This another steam machine situation?

Nah seems like the opposite. Seems like it’s going to be a success and with proton most games will actually be playable

just for reference. Valve accidentally leaked the sales numbers during the first hour reservations were up,

within the first HOUR they sold over 400k of these units.

wonder how many got reserved since then.

Well, the Steam Machine was just a regular old PC that had SteamOS installed on it. This is basically a portable computer that is rolling out with the newest form of SteamOS built around it. This is almost a successor to it.

From what we've seen of early footage, it looks very promising. Plus they had two entirely different goals.

^ Ignore the soyface Linus is doing, the video is actually very informational

i was semi interested but nah, no f***in way

the Switch is alrdy 1 inch too long and a few ounces too heavy after u play it for 20 minutes

All the people with hands on say its weirdly comfortable to hold and use wait to actually hold it in your hands

Mfer saying the switch too heavy after 20 min man cant lift

It's around the same size of the Wii U gamepad (little wider than taller), and that s*** was comfortable as hell even though people freaked out that it was an abomination before even using it.

Ergonomics matter a lot more than the size. The Switch's ergonomics is f***ing horrendous and my hands cramped like crazy playing BOTW and MHGU.

facts hand cramps and my wrists if im laying a certain way because of the way ur hands need to hold the switch (no grip on the back)

lmaoo nah its my like hands + wrists just from the awkwardness of holding it when laying back or sitting certain ways, i have huge hands and it's common knowledge that the Switch OG is quite uncomfortable

You right though switch is weird af to hold

important: what does the back of the Steamdeck look/feel like and how heavy is it in the center? i think if the Switch had heavier joycons and a lighter tablet the Switch would feel way nicer even at OLED screen size

669 grams and

looks like it molds into your hands

ok ok, yeah that extra molded grip is what the Switch doesnt have but those back buttons scare me because i be grippin the Switch hard playin Smash and Mkart lmfao

you dont have to set them to anything if you feel like youre gonna accidentally click them

i dont even want them to click tho lmao

im still gonna get this eventually because of sheer novelty + im a consumer f*** but i want to actually love it more than have it as a trophy u know?

For all you steam deck deniers

how about now !!

someone at valve really tested this to see if it would work

more games gonna end up being compatible with this thing? i might just get one of these since pc part prices are no longer financially viable

check here for games that are supposed to be compatible. Proton is what the steam deck will use.

Anti cheat games they are still working on. stupid lazy devs just have to send an email to the makers of it to make it work but some still havnt

protondb.com

the bezels on the steam deck are pretty bad tho

Previews are expected to drop at 1pm est today

Linus dropped his preview

@Asaki @elvis

We won