u/Dariusmiles2123 — Dariusmiles2123

True, but for this I plan on using a Steam Machine to be able to emulate a PS3 since almost everything after that era is available on PC.

Also it’s be easier for peripherals like the ones you get with Buzz games.

Yeah that’s what’s great with the Deck.

Even if one day it’s not gonna be poweful enough as a gaming handheld, you can still use it as a poweful admin computer if you have a dock, avoiding a bit of e-wate.

I have all the Playstations except the first one and they’ll probably just become bookshelves or pieces of art when I put my hands on a Steam Machine to go along my Steam Deck.

Great because at one point I plan on using a Steam Machine for my racing sim and using it with my Steam Deck hooked to a big screen when playing normal games that the Deck can’t run.

I still have to play the first one, but it’s great to see that the Deck keeps getting support

Metro Last Light Redux. Better than the first one and looks good.

It makes me want to read the books.

I play some games docked like strategy games (on the computer screen) or family games (on the family TV) and it works fine.

Where it would be problematic is if I also played these games in handheld mode as I would have to change quite a few settings.

It would be nice if the Deck could switch between docked mode (using more power with better FPS/resolution) and handheld mode automatically.

In a way you can do this by switching between the game profile/general profile, but it’s just a workaround.

Please keep publishing these posts as I ain’t checking the site enough and wouldn’t want to miss some of your interviews.

And people please support their Patreon!

800$ would be my soft limit as I already have a Steam Deck and a Playstation 5.

1000$ with two controllers would be my hard limit.

I’d want to sell the Playstation 5, but my son plays Roblox and Fortnite on it and he wouldn’t allow me😅

Plus there might be a few Sony exclusives I’d want to play if they’re as great as what we got at the end of the Playstation 4 era. It’s also mostly used to watch the NBA league pass as Linux used to be troublesome for this (don’t know if it still is).

Mafia 2 Definitive edition.

The first one was great and I’m enjoying the second one for now.

Yeah but the Deck will be really interesting for this, since I play most of my games at 30fps with 7TDP when the Deck could perform better.

I guess, people doing what I do should not be taken into account..

Oh yeah the Deck can be a quite powerful desktop computer if you enjoy KDE.

I use it like this from time to time after configuring to behave like Gnome, but I prefer the original flavour.

If I see that the game needs some tweaking, I’ll try 720p at 60 or 30 fps.

You can dock your Deck, but I think you should think about it as an underpowered Playstation 4 or a turbocharged Playstation 3.

I also think that the docking experience isn’t so fluid if you dock it to a TV and use a console controller. When it’s docked to a PC monitor and wired keyboard/mouse, it’s smoother as you have less configuration to do.

It’s a great game despite EA being behind it. I enjoyed the first one better, but I’m looking forward to the third installment.

New Star GP. I gave it to my son but ended up playing it way more than him as it’s a quite complex game for an arcade racer.

Still, I’m trying to find other games to divert him from Fortnite and Roblox 😅

I guess you’re right and you could also say that I didn’t really own these games since I can’t play them anymore because I don’t have PSPlus anymore.

I don’t have the Playstation plus anymore but I never payed above 70$ and got a lot of free games with it.

Still, it wasn’t worth it to me as I mostly play single player games except some racing sims..

What made you despise Sony? I’ve had a good experience over 5 Playstation generations so far. I would just hope they don’t end up having a monopoly over the console market (exc’uding Nintendo). That’s why I’m happy about the Steam Machine.

I guess the disappearance of a physical Bluray player is gonna make me jump to 100% Linux gaming soon anyway.

As I already have a Playstation 5 for demanding games (and my kids playing Fortnite and Roblox sadly) and a Steam Deck for less demanding games, I really don’t know for sure if I’m gonna get a Steam Machine.

Its price and the way it integrates with my Steam Deck might be a deciding factor.

To be honest, I’m quite happy it isn’t out yet as it’s pushing my FOMO away.

I guess the wise decision would be to buy every game on Playstation physical, sell them and buy them again on Steam Machine 2 instead of getting a Playstation 6. Espace especially because I’m only using the Playstation for racing games (too demanding for the Deck) or exclusives..

I don’t know about clicking, except that with the trackpads I struggle to click correctly, but I think my Steam Deck always restarted in game mode.

I’d have to check again though..

While I share your grippes, I would want to add two different ones:

-Auto saves are great, but not when the game doesn’t allow you to restart a level.

For instance, late in Metro 2033, I had almost no more air to go further. I was lucky enough to just have enough to keep going. Had it not been the case, I’d have probably had to start the game from scratch again as you can’t just restart a level or load a previous « safe » save

-Cross platform saves and achievements

My gaming PC is a Steam Deck, so it doesn’t have much power. That’s why I still buy my demanding games on Playstation 5 with the intent of getting them on Linux in the future. I fully understand, why I’d need to rebuy a copy of these games to play them on PC, but I don’t understand why it’s not possible to share a save between different systems. Same for the linked achievements.