Community MetaSteam | July 2021 - Corporate Propaganda

[spindoctor]

I expect the concern trolling about the Deck's performance in games to be through the roof. And it's going to primarily come from the games bloggers and players who otherwise happily play games on the Switch at 462p between 15-22fps, with the rare game that reaches the magical 'rock solid' 30fps performance target. Fuck these trolls honestly.

 

[dex3108]

My father was born and raised in Bosnia when it was part of Yugoslavia. My mother was born and raised in Croatia. I always wanted to visit both. Maybe some day.

Visiting Balkans is nice, people are welcoming, lots of nature and good food. Living on the Balkans is whole other thing XD

 

[C-Dub]

I expect the concern trolling about the Deck's performance in games to be through the roof. And it's going to primarily come from the games bloggers and players who otherwise happily play games on the Switch at 462p between 15-22fps, with the rare game that reaches the magical 'rock solid' 30fps performance target. Fuck these trolls honestly.

The usual suspects are already getting defensive about Steam Deck’s impact on Switch.

 

[thekeats1999]

Humble Sakura Series Bundle

We’ve teamed up with Winged Cloud to bring you the best of the Sakura series in one sweet bundle! Pay what you want & support charity!

www.humblebundle.com

Perfect for Steam Dick?

I am so sorry, I should have resisted but couldn't. I should no better being this close to 50

So, decided to ignore all the Steam Deck pre-orders. Wake up and it looks like the earliest I could get the highest spec even if I could afford it is around this time next year.

Oh and I am not really sorry.

 

[curi0usBystander]

While everyone was here trying to get a preorder chance for the Deck I decided to check the availability of the 3070/80 here ( I don't like preordering hardware).
And while I could get one shipped by monday ,,, the pricing is still through the roof The cheapest 3070 is more expensive than the 3080 MSRP.

 

[beep boop]

Finished 15 games from my backlog this year so far. Feeling pretty good about my odds to hit my goal of 25 by the end of the year!

 

[Digoman]

Started my playthrough of Mass Effect 3 (Legendary?) Edition. Is has been a while.

First Impression: Holy fu** this game plays well at 144 fps. Like.... really well,

But I still hate that kid

 

[Durante]

Valve is not making money on that SKU, so I imagine the 256 GB version is one they want to sell the most.

Given the relative pricing the 512 GB is probably the most profitable (or least unprofitable) for them.

 

[lashman]

imagine if you will:

 

[Digoman]

imagine if you will:

Between a hardware that Valve doesn't sell over here, and the fact that because I don't have VR it has been 14 years since the last Half-life for me, I'm going to be like the Westworld characters and say: "I don't see anything in that picture".

Not that I'm salty or anything

 

[lashman]

Not that I'm salty or anything

 

[EdwardTivrusky]

I wanna see people playing Portal or Portal 2 on a SteamDeck while sitting facing backwards and being driven around in a car. Vom-tastic.

 

[Line]

I wanna see people playing Portal or Portal 2 on a SteamDeck while sitting facing backwards and being driven around in a car. Vom-tastic.

Why stop at a car when you can use a helicopter for maximum impact?

 

[ezodagrom]

The Steam Deck M2 SSD is not easily upgradeable, it's a M2 2230 slot, SSDs of this type are usually not available for sale.

Steam Deck has M.2 2230 SSD slot, but Valve does not recommend upgrading it - VideoCardz.com

Steam Deck uses M.2 2230 SSD By far the biggest question from Valve’s Steam Deck announcement was, can the onboard SSD drive be upgraded? Well as it turns out it can, however, it is neither cheap nor recommended. Gabe Newell responded to a few emails from Reddit Steam community members, who were...

videocardz.com

 

[Durante]

You can order them quite easily, but it's also apparently hard to access the slot on the Steam Deck without disassembling it significantly.

 

[EdwardTivrusky]

Why stop at a car when you can use a helicopter for maximum impact?

Rollercoaster!

Ace Combat or Portal on a SteamDeck on a Rollercoaster!

 

[Mivey]

You can order them quite easily, but it's also apparently hard to access the slot on the Steam Deck without disassembling it significantly.

Yeah, opening up an embedded device to the point of having to remove a heat shield is not something that's easily done and you are likely to break something.
Even if you don't ,if you mess up the reassembly the device could potentially run worse if heat is not getting dissipated properly. And that's not even mentioning losing the warranty.
That's not worth saving 100€, imo.

 

[Kyougar]

You can order them quite easily, but it's also apparently hard to access the slot on the Steam Deck without disassembling it significantly.

Gamers Nexus' handy and sharp electrical tools will disassemble anything :>

 

[MJunioR]

Got invited for Patron's playtest, downloading it now. I'm VERY hyped for this one, here's hoping it's good.

 

[Stevey]

Got invited for Patron's playtest, downloading it now. I'm VERY hyped for this one, here's hoping it's good.

That's the first I've heard of it and it looks really good

 

[lashman]

Got invited for Patron's playtest, downloading it now. I'm VERY hyped for this one, here's hoping it's good.

congrats ... and good luck!

 

[Panda Pedinte]

Nice there's a new reaction

 

[Stevey]

I'm into this

 

[Wok]

What about Artifact?

 

[Panda Pedinte]

I'm into this

So do I, it might even give me a reason to finish episode 1 and 2.

 

[lashman]

good video from a linux gaming channel:

Valve's Steam Deck: The Strongest Product by Valve yet

Hi guys, this is Eki from Boiling Steam and here are my thoughts about the Steam Deck unveiled by Valve recently. You can find more about the recent announcement by Valve here: https://boilingsteam...

peertube.linuxrocks.online

 

[Yoshi]

Been really busy irl so I keep forgetting to visit the forum, but damn steamdeck looks hella promising.
Saw Lashman's tweet and looks like everyone's getting into it.
Hope to see it soon in my country as well.

Aside steamdeck, did I miss anything cool?

Have you met Mona? She's an AI robot that recently invaded joined the Meta family. She makes it easier to do giveaways.

You'll like her, she's pretty cool!

Spoiler

 

[MaskedCircle]

Have you met Mona? She's an AI robot that recently invaded joined the Meta family. She makes it easier to do giveaways.

You'll like her, she's pretty cool!

Spoiler

oh yeah, I kept seeing her getting mentioned
ngl mona from genshin impact kept popping on my mind whenever I read that name.
sorry guys, anime has ruined me.

 

[lashman]

 

[PC-tan]

Stuff like L4D2 was being updated right? Did that game always have LAN support? And are we getting L4D3 with local AD-hoc style multiplayer?

 

[TioChuck]

Stuff like L4D2 was being updated right? Did that game always have LAN support? And are we getting L4D3 with local AD-hoc style multiplayer?

Yes, Lan was always there, you already can create a hotspot on one device and connect another wifi device and play multiplayer games over Lan, if the game supports Lan.

 

[Le Pertti]

Man that sounds awesome! L4D3 four player local group coop on the steam deck.

 

[lashman]

Man that sounds awesome! L4D3 four player local group coop on the steam deck.

 

[Le Pertti]

too cool for school people

Except everyone would be playing on their own screen.

 

[lashman]

Except everyone would be playing on their own screen.

roof party, or we riot!

 

[sk2k]

Anything about Steam Deck from Epic Timmy?

 

[EdwardTivrusky]

From the one or two comments from other people i've seen Timbo seems happy about it but i haven't gone looking tbh. Probably more info in one of the Epic threads.

 

[Yoshi]

Anything about Steam Deck from Epic Timmy?

 

[dex3108]

After more than 50 hours i reached Act 3 in Cyberpunk 2077 XD

 

[Le Pertti]

Someone should ask Timmy if valve can have their 30% now? Or maybe it doesn’t count when steam deck isn’t a closed system like the consoles.

 

[Mivey]

Someone should ask Timmy if valve can have their 30% now? Or maybe it doesn’t count when steam deck isn’t a closed system like the consoles.

He'll just shift goal posts further. All Timmy cares about is getting more money. If he believed there was a way of getting more money from consoles and avoid that fee, he'd be against them too.

 

[lashman]

Someone should ask Timmy if valve can have their 30% now? Or maybe it doesn’t count when steam deck isn’t a closed system like the consoles.

Durante did ask ... didn't get a reply

 

[inky]

Gamers Nexus' handy and sharp electrical tools will disassemble anything :>

Except a Stadia controller

 

[Vantr]

The only reason Timmy thinks this is amazing is because he doesn't have to sue Valve to get his store on the Steam Deck.

 

[dex3108]

i didn't know that new community patch for LA Noire was released. Uncapped framerate, custom resolutions, Ultra Wide support...

Steam Community :: Guide :: [2024] Completely Unlock FPS (60+ FPS, Fixed Braking,No Pencil Bug), Ultrawide Support, Borderless Window, Custom Resolutions...

A guide describing how to download, install and use a community patch intended to fix common issues and extend the limitations of the game according to modern computer specs....

steamcommunity.com

 

[Hektor]

In case anyone is curios and remembers, i can by now confirm that the Microsft Games User Research i posted about in the past, is entirely legitimate, as i have just finished participating in the project i was invited to.

Now waiting for the moola

 

[C-Dub]

If Epic was in Valve’s position Tim would be the 30% cut’s biggest advocate. The guy is an utter clown.

 

[Arc]

My memory is a bit fuzzy, but I remember some testimony from the Apple trial where one of the reasons 30% is supposedly okay for consoles is because they do a lot of promotion for Fortnite. In reality, around 80% of that game's revenue comes from consoles and Tim isn't going to bite the hand that feeds him.

 

[Panda Pedinte]

Digital Extremes just announced crossplay and cross save for Warframe for all platforms

 

[PC-tan]

So basically the Steam Deck is already "sold out" until next year. You can still be added to the queue but you are now looking at Q3 2022!!!!!


It's possible that Valve could make a lot more but they want to do a small number at first too see what people actually think about it, we are at the part where people want one but what about after they get it? Will those without one still want one?


Which makes me wonder about other regions, yes they will add other regions and stuff but seeing how this is already back up to Q3 where will the stock for the new regions come from?




As for Nippon, one if the criticism seem to be about the size and how it's "American sizes" things in Japan tend to be smaller for a number of reasons (look at manga, it comes form Japan and by standard they come in a small physical size but in the west manga are physically a lot larger.