GBAtemp should add an Steam Deck Forum

[TheSpearGuy]

The Community is gonna be big, so it would only be fair to treat the Steam Deck like a Switch or Vita and give it its own Forum for Projects, Homebrew and Questions !
We could also use this as an logo

 

[Deleted member 42501]

Steamdeck fans will be wandering through the many relevant sections like:

Wondering why no one seems to be there...

 

[Dr_Faustus]

The most I could ever see the Steam Deck be its own section is if its a Subforum in the PC or Handheld section. Its not different enough to warrant its own mainline forum as its basically a portable PC with some Valve backing behind it.

Hell I think VR has (and really should) have its own section on its own due to the fact that they are moving away from the PC in big ways. That said its probably not popular enough around here to warrant a section dedicated for it.

 

[djpannda]

The most I could ever see the Steam Deck be its own section is if its a Subforum in the PC or Handheld section. Its not different enough to warrant its own mainline forum as its basically a portable PC with some Valve backing behind it.

Hell I think VR has (and really should) have its own section on its own due to the fact that they are moving away from the PC in big ways. That said its probably not popular enough around here to warrant a section dedicated for it.

no I can see it be added to Steamdeck/Linux form as PC usually just imply windows.

 

[hippy dave]

We don't even have actual subforums any more, we have tags, and this would be fine for a tag

 

[subcon959]

Or perhaps people could just use the GROUP!

 

[Plazorn]

The Community is gonna be big, so it would only be fair to treat the Steam Deck like a Switch or Vita and give it its own Forum for Projects, Homebrew and Questions !
We could also use this as an logo
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The steam deck is a PC, and also a Steam Deck group already exists.

 

[DavidinCT]

I come here normally for Switch and 3DS stuff.... but, after getting a Steam Deck and running into problems with my own games, I was looking for game mods and back door methods to get games running.

I see no one here really cares enough to put a dedicated forum that would get more traffic then a group, that I would of never found just by visiting this site.

Sure, it's a PC but, a dedicated gaming PC with Linux. Maybe a PC handheld area? as there are a ton of portable PCs and with really good specs now. So it's not just a PC, it's portable gaming PC.

I'll stick to Reddit and other places for Steam Deck discussion for now, as I don't see a lot of interest here.

 

[The Catboy]

With the growing number of portable PCs and handheld emulation systems, I can see those possibly needing their own section. There have been a growing number of both devices and it would be nice to not gum up the general gaming or PC section with conversations about them.

 

[SAORIxMEGUMIN]

Yes, but everybody who owns a Steam Deck, will have the same configuration

Installing other OS is a possibility, yet the answers for certain things still requires a steamdeck specific answer instead of an umbrella PC.

 

[susbaconhairman]

We should at least have a :yaysteamdeck: emoji or something

 

[GeekyGuy]

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