|OT| Valve's Steam Deck - Our decks are going places

Mor

Me llamo Willy y no hice la mili, pero vendo Chili
Sep 7, 2018
6,869
25,075
113
What a time to be alive, Persona 5 Royal on handhelds thanks to Switch and Deck, OMFG




Komodo booth on TGS, funny to see judgment there already, and, sonic frontiers? Wonder if we will see something else? AKA KH :lampblob:
 
  • Like
Reactions: C-Dub

Cacher

Romantic Storm
Jun 3, 2020
3,922
11,837
113
Looks like I am not going to TGS. The sites selling tickets ask for too much personal info. It is bonkers that they don't sell tickets at the venue when most of these shows do. :(
 
  • Sad
Reactions: Mor and lashman

ExistentialThought

Coffee Lover ♥☕
Feb 29, 2020
1,432
4,423
113
Hololive ERROR seems to work on Steam Deck barring lack of controller support which is easily remedied by swapping to a keyboard schema. Not sure if there are any issues that I cannot see or hear given the fact I have watched zero playthroughs.

Only played a few minutes since it is late here and it is too spooky. :goodnightblob:
 

Ascheroth

Chilling in the Megastructure
Nov 12, 2018
4,855
11,528
113
Honestly the Steam Deck was an absolute genius move by Valve and it's super exciting to see them going all-in and the great reception all around.
Like, the Steam Deck is just a bit over half a year old with people still waiting to get theirs, and we already see lots of publishers market their games with Steam Deck on release, seeing it used by publishers alongside consoles to show off their games at conventions, etc.
 

Cacher

Romantic Storm
Jun 3, 2020
3,922
11,837
113
I remember playing the original Judgement on a PS4 Pro back in 2019. Couldn't stand how slow and stiff it was because it ran at 30 fps so I dropped it. Fast forward to 2022, I am playing this game on a handheld running at 40fps (can go 60fps but I want better battery life), and the graphics looks really good with FSR2.0 support. Game is now much more fun to play and I enjoy it immensely.

Overall, yeah, it's perfect for the deck.
 
Last edited:

C-Dub

Makoto Niijima Fan Club President
Dec 23, 2018
3,392
9,975
113
I've not played Lost Judgment, but Judgment is one of those rare treats of a game that would be amazing to play on a handheld. There's so much content and you may not always be in front of your TV (or have access to it), so being able to just cloud sync your save to the Deck and pick up some of the fun side quests on a handheld is no doubt an amazing experience.
 

Mivey

MeatMember
Sep 20, 2018
3,552
10,235
113
It's interesting that Spike Chunsoft even has games in the Steam Deck event, and yet Valve still blocks the new Science Adventure game from being released, despite it hitting Switch and other platforms.
 

Le Pertti

100% Steam Boy 100% Xbox Bro
Oct 10, 2018
7,918
19,923
113
44
Paris, France
pertti.fr
It's interesting that Spike Chunsoft even has games in the Steam Deck event, and yet Valve still blocks the new Science Adventure game from being released, despite it hitting Switch and other platforms.
Yeah Valve really needs to do better on that front, hopefully they will with the push they are doing into Asia.
 

Mivey

MeatMember
Sep 20, 2018
3,552
10,235
113
I wish valve could be little more precise than September - December! That’s a lot of months.
What's notable is, that this is also the expected date for new orders. That means Valve is confident it can deliver a Deck (at least here in Europe) to everyone within just 3 months. That's pretty impressive compared to the near year long wait for the initial batches. At this point I'm very confident Valve will be able to do proper worldwide release of the Steam Deck next year. (or at least make it available in far more markets, if they can find distribution partners).
 

Le Pertti

100% Steam Boy 100% Xbox Bro
Oct 10, 2018
7,918
19,923
113
44
Paris, France
pertti.fr
What's notable is, that this is also the expected date for new orders. That means Valve is confident it can deliver a Deck (at least here in Europe) to everyone within just 3 months. That's pretty impressive compared to the near year long wait for the initial batches. At this point I'm very confident Valve will be able to do proper worldwide release of the Steam Deck next year. (or at least make it available in far more markets, if they can find distribution partners).
Yeah when I reordered they said that all new orders would get it before Christmas, and even after that they have improved production, so much so that even now new orders will get it this year.
 
  • Like
Reactions: lashman and C-Dub

C-Dub

Makoto Niijima Fan Club President
Dec 23, 2018
3,392
9,975
113
What's notable is, that this is also the expected date for new orders. That means Valve is confident it can deliver a Deck (at least here in Europe) to everyone within just 3 months. That's pretty impressive compared to the near year long wait for the initial batches. At this point I'm very confident Valve will be able to do proper worldwide release of the Steam Deck next year. (or at least make it available in far more markets, if they can find distribution partners).
Releasing the Deck in more markets at this point is now more a logistical than a supply problem. Clearly they will be able to meet demand in all released markets by the end of the year.

Fingers crossed for AU/NZ next.
 
  • Like
Reactions: lashman and Gintaro

Mivey

MeatMember
Sep 20, 2018
3,552
10,235
113
Releasing the Deck in more markets at this point is now more a logistical than a supply problem. Clearly they will be able to meet demand in all released markets by the end of the year.

Fingers crossed for AU/NZ next.
I think for a future Deck successor, it will take far less time to go for worldwide release, since by that time, Valve will have regional partners and a better understanding of the demand and userbase.
 

FunnyJay

Powered by the Cloud
Apr 6, 2019
1,399
3,648
113
Sweden
Yooooooooo! I was expecting like November, this is some crazy good news in that case. Also because I had the funds ready just last week haha
Sorry, a minor correction:

EU 64GB: Is up to June 4th
EU 256GB: Is up to July 10th
EU 512GB: Is up to July 14th

I was only thinking of the 512GB queue earlier... Sorry about that. What version have you reserved?
 

Le Pertti

100% Steam Boy 100% Xbox Bro
Oct 10, 2018
7,918
19,923
113
44
Paris, France
pertti.fr
Delivery was a bit of a mess though. Wife was home the entire day yet the postman delivered it to my neighbours. GLS sucks!
That's my biggest fear, I live in a dump, with weirdos, junkies and drugdealers, I'm not joking, they are all nice but I don't trust any of them to not snatch a package if they can.
 
  • Blobxorcism
Reactions: jads653

Knurek

OG old coot
Oct 16, 2018
2,342
5,775
113
That's my biggest fear, I live in a dump, with weirdos, junkies and drugdealers, I'm not joking, they are all nice but I don't trust any of them to not snatch a package if they can.
Have it delivered to your workplace, if possible.
 

Le Pertti

100% Steam Boy 100% Xbox Bro
Oct 10, 2018
7,918
19,923
113
44
Paris, France
pertti.fr
So I thought I would use the deck to game on and stream it. I have a type C to HDMI cable and a capture device so I can use OBS on my Mac, so I can even have my face on the streams! BUUUUUT I realised that I won't be able to keep the deck powered since the port is used for the video out.

Would there be other ways to do this? Like maybe send the video to OBS through the network or something like that?
 

MomoVideo

ķ͕͕̍̅͋ḭ̼͂̕lļ͓̞̙̀͗͆̊ ͉͛m͕̲̮̆̒̐̍͢e ͠
Apr 5, 2021
787
2,245
93
So I thought I would use the deck to game on and stream it. I have a type C to HDMI cable and a capture device so I can use OBS on my Mac, so I can even have my face on the streams! BUUUUUT I realised that I won't be able to keep the deck powered since the port is used for the video out.

Would there be other ways to do this? Like maybe send the video to OBS through the network or something like that?
You can either get a hub with power delivery or you can stream your Deck screen to your Mac with Steam Remote Play or Moonlight.
 

jads653

MetaMember
Oct 18, 2021
302
982
93
36
Utrecht, Netherlands
As a KDE user myself the desktop functionality of the SteamDeck is subpar. It's out of date and thus I am missing some vital patches and applications. Discovery is really buggy, Touch screen controls / onscreen keyboard have been greatly improved in recent KDE versions under Wayland. KDE connect would have been awesome but it's nowhere to be seen on SteamDeck. The new Plasma Bigscreen would make it a great companion when docked. Hopefully Valve updates KDE to a later version because for now this feels really meh. Loving the SteamDeck so far though!
 
  • Like
Reactions: LEANIJA

thekeats1999

MetaMember
Dec 10, 2018
1,240
3,621
113
I take it, for any non-steam game, heroic launcher should be my first port of call? Got some bits from the likes of manga-gamer to try out on my deck.
 

LEANIJA

MetaMember
May 5, 2019
2,809
6,916
113
Austria
I take it, for any non-steam game, heroic launcher should be my first port of call? Got some bits from the likes of manga-gamer to try out on my deck.
You can use Heroic for GOG and EGS (not sure about other games), Lutris, or install via Steam directly (I posted a how-to at some point but cant find it right now). Your mileage may vary on a game-to-game basis. My results with GOG games on Heroic havent been so great, so far, tbh. Maybe it set it up wrong, tho.
 
  • Like
Reactions: thekeats1999

Li Kao

It’s a strange world. Let’s keep it that way.
Jan 28, 2019
7,280
14,694
113
Discovery is really buggy,
You don't say. One time it works as it should (jeez, thank you ?). One time it freeze while fetching updates. And one time, like right now, it freezes while updating a big list of apps.
Did it update ? Did it not update ? Will I bork it if I close Discovery ? Like I have a fucking choice.

I really dread using this shit.

edit
'Could not close Discover, there are tasks that need to be done'
...
Are you shitting me ?
 

jads653

MetaMember
Oct 18, 2021
302
982
93
36
Utrecht, Netherlands
You don't say. One time it works as it should (jeez, thank you ?). One time it freeze while fetching updates. And one time, like right now, it freezes while updating a big list of apps.
Did it update ? Did it not update ? Will I bork it if I close Discovery ? Like I have a fucking choice.

I really dread using this shit.

edit
'Could not close Discover, there are tasks that need to be done'
...
Are you shitting me ?
What's even more frustrating is that there is a fix. Discover is pretty much rock solid on my desktop. There is a bug report so hopefully Valve picks it up someday. Update to KDE Plasma 5.25 for better desktop mode touch support and other new features · Issue #797 · ValveSoftware/SteamOS · GitHub
 
  • Like
Reactions: Li Kao