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The Steam Deck got its first year anniversary on February 25th, and while that date has passed already, Steam didn't forget the momentous occasion. Steam released a special post on March 16th which goes into specific details about the anniversary.

To celebrate and commemorate this, Steam is currently offering a 10% discount on Steam Deck purchases for the duration of the Spring Sale event, which will last until March 23rd, and includes all the current shipping locations in which the Steam Deck is available. Those countries without Deck shipping sadly are not included. As for the Spring Sale event, Steam created a showcase of the top 100 games played for the Deck, and several of which currently have a discount offer on them.

Not only that, but Steam has also brought another feature into the Steam Deck, in the form of a built in feature to modify the startup movie which plays when powering on the Steam Deck, and to go alongside it, the Steam team created 20 customized startup movies for the device, specially created by them for people to select from as part of the Steam Deck's anniversary.

Have you been one of those lucky people to get a Steam Deck during its first year? How has the Steam Deck changed the way you play your games?

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[isoboy]

The "portable gaming concept". I've heard of it.

 

[sith]

i really like my deck, build quality is high, it kills emulation and just sips power (~5watts for duckstation ps1 5x) but i then i tried the re4 chainsaw demo and damn, its hideous and slow, 20fps and 25-27watts.. out of battery in an hour..

 

[TomSwitch]

Jailbreak when?

Oh no, no Jailbreak, blame steam for not putting one there

Want to have PC jailbreak?

 

[ShadowOne333]

i really like my deck, build quality is high, it kills emulation and just sips power (~5watts for duckstation ps1 5x) but i then i tried the re4 chainsaw demo and damn, its hideous and slow, 20fps and 25-27watts.. out of battery in an hour..

For newer AAA titles you have to play around with the Power Settings and also the game graphics settings. Being able to configure these two for demanding games is key for good performance and battery life.

With the RE4 Demo I managed to get 2+ hours with it running at a stable 30 to 40 FPS. For RE2 and RE3 I managed to hit a stable smooth 45 FPS with around 2-3 hours of battery life, so for RE4 once it comes out, with some slight tweaks you can get really good results.

 

[64bitmodels]

wow 10% off a (at minimum) $400 system so useful

ik obvsiously they're not gonna half it or anything, it just came out
but like
people get hyped over a 10% discount??

it sets a precedent that this shit can get even lower than just 10%.

 

[Maximumbeans]

gift to a loved one maybe?

Right but that accounts for a single extra, I still want to know about his apparent multiples

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4 and no idea , to sell them in Third Countries

Well, there’s my answer. Fair enough I guess! When you love something I guess that’s all that matters.

 

[SylverReZ]

Happy 1st anniversary to the true definition of a supercomputer.

 

[MetoMeto]

Thats all nice, but i cant buy one, cause scalpers bought it for cheap and are selling me for regular prices.
If anyone is benefiting its them lol.
I cant even buy from official store, they are sold out all the time, so i must buy from scalpers.

Yeah...so great celebration woo hoo

Post automatically merged: Mar 18, 2023

A pointless device. PC is a PC, desktop is a desktop, handheld is a laptop.

No, a laptop is a LAP held not a HAND held. HAND held is a HANDheld

 

[Ducolamia]

I'm a huge handheld fanboy. They were the cheapest option to keep me entertained growing up as my family never really got consoles (minus a PS2 and Wii because EVERYONE had those).

The Steam Deck is definitely the biggest handheld I own but it's also one of the most reliable. It tanks through emulation like a champ. Not only that, but modern PC games are more than playable at normal or low settings.

The only major issues I have is the screen, battery life, and weight.

The screen isn't terrible but poorly calibrated. When using the vibrant plugin in for Decky Loader you immediately notice how much better the screen is at with better saturation and a difference screen temperature.

The battery life is just an unfortunate cost of the build itself. Older games it'll last like a champ as 8w TDP covers a lot anyways but modern games definitely suffer.

I feel like I'm one of the few people okay with the Deck's size but not the weight. If they made a Steam Deck "Slim", I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

Otherwise, the support has been rather substantial for this device. So I'm happy with my purchase.

 

[Pickle_Rick]

I love my Steam Deck.

The BAD-
The OS has some severe jank
Way too Big
Battery life is obvious shart
Only Comes in Black?!

The GOOD-
Insane game library
runs most games well
feels higher quality despite all plastic

The battery life is actually pretty good if you use the fps limiter/screen hz slider/tdp slider. For example the Witcher 3 gets far better battery life on the Deck than the Switch while running better at higher settings. People don't complain about the Switch's battery life so I find it disingenuous to complain about the Steam Deck's.

 

[Taleweaver]

Happy birthday.

For me, the deck is easily my best handheld I've ever owned, and I'm fairly sure that isn't just the extra horsepower it has. My pc gaming is now on that thing so much that I've pretty much cleared my gaming pc of actual games (it's now pretty much exclusively for work).

It's nice they have a discount and some fun goodies... But i only want valve to release steamos as Linux distribution. Like... Pretty please?

 

[Centrix]

I'm super happy that I caught the deal, I finally ordered one. I've been sitting on this decision for over a year now lol.

 

[Soundtoxin]

The Deck has been a lot of fun. I've mostly used mine docked with either a keyboard + mouse or a separate controller. Sort of like a PC-flavored Nintendo Switch. I've pretty much only played 2D stuff on it like Terraria, Rivals of Aether, and Skullgirls, but performance is great in all those. It has a lot of benefits similar to a Switch. You can play it on the couch or in bed with the built-in controls if you're into that, or use it docked. The portability makes it easy to pack up, dock included, and bring it to a friend's house to set up and play. The dock has a few USB ports on it so you can do some multiplayer with wired controllers. You'll want an additional hub if you have 4 people playing and/or need one of the ports for storage or something. I hear emulators work pretty well on the Deck, but I haven't gotten much set up yet. I have Slippi (Dolphin fork for online Melee), but that's it so far.

 

[trepp0]

Jailbreak when?

It’s linux, its already jailbroken lmao

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Raytracing+DLSS 3.0+ HDR+ QD OLED screen or im not buying

Have fun paying 2000 dollars for your handheld

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wow 10% off a (at minimum) $400 system so useful

ik obvsiously they're not gonna half it or anything, it just came out
but like
people get hyped over a 10% discount??

Its 40 dollars off the base model, that is a helluva discount

 

[MadonnaProject]

lets see nintendo offer something like that them bastards never drop the price on fucking anything

And they never will, but the public always seems to think they're amazing. The most anti consumer company out of microsoft, sony and even apple.

 

[ldeveraux]

The most anti consumer company out of microsoft, sony and even apple.

Yes, because Apple doesn't overcharge for their devices.

 

[Taleweaver]

Hmm... Though i stand by my praise in my previous post, i must admit it does NOT translate to the official deck dock. Apart from the funny name, it's still sub-par months later.

The'issue'i have is having two monitors. One hdmi, one display port. And they hardly ever work. I have to go to desktop mode to plug it in or the screen freezes. It might still be wonky if i use the display port monitor. Resolution doesn't seem to be stored anywhere, and when 'resetting' the dock (by unplugging it), it downloaded another update afterward. Fairly sure the same one as before.
Heck... I thought mine was faulty until i plugged another pc in (a new windows 11 laptop) : not a hitch. Meaning: my dock works much better with a random pc than the device it's supposed to be built for. :/

(on the plus side: when it works after finicking with it, it works. It's just not plug & play)

 

[MadonnaProject]

Yes, because Apple doesn't overcharge for their devices.

If you think a business decision compared to consumer relations and services are the same thing, you're beyond reasoning. Or an american just making a sarcastic and pointless comment not aware of your innate stupidity.

 

[pustal]

It’s linux, its already jailbroken lmao

Refer to my previous comment .

 

[MyJoyConRunsHot]

Mine just arrived yesterday. Loving it so far! What a brilliant idea!