tkohldesac

@tkohldesac@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has the Deck turned *off* any other Steam users?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess you could be right. I don’t know enough about chip repairs I just figured mechanical parts would be easier to find and replace than a cartridge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has the Deck turned *off* any other Steam users?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  1000% it does. But if your tires wear out you can buy new tires. If a chip wears out in your game boy color cartridge, are you going to replace it? Is there a shop you can bring your old disc to that can restore lost data?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has the Deck turned *off* any other Steam users?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  With a caveat - you need to share an ip address with the user at some point. A friend of mine logged into Steam on a pc in my house to get around that issue but my brother (who’s 1400 miles away) joined my family with no issues because we lived together at some point a decade ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has the Deck turned *off* any other Steam users?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Your physical media will degrade over time and you will eventually lose access to their fame you bought physically. There’s no correct answer in this, unfortunately, and is fully your opinion. You can own and resell your physical media until it no longer functions and then where are you? You’re in the same boat as the person who bought digitally and lost access to their license. Even DRM free games from gog are only around until they stop hosting your download. If they stop hosting it and the hardware you own with your copy on it fails, you will again own nothing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How's the battery life after you've had one for a while?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know it’s been almost a month but I somehow stumbled on the battery health on the deck and it says it’s at 84%. I assume that means after years of heavy, almost daily use it’s dropped by 16%. Ifixit has battery replacements for ~$100 USD so if I don’t replace this baby in another couple years it won’t be too bad to replace.

  I’m more worried about wearing out the bumpers and triggers. The LB is getting a little worn down and I wouldn’t say unresponsive but some days it rides the struggle bus for sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] What games are you playing on your deck? - December 2024⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I spend hours setting up mods for games I’ve never played before so I can play the “best” version of it just to either get it working and play for a hell of a lot less time than I spent setting it up or giving up and going back to one of my comfort games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How's the battery life after you've had one for a while?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t noticed a huge difference and I’ve been playing it like crazy on both the dock and handheld. Battery wildly depends on the game and performance settings. It’s my primary gaming device and I love to tinker with it but I haven’t noticed a degradation at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netease announce Marvel Rivals, a free-to-play 6v6 shooter that desperately wants to be superhero Team Fortress⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t another word for “super hero Team Fortress” just “Overwatch”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Outside of gaming, how do you guys use your Steam Deck?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Got the deck dock on the living room TV and use it to both chill-game and have the kids Skype with grandma and grandpa.