SparroHawc

@SparroHawc@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Frame - What games do you want to play on it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  When showing people VR for the first time, Elite was one of the games that I would pull up, starting with a docked ship. The sense of scale, from starting in the ship to looking at the hangar, to the ship getting slotted into the docking bay, and then flying from the docking bay out into open space with a planet in the background? Incredible.

  You’re not wrong that the gameplay only has so much to it, and it does get grindy - but it’s one of the best of its genre at the moment, especially when you limit it to stuff that works in VR. Star Citizen might top it depending on your opinion, but 1) it’ll never see a full release and 2) it’s so resource hungry that I’m wary of trying to run it in VR. I upgraded my computer partly BECAUSE Star Citizen ran like molasses and it still didn’t hit 30FPS after getting a new CPU/mobo/RAM, probably because my GPU is seven years old.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Frame - What games do you want to play on it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  In that case, have you tried Elite: Dangerous?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Frame Release⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  As long as your wife has a different address on Steam - otherwise both of your lottery tickets will be silently deleted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Frame Release⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The Meta headsets were a no-go for me due to the huge privacy concerns. I’ll gladly pay a premium to have hardware I actually own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Frame Release⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If you want something that cuts down on motion blur, the website BlurBusters.com is still an excellent resource.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GrapheneOS says Google is making life harder for rival operating systems and devices⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Those were only two examples of an accelerating trend. But you’re right; if something is actually a necessity, you can largely get it without a smartphone. Society is doing its utmost to make them a necessity though, and it drives me nuts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GrapheneOS says Google is making life harder for rival operating systems and devices⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At this point, you can’t even participate in several aspects of society without a smartphone. A lot of concerts and the like have digital-only tickets. You can’t even get cheap McD’s food without using their stupid app; their deals are all digital now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The worst timeline⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh, I really like the hacker mentality that Valve has for their hardware. They just want people to use it, because they know that the best place to get games for the hardware - whether it’s running Linux or Windows - is Steam. And the more people find fun ways to abuse the hardware, the more press it gets, the more people want it, etc. etc. Great for Valve, great for the customers, great for the gaming industry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Controller⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  AND it’ll be a self-contained headset. Want to play Beat Saber? Just put it on and hit the power button, no computer needed.

  Want to play Alyx with an actually decent framerate? Just power on your main gaming computer and plug in the wireless dongle, and you can leverage the beefier GPU.

  I’m excited for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Controller⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The original Steam Controller has become my go-to HTPC controller any time I have a PC hooked up to a TV. It’s great.

  This is a straight-up improvement. As long as the D-pad is good, it’s going to become my #1 way to interact with any computer that I’m not sitting at a keyboard for.

  Even if the D-pad isn’t good, I might just hack it apart and put microswitches in it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Controller⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have four of them, and I agree completely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Machine⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Then it’s not actually running games at 4K, now, is it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Machine⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  SteamOS, the trackpads that drastically increase the breadth of games that are reasonable to play on it, AND the price-to-performance ratio that blows nearly everything else out of the water.

  You’re not wrong; it’s possible that the SM will see a longer lifespan than its specs suggest. I do think it’s more likely to get bumped in less time than the SD though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Machine⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  FYI the way to get around updates deleting everything is to build a flatpak with the things you want, and then install that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Machine⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  With 8GB of VRAM, 4K gaming will suffer some.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Machine⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The difference is in the form factor. The Steam Deck is a purpose-built device for handheld gaming, with the expectation that it won’t be useful for AAA games that push current PC hardware. It’s found that niche and serves very, very well there. For that reason, it will likely outlive its tech specs - it will continue to work for many lower-spec indie games, because expectations will be reasonable.

  The Steam Machine, on the other hand, is positioned as something that can play all current games (that aren’t kernel-level DRMed to hell and back, at least). These become outdated the moment new games start coming out that run poorly on it. Since it’s not upgradeable, the whole device becomes outdated and will need to be replaced if you want to play the next new hotness at a good FPS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Machine⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Those are the only officially supported devices. They do also provide instructions on how to install SteamOS on other devices, and even encourage feedback on the experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New rumor suggests Valve's Steam Deck 2 is much further away than we thought⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Except Valve never said the Steam Deck 2 was Coming Soon™.