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- Comment on Steam Controller early review leak claims $99 launch price 1 day ago:
Yes, THEY do need leaks, not WE. :-)
- Comment on Steam Controller early review leak claims $99 launch price 2 days ago:
I think the main advancement and attraction of the TMR technology over Hall Effect is the better battery power usage. I wasn’t aware that it is even more sensitive to movements and changes than Hall Effect, according to the linked article. But don’t know how much the differences in battery usage and sensitivity are.
- Comment on Steam Controller early review leak claims $99 launch price 2 days ago:
There are controllers that offer almost all off this such as hall effects, back buttons, gyro, full remappability, even including a dock and a builtin memory to save settings, just without the touchpads. In example the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller and it costs only $55.99. I am not saying it is fully equivalent (clearly it isn’t, as touchpads are missing and a few little features off course).
- Comment on Steam Controller early review leak claims $99 launch price 2 days ago:
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- Comment on Steam Controller early review leak claims $99 launch price 2 days ago:
The leaked review also lists several controller features. These include dual trackpads, magnetic TMR or Hall effect thumbsticks, HD rumble and four back buttons. The controller is also said to use a wireless dongle that doubles as a magnetic charging puck.
We don’t need the “leaked” video for that. These are officially confirmed features of the controller, with a video and web page dedicated to the controller by Valve.
- Comment on Steam Controller early review leak claims $99 launch price 2 days ago:
Oh no, I can’t believe that. 100 Dollars is a lot of money for a gamepad, even though it is exactly what I was waiting (and hoping) for years. I thought it would cost 70, and was ready for 80 if neccessary. I said 90 would be the maximum limits… Oh no, do I have to break my word? Man 100 is tough. Maybe it will cost 90 Euros… maybe I don’t have to break my word…
- Comment on I've been using my steam deck wrong this whole time 2 days ago:
Man the Steam Deck surprises me still, after all those years.
- Comment on Steam controller price 5 days ago:
70 Dollars / Euros, if we are lucky 60 Dollars. 80 is possible, due to current market situation, but I doubt Valve would go so far. Anything higher than that is highly unlikely in my opinion. Maybe there will be refurbished ones in the future, for cheaper price.
I would even buy one if it costs 90, but not more. I buy two right away if they cost 60 at launch.
- Comment on PRAGMATA Gets The Steam Deck Verified Badge To Show It's Great On The Go 1 week ago:
Right, my bad. You are absolutely right to mention that.
- Comment on PRAGMATA Gets The Steam Deck Verified Badge To Show It's Great On The Go 1 week ago:
I would say that if you purchase the game, then I do not consider it pirating to crack the Denuvo, just for playing the game (without abusing anything). Although I can understand pirating without buying, because you don’t want to reward Denuvo and the company using it.
- Comment on PRAGMATA Gets The Steam Deck Verified Badge To Show It's Great On The Go 1 week ago:
Does swapping the Proton version still causes issues for Denuvo? I mean if changing the Proton version can lock me out of the game, I’m not sure if I want pay and reward both companies for that.
- Comment on PRAGMATA Gets The Steam Deck Verified Badge To Show It's Great On The Go 1 week ago:
Denuvo on this game was cracked before launch! thegamer.com/pragmata-capcom-cracked-hypervisor/
- Comment on Rocknix now adds official Steam support to Android handhelds, turning them into mini Steam Decks (Linux + Proton games) 1 week ago:
Thanks. Ah goddamnit, I was on that page already, but overlooked that as I did not recognize the name while quick scanning many pages. So after researching a bit more, I come to the conclusion that JeOS itself is a main distribution that is not based on another, right?
- Comment on Rocknix now adds official Steam support to Android handhelds, turning them into mini Steam Decks (Linux + Proton games) 1 week ago:
You are right! rocknix.org
ROCKNIX is an immutable Linux distribution for handheld gaming devices focused on retro gaming emulation.
However I could not find on what it is based on.
- Comment on Rocknix now adds official Steam support to Android handhelds, turning them into mini Steam Decks (Linux + Proton games) 1 week ago:
Pretty cool to see. Small factor devices to play Steam games… through emulation, who would have thought we come so far. Unfortunately this is based on Android and I do not want to use Android, unless it is modified and has nothing to do with Google anymore (such as /e/OS a modified Android).
- Comment on I just tried RPCS3 for the first time since the big update. LBP is now playable on Deck 1 week ago:
When I first heard about the Steam Deck before launch, I was expecting it to run lightweight games such as indie titles and 90s consoles to emulate. That we can emulate Switch and PS3 on it feels magical to me.
- Comment on Steam Controller shows signs of life, as leaker suggests that Valve has received its "first large quantity" shipments 1 week ago:
I’m waiting years for this, even longer than the Steam Deck exists! I think that I buy it twice, one to use it and the second one unpacked as a collectors item (plus as a backup). :-)
- Comment on Steam is adding support to show estimated FPS for your hardware before buying a game 3 weeks ago:
No, this has never done before. Games configuring itself is something completely different and irrelevant to our discussion topic. It has nothing to do with gathering information from players and trying to estimate a FPS before buying the game. “Can You Run It” also does not estimate a FPS for your hardware, based on opt-in information from analyzing the FPS you are playing the game. And especially making it an official thing for a store is also spicey, because usually those stores selling the games themselves could potentially be sued for false marketing if it does not work well enough.
- Comment on Steam is adding support to show estimated FPS for your hardware before buying a game 3 weeks ago:
This is something gamers wish to have since inception of PC Gaming. And it was always told this cannot be done. That’s why we rely on game specs and tests. I mean we still rely on, but a storefront putting estimated FPS is something they would fear to do. And here we have VALVE (once again) doing the impossible. Very curious to see how this will workout in reality.
- Comment on Steam Deck OLED back in stock despite shortages, but you'll have to grab a refurbished one 5 weeks ago:
Hmm, mine (Germany) still have prices attached to it (refurbished LCDs).
- Comment on Steam Deck OLED back in stock despite shortages, but you'll have to grab a refurbished one 5 weeks ago:
(Me being smart) Depends when you read the comment (checking the time of reply) never mind 17 hours ago. It’s out of stock for Germany too.
- Comment on Steam Deck OLED back in stock despite shortages, but you'll have to grab a refurbished one 5 weeks ago:
I think the refurbished ones are under appreciated. They have manual calibration by a human, and therefore can exceed the standard factory model:
All refurbished units meet or even exceed the performance standards of new retail units.
The only downside is, it can (but don’t have to) have visible cosmetic blemishes. But in return you get same experience and rights of a factory model with lower cost, which is a huge deal in today’s day and age. This is the reason why I consider my next Steam Deck 2 (OLED) as a refurbished one. I can wait. :-)
- Comment on [Discussion] Would you buy a Steam smart phone? 1 month ago:
I just made a similar comment and totally agree on both points. In the past, handhelds were actually this small, like a (bigger) phone with controls attached. Smartphones have bad battery life too and if its based on Android, then privacy concerns too. A dedicated handheld should be cheaper then full fledged power smartphone being able to play those games.
- Comment on [Discussion] Would you buy a Steam smart phone? 1 month ago:
Enable Beta updates.
- Comment on [Discussion] Would you buy a Steam smart phone? 1 month ago:
A Steam smartphone implies to me its main purpose is to play PC games and not caring about the other stuff. And no, for that reason I wouldn’t buy a Steam smartphone. Because playing games on mobile phone sucks, for controls (and I always need a controller in addition), battery life and size. And its probably as expensive as a PC. I would rather buy a dedicated handheld, if its available in this form. And if its based on Android, its a nogo anyway, for privacy reasons.
- Comment on Steam Machine update, Valve now says all three new products will ship this year (Updated) 1 month ago:
No, because they don’t have anything else. They only get age or in some cases, just the information if you are 18+ or under 18. They don’t know where you are.
- Comment on Steam Machine update, Valve now says all three new products will ship this year (Updated) 1 month ago:
It is not about your ID, it is about age. You should read those bills. An operating system has to accept an age the user is able to freely type in, no ID verification is done. So much false information.
- Comment on Steam Machine update, Valve now says all three new products will ship this year (Updated) 1 month ago:
Which is not an issue I think and definitely not a reason not to release the controller potentially months ahead.
- Comment on Steam Machine update, Valve now says all three new products will ship this year (Updated) 1 month ago:
I don’t think Valve has stock in warehouse already, I doubt that. They need to figure out pricing before committing. This is not a situation like Nintendo Switch, where they need to have millions at launch and more and be sure to sell them all. Also other companies get better deals and probably Valve needs to wait, or pay more to have higher priority to build them.
- Comment on Steam Machine update, Valve now says all three new products will ship this year (Updated) 1 month ago:
What “ID nerfed”? The laws are not about ID verification, so I am not sure what you are talking about.