Steam Deck Top 100 Played Games!
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These are the top 100 games being played on Steam Deck

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  • zlatiah@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Out of curiosity… Anyone use the Steam Deck as a computer beyond just gaming? I don’t play games that much but I’d love a decent spec portable computer that I can also use to play video games, the price is quite generous given what its specs look like so…

    • xchino@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      Yes, I’ve been using it as my PC for about a year now, I do game on it but my primary reason for purchase was that it was just a great deal on a Linux machine.

      • InterestedViewer@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        I’m curious what makes it a great deal on a Linux machine? It seems like pretty niche (i.e. expensive) hardware for any other purpose than handheld gaming.

        • xchino@programming.dev
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          1 year ago

          It’s cost:performance ratio at the time was crazy, it is widely assumed Valve is selling it as a loss leader or at mfr cost. The only thing they’ve said is that it’s pricing was “painful”. It’s hardware isn’t that niche, it’s just a PC in a handheld form factor.

  • TWeaK@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Is the anti-glare screen worth it?

    Does the eMMC version allow installing an NVMe drive?

    The price difference between the 256GB NVMe version and the 512GB version is more than the cost of a 1TB NVMe drive.

    Edit: Ah wait, just realised it’s the stubby 2230 NVMe drives, the ones that are much more rare and like half the length of the long boyes.

    Still, the storage is annoying. The difference betwee PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 4.0 is massive, and there’s been another leap with PCIe 5.0.

    • Krik@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      You can just buy an aftermarket anti-glare screen. They are cheap.

      You can change the SSD by yourself but you’ll lose waranty. There’s a noticeable speed difference between the eMMC and NVMe versions. There’s no noticeable speed difference between the NVMe versions.

      IMHO if can afford it and have a few technical skills buy the little one and install one of these. You might even want to wrap it in one these (there’s a real leather option too) or these or replace the joysticks with these (can’t get drift and have a much smaller deadzone).

      • fades@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        Any of those said aftermarket screens you could recommend?

        Agree on the NVMe bit, only reason why I took the 256GB intermediate aside from the fact that extra space gave me some breathing room off the bat

        I can snag a better NVMe on sale down the road

        Great tips all round, will be snagging those sticks you shared

  • fades@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    It sure is, because I bought one!

    Wonder what games play the best on it