Steam Deck Review
- 2 years ago
The Steam Deck is one of the most eagerly anticipated product launches in recent times.
It’s certainly an ambitious piece of pc gaming hardware, and one that Valve pulls off in most regards.
However, as much as you may think the Steam Deck is a rival to the Nintendo Switch, we think it’s actually more of an alternative to gaming laptops and PCs.
This means if you’re a PC gamer with a large Steam library already, and you are used to the quirks and annoyances that comes with playing PC games, then you’ll likely love the Steam Deck, and overlook many of its rougher edges.
However, if you’re a console player who is used to more polished products that keep things as simple and straightforward as possible, then you might be disappointed with the Steam Deck.
Those rough edges that we are talking about main come in the form of varied game support. If you buy a Nintendo Switch game, you can expect it to work on your Nintendo Switch.
However, buying a game on Steam doesn’t necessarily mean it will run on the Steam Deck. This is mainly due to the fact that the Steam Deck runs a form of Linux – Steam OS 3.0 – and many Steam games are Windows only. Valve has helped work on a nifty solution, known as Proton, which lets you play games on Linux - and therefore on the Steam Deck - but it’s not perfect, and some games just won’t run.
Valve has a simple way of identifying which games can run on the Steam Deck. Games with a green tick means they are Steam Deck verified, and will run without any issues. Default graphical settings and control options work well, and all menus and text will be legible.
There are also games that have yellow ticks. These games are ‘playable’ but not fully tested, and there may be some issues with getting them to run. At the moment, most of your Steam library will likely fall into this category.
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It’s certainly an ambitious piece of pc gaming hardware, and one that Valve pulls off in most regards.
However, as much as you may think the Steam Deck is a rival to the Nintendo Switch, we think it’s actually more of an alternative to gaming laptops and PCs.
This means if you’re a PC gamer with a large Steam library already, and you are used to the quirks and annoyances that comes with playing PC games, then you’ll likely love the Steam Deck, and overlook many of its rougher edges.
However, if you’re a console player who is used to more polished products that keep things as simple and straightforward as possible, then you might be disappointed with the Steam Deck.
Those rough edges that we are talking about main come in the form of varied game support. If you buy a Nintendo Switch game, you can expect it to work on your Nintendo Switch.
However, buying a game on Steam doesn’t necessarily mean it will run on the Steam Deck. This is mainly due to the fact that the Steam Deck runs a form of Linux – Steam OS 3.0 – and many Steam games are Windows only. Valve has helped work on a nifty solution, known as Proton, which lets you play games on Linux - and therefore on the Steam Deck - but it’s not perfect, and some games just won’t run.
Valve has a simple way of identifying which games can run on the Steam Deck. Games with a green tick means they are Steam Deck verified, and will run without any issues. Default graphical settings and control options work well, and all menus and text will be legible.
There are also games that have yellow ticks. These games are ‘playable’ but not fully tested, and there may be some issues with getting them to run. At the moment, most of your Steam library will likely fall into this category.
Read more - techradar.com