Hope it is successful.

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    3 months ago

    The Steam Deck is already a couple of years old, so it’s not that hard to do. This thing has better specs across the board, with even the base model having twice the cores and threads as the Deck.

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      3 months ago

      I’m not really sure core and thread count is a good metric. The steam deck is getting more specific support and there’s more to consider about a CPU.

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        Exactly. That’s what nearly all of the competitors fail at. Sure, they might have more performance, are slimmer, have this feature or that advantage, but when it comes to actually getting games to work with them and the user experience, none are as good as Valve’s handheld.

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          3 months ago

          This is the reason why I am looking at Steam Deck, despite the competition in raw power.

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            3 months ago

            Avoid the OLED model (due to the danger of burn-in) and get it. It’s a great device for portable gaming, both for games running directly on it and emulation up to and including Switch. It’s fantastic for rediscovering games in your library. Just be aware that the slick user interface gets replaced by bog-standard (and extremely unpleasant to use on the small display) Linux clunkiness the moment you need to tweak anything outside of Steam and games.

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              This is terrible advice. The OLED model is better across the board. The risk of burn-in is also wildly overstated.

              The only reason to get the original model would be price.

              Don’t get me wrong, I have an original and it’s great. I don’t consider the OLED model enough of an upgrade to justify the extra cost but I wouldn’t think twice if I was getting my first.

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      3 months ago

      Steamdeck performance is still pretty good though, imo the most important factor in the handheld pc market is battery life. If games take a 5% hit to performance for an extra 40 minutes of battery life, the tradeoff becomes obvious to me.