Topic: Steam Deck (Release Date: December 2021)

[AndyMuller]

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.pcgamer.com/amp/steam-deck-price-release-date-specs/

Anyone looking on getting this? I think I’ll definitely try and get hold of one at some point next year.

[stoa]

Was thinking about it, but decided against it. Don't really play games on the go (like on the train or whatever) and it's a bit too expensive to just use it for gaming in bed when I can't be arsed getting up and game on my couch. I'm also not really sure, whether the games I like playing would be running on it or would be playable in a comfortable way...

[Zeb]

I did have a look, just for travel as I fairly regularly do a very long train journey, but I couldn't see any real advantage over my current laptop for the games I play. If I didn't have the laptop it'd be far more tempting.

[WillG.LFC]

Definitely interested. Can be connected to a monitor and used as a pc I believe. My laptop is like 8 years old and struggles with games so this might be a cheap/versatile alternative

[stoa]

Definitely interested. Can be connected to a monitor and used as a pc I believe. My laptop is like 8 years old and struggles with games so this might be a cheap/versatile alternative

It can be connected to a monitor, but I'm not sure if the specs are good enough to play games on it, if they are more demanding than something like Minesweeper. I might be wrong though, but someone with more technical knowledge might know more...

[Kashinoda]

It can be connected to a monitor, but I'm not sure if the specs are good enough to play games on it, if they are more demanding than something like Minesweeper. I might be wrong though, but someone with more technical knowledge might know more...

It's a stripped down X-Box Series S running on Linux. Fine for 720p games in handheld mode and will be decent for 'esports' titles when plugged in to a screen.

Decently priced to be fair.

[ToneLa]

I work for a games publisher and Valve told us they have no dev kits and it'll "Just work"

[Kashinoda]

I work for a games publisher and Valve told us they have no dev kits and it'll "Just work"

More or less, some detail here:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/5Q_C5KVJbUw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/5Q_C5KVJbUw</a>

[Redcap]

Main issue will be battery life.

Steam claims a 2-8 hour battery life, but has only a 4 hour battery life for a 10 year old game in Portal 2, unless you wanna cap it at 30FPS, in which case it goes up to 5-6 hours.

That makes it sound like if you wanna play Control, for example, which they're advertising prominently, the battery life would be.. 1-2 hours, if that, at 30FPS? '

Of course, it depends on your circumstances. Do you commute for 2 hours a day on a train? That might make it the perfect machine for you.

On the other hand, if you're looking to take it with you for longer trips, it's probably going to be of more marginal benefit.

The other things I'd be concerned about is how hot it might get, and how noisy it might be, but let's see how we go.

[Kashinoda]

Looking very cool indeed.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/SElZABp5M3U" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/SElZABp5M3U</a>

[Snail]

Don’t like the stick / button placement, looks pretty uncomfortable.

[ToneLa]

pre ordered as the reservation was damn cheap but not overly hyped.

[AndyMuller]

Launches 25th Feb.

[AndyMuller]

I’ve just reserved the middle tier one of these, only £4 to reserve. It does sound like it will be good, hopefully it is well received when it releases. I’ll probably end up getting mine next year because I’m late to reserve haha.

[gerrardisgod]

Q2 of this year, supposedly if you reserve now, ain’t it? Had a quick look earlier, look a great piece of kit.

[ScottScott]

I'll wait and see what the census is after a few months before I try and pick one up. Don't really game on a PC but this could be handy for when travelling or having as a 'mini gaming PC'

[ToneLa]

Pre-ordered one but not totally convinced I'll pick one up. I work at home now and I'm not sure WHERE I'd actually use it

Think it's a great piece of kit, and not saying never, but my gaming life is pretty sorted. So the main reason for this would be "Ooh shiny"

[Skeeve]

Q2 of this year, supposedly if you reserve now, ain’t it? Had a quick look earlier, look a great piece of kit.

It seemed like they only had two batches that weren't listed as that generic after q2 date, initially it was a launch batch and then a q1 2022 batch.

[Craig Mac]

Anyone managed to get their hands on one of these badboys yet?