I strongly doubt it’ll be comparable in price to the PS5. They’re sold at a loss by Sony. Valve has already made it clear they are not doing the same.

GOG games are DRM free, pretty easy to share with family. Saves might be tricker on a single deck, but the game itself may have multiple save slots.

The article says this build is for Steam Deck only, there won’t be a desktop release. At least, not with this build, maybe in the future.

This is a great example of why devs need to stop using sh scripts to setup their software. Perhaps with an immutable filesystem this is simpler, but surely there’s a better way.

No performance impact, and some of the plugins allow you to tweak the hardware settings to actually improve performance.

I’ve had it crash many times, resulting in me having to reinstall it and all my plugins. Additionally I have occasional problems with TabMaster just deciding to not work anymore.

Overall though it works well enough that I still use it.

Has anyone tried running it via Proton? I see they’ve said it “isn’t supported” but that’s not how Proton works. I haven’t gotten into the beta so I can’t test myself.

I just picked up FF7 Rebirth and Riders Republic during the sale. I’ve been enjoying them quite a bit. Otherwise my Deck is mostly used to play Dead Cells and PokeMMO.

My god you’re right, X on its own does work.

I’ve been using the Steam button this whole time since that’s the hotkey shown in gaming mode.

I play through Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2 at least once a year. It is largely nostalgia for me, but goddamn those games are fantastic.

3 is much less so, unfortunately.

Yoshi’s Island is also worth diving into. One of the best 2D Platformers ever made.

Yes, but then you need to go in and change out some of the mods that aren’t up-to-date, which for some users is intimidating.

I chose not to include them since they aren’t updated frequently, and in my experience often require the user to do some fiddling. If you’re experienced in setting up modpacks, then they are a decent starting point though.

I’ll save you all a click: https://flathub.org/apps/org.prismlauncher.PrismLauncher

Use either Midnight Controls, or Controlify if you want to use the gamepad. Midnight Controls has a Steam Deck profile built-in.

Your TV is playing a large part in the degraded visuals. It may be receiving a 720p signal from the Steam Deck, but it then needs to upscale that to whatever resolution your TV is displaying. Most TVs are hot garbage at doing this task, and will make your picture look washed out, or even pixelated.

If you aren’t using the Official Dock and Charger, then you need to make sure they’re delivering enough power for the Deck and any attached peripherals. USB-C is much more complex than previous generations, and not all docks/cables are created equal.

These are problems I’ve never encountered in my ~2 years of owning a Deck myself, but I can’t give you more feedback without knowing what specific Dock and Television you’re using.

Maybe this is new to the deck, but Steam has had the feature itself for years.

You’re still better off with something from 8Bit-do at that price. If they included trackpads and vibration it would’ve been a nice Steam Controller v2.