u/PlasticExistence

In the queue for a 1TB (USA). I hope everyone gets their reservation in the coming weeks!

I’ve had quite a shit year in general and previous bad luck with the Steam Controller and Machine, so this was a nice change.

I appreciate all your work. Thank you for sharing!

Very nice! I was really interested in that LED bar too. I appreciate your interest in improving OpenRGB too!

Oh for sure. It’s just that I’m too frugal to want to do that for something I don’t absolutely need.

As a compromise, I bought an AsRock BC-250 bitcoin miner that I am in the process of building into a pseudo-PS5.

Why do you hate yourself so much that you’d subject yourself to that?

(Note: I gave you an upvote because this comment is meant in jest.)

I wanted one, but between the price and the single-channel RAM, I decided against it. None of that is Valve’s fault, but I’m still pretty disappointed.

I appreciate the info! I had not previously heard of this.

Also, happy cake day!

You’re a gem! Thanks for that!

Ha! I almost bought more than one as well, but likewise decided to leave some for others (especially as they’re getting expensive).

I booted it for the first time last night to verify it worked. I will likely update the bios next and set the memory allocation to dynamic to see how SteamOS does with that.

I’m going to try this out on an AsRock BC-250 this weekend!

Ouch. I don’t think they’re worth it at those prices, sadly.

I want one because it’s got a proper HDMI-CEC implementation for a living room TV device, it will run silently, and it’s tiny. I also have a Steam Deck, so I expect to use them together quite often.

I am aware I can get a different PC right now. I don’t want one bad enough to do it though. I also may not buy a Steam Machine depending upon how the price shakes out. I was thinking maybe $600ish when they announced it, but it’s not worth $1k to me given its modest capabilities.

Excellent! It already worked really well. I played all of Miles Morales using it.

I pretty much always consider games through the lens of my Steam Deck. If it’s a cross-platform game that would run well on the Deck, then I get it for the Deck.

And this is primarily because I can freely install those games to other PCs. If my Nintendo Switch were to get destroyed, then I lose my games with it (outside of emulation, of course). I don’t want games being so temporary. I still play games that are nearing 50 years old!

And if you buy a game on PC, it doesn’t stop being playable in a generation or two like consoles.

Thanks for that. I’m not a Discord user, so I hadn’t seen that. It’s not a total reversal of their previous position, but that is a little different. They didn’t say they’re definitely going to stop the open source plugin, but that is certainly not a commitment to it either.

I would say that open source means anyone is free to fork their work and continue on with it if they can’t. They’re trying to make a living like anyone else, and they’re trying to be self employed. The reality of that situation is that most of their decisions need to be through the lens of how they feed and clothe themselves.

I guess I’ll be the black sheep here.

I like Junk Store. I’ve had a better experience with the Decky Loader plugin than I have had with Heroic, namely Heroic made it difficult to login to my accounts and refused to stay logged in. I’m not criticizing Heroic, and I’m appreciative of it as an open source project. Perhaps those issues have even been resolved since I last used it. At the time though, I wanted to stop logging into my accounts each time I wanted to see my libraries, so I gave Junk Store a chance.

I still use it, and I just decided to try out this new version. I’ve been using Linux since the late 90s, and it’s been my primary OS on all my systems since 2008. I’m no longer accustomed to paying for a lot of software (games aside), but doing so will help keep the free (**and open source**) Decky Loader version going for everyone.

I understand not liking subscriptions, and $40 is a bit high, but keep in mind it’s optional. The plugin version remains and will remain free according to the husband and wife team behind Junk Store. They’re very easy people to talk to if you need anything at all, and they have a passion for what they’re doing. I think it’s **super shitty** to call them greedy because they’re offering a paid option alongside the free one.

The deck is now 3 years old, so it’s not all that future proof. I expect to see a successor sometime in the next 2-3 years or whenever it makes sense for Valve to upgrade it without losing battery life.

I’m on my second Deck (LCD sold for an OLED), and I honestly couldn’t be much happier. I feel like the base models are one hellava good buy even still.

I pretty much only use my Deck for older/simpler/indie games. I tried Ghost of Tsushima, and I definitely couldn’t enjoy it at the performance and detail level the Deck is capable of. However, streaming it from my PS5 is still a pretty great experience. That said, it still looks better on a 4K screen.

I would say try out Junk Store for the alternative game stores so long as you’re using Decky Loader. I greatly prefer it over Heroic