u/hereiamagain

That's pretty much my plan. I'm saving some of these comments for later, but basically yeah. I've played beat saber on friends systems before and FRIGGIN LOVE IT. Like, I'm legitimately concerned about how much time I'll spend on it 😅

And I wanted to play alyx but nobody has it. So that'll be my first foray into "real" VR gaming

Not necessarily, people seem to be getting a mix of wins and loses all day long.

I doubt it's just "send all the wins, then all the loses"

Yeah the wait-list email is very clear that you will be waiting. The reservation email didn't explain things very clearly, so when I got it, I wasn't immediately excited. I was worried I was misreading it, so I went to steam but their verbage has been removed from the page. So I ended up having to Google around to confirm that I should be excited.

I also managed to make the reservation list! In the US.

I'm amazed, I literally never win anything. I very much expected to be on the wait-list.

Agree to disagree, on all points.

Have a good one.

I think the grayscale camera literally, physically, is better at collecting light. Like, the hardware is more capable when it comes to tracking.

Maybe negligibly so, but an amount.

I'm not saying that it was the right call to use them, I just didn't think it's as bad as everyone seems to want it to be.

Maybe valve will defend their decision more in the future? Maybe the black and white cams, in addition to being better for low light tracking, were also cheaper in bulk?

Cost adds up. I'm also in the boat of not wanting the charger to be included, because I and many others, will never use it.

As for the addon cameras being better, it's not dumb. They literally connect with a special high bandwidth connector, and they are something like twice the resolution.

Just like I wouldn't want the charger included that I wouldn't use, many others wouldn't appreciate the extra $150 to have the high res cameras be default either.

It's mostly a difference of opinion and preference.

I definitely missed mine too, somehow. But I decided I didn't need it that bad.

The frame, on the other hand, is a must buy for me. I've set a reminder in my calendar to specifically check my email every day until the email comes in.

Applying a mask?

I'm pretty sure the cameras themselves are black and white only, no color, specifically to increase tracking performance.

Something about b and w cameras being more sensitive to light?

You wouldn't get the same benefit from applying a mask I don't think.

But again, IDK for sure.

If I really need color, I'll get the aftermarket adapter, probably do a better job than any built in cameras anyway 🤷‍♂️

I just assumed they were more performant for their actual task of tracking. Everything else is secondary.

This is just an assumption, but, if true, give me the improved tracking over color passthrough any day.

Not that color passthrough wouldn't be nice. But I don't think it's a cost saving technique

Very true. Most of mine are two or more ports, arranged where the top port is 45 or or 65, the bottom ports are 45 or 30. I color code the cables, red or white for fastest, blue or black for slower.

Heck, my car charger will do 95w between its three ports. Got that thing after we had draining issues while we were both trying to play steam decks while parked for an extended time.

Exactly this, don't charge me for something I'm literally not gonna use.

These days, USB C is so ubiquitous, I have so many chargers on so many places, I literally do not want or need more.

Other people are different than me, sure, but I can't imagine I'm in the minority

Same, this is the best I could've hoped for considering the current conditions.

Though it saddens me for how cheap it could've been if the world didn't go crazy. Still spendy, but sub 1k would've been really nice

Hey look at that, it's up now..I swear it wasn't working 🤷‍♂️

Anyone got another mirror? First one down

Good guy valve

I definitely read steam deck too and I was right there with you, like, why does this guy want this lol

Just a little note, because words matter, and a lot of people are getting confused.

Hot swapping means swapping them with the machines on and running 👍

I am deeply concerned


Just "2027" for me. I was no slouch on reserving, either.

Edit: wait I'm an idiot, this says reserve now?! I definitely reserved!

Edit 2:

I did reserve, I got the chance to buy it 6 days ago, it expired 3 days ago, I never saw it. That sucks.

Didn't even get a push notification on the steam app. Just an email I missed.

That's true, that should just work. I guess I just hate the dongle life haha.

But that's no fault of the deck or the controller. I'm just glad it has Bluetooth backup. Options are nice.