Three years later, the Steam Deck has dominated handheld PC gaming
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I wonder how many people, like me, who really use their Steam Deck as a Pirate Deck.
If I see a game I like on Steam Store I simply go to STEAMRlP and grab it pre-installed. Then I run it through Wine/Proton. Installing dependencies is very easy, thanks to Wine-/Protontricks.
Now, some games I do buy afterwards. KCD2 is one example. The Last Flame another. When I know that I enjoy it, I know what I get for my money, then I can make the decision to buy it.
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Try ONLYOFFICE, it's FOSS and looks very much like modern Office Suit yet more modern looking than Libre Office
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If you're a gamer like me, go with Bazzite. You will not regret it.
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I’d guess not many. We’re a bit more Linux/tech savvy here but most users would hear “Wine/Proton” alone and freak out. I bring up my terminal and people somehow think I’m “hacking”. With all the convenience with buying and playing games on Steam, their model works (even on PC, with competing platforms and unlimited piracy potential).
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I was on the fence of asking for one for my birthday late last year for exactly this reason.
What tipped me over was that I took a look at my Steam library and realized I literally have hundreds of indie and AA games that I've never played or have less than 4 hours in that I always meant to go back to.
And that was it, I decided the Steam Deck was going to be my indie gaming experince platform. It has been amazing at doing this, and I've been chewing threw my indie game library like crazy, and have picked up so many more that I'm loving gaming again! I can see myself keeping the current steam deck around and will be used regularly for at least the next 5 years.If you're looking for a portable machine that'll tackle most modern & higher end games, either look at the alternative SteamOS portables or wait for the next Steam Deck (the touch screen, D-Pad, Sticks, and dual touch pad make it the best choice for best I out options for game compatibility).
However, if you want a great machine for indies, AA, older AAA titles, and console EMU, the current hardware is amazing and worth the price
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Well, while probably not universally true, but I'm guessing that if you can afford to buy a steam deck, you can probably afford to buy games
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Yes but they were not made for gaming.
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Is there a guide you'd recommend following?
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There’s a reason for that, and it’s more than the usual Valve fanboyism. The Deck is objectively a better user experience than the alternatives, Steam Input is a masterpiece, Linux runs games better than Windows now (thanks, Gabe), and the community around it is friendly and super helpful to everyone.
Even a device with better specs will have trouble surpassing the Deck if they can’t cover these areas as well.
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I'll reply tomorrow with a guide. Gotta create a Lemmy community for it and then I'll make a post-guide on how to!
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Interesting detail, I didn't know that about the oled model
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Hell yeah, that's what's up! I'd definitely like to have another console to run emulators on, that isn't the deck. Lol.
Odin 2 still has my attention.
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I am currently editing the guide, will finish tomorrow. but you might have luck following it already. Check out
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/38810596 -
Hahaha You are delusional. Switch has sold over 150million units.
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the whole handheld gaming market is pretty small
Wat!
Sourced from wikipedia: switch has sold over 150 million units.
150 million
small
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Yes, it squashes the steam deck, that's what I said.
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Small as in not a lot of competitors...
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Its no different to the console market. Essentially a duopoly
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Ok and? What's your point?
I'm just saying there's not much competition in the handheld space. Either you have massively popular products with an extensive history or extremely niche devices. The handheld PC market is still fairly nascent and Steam Deck dominating it and popularizing it so much (even if it's not that much compared to, say, the Switch) is still significant.
