With the popularity of handheld gaming on the rise, gamers have historically seen very few options with portable gaming, with only the Nintendo Switch availa...
Do you use it hand held? I ask because I’ve had a Switch for years and I’ve used it hand held like three times. I’m interested in how the Steam Deck performs ‘docked’.
Works exactly like you’d expect. Plug it in and keep playing. I use a ps5 controller, no issues. No performance changes as nothing is throttled when you play it in handheld mode
Yeah, more horsepower can’t beat being able to play from an airplane!
It’s the perfect balance, I used to love my switch but this is a lot better while retaining 90% of the portability. And the key thing - it’s not better only in terms of performance (graphics), but in terms of compatibility: it will take most of the games available on switch, either natively as pc versions or through emulation. But also a truly vast array that goes from Sega’s sonic adventure to cyberpunk2077 or Starfield. It’s awesome.
The SteamDeck is my favorite purchase of last year.
Literally the best PC I’ve ever owned.
Yep, at the end of the day it’s so much nicer to lay in bed to play vs. sit at my PC desk. I play so much more of my backlog now.
Do you use it hand held? I ask because I’ve had a Switch for years and I’ve used it hand held like three times. I’m interested in how the Steam Deck performs ‘docked’.
I don’t have a switch but I only use my deck handheld. It works great IMO.
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Thanks for such an elaborate, thoughtful comment.
They did the opposite of answer the question. There was no point in thier reply.
Works exactly like you’d expect. Plug it in and keep playing. I use a ps5 controller, no issues. No performance changes as nothing is throttled when you play it in handheld mode
Nice. Thanks
Yeah, more horsepower can’t beat being able to play from an airplane!
It’s the perfect balance, I used to love my switch but this is a lot better while retaining 90% of the portability. And the key thing - it’s not better only in terms of performance (graphics), but in terms of compatibility: it will take most of the games available on switch, either natively as pc versions or through emulation. But also a truly vast array that goes from Sega’s sonic adventure to cyberpunk2077 or Starfield. It’s awesome.