u/Tattorack

You can play games like X4 or Elite Dangerous, which don't need a okay space.

Eyup. ARM Linux.

Pretty sure they're Valve Steam gift cards. Rare never made any, last I checked.

Gamers Nexus has a whole thurough benchmark video out.

TLDW; the Steam Machine is _very_ expensive for what it can do. Unfortunately that's just reality because the components cost about as much today...

I don't. I already have an 8bitdo controller and not looking for one.

However, there are others that do, perhaps some that haven't even considered using a controller on PC.

Steam hardware selling faster than Nintendo hardware.

I won't be buying the Machine because I have a perfectly good Linux PC as is. I'll be using the Frame with that.

That old thing had just one analogue stick, and like you said, no D-Pad.

The new steam controller has the same layout as the Deck, sacrificing no button or input options.

It is. But that's the compromise for trackpads.

The important question is; does it feel good to game on?

And Valve keeps on winning the storefront war, without doing much besides quality of life features.

I haven't managed to get Limo working. It's clunky and straight up doesn't launch mods.

I don't understand how people play some of these games. Things like The Witcher or Elden Ring will juice the Deck's battery like a lemon during a heatwave.

Yeah, I know. If I remember correctly, the Steam Deck uses a pretty standard RAM type.

But the system is well designed and doesn't have any real bottlenecks that aren't game-specific. So the Deck can't even run anything that would benefit from 32 GB of system RAM.

No, it has 16.

Wasn't wake on Bluetooth disabled a few updates back due to certain problems that still need solving?

Valve has a lot of work cut out for them. Not on the development side as much as on the general adoption side.

I have yet to see another manufacturer adopt the Steam Deck format. I mean, sure, it's great and all that there are options with more powerful hardware out there, but I find the lack of trackpads or asymmetrical analogue sticks an instant turn-off.

Qnd then there is price. Price is also a rather big factor.

Yes, I've seen that one. I don't like it, specifically because of the smaller screen area and format.

I just want the exact screen of the Deck, but OLED.

For a second there I thought this also included upgrading _to_ OLED.