I dont need this at all.

But I want it

Vayra86I dont need this at all.

But I want it

get it :) the white one is for daytime and black one for night time

At this point I'm waiting for the Steam Deck 2. The Deck is a lovely piece of kit but it's underpowered at the price Valve are asking for these special editions.

The 256GB LCD deck is IMO the one to get these days. Yes, it has less battery life than the OLED and the screen isn't as nice, but it's perfectly serviceable and it's been on sale for $330 several times now. Since the Steam Deck lacks the CPU and GPU power to actually power most modern AAA releases, it's best-suited to lighter 2D titles and pre-2022 titles that run for hours at 60ps native resolution, and don't struggle on a quad-core CPU.

At almost $700 the Ally, or Legion Go are far more appealing options.

Chrispy_At this point I'm waiting for the Steam Deck 2. The Deck is a lovely piece of kit but it's underpowered at the price Valve are asking for these special editions.

The 256GB LCD deck is IMO the one to get these days. Yes, it has less battery life than the OLED and the screen isn't as nice, but it's perfectly serviceable and it's been on sale for $330 several times now. Since the Steam Deck lacks the CPU and GPU power to actually power most modern AAA releases, it's best-suited to lighter 2D titles and pre-2022 titles that run for hours at 60ps native resolution, and don't struggle on a quad-core CPU.

At almost $700 the Ally, or Legion Go are far more appealing options.

Especially since SteamOS is NOW available on RoG Ally and RoG Ally Extreme. I expect teh RoG Ally 2 with z2 APU early next year will also support SteamOS. That's the one I am kind of thinking of getting, as much as I like dislike ASUS, heh, I also don't feel liek waiting 2 more years for a Deck 2.

I like it, but I don't need it.

Wouldn't buy it, it's a handheld while being white, you can wash your hands very often, but eventually, it will become really dirty.

Legacy-ZAWouldn't buy it, it's a handheld while being white, you can wash your hands very often, but eventually, it will become really dirty.

yeah, all white plastic eventually begins to yellow as the years go by, no matter what you do. kind of gross I agree.

if this was translucent purple, i honestly might have done it. the old nintendo 64 colorway really strikes my fancy.

Space LynxEspecially since SteamOS is NOW available on RoG Ally and RoG Ally Extreme. I expect teh RoG Ally 2 with z2 APU early next year will also support SteamOS. That's the one I am kind of thinking of getting, as much as I like dislike ASUS, heh, I also don't feel liek waiting 2 more years for a Deck 2.

And when the SD2 comes out the ASUS will be gimped for running modern games then. It needs to be accepted that these devices are meant for old or low resource games and then enjoy them for what they are.

Chrispy_At this point I'm waiting for the Steam Deck 2.

I like the fact that they are not upgrading them that quickly.

Its slowly providing a stable hardware target for developers.

Personally, I lost all interest in Aya's offerings just because of what it seems a weekly release of new hardware.

Also, cant blame them for the specs of the first SD, given how they failed with the Steam Machines.

You can bet that the new one will be next released next year and it will be a really nice upgrade.

Space LynxEspecially since SteamOS is NOW available on RoG Ally and RoG Ally Extreme. I expect teh RoG Ally 2 with z2 APU early next year will also support SteamOS. That's the one I am kind of thinking of getting, as much as I like dislike ASUS, heh, I also don't feel liek waiting 2 more years for a Deck 2.

How does the SteamOS work on them though. Is it supported, or is it homebrew 'available' ? And is it similar in experience in terms of battery life, system tweak options, etc.? It would have to run on a proton shell as well?

I can't imagine Steam is helping Asus and the like to sell Ally?

Neo_MorpheusI like the fact that they are not upgrading them that quickly.

Its slowly providing a stable hardware target for developers.

Personally, I lost all interest in Aya's offerings just because of what it seems a weekly release of new hardware.

Also, cant blame them for the specs of the first SD, given how they failed with the Steam Machines.

You can bet that the new one will be next released next year and it will be a really nice upgrade.

I frankly don't care about upgrading Deck at all. It plays what it needs to play, high fidelity gaming on a small screen is a nice exercise in pointlessness; I don't even WANT a higher res or more detail, takes way too much focus being so small. Just do it elsewhere, it keeps the experiences more unique, too. Deck for me, is gaming on the go, for simple games, emulated older consoles, and preferably with as much QoL along the way as possible, and a big QoL thing to me is battery life. I strongly doubt ANY faster devices today are going to have similar battery life unless you limit them or put a bigger battery, making the device heavier which it really shouldn't be. CPUs and GPUs are certainly not showing that there's a big efficiency win left.

There's honestly not a single game I need on Deck that can't be run on it. And most games that try hard to be the simpler game but still present high required specs? Yeah... fuck right off, because clearly the focus is in the wrong place. You don't need more horsepower to run good games at all, one might even think less focus on graphics leaves more time to make an actual game. And in practice, that's quite often also what you see in products. If I want to run a recent AAA big on graphics game, I'll just yank it out someplace and play it for ten minutes on my PC, so I can conclude its yet another POS.

Vayra86How does the SteamOS work on them though. Is it supported, or is it homebrew 'available' ? And is it similar in experience in terms of battery life, system tweak options, etc.? It would have to run on a proton shell as well?

I can't imagine Steam is helping Asus and the like to sell Ally?


I frankly don't care about upgrading Deck at all. It plays what it needs to play, high fidelity gaming on a small screen is a nice exercise in pointlessness; I don't even WANT a higher res or more detail, takes way too much focus being so small. Just do it elsewhere, it keeps the experiences more unique, too. Deck for me, is gaming on the go, for simple games, emulated older consoles, and preferably with as much QoL along the way as possible, and a big QoL thing to me is battery life.

SteamOS officially supports the Ally, that's how I read it anyway.

Space LynxSteamOS officially supports the Ally, that's how I read it anyway.

Nice! I guess Valve must have thought their OS presents more value than their hardware offering then. They just made it an Android situation right there. Its not a bad thing for Deck users anyway, win win really. More users more support.

Legacy-ZAWouldn't buy it, it's a handheld while being white, you can wash your hands very often, but eventually, it will become really dirty.

Vintage man, vintage! Some vintage dried sweat can't be omitted. I remember the toothpick cleaning job on a dualshock 2/3. That was fun. Has a strange touch of ASMR to it.

Vayra86Nice! I guess Valve must have thought their OS presents more value than their hardware offering then. They just made it an Android situation right there. Its not a bad thing for Deck users anyway, win win really. More users more support.

yeah, I imagine it has something to do with steam as a store in and of itself, the 30% they get off most game sales, etc - more people will want to use steam games with steamOS, etc etc (this is just my guess)

Vayra86Vintage man, vintage! Some vintage dried sweat can't be omitted. I remember the toothpick cleaning job on a dualshock 2/3. That was fun. Has a strange touch of ASMR to it.

Heck yeah, but, erm, I am too old now, way too much hassle to get that white clean again. Mrmmm, maybe it will go with my vintage look? :roll:

Space LynxEspecially since SteamOS is NOW available on RoG Ally and RoG Ally Extreme. I expect teh RoG Ally 2 with z2 APU early next year will also support SteamOS. That's the one I am kind of thinking of getting, as much as I like dislike ASUS, heh, I also don't feel liek waiting 2 more years for a Deck 2.

I was aware Valve was working on SteamOS for third-party hardware, but had missed that it had launched.

Vayra86I frankly don't care about upgrading Deck at all. It plays what it needs to play, high fidelity gaming on a small screen is a nice exercise in pointlessness; I don't even WANT a higher res or more detail, takes way too much focus being so small. Just do it elsewhere, it keeps the experiences more unique, too. Deck for me, is gaming on the go, for simple games, emulated older consoles, and preferably with as much QoL along the way as possible, and a big QoL thing to me is battery life. I strongly doubt ANY faster devices today are going to have similar battery life unless you limit them or put a bigger battery, making the device heavier which it really shouldn't be. CPUs and GPUs are certainly not showing that there's a big efficiency win left.

My biggest request for the Steam deck LCD is smaller screen bezels. I believe there's room for an even larger screen than the OLED, but Valve are just sourcing affordable commodity panels that aren't custom-made for the deck. If the did custom-order a panel you could probably comfortably fit an 8" panel in there, maybe even 8.2" or so. It doesn't need extra resolution, but it'd be nice to maximise the size as I find myself squinting at some UI elements that were intended for a 24" monitor on occasion.

Chrispy_I was aware Valve was working on SteamOS for third-party hardware, but had missed that it had launched.

My biggest request for the Steam deck LCD is smaller screen bezels. I believe there's room for an even larger screen than the OLED, but Valve are just sourcing affordable commodity panels that aren't custom-made for the deck. If the did custom-order a panel you could probably comfortably fit an 8" panel in there, maybe even 8.2" or so. It doesn't need extra resolution, but it'd be nice to maximise the size as I find myself squinting at some UI elements that were intended for a 24" monitor on occasion.

yep, as far as i am aware it's fully launched with no issues