u/Bongles

I had an hp reverb g2 before Microsoft killed it. I'm using the frame to get back into VR after all that time.

I'm looking to use big screen again occasionally. I'll probably see where VRchat is at nowadays. I never finished half life alyx so I'll be doing that. Tabletop simulator I believe supports VR so that'll be neat to try.

I also have a handful of games in my steam wishlist that I'll start checking out. These are all relatively old because I stopped keeping up with VR while I didn't have a headset:

• Rocking legend - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1260800/Rocking_Legend/

• I was going to look at medal of Honor above and beyond but it's still mixed in the reviews so maybe not - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1402320/Medal_of_Honor_Above_and_Beyond/

• Trover saves the universe - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1051200/Trover_Saves_the_Universe/

• hello puppets VR - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1426280/Hello_Puppets_VR/

• new retro arcade: neon, I actually played this on a console and thought it'd be fun in VR - https://store.steampowered.com/app/465780/New_Retro_Arcade_Neon/

• the walking dead: saints and sinners - https://store.steampowered.com/app/916840/The_Walking_Dead_Saints__Sinners/

Edit: oh I forgot I used to play dirt rally 2 in VR all the time, that was great. I think they stopped supporting VR in their newer games so I'll probably just stick with that one.

I've ranted in past comments, but pretty similar here. Got a pre-built that was supposed to be 64gb but came with 32. Got a refund for about 100 to pick up another 32 (at the time that's about what it was and it saved me the return process), bought the wrong thing so the two sets wouldn't play nice and then ram started going out of stock and spiking in price the same week so I never fixed it.

Ended up giving one set to a buddy last week so.. saved him 500 bucks i guess lol.

Yeah but this isn't really the same as the Costco hot dog. It's a product that's more expensive than the alternatives (though they don't have track pads) and steam is the defacto pc gaming software. Other massive companies can barely compete and have to do stuff like epic where they give games out for free (exactly the kind of tactic you're talking about). My sarcastic comment about the kindness of their heart is because I personally can't see another reason to do that. That's why I asked for any evidence - an interview, a tweet from someone who would know, an article, anything other than a hunch.

Do you have any evidence to suggest that valve released a brand new controller and decided, what out of the goodness of their hearts, to sell it for a loss?

Based on the controller, I'm not expecting to be able to get one for a bit.

I reserved within a couple minutes of being able to and have heard nothing.

Edit: in the event anyone finds this comment again, I got to complete my purchase now, on June 7th.

I went higher in my guess than I would've just because the state of things at the moment. I would love it if I was wrong since I plan on getting one. If I ignore that I probably would've guessed around 800-1100.

It sounds like the machine will have a few versions, presumably just different specs so that's up in the air. With the stocking issues that I'm sure will affect all 3 I don't expect any kind of bundle right away so 99 USD for the controller. The frame has more going for it than my hp reverb g2 and that was 600 years back. I'd have to assume at least 1000, maybe upwards of 1500?

So maybe 2600 on the upper end if I guess the machine is 1000? I don't know though because ram is still sky high so my brain isn't wired for that.

What a time to be alive. Console? Sure. New phone? Sometimes. A *CONTROLLER*? Wild.

They're releasing it as part of a whole lineup that isn't fully out yet, so you've got plenty of time

If you have another console, there are some ways to stream from them that I think are worth mentioning to pad out what you can do on the go.

In steam there's an app called xbplay, it's a few bucks but it made the process of streaming from an Xbox pretty simple for me, so i found it worth it.

Not in steam, but easy enough to set up (and free) is chiaki-ng, that's for Playstation.

If you have some time for setup and obtaining the games, emudeck is good for playing old games from systems all the way up to Xbox and ps2 (ish). Though i use it for older ones.

If you like those vampire survivor games they all run great on the deck and are usually cheap (vampire survivor, megabonk, brotato, deep rock galactic survivor)

Rocket league

From there, maybe something older you never played, it'll probably be on sale. Maybe dead rising 1 or 2, serious Sam or doom. Speaking of doom, that similar Warhammer 40k game boltgun is 60% off at the moment.

Yeah that sites great, you can set thresholds for each game if you want to wait until it's over 50% off or whatever before getting notified. It also imports your steam wishlist.

>Edit: also… if you collect the weekly freebies from epic games you can install heroic games launcher on the steam deck to play those.

True, though you don't get the existing cloud saves so if you've started a game already it's a little annoying.

Valve is probably responsible for me moving to Linux fully because of proton and how steam works on Linux. While I would be *removed* nonstop about Microsoft, I don't know if getting off windows would be worth it to me if it was a hassle to play games.

Honestly arc is a great idea that never seems to work for me. I'll always be RIGHT there, but my Blu-ray player turns on randomly when I'm doing something else, or something like that. So I end up turning it off.

I've been using xbplay and chiaki to stream from either my Xbox or Playstation when I'm out at my brother's to play games with him. Otherwise, a little bit of rocket league.

>Also... they're not publically traded.

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>They do not have investors constantly forcing maximization of short term profits at the cost of literally everything else.

I fantasize about the idea of starting private companies for things currently dominated by public companies, with the sole idea of not being greedy and shitty.