What about the pressure sensitive buttons from PS2? Those MGS games really needed that feature.

This is one of the many reasons I laugh at the copycats. I saw some in a store recently too. They almost always lack the touchpads, or the rear buttons, or the amount of buttons is less, or the positioning, or they run Windows 11. Almost all cost more than a Steam Deck as well. No thanks.

Enslaved is great. I love games from that PS3 X360 era.

Another great hidden gem from that era is The Saboteur. It’s on Steam and plays well. With some minor tweaks it works well on Steam Deck too. It’s such a great unique game from another amazing studio that was unfortunately screwed over by the behemoth shitty corporations in the industry.

Yup. My Steam Link was a semi-cheap purchase when they were on sale, and over time their continued support of it only pushed me to use Steam more and more. I still use it today, and it was a big part of why I adopted the Deck right away.

I barely use Decky anymore cause it’s caused so many fucking problems and crashes.

To be clear specific plug-ins cause problems.

Most overrated game ever.

Agreed. Been through the same issue and especially last time I built a pc I noticed this. Finding basic stuff that doesn’t have unnecessary components like glass or excess lights is difficult, much less in a size/shape/configuration that functionally works for what I want to do.

The visual aesthetics pc gamers are obsessed with have steered the supply and made it literally harder for those of us that don’t care about all that.

I seriously do not understand PC gamer obsession with light and color pollution. Unnecessary lights are so fucking obnoxious to begin with, why optionally add MORE that don’t do anything?

Like super cool looking light up PC’s. I don’t get it beyond showing off. I’m looking at my SCREEN! Not the dock or the tower. Why the fuck would I want these distracting colors flying around polluting my space?

Ridiculous. My stuff has always been minimal lights, black tape over other lights, especially fucking blue lights, black colors for towers and consoles, nothing shiny, inconspicuous as possible. Function over looks.

Typically L1/R1 shoulder buttons or L3/R3 stick click buttons since those are difficult for me. The rear L4/R4 ones are easier to use. Depends on the game and which I am using the most.

R5 I frequently map to take screenshots depending on the game. Except in emulators R5 is fast forward. The rest of emulator settings are a left touchpad menu that I set up almost identically visually for all emulators as possible so it’s easier for me to hop between systems. L5 gets used the least.

For more complex games, typically older ones where I have to get super creative (like Sacred 2), I use the back buttons totally differently as gameplay needs it and as is comfortable.

Sometimes I find the custom control tinkering as much fun as the game. Trying to find a setup that works for me, tweaking as I go for the first few hours of gameplay, and eventually I save as a template with detailed info in it so I never lose it. I use templates for saving because the other save options are less reliable.

It’s absolutely needed. I don’t have any other practical way to stream from my PC to my TV. I wouldn’t hesitate to buy a new dedicated Steam Link box for any streaming above 1080p.

The app only works so well and only on specific devices, and I just don’t have any simple plug and play answers that’ll work for me.

There’s absolutely a use case and market for Valve to bring it back. I still use mine a lot.

I will note from experience the weight decrease with the OLED version was noticeable. So that was an improvement. I also have the official dock hardwired with ethernet so I tend to plug in for downloads. A lot of things have been fixed and improved since launch as well.

But you are right, it can be heavy, clunky, slow, and depending on what you wanna do, it may requiring a lot of tinkering. There’s also the occasional games that just won’t work at all or great on it, even with some tinkering.

It is subjective, and I agree almost every game is better on a handheld. Even when I have the option to play on my gaming PC at the desk or on the TV, I’ll play on Steam Deck or stream to Steam Deck just for the handheld experience.

I’ve even gotten to the point of playing some RTS games on it with a lot of customized controller profile stuff. It’s very intimate and comfortable and looks nice.

They barely did Steam Link (the little physical streaming box from like 2015) and ended production quickly and the remaining units were heavily discounted, and they still send updates for it.

It’s one of many reasons I like Steam and have moved more towards Steam gaming and away from Playstation.

I’m home constantly. I have a nice gaming PC with a comfy chair AND a nice big screen TV.

I got the original asap and then upgraded to OLED asap. Both were absolutely worth it. I almost play on it more than anything. I even stream the more graphic heavy games from desktop to Steam Deck, and stream PS5 or PS Plus Streaming games to my Steam Deck.

Handheld gaming is just nicer for me. More comfortable. More personal. I can see everything better. Everything looks more crisp on it.

I have no real use case for one and am basically never mobile yet I use it like crazy.

Meanwhile people still play the few popularity games and it never ends.

Like most Ys games, they’re a trudge at first, and some graphical letdown, but they’re still great stories with great characters. I remind myself to power through the beginning each Ys game and eventually find myself loving it.

Ys X Nordics. Tons of fun.

Ys X: Nordics you cowards!!!

Disgusting. I have never and will never use my phone or a gaming console in the bathroom. I go to the bathroom, and then fucking leave. I’ll never understand sitting there forever.

Interesting. My Steam remote playing from my PC through my house is excellent. I do it to my Steam Link, I used to do it to my phone, and now I also do it to my Steam Deck.

It’s the Playstation-made remote play apps that suck on my PC or my phone.

Both my PC and my PS5 are hardwired the same to the router, and both have all the ports forwarded and blah blah.