The Steam Deck OLED feels like a radiant new dawn for portable play : games

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 51 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Its slightly better than the normal steamdeck. I wouldn't call it a radiant new dawn lol

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’d like to respectfully say you’re fucking dead wrong. The display is gorgeous, the increased framerate is amazing, the battery life is SO MUCH BETTER and it downloads games and launches faster. On top of having more storage space on the LE edition. And the charge cable is LONGER. I was actually able to play over 3 hours of deep rock on a flight and still have some charge left. If you use the device a lot it’s a massive upgrade.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ok so let me get this straight. 1-3 more fps, a brighter screen and a bit more battery is now considered revolutionary for portable gaming. If that were the case then the rog ally or one of the other handhelds would be considered more revolutionary for portable gaming.

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You got it crooked. 60hz to 90hz is a lot more than 1-2 frames. “A brighter screen” okay guess you don’t know what HDR is and have never seen the difference between LED and OLED. “A bit more battery” got me from 90 minutes of gaming to over 3 hours. For someone who actually uses the thing constantly, it’s huge. But continue to be ignorant because I doubt what I wrote will change that.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 0 points 9 months ago

If you count 60 to 90hz as increased performance then sure you get more frames. I've used an oled switch and it does look good but it's definitely nothing game changing.

Steamdeck oled has a few nice to haves and nothing more. The release of the steamdeck changed the game for handheld gaming. The release of the steamdeck oled changes nothing. We've seen oleds on the switch, we've seen handhelds with good battery life and we've seen handhelds with high refresh rate monitors.

[+] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info -7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Exactly. It's neat that it's OLED, like the original Samsung Galaxy from 2009, but it'd be pretty neat if they've skipped right to 2013 and at least make it FullHD. You're supposed to overtake competition, not lag a decade behind.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 19 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think you've missed the point of both the original Steam Deck and the recent update. Short version is that the screen is deliberately not 1080p because that would make it way more power-intensive, and the OLED version is deliberately not really changing the device specs. Look at some of the rivals/knock-offs which have come out in the last year - all the numbers are bigger, resolution, clock speed, power usage, weight...

[–] Lesrid@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago

People knock the Switch but you're not gonna do that much better without being noticeably heavier and hotter

[–] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info -4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Speaking of bigger numbers: Are there even any rivals larger than Steam Deck? The damn thing is wider than my laptop.

I think the point of the original Deck and the recent update are that they have too crappy of a screen to play non-demanding games, too weak hardware to play demanding games and too heavy of a body if what you do is just streaming from a PC.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I feel you're probably just trolling now, but I'm guessing you've never actually used one, or if you have you're comparing it to a gaming laptop that cost at least twice as much

[–] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info -2 points 9 months ago

No, I just daily-drive a OneNetbook 4. Steam Deck is wider than that. Or a GPD Win Max. Or anything reasonably-sized, really.

[–] FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Both Aya Neo and Lenovo have handhelds bigger than the Deck. I don’t know about the size of the ROG Ally, but I do know that both of GPD’s handhelds are smaller than the Deck.

[–] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 0 points 9 months ago

You're right. I forgot not all Ayas are cute pocketable OLED 5.5-inchers.

[–] pycorax@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

The resolution is more than fine and I'm speaking from the perspective of an OG deck. Even if they brought the resolution up, the processor and battery wouldn't be able to keep pace with it.

[–] Rooki@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Its really great! really good display, good battery, good customizability and freedom. It is even pretty cheap for the steam decks performance.

[–] Cowbee@lemm.ee 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's a fantastic backlog killer. Main PC for new titles, steam deck for indies and patient gamer style games.

[–] Rooki@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Steamdeck is for me everything even new ones like Armored Core, Cyberpunk etc..... and indies and even old ones like half life. Everything possible through proton.

[–] Cowbee@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sure, you can play games like Cyberpunk on a Steam Deck! Absolutely true. I just prefer playing more demanding games at higher settings and framerates.

[–] deadtom@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I like to stream from my pc to the deck when I'm feeling like escaping the desk.

[–] Cowbee@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fair! Haven't done that yet.

[–] Lesrid@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

If Steam's built in remote play doesn't quite meet performance needs then look into Moonlight. That software, with some help from Tailscale, lets me stream Yuzu from home to my deck at work, and I cannot perceive the input lag though I'm no snob.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Christmas is coming op, you know what to gift me

[–] WeebLife@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Did they fix the joystick grinding in the OLED?

[+] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world -7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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[–] waylaidwanderer@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

Played Moonlighter for almost 10 hours the other day without being plugged in...

[+] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de -10 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I'll get a steam deck as soon as I can detache the controller and put it on my TV like the Switch. While the Deck is probably amazing, it's what I need to get one, additional to the gaming PC. I always feel chained in, when my controller is made from one part only.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You can plug it into any USB hub to play it on the TV and connect any controller to play from the sofa. They even sell a dock!

[–] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh I didn't know about that USB hub. Sounds good.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 4 points 9 months ago

Yep, it's a full PC, you can plug in pretty much anything that works with Linux

[–] smort@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I have a usb dock with HDMI plugged into my TV, and an old Xbox One controller paired to the Deck. Basically works the same as a docked Switch

[–] RDAM_Whiskers@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

If you can find them the old steam links still work well.

[–] FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

It has a dock available.

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