Andrex 6 hours ago

A Steam Deck is also X times more powerful.

The decision-making here involved more passion than logic, clearly. And that's good. :)

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b00ty4breakfast 2 hours ago

rather get a used DS for cheap than help pay for GabeN's next hyper-yacht.

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manytimesaway 9 hours ago

Right, because the Deck is open source hardware...

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  • jerf 8 hours ago

    Nobody has to have instructions on how to "hack" the Steam Deck because it's a computer and you just run whatever you want on it.

    The instructions on how to crack open the immutable OS image are readily available from Valve but you probably won't need them since it's already got a lot of power even without that.

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  • shakna 6 hours ago

    If open _hardware_ is the requirement, rather than just a nicety, how many graphics cards can you actually support?

    I mean, I know there are a bare handful that can run Quake I. But I don't think there are that many, that can do more.

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  • Joel_Mckay 9 hours ago

    SteamOS 3 is Arch Linux-based, and should allow most popular game engines to run fine. =3

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plagiarist 7 hours ago

I have a Steam Deck instead of a Switch for that reason. Doesn't stop me from admiring and envying the form factor, unfortunately.

I do think it would be fun to have a plugin and be able to control lights from the Steam Deck menus, too, though. Just haven't gotten around to trying.

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