TheGrandNagus
@TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
- Comment on Valve is stopping production of LCD Steam Deck models, once sold out they will be gone forever 3 days ago:
I didn’t say it’s not a thing, I said it’s not something you really have to worry about with modern displays.
I’d definitely worry about burn-in if you have Teams open for nine hours a day and the taskbar on.
And yet, the testing seems to show that’s not an issue.
- Comment on Valve is stopping production of LCD Steam Deck models, once sold out they will be gone forever 3 days ago:
I’ve not had a single phone that’s suffered burn in.
Regardless, I’d trust someone who reviews displays for a living over my own anecdote.
- Comment on Valve is stopping production of LCD Steam Deck models, once sold out they will be gone forever 4 days ago:
There are aftermarket mods to upgrade to a 1080p OLED (which you probably don’t want to do anyway because 1080p is much harder to run)
But you can’t drop the SD OLED’s display into the LCD model, no.
- Comment on Valve is stopping production of LCD Steam Deck models, once sold out they will be gone forever 4 days ago:
Even then, the concerns are way way way waaaaaay overblown.
Hardware unboxed have been purposely trying to burn in an OLED for thousands of hours, and it’s still barely perceptible even when you’re trying to look for it.
With any modern OLED display, burn in is something you don’t need to worry about.
- Comment on Steam Replay is out, share your deck stats 1 week ago:
Once again dominated by stardew valley for me
- Comment on DF Direct Weekly #240: Steam Machine - Pricing, Specs, VRAM, ARM Ambitions + More 5 weeks ago:
I’m surprised anybody thought it could be.
Guys, it is literally just a small form factor PC (with a couple of console QoL additions like waking from controller support and HDMI CEC). It’s an open platform.
If Valve sold it at a loss, offices and governments would buy them up and reimage them with Windows.
Sony and MS can only get away with making a loss because the closed platform guarantees they make money back on game sales.
Part of the reason the PS3 got more locked down after release is that governments, researchers, and companies openly talked about buying them and running custom software on it, because the hardware was so subsidised.
That said, this is a low end device for 2026, make no mistakes of that. If Valve want to, they can sell this for $500. Perhaps even lower if they’re fine with razor thin margins.
Remember that this thing’s price needs to be justifiable not only now, but also in 2 years or so when vastly more powerful consoles come out.
- Comment on GEEKDeck Is A SteamDeck For Your Living Room 5 months ago:
No they are not.
- Comment on Steam Deck Refurbished Back in Stock (UK, and maybe EU) 8 months ago:
Just checked (UK, like the article says)
They are not in stock.
- Comment on We Can Now Get Steam Deck Buttons Made Out Of Stone 8 months ago:
I mean, custom steam deck resin buttons containing insects is probably niche enough not to have to source many of them.
- Comment on Half-Life 3 is just the hot exclusive Valve needs to propel SteamOS past Windows 9 months ago:
There is no chance Valve will make HL2 SteamOS or Linux exclusive.
- Comment on New Steam Console Powered by RDNA 4 Might Be in the Works at Valve 10 months ago:
A PS5 Pro is far more powerful than the average gaming PC.
- Comment on New Steam Console Powered by RDNA 4 Might Be in the Works at Valve 10 months ago:
Not a laptop-class one, no. That’s why I said custom. A PS5 Pro uses an APU and is more powerful than most people’s desktops.
- Comment on New Steam Console Powered by RDNA 4 Might Be in the Works at Valve 10 months ago:
Interesting that it uses a dedicated 9070 (ugh that name), rather than being a custom APU, like the other AMD consoles and the deck. Surely this just adds cost and design complexity.
That said, perhaps they’re being cautious - if you can’t sell a lot of them, a custom APU isn’t worth it. It’s also probably much faster to bring to market if you’re using off-the-shelf parts.
- Comment on 10 months ago:
Nobody’s forcing you to buy one.
It would still be beneficial to have more people gaming on Linux/SteamOS.
- Comment on 10 months ago:
Other than some of them having some really… quirky drivers, nothing.
But most people don’t like installing OSes, and it’s still better to have official support than no support, so I think it’s still a benefit to the user to have it as an official option, and still benefits us to have a larger SteamOS userbase in general.
- Comment on 10 months ago:
There are some in this community who are willing to go into “2008 web forum user in a PlayStation vs Xbox thread” over basically any consumer electronics they buy. Not just in terms of PC handhelds, but stuff like graphics card vendor too. It’s wild.
Bought a steam deck? Well then everything else is utter SHIT and those people are MORONS. Anybody that doesn’t buy a Steam Deck should be Windows only, even if that disadvantages me too!
We should be welcoming of people running whatever OS they want, and welcoming of manufacturers giving the option of SteamOS. Even more so when it will benefit Linux (and by extension Steam Deck) gamers.
- Comment on 10 months ago:
As for the “poor Linux support” - that’s exactly what people are talking about reversing. If it officially supported SteamOS and had up-streamed drivers in the kernel, it wouldn’t have poor Linux support.
As for the other stuff, sure, perhaps you’re right. But nobody is saying you have to buy it. It’s still a benefit to you as a SD user to have more people using SteamOS.
- Comment on 10 months ago:
To everybody dismissing this because they already have a steam deck: do you not think more SteamOS devices is a good thing for Linux/Proton gaming? This benefits Steam Deck owners too.
I have a deck and would 100% buy a Deck 2 assuming the price isn’t crazy, but I absolutely want more SteamOS offerings from other companies too.
- Comment on Steam Deck fans, you're in for a good one - AMD's FSR 3 frame generation is now available on Valve's handheld thanks to a new Decky plugin 10 months ago:
Additionally, the artefacts that appear onscreen are more noticeable as that frame is there there for longer, as opposed to if you went from a base FPS of 100 and took it up to 120 with frame-gen.
- Comment on What handheld PCs should do to fight the Nintendo Switch 2 10 months ago:
There is no fight, they’re different markets. Sure they’re similar on the surface, but I use my deck differently to the Switch.
But if people insist on having this be a stupid “war”, then Nintendo would obviously win. Even a Wii U level flop would vastly outsell the Deck, Deck 2, or any PC handheld. The Switch sold over 147 million.
I will continue to mainly play on my Deck while hoping for a Deck 2, and consider picking up a Switch 2 if the price is right and there are good couch multiplayer games. We don’t need to turn this into a Sony Vs Microsoft-style fanboy war.
- Comment on PC game development surges in Steam Deck handheld era — But don't count Xbox and PlayStation out 11 months ago:
Even a Wii U-level failure would vastly outsell the Deck.
I get what you’re saying, but there’s just no way on planet earth that the market will ignore the Switch 2 in favour of the Deck 2.
Plenty will, I’m sure. But mostly PC gamer types.
I think if you’re expecting the SD2 to sell anywhere near the Switch 2 you’re setting yourself up for disappointment.
- Comment on “It took 12 years of work to get here”: interview with Pierre-Loup Griffais, developer of SteamOS, the flagship OS of the Steam Deck 11 months ago:
I’m so glad Valve never went public.
- Comment on Sid Meier's Civilization VII is Steam Deck Verified with the Linux version ahead of release on February 11 11 months ago:
£60 before adding all the DLC 😵💫
In fairness, it’s always been one of those games that goes on sale a lot and is priced low when it does. Patience is a virtue.
- Comment on Sid Meier's Civilization VII is Steam Deck Verified with the Linux version ahead of release on February 11 11 months ago:
If it’s anything like 6, yes, but the Linux version won’t get quick updates so effectively no, since players have to be on the same update.
There’s no reason the Proton version won’t work, though, I suppose.
Here’s hoping the Linux native version fares better this time around…
- Comment on SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck (upcoming SteamOS beta for other devices) 11 months ago:
I’d agree with the other user. SteamOS is great, but it’s very much focused on a console-like experience.
Even in desktop mode, the Plasma desktop is pretty outdated, and software you install will be wiped between updates if it’s not a Flatpak (although tbf, Flathub has almost everything these days). I also believe the kernel on SteamOS has some alterations that are great for the deck, but means a bit less hardware compatibility for a general-purpose PC.
- Comment on [Leak] Steam Controller 2 render thumbnail leaked in SteamVR drivers 1 year ago:
Well yeah, even if you designed the most ergonomic thing that’s ever been created, there will always be some it doesn’t work for, because everybody is different.
Reviews pretty much all said the deck is very ergonomic.
- Comment on [Leak] Steam Controller 2 render thumbnail leaked in SteamVR drivers 1 year ago:
The Deck is very ergonomic.
- Comment on Valve Steam Deck now have a new dedicated Official Bluesky accoun 1 year ago:
Good, I guess. Better than X or Threads.
But Mastodon would be even better.
- Comment on Steam Deck OLED has been recognized as the Best Gaming Hardware at the 42nd Annual Golden Joystick Awards! 1 year ago:
I keep looking at the white steam deck thinking how great it’d look if I replaced the buttons with an aftermarket set resembling the European SNES
- Comment on Steam Deck OLED Limited White Edition announced 1 year ago:
Ngl a 90s PC beige steam deck would be amazing to run emudeck on