u/MimicJar

When do the stock ones go bad? I've got 500+ hours of playtime on mine and they still feel like new.

Sometimes it's best to ask for forgiveness rather than permission. They made a different dark plate later on that was different enough, they'll do the same thing here. We'll see "Friendly Cube" before the year is over.

Plus huge marketing win. They probably got a bunch of new users to visit their website and saw a huge uptick in overall sales.

Re Minecraft, the "Vibrant Visuals" update only applies to Bedrock and not Java at the moment.

I assume most SteamDeck Minecraft players are using Java, so you won't see this particular change at this time.

Although it is coming later.

And Java has had shaders since forever.

Correct, the program started in the early 90s, but the cost today is $1 million.

My favorite part,

>Trump administration officials have suggested that the card will replace the EB-5 immigrant investor visa programme, which grants permanent residency to immigrants who invest at least $1.05m in the US, or $800,000 in designated economically distressed areas.

So since the 90s anyone with $1 million has been able to buy/invest their way in.

This "new gold card" costs $5 million.

So it costs five times as much, it's just a bribe and not an investment. I'm guessing putting together a business plan costs less than $4 million.

So the obvious question becomes... What type of person is willing to spend $5 million, but not $1 million. (And I'm guessing less oversight.)

Curious to know what 8bitdo software exists and doesn't work on Linux. I own two controllers and only ever used them on my Switch and SteamDeck.

So if it has software, it isn't needed, and out of the box it just works.

This article leaves out the best part!

After ignoring the UK reporter MTG turns to an American reporter who says, "I'm an American, and I would like to hear your answer to her question."

https://youtu.be/Oh8ZfqumWfA

The opening of the article gets it wrong but is so close to realizing it.

>I stopped buying most games for my Nintendo Switch the day I bought a Steam Deck.

I did not.

>My Switch has been a Mario and Zelda machine ever since.

That's why I did not. Switch has the exclusive.

>It’s simple: the Steam Deck took the Switch’s best trick — pick-up-and-play portability

That's a great feature, but the best is the games.

I can't say I've ever cared about how a game looks.* Sure maybe it's worth discussing, but it's always the last thing on my list.

I played BG3 (Once, all the way, second time up to act 2) exclusively on my Steam Deck in handheld mode. Sure Act 3 has a little bit of lag, but nothing that ever bothered me. All the characters in the game were unique, I know Gale from Karlach from Lae'zel.

*(Discussion about art style or artistic choice being different, Pixel vs cell-shaded vs realistic etc)

I thought the same for a long time. I had a gaming PC, I had my Switch (or earlier Nintendo consoles), I was covered. Eventually my gaming PC reached the end of the road (15+ years, minor upgrades along the way.) I was happy enough without it so I decided against building a new gaming PC.

Then Baldur's Gate 3 was announced. I knew I'd need a new gaming PC to play it. Of course alternatives like Stadia showed up at that time, but we know how that story ends, and it ends before BG3 came out.

Steam Deck truly is a savior. I can play the latest games. I can play my old games. I can emulate games.

Plus unlike Android it feels like a Linux machine underneath. I don't say that to shame Android, but I don't feel like I own the device. I can customize a lot, but I'm just a user. But the Steam Deck? I can open the hood if I like and it's a Linux machine with a built in touch screen and controller. It's my PC.