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Valve reveals the gaming hours on Steam Deck during 2024 and they are staggering - Steam Deck has become one of the main gaming platforms and is starting to be treated as such (en.softonic.com)
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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Fuck I really gotta just pony up and get one don’t I πŸ˜‚

[–] k1ck455kc@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

If you dont care about high settings at high resolutions in AAA games, then its absolutely the best gaming option out there.

I do say people should be willing to tinker with the software if they want to get some more obscure, abandoned or emulated titles working though, thats the only caveat.

[–] DWin@feddit.uk 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'd advocate for getting one. Last year 70% of my gaming was on the deck, it really has shifted my attitude towards gaming.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

That really does sound interesting

[–] Euphoma@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

Buy a 64gb one, you can upgrade the storage pretty easily

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The refurbished ones are really cheap during the sales.

[–] monotremata@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago

They can't really keep them in stock, though. I was checking on them shortly before the sale started and the refurbished 64GB LCD models were all out. Now all the refurbished models are sold out.

It's just as well, though. Between the Switch 2 and the Deckard, I've got some other stuff I might want to waste money on this year.

[–] pezhore@infosec.pub 3 points 4 days ago

I love mine. It's great in handheld mode with Moonbeam/Sunshine streaming from my gaming desktop, and it shines in docked mode.

And it's a very capable Linux desktop too if you want to go that route.