Yeah, absolutely.

The fact that nowadays you can get a study laptop for 500-600 pounds/dollars/euros that can also double as a pretty decent 1080p gaming platform is pretty telling. Not even that long ago you'd pay closer to 1000 for a laptop offering similar performance but with worse parts (especially the displays on those rigs were often atrocious).
Regardless of whether you view them as a waste of money (which is as subjective as "Red is a pretty color" or "Pizza is the best food ever"), gaming laptops are very popular - and for a reason.

Sekiro is always online on pc?

I didnt even know it had an online on consoles.

Also they're not necessarily more expensive. Like I got my gaming laptop for about 550 pounds, has a 1650 and 10th Gen i5. If you don't care too much about the bells and whistles, gaming laptops often cost about the same as a decent regular laptop.

India is not part of Asia Anymore?

What was with that awful original Xbox controller size in the states when it came out? Did they just think everyone here had gigantic hands or something lol.

I have one. After being a console gamer since 2002-ish. This is my soft open to seeing if I want to invest in a gaming PC.

It totally eclipses my switch and I have a much smoother experience than I’ve had with my ps4 lately. It runs gamepass pretty well and games like prey,control, and dishonored 1/2 run on it just fine without any performance changes.

The steam shop lets you know how well set up the game is for the deck and it often undersells how well it works. I’ve got a couple games that aren’t certified for the deck that run without issue. I have a 3rd party dock with a 2tb memory bank for playing on my tv with a scuf control or keyboard and mouse and it switches modes seamlessly.

You obviously aren’t getting a full bore gaming PC experience but this thing has exceeded my expectations and I haven’t even got into the tweaks and emulator side of things. Its good enough that I’m not really sure I can justify a pc. I’ll probably just get s gaming monitor.

I cannot recommend it enough.

Getting ads from Amazon for $1,800 AUD, or so.

Looks like Steam forgot Vietnam exists.

If anyone in Ho Chi Minh needs one, I’m happy to sell. Brand new, unopened. Have several with me. The decks are a better store of value than Steam wallet’s $2k limit or csgo skins, so I just have boxes of decks in storage.

Gaming laptops can do more than just gaming - you realize that, right?
The difference between a high-end gaming laptop and a high-end/prosumer creative studio laptop is pretty much negligible these days.

And in any case, why the fuck do you care what someone else, to whom you and your opinions are 100% irrelevant, does with his/her money?

I’m an Australian living in the US and I make regular trips back home to Australia.

Wondering if I should buy a few Steam Decks and then sell them to people in Oz next time I’m back there (not as a scalper, at a reasonable price I mean).

Yeah don't worry Africa's screaming too. We never get the good stuff.

The index is officially sold via EB Games, just not from Valve directly

As a South African, I wonder if we'll ever get it...

>Might need to be on low settings for the big titles like Cyberpunk if you want to be closer to stable 60

The Deck is not capable of a stable 60 in Cyberpunk. Older games run great but I would tell people to expect a 30~40 cap on most modern titles.

Switzerland still waiting. Gnnnnnnnnnn.

In a recent interview they mentioned work on an OLED revision with improved battery life as a potential next step. Q4 2023 or Q1 2024 is my blind speculation. Deck 2 with improved performance is probably several years away.

Thank you. That’s feedback I needed.

People often bring up Japanese hand size when discussing the design of the Switch despite the near identical hand size of the average Japanese and American male. Americans think their hands are larger when they’re actually just fatter.

Keep in mind the specs in the Deck are designed for an 800p30 target in higher end games. I’ve been pretty disappointed with docked performance and image quality and wouldn’t recommend one if you aren’t primarily interested in handheld use.

I had a gaming laptop and still bought a deck and use the deck more. I have a child so it’s just more convenient to grab the deck play and put it down

I know ^_^

You just said but fuck

On the Deck - Detroit: Become Human, Cloudpunk, Crystal Project, Resonance, Narita Boy, Cuphead, Return of the Obra Dinn, Dogs Organized Neatly, and Disco Elysium. You??

I cancel my order a few weeks ago the reviews I saw didn't inspire me to spend over 400 euro on it

Yes, but fuck always online singleplayer games.

Sekiro, Doom Eternal... why?