the16bitgamer

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any hints on how to connect the steam deck to the tv⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Steam lets you play your games on the big screen in various ways. But you will need the following.

  1. A deceive with steam or steam link app installed. Samsung TV use to have Steam Link available but from a quick search might not be available anymore.

  So you will need a device like an Apple TV or Google TV to plug into your TV if you want to wirelessly display your Steam Deck.

  Though in my personal view you may want to just connect the steamdeck itself into the TV with a USBC to HDMI adapter. Plus you can charge your deck while connected to a TV.

  2. a controller if you are plugging in your steam deck

  Steam Deck has high compatibility with wireless controller from official controller from Sony, Xbox, and Nintendo. Plus the 3rd party ones like from 8bitdo are good and work well too.

  My recommendation is Dongle/wireless controller for best experience. But if you must do everything wireless you don’t need a controller but it’ll still work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I buy fallout 4 goty from GOG?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why you shouldn’t buy FO4 on GOG: On Linux it’s a bit more work, installing the game via steam it’s just one button and you are good. GOG you need a third party game manager like Heroic or Lutris. From there you can add it to steam, you’ll also want to download art as the ones provided by lutris are low res.

  You’ll also have a hard time with online saves as you’ll need to also install GOG galaxy, which isn’t fun and is very buggy.

  That said, from an application perspective, it’s running on Proton regardless, so it’ll run the same. And since the folders are easier to find (more structured like windows), I personally find modding in general easier.

  The reason you want to buy the GOG version is that it’s drm free and yours to keep. No launcher required. Not something you’d care about on a steam deck, but on a PC it’s nice to have.