Steam Deck: Thread 01

[Dogg Thang]

I think they are doing several batches each week. I was in the same batch as you.

I am excited!

[fuse]

Still down as July-September over here. Bought a couple of games on the store in the sale the other day, partly in preparation, partly to see if I can tempt them to bring it forward

[Lebowski]

My brother was showing me the time list they put up and how far they are through pre-orders they are per country, its based on the time you pre-ordered and the UK is roughly at the 35 minute mark. He was saying its moving 5 minutes a week so hes looking at a six week wait minimum as he got his order in an hour after logging in.

[huxley]

My brother was showing me the time list they put up and how far they are through pre-orders they are per country, its based on the time you preordered and the UK is roughly at the 35 minute mark, with it moving 5 minutes a week hes looking at a six week wait minimum.

Ok that seems to track, my order was 25ish minutes past.

[Brad]

Cancelled mine. I'd never play it past day one.

[Dogg Thang]

Cancelled mine. I'd never play it past day one.

But what a day it would have been.

[fuse]

Bunch of new improvements in a new firmware release for this. A new (quieter) fan profile, variable shading, and the ability to cap things at 40-60hz. Latter seems to be the most exciting thing here, particularly for games that can't quite hit a stable 60fps.

[huxley]

Mine has shipped! Starting back in the office a couple of days a week, this will keep me company in down times.

[nonny]

I must say whilst I'm fine cancelling my offer and watching from the sidelines you've got to give Valve massive credit for the patching and updates they're getting out for this thing.

You look at that cadence in comparison to say the Switch adding folders and Bluetooth audio support ...

[huxley]

Well mine turned up a few days after shipping. Only just got around to having a play.
Word of warning the latest beta update has the fan curves set very low, the back of the unit was uncomfortably hot. Reverted to stable for the time being.

So far played some classic half life 2 - runs better than it ever did on my first gaming PC.
HZD - runs ok if you turn the visual effects down to low.
Days gone - As above but a higher visual setting level.
Currently playing Fallout 4 - Even at medium settings this looks better than it ever did on my old PC.

Not tried any emulators yet - I still have my WiiU BOTW disc :-)
Did anyone else take the plunge?

[Dogg Thang]

Mine is on the way. I’m excited!

[MartyG]

If you're interested in running the 3.0 SteamOS on a desktop PC, there is a beta available now that will allow you to install it. I don't think it's an officially supported version just yet, but some people are having some success with it. At some point I would like to make my main gaming PC a SteamOS machine.

https://github.com/theVakhovskeIsTaken/holoiso

[Dogg Thang]

I got my Steam Deck yesterday. It’s a beast of a thing with a very noticeable fan. I guess you guys had mentioned that. I have no idea what the flat pads are for or why I’d ever use them. The rest of the buttons all seem to be in pretty good places for PC games and, even with its size, it feels good in the hand. The screen looks good. And there wasn’t much setup time although games seem to take a bit to load on first play. Seems good so far!

[Asura]

I got my Steam Deck yesterday. It’s a beast of a thing with a very noticeable fan. I guess you guys had mentioned that. I have no idea what the flat pads are for or why I’d ever use them. The rest of the buttons all seem to be in pretty good places for PC games and, even with its size, it feels good in the hand. The screen looks good. And there wasn’t much setup time although games seem to take a bit to load on first play. Seems good so far!

They're to use in the place of the Steam Controllers that we all have

[Dogg Thang]

Of course…