore that the SD has taken its place completely.

  I kinda regret having bought a Switch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Selling my deck⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  While I think capitalism is shit, I do believe in supply and demand. I was recently getting zero bites on my desktop computer, then lowered the listing price by 50% in the auction and sold it in a week at 80% of the original listing price.

  It turns out the price I thought was fair, didn’t meet the market and there were exactly zero people interested in buying it at that price. That’s what’s happening to you sadly.

  Think of it this way: at your current price you get no bites. If you were to sell it at $50 people would buy it immediately. Now you have to find a happy medium both you and buyers are happy with.