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Steam Deck

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A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.

Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title

The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.

Some more Steam Deck specific flairs:
[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.

These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (18 children)

Quite a price difference between them to be fair.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It isn’t though? PS portal is $200 and first edition Steam decks are going for $300 on eBay lightly used…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I mean, just going by the feature being discussed here, that refurb non-oled doesn't have HDR.

The steam deck is a better device by far. By leaps and bounds. It is nice that there is a cheaper option for those that already have a Playstation though. You can get a 15 year old BMW for the price of a base kia. It doesn't make KIAs and BMWs comparable vehicles.

Both things can exist and have their niche. This need not be a competition. The steamdeck has actual competition, the PS portal ain't it. It's a different animal that happens to have similar form factor.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Why compare the Portal to the Deck? The Retroid Pocket 3/3+/4/etc. and Ayn Odin are much more comparable (and better I'd say)

Edit to address the down votes: my point is that the Portal is not an arm processor. Hence why I chose arm based devices instead of the Ally or any number of AYANEO handhelds. I think devices in the same device category matter way more than 1st/3rd party offerings. If that were the case, we could talk about how everyone prefers Chiaki or whatever the 3rd party ps streaming app is to the first party offering, etc.

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