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Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.
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The original was posted on /r/linustechtips by /u/RevolutionaryAd8204 on 2024-09-14 15:50:43+00:00.
Not to mention that you can buy the previous version for 300 € and get most of the same value (less storage, gpu, screen, battery)
Cheapest OLED steam deck is $549.00 (USD) while the most expensive is $649.00 (USD).
So really either way not only all those positives, but it's also at least $50 cheaper (which you can use to buy several games on Steam...)
Can you plug a steam deck to the tv and use a controller? Cause if not, I don't want it
Yep. Connect using Bluetooth or via a USB dongle/dock.
If I'm playing modern games on a TV? PS5 easy. But still the pro over the deck.
I love my deck. As the handheld it's intended to be. It's not powerful enough for an acceptable experience running a AAA 3D game on a TV screen. You can ignore the resolution and artifacts and just generally low visual quality and poor frame rate on a small screen, because playing the games portably at all is a huge step up. You can't ignore any part of it on a TV. It's fine for indie games, older games, 2D stuff, etc.
But it doesn't have the performance for a good living room experience if you're looking to play modern AAA games. (Ignoring all their bullshit rootkits on PC that block a lot of multiplayer games out completely, which are the games you have to pay for on PS. You just can't play most of them on Linux at all.)
Some of the points in the meme are weaker versions of the full truth:
Desktop OS and you can substitute your own.
Biggest game library and you can also side load your stuff from other stores.
One can be used in an airport/aircraft/train and the other can not.
One is fit for travelling and the other is not
Also the Steamdeck has games worth playing.
If I was forced at gun point to switch back to console gaming I'd pick the latest Xbox just because of the backwards compatibility.
Since buying a steam deck I've spent more money on games I can play on it than I would normally for the pc.
That's still cheaper than buying a ps5 on its own without the extra cost of games.
My thing is if Sony wants me to pay computer prices, it better act like a computer. If it doesn't and the trend continues with PS6 then that's the end of me buying PlayStations.
If the PS5 wasn't my first PlayStation ever, I'd probably be pretty disappointed with it. Kinda wish I held off and waited for this one, since I'd rather have it, but financing this just doesn't make sense in my current position. Would rather build a PC and use my Deck for remote play.
This is an aggressively mid generation, I have to admit.