I tried Steam Deck early and it's AWESOME!

[@ChippyGaming]

Hats off to Valve for letting you have so much freedom to do your thing. I learnt way more from this video than anything I’ve seen about the Steam Deck prior.

[@bromomento3862]

Finally, 1.4 Terraria on console.

[@nu_kercat1]

didnt expect to see you here

[@pepperroni6252]

Hello Terraria enthusiasts

[@ChippyGaming]

@@bromomento3862 mine arrives in December so I’ll actually be doing a video showing some portable modded Terraria

[@Mong_Man]

IM GONNA PLAY TERRARIA ON IT CHIPPY I LOVE YOUUUU

[@anaguma90]

Gotta say I really appreciate the way you've approached this. I feel like a lot of "tech" youtubers will just give some pornographic close ups of it, footage of them playing it and then some general observations. All the effort with the dongles, the heat camera and everything is why you stand out as a channel that actually cares and knows their stuff.

[@MichaelDoesLife]

Other reviewers don't have the privilege that Linus has to push the boundaries

[@muhwyndham]

@@MichaelDoesLife Linus already push the boundaries of allowed preview for years since his first time in CES coverage, when his sub count is still under a million. It is a matter of will, really, and knowledge. Whoever else thinking to bring NVIDIA LDAT, thermal camera, monitor, 4 controller, 2 competing system, gaming mouse, and iFixit toolkit for this other than Linus?

[@nocommiesallowed7637]

Linus is an apex nerd thats why

[@kaspars804]

@@MichaelDoesLife what's that privilege ?

[@MhvkBx]

@@kaspars804 prolly money

[@theonlygt72]

Shoutout to valve for actually allowing Linus to bring and use all his gear. Feel like most demos are a tailored experience.

[@nikkoa.3639]

To nitpick, he wasn't able to test his controllers but I assume it's because they were strapped for time. I will say, since Steam already supports those it's redundant to even try them

[@RuffianSoldier]

@@nikkoa.3639 you right. and pretty much all controllers work out of the box on linux already

[@queueue_]

@@nikkoa.3639 Not only does steam support them, but support for them is baked into the linux kernel. Honestly of all the tests to run out of time for this is a pretty good one since it's basically guaranteed that they'll work anyway.

[@that_kaii]

@@nikkoa.3639 and it's running Linux so most controllers will work

[@kluevo]

@@queueue_ Thats probably the reason why Linus saved for the end, since it wasn't a necessary test anyways

[@badhival3779]

The freedom Valve gave you with their product shows their confidence

[@wesleyzimmerman94]

@Milos TV It was mainly to say you COULD easily do it but absolutely shouldn't

[@freddislettis9835]

@@wesleyzimmerman94 but the fact that this is a Linux operating system and they let you go to the desktop is just so cool

[@the_undead]

The thing I found most interesting in this video is the fact that even though this was nowhere near ready to be shipped, it's still functioned just fine with these weird edge cases that as far as I can tell, a lot of companies don't even think about a year after their product launched.

[@DantesGrill]

Linus' experience and professionalism mixed with his extreme nerdiness is always so impressive to watch!

[@kraken3242]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/naTGp2h3rL6fZtk ❤️❤️🔥

[@AkariInsko]

@@kraken3242 ❤️❤️💩🗑🗑 it’s probably a bot but I had to do it

[@papicholo623]

linus is a paid actor

[@ericbaker8807]

This kind of format, just letting Linus come in and do his thing (other than taking it apart) shows that Valve really has confidence in this thing. They really just said, "have at it"

[@GoldenNada]

as much info he's giving I wouldn't be surprised if "someone" is taking notes for valve to do final tweaks if the retail version gets a bigger vent we know why lol.

[@hop-skip-ouch8798]

Maybe don't let him "do his thing" completely. Because that package includes atleast one dropped product.

[@sonnyboiii5292]

and then his constructive criticism on it, like with the intake, he cares about this thing, he really fucking wants one

[@MichaelDoesLife]

Another Valve shill. Disgusting. This thing is clearly a bust and won't make it far in its niche market. Imagine being excited for lackluster integrated graphics. An Nvidia 1060 laptop from, like, 5 years ago is still a better deal. Imagine being excited about plopping down $400 for 64GB. YIKES!

[@hop-skip-ouch8798]

@@MichaelDoesLife Some of us have small hands and can't maneuver a laptop like a handheld device.

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

Just being able to play steam games without having to re buy them from the switch and worrying about cross saves working. I can see the interest😀

[@justandrew9_9]

What are you doing here?Yeah you can play games but idk what to say about games like War Thunder or rts games or AAAs in general.

[@horuslupercal3872]

Finally, War Thunder on mobile!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE HATE relationship on the GO!

[@yellowtrees3833]

VERIFIED 3 COMMENT :DD

[@dakotadanderson]

@@yellowtrees3833 outstanding work

[@diamondroyal538]

lol

[@MattMazzagatti]

Nintendo saw this and was like "okay fiiine we'll turn on the Bluetooth."

[@brittig8983]

Its actually kind of infuriating that after years of them saying no to bluetooth audio, they're randomly just like "oh yeah its on now." Like why couldn't you just do this 4 years ago??

[@er_cl]

@@brittig8983 the fact it always had Bluetooth capability too but they just didn’t turn it on 😭 so bizarre

[@Jmvars]

I had no idea. According to a Google search it comes with some major limitations, though? Audio lag and only able to connect two controllers.

[@er_cl]

@@Jmvars yeah the lag and jittering can be otherworldly (for me at least), probably why they refrained from turning it on all these years 🤣

[@Jmvars]

@@er_cl Yeah I figured there's probably a reason it wasn't on in the first place. I guess they figured if people want laggy audio they can have laggy audio.

[@jackielinde7568]

Valve Management: "We need to test this. Put it through it's paces." Scott (probably): "Why not just host a press day, and invite Linus Sebastian from Linus Media Group over to play with the device. If we're lucky, he might even drop the unit." Valve Management: "Make it so."

[@ShadowRubberDuck]

,but HE DIDNT! Perfect Ergonomics!

[@baseballjustin5]

@@somethingsomethingsomethingdar WHAT IS THIS WIZARDRY

[@OperationDarkside]

I'd throw Let's game it out and The spiffing Brit into the mix for total annihilation

[@valenciodiaz2644]

Then auction the dropped steam deck

[@truongao4742]

Lol Scott: everything will be easy

[@thekraken8him]

This is by far the best "hands on" I've ever seen of a pre-release product. Linus came incredibly prepared to test a wide range of important technical questions and he remains so focused while his excitement for the device is palpable. Fantastic video! The Steam Deck truly feels like the first no-compromises handheld at a reasonable price, and I'm as excited for it as Linus is.

[@stuffthings9618]

Dude I know right. All the other youtubers are just recycling whats been said but this dude did a full on diagnostic in an hour. Answering a lot of questions I had.

[@iEmoz98]

Even bringing his own monitor, it's insane

[@zebbleganubi723]

and he brought a thermal camera haha

[@GeoTexans]

Meanwhile, the lady behind him during the opener is all "WTF bro, just play a few games and parrot the same media release everyone else is. You're making the rest of us look bad!" lol

[@KoolMeester2]

the only thing im worried about how prone it will be to hardware failure. There are many features on the device and most of those are hardly replacable for the common consumer. I also dont know how good valves repair service will be.

[@AnthonyChangBBA]

Of all the people invited to this event, Linus was the most prepared to test all of the Steam Deck's features. I feel like all other journalists just reiterated what we already knew about the device but Linus was, like always, streets ahead.

[@KaiLuckey]

if you have to ask you're streets behind

[@np2118]

Stop trying to make "streets ahead" a thing it's not a thing

[@laurencefraser]

@@np2118 ... It was a thing.... Maybe 15 years ago? Might depend where you lived at the time. Usually in car ads.

[@j.garner2522]

Somebody doesn’t watch community lol

[@escapetherace1943]

yeah really ahead in what...... I got the same info or at least info that actually mattered from everyone else...

[@littech6889]

After watching the teardown Linus practically knew where every part in the deck was just by using the thermal. Got CPU, SSD, and battery correct

[@timseo8681]

there is now a teardown video? :o

[@gragogflying-anvil3605]

@@timseo8681 There's one from Valve that shows how to replace/repar parts. Not a complete teardown though.

[@timseo8681]

@@gragogflying-anvil3605 gotcha, you're probably right. That's probably the video LitTech is referring to

[@uzkjhgfdsewr]

A huge reason why I love watching LTT is the journalistically clear work: you guys don't lick the vendors' butt cracks, you talk about what's there to talk about. I also highly respect you guys for knowing what's important (i.e. not hyping up huge resolutions when they don't make sense).

[@PrograError]

and even had some useful advice...

[@tbv7447]

LTT is the best tech channel!

[@j5689]

Luke had some very logical input on why the screen resolution should've been bigger in one of the WAN Shows from a few weeks ago, but yeah Linus really convinced me in this vid that Valve made the right choice here. A small screen like that still looks plenty sharp enough for high motion gameplay at 720p-ish resolutions with the benefit of also not stressing the hardware out like 1080p would, so you have some flexibility on settings vs framerate as opposed to trying to make everything work at 1080p and just hoping you can get the settings just right to at least be able to hit 30 FPS.

[@TheT3rr0rMask]

@@j5689 Plus compare to the Switch which runs games worse at the same res despite those games being specifically made for that hardware. Switch's chip is just too old at this point. Steam Deck won't kill Switch and Switch will still be successful but now the player base has to suffer from bad ports or no ports at all

[@Tn5421Me]

@@j5689 "Barely hitting 30fps" would be such a valid console move, but Valve decided to be better instead.

[@mrp1x6l]

This feels like classic LTT (rushed, non-scripted, experimental and free handed, O and Ed holding the camera!), I absolutely love it!

[@thealandude9146]

^

[@andrewmalhotra]

I know this is so great.

[@deenutt6964]

Thanks for pointing this out, I do miss them running and gunning

[@milenimeyt9131]

Old and gold

[@thekinglionofjudah]

Pre ordered the expensive Steam deck. Will definitely buy this.

[@umersalman1]

Linus: Checks thermals, Input lag, installs another game, hooks it upto a monitor, does a performance benchmark with Aya Neo, Checks Built-in browser with video playback, compares sound profiles etc The Verge: We didn't have enough time. MAD RESPECT, Linus and his team

[@JanJanJanJanJanJanJanJanJan2]

Maybe they didn't bring their swiss army knife that hopefully has a screwdriver, a thermal camera, a microphone, a monitor and the Aya neo built in.

[@umersalman1]

@@JanJanJanJanJanJanJanJanJan2 LOL! If linus had 2 hours with the thing, he probably would have water cooled the steam deck.

[@ViXoZuDo]

I don't even understand why people are subscribed to that joke of a channel. Seriously.

[@nexxusty]

The Verge is full of morons. We all know this.

[@umersalman1]

@@ViXoZuDo Becka and Dieter basically. The rest of the reviewers are mehh.

[@Splackavellie85]

After owning the Steam Deck for a couple months at this point and comparing it to my Odin Pro and Switch OLED, it’s amazing to see that Valve not only delivered on everything they promised, but actually surpassed expectations and completely blowing the handheld PC market wide open.

[@comrad707]

This is how you do a product launch. With transparency. It's such an underrated marketing strategy most of the time, but the best aspect of it is it also sets realistic (or as realistic as you can get) expectations for the product, so people can have a good idea of what they're going to get.

[@stefanparsons8212]

definitely, and on a handheld gaming console its never gonna be as noticable in person as it is on paper. a lot of esports pros even reduce their res to get extra fps. CSGO 720P STRETCHED RES BABYYYYY

[@jemborg]

Well put.

[@fighterluckless409]

STEAM Deck is an actual a PC on a mobile- feel and just like a PC I can use import all my games that is non-STEAM based and I hope Valve would actually work with GOG on this one as well. CDProjekt better work with Valve on STEAM Deck because it will also help their market since half of their market are also using STEAM. So it's no brainer to work with Valve when half of your market is also using STEAM to capture more customers. EDIT Game-Developers who are low-funded like me would definitely want GOG to push forward on working with Valve on a cross platform. ---- Give us STEAM and GOG cross platform on STEAM Deck as well this will allow us DRM and DRM-Free crowd to do what we want to keep our games.

[@knockoutnine]

Wich is weird for valve at least for their games like TF2 or CSGO

[@elmalloc]

so who are you sniping against? Nintendo is the king.

[@loicjeannin6233]

Kudos to valve to have the balls to give an early prototype to Linus with full access. That shows they have a lot of confidence in their product.

[@isthisoneunavailable]

Eh, quick, easy and basically free equivalent of two years worth of wear and tear in an hour at a minimum.

[@johnporterfield4577]

I know he said when he made suggestions, "You don't care", oh, they do care Linus, that's why you're there.

[@dweeceman]

More kudos for Linus himself for not dropping it lmfao

[@mrthesquid]

I mean they already have sold so many of these devices. It really doesn’t matter how much access they give. I am waiting to find out if the nVME is going to upgradable before I preorder one. Doesn’t seem worth it to rely on an SD card for data saving especially for games.

[@MrDeadmanwalken1]

@@mrthesquid the sd card is sufficient. But i get what your gettin at. An if you want to know.... its a 2230 m key ssd

[@dungeondude0729]

What I love is how a Valve person is actually paying attention to what Linus is saying and giving good feedback

[@2openhere]

Absolutely, respect for Valve went up multiple notches this month.

[@slickstretch6391]

Yeah, I wish more his shows could have guest engineers/designers.

[@HazyHerbivore]

Because he's an engineer not a marketing person lmao

[@awesome9174]

@@2openhere Valve has always been that way tho

[@erickfuchs7397]

they control him to don't take apart it aswell

[@SeanSpellblade]

Literally the most professional Steam Deck hands-on review so far.

[@mcalixtro82]

seriously. i just came from the verge video and though its "professional", it was too mainstream journalistic type shit i cant stand when it comes to tech and wanting to actually know things

[@setiajumpman]

Except the camera man, hes slightly incompetent

[@coolgirladrian]

> 7:44 | Edzel would like to apologise for his rusty camera work. edzel hasn't done filming that's just camera on shoulder for 3+ hours in YEARS. it's really hard to have a HEAVY camera on your shoulder for even more than 10 minutes and keep it somewhat still, especially if you haven't done it in 2 years because of covid.

[@the_undead]

​@@setiajumpmanyou try holding a 10 lb camera on your shoulder perfectly still for over an hour. I would say the cameraman did a just fine job given the circumstances

[@pacitoman9721]

This is why I love Linus. His passion for tech and gaming and his enthusiasm really shows; just to see how excited he is to try it and show us everything about it. That's what makes him unique. I got to know more about the steam deck from this video than all other videos and articles combined.

[@ForgotMyPasswd000]

A worthy heart from Linus

[@2BTO]

Marry him then

[@jaco_21]

@@2BTO he's taken lol

[@Cangaca777]

He was also in a rush haha. you can see that he tried to cover as much as he could before the time ran out; he did a very good job.

[@harpertut]

This pleases Linus

[@K0M1N0]

This was exactly the video we needed. Valve, allowing this guy to do his thing just sold me and likely thousands others on your steam deck, bravo. To all other tech companies, if you actually are proud of your product, getting Mr king-of-the-nerds Linus to go all in with his box of tricks and to come out impressed is the only endorsement you'll ever need.

[@rhyzhyn]

Just finished watching the video and already open tab the steam deck website to buu one. and yeah i buy one. highest one.

[@brayoungful]

Ditto. This thing could easily replace the ubiquitous "living room laptop". And place an external HDD on your TV stand and you've got an HTPC.

[@NandR]

Well many companies know what they have will leave them open to harsh criticism from Linus that they can't wiggle away from unlike the main websites they get to publish their stuff.

[@vanzzini]

Absolutely right.

[@K0M1N0]

@@NandR well if he (or any honest member of the press for that matter) can find faults for the price given its target demographic then it's not a great product. Valve KNOW this is a great product for a killer price, but the initial IGN exclusive coverage felt like sponsored content that personally would never win me, but honest first impressions like this though definitely would.

[@charliep728]

I confess my enthusiasm was a little lukewarm before, but seeing Linus' enthusiasm on top of Valve's guys letting him do his thing and all those tests has me excited for it now!

[@dontplay5509]

Xbox and ps5 didn’t let Linus demo the systems before anyone else valve has confidence cause let’s be honest Linus won’t sugar coat shit

[@RoachDogggJR]

I agree, my $820 CAD will be worth

[@DrX_1030]

He was trully amped to try it.

[@jimmyjoe1488]

@@dontplay5509 This is why I love Valve; their only dedication is to the end user alone, (they don't even have shareholders.) Their only objective is to make the best product possible, no cutting corners, no cheap garbage.

[@kiseitai2]

@@jimmyjoe1488 and when Gabe Newell says what he wants to see from a product as a gamer, I actually believe he is a gamer. It will be a sad day when he passes away. P.S. I love my Steam Controller (I hated controllers before then). My only regret is only grabbing one during the inventory liquidation sale…

[@mcdingus5081]

I'm really itching to get my hands on this thing. I'm not usually an early adopter, but they've done everything right with this in my eyes. I'm glad they went with the built in grips- The Switch may be nice and compact, but I can barely use the thing without having a grip case. And I actually like having the USB port on the top as well.

[@kilarymz4life772]

Get it!

[@avylynn4523]

+ it’s safe to reserve and order for a full refund if needed once they get to you on the list. Should be a couple weeks in there which is plenty of time for Linus to dissect it even more

[@Simlife101]

@@avylynn4523 I pre ordered today. Only £4 deposit lol. I pre ordered the 512gb nvme version cant wait. I have a PC with 3080, 9700k 32gb ram but this is for the living room

[@airtiger4577]

@@Simlife101 are all the games free on the steam deck?

[@Reconzile]

Linus: "Oh let's try THIS" Valve Guy: "Dear god in heaven, please work"

[@jaredbaker5964]

Should be fine….

[@zer0legend109]

They were really confident and gave them mich freedom testing things, and Im sure if there were any red flags valve would note that down it's a testing unit, nothing to be ashamed of

[@DsgSleazy]

@@zer0legend109 I mean, testing doesn't always prepare something for release, look at Cyberpunk 2077.

[@Dulk9]

That reminds me how Elon Musk broke unbreakable glass.

[@zer0legend109]

@@DsgSleazy it does, in CP2077 case they just ignored the feedback for thd console versions because they didnt have the time for it, we all know that the pc release was pretty good

[@LightslicerGP]

My man is speedrunning a review while under pressure Hats off to you man

[@Gorilla_Jones]

🙄

[@Toobst8ker]

It's more a first impression than a review, They'll do a more in-depth review

[@strawman5300]

*preview*

[@poopsie117]

Speed run Valve Steam Deck any% LOL.

[@newgoogleaccount3526]

He's very experienced at that skill, he's a KZbinr for a long time while his main video format is short reviews, not to mention he's talkative compared to most tech savvy people. Under pressure is not a factor cause he's a CEO of a medium sized company while only a few valve employees are watching his show.

[@Sam-ge7tc]

Watching Linus hyper as fuck and chaotically bounce around with this thing with all the nerdiness of his 13.7m subscribers combined brings me such joy.

[@tyler.walker]

This does put a smile on my face.

[@applehazeva2739]

Seeing Linus happy at all

[@thenintendogamer1542]

And. We are like him right now…

[@softwarelivre2389]

Imagine Linus + Anthony together on this. Just imagine it! Man that'd be neat.

[@iitchyVee]

14M subs now 👏

[@ted_van_loon]

I agree a small display doesn't need high resolution, i rather have good performance and especially a nice looking display with good color displaying.

[@benm3382]

I mean, sometimes KZbin plays videos in 360p on my phone and I don't even notice right away. Much better to focus on performance for a game console rather than cramming a higher resolution you'll barely notice.

[@ted_van_loon]

@@benm3382 exactly, Also had a 2k smartphone but you only noticed the resolution in VR otherwise it was just a waste to have such a high resolution screen. I als once had a 360 or 480 p tv which used a cathode ray (old tv) that screen had a certain amount of leaking in between pixels and a effect like a static mist over the display. Resolution was terrible, but it made all games look great because it made you ise yohr umagination to improve the graphics. Due to the leaking and static mist you also did not see pixels at all and it looked better than a 2k tv(in gaming, not in reading or photo edit ting or such)

[@AVerySillySausage]

There should be a more expensive OLED option though, it's the only thing that makes me still consider a Switch instead.

[@superpotato657]

@@AVerySillySausage im pretty sire there will be oled screen mods

[@wta1518]

@@superpotato657 An official OLED version would still be better.

[@harshitgupta6856]

Now, THIS is tech journalism.

[@alv14]

You're right.

[@kraftdinnakilla]

Now, THIS is pod racing!

[@AdamTheChips]

TRUEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

[@F1L337]

I just wanted to see the steam deck and now I have to find out how all his equipment is working 😀

[@JoshWitte]

This dude is a total spaz

[@jay-em]

Other reviewers in room: this is fun. Linus: deploys electronics lab.

[@NabekenProG87]

"Scratches at level 4 .…" *whole stuff running towards Linus*

[@jeremyhillaryboob4248]

he should have bought an xray machine to look at the internals funded by the sales of underwear

[@sheedyaja6465]

@@jeremyhillaryboob4248 THIS!

[@sid6645]

@@NabekenProG87 staff*?

[@huttonberries768]

@@NabekenProG87 ZACK NO. NO DEEPER GROVES AT LEVEL 7 😭

[@ChevronQ]

I love the valve guy. he's interested in the shenanigans you do, not like other companies that forbid you to do basically anything useful. very authentic and very likeable.

[@USSMariner]

I kind of suspect linus isn't allowed to open it not for trade secret stuff, but because it's unfinished hardware anyway.

[@shiverwind]

@@USSMariner yeah exactly my thought, I think they just don't want people to copy it by watching the video

[@USSMariner]

@@shiverwind I mean the special sauce in the whole thing is really the APU, which is custom ordered from AMD sooo

[@lawbepobepo2003]

understandable, we definitely don’t want a bootleg version of steam deck. Chinese company would definitely take advantage of the interior of the layout of the device.

[@mateofantasma]

They have a good product they are confident in. Looks really promising I must say.

[@canister6344]

The steam deck has better specs than my desktop PC..

[@Mythical.History]

Same here lol

[@pancitnoodle]

i can feel the pain.

[@waawee2186]

Same and the base model is cheaper than my laptop too

[@Robincredible]

It's painful man, I can't even play witcher 3 in my laptop and he's holding it in his hand

[@MrNhlam123]

Yes, pretty sure my computer can't play doom that good tho

[@TVperson1]

Valve: " You're invited to see the SteamDeck" Linus *brings everything that fits in the car*

[@TVperson1]

@@waldolemmer Dyslexic fast typing

[@hopefullyexisting1531]

@@waldolemmer @glibg10b @glibg10b valve : "You are invited to see the SteamDeck" Linus : brings everything that fits in the car

[@jody.lumbantoruan]

even the monitor

[@Cosmitzian]

Everyone at the press conference: "oh this is neat", Linus "hey, can i plug in my ldat and measure click to photon latency?"

[@JohnSmith-vn8dm]

Crazy thing is those numbers are already better than the Aya Neo this earlier. Valve must be doing a good job with their Gamescope compositor.

[@MaybeAnnatar]

@@JohnSmith-vn8dm the engineers at Valve are wizards.

[@Aggnog]

@@JohnSmith-vn8dm Crazy? Why would a random kickstarter product be better than this in any universe?

[@andresacosta5318]

@@Aggnog because they have had alot more time since release to finetune software. While valve is still working on “early” production stages

[@komi_maru]

Not to mention that it's not the typical OS for gaming that they're using. They're running linux

[@forgivemysinsGod]

The man literally brought his own monitor just to be sure lmao. Love you Linus.

[@alonalyy]

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[@rookie_Nimble]

Yikes, make it two.

[@vozii9266]

Make it 3

[@Blap7]

prepare for trouble, and make it... four?

[@onyxkane]

Ahh yes...i need five (≧▽≦)

[@MarkkkyPants]

First time I might actually invest in a handheld gaming device - My housemate and his partner often around the house playing their switches and I've sat envious docked to my desk, but too broke to buy a console that requires me to re-buy all my games. Also means old fashioned LAN party style games with friends will be a lot simpler :)

[@forgivemysinsGod]

Imagine the nervousness of the Valve guys seeing Linus coming in with all his Arsenal of testing devices. If it were any other reviewers they’d probably had it easy lmao.

[@L33T_Taco]

True but this is the exact extensive testing that will verify and ease the minds of a variety of people with different question AND bring to light any if not all concerns about its designs, so in the end im sure they are very thankful of this even if they were on edge xD. New console's and gaming devices should do what valve does like this.

[@Arjun-eb1yc]

@@L33T_Taco also it allows Valve valuable feedback to tweak the final product. Console ecosystem has a different culture. Valve is very much in the PC ecosystem of modding, tinkering, user generated content, freedom etc..

[@TwiztidKlownzTX]

I'm pretty sure they knew what they were getting themselves into when they invited Linus on lol

[@skillf00l84]

I appreciate their confidence, Linus is the guy that you can’t buy for money, so they WANTED him to come with all of this to show how even the test products are quite great.

[@forgivemysinsGod]

Exactly. there's nobody more perfect than Linus for this very kind of early impressions. The guy is genuinely passionate about the rig as we are, and able to dissect key information we are all dying to know about. Had it was any other reviewer we'd probably just be getting slides of specs and minutes of lousy gaming attempts.

[@AverageDrafter]

The other comments in all the other Steam Deck videos are 80% about how they can hear Linus in the background. Excellent cross-promotional work there!

[@jobesjo]

I think it's worth mentioning that the Steam Controller also had gyro built in. It's really cool to see Valve putting all those cool features from the SC into this new device while improving so many of them at the same time.

[@PsychoEditor]

I want a sc now

[@denisruskin348]

IGN: Reuses the same b roll footage for like 20 videos. LTT: Shows the man using the thing in real life.

[@aria8928]

ign 'media'. LTT tech enthusiasts.

[@moboots]

IGN is a fuckin joke

[@jbg0801]

That's why I've been waiting for actual enthusiasts like Linus to look at the device before making my judgements. IGN are a fucking joke.

[@killertigergaming6762]

@@moboots i agree

[@gastaannoying1780]

What the fuck is IGN?

[@ThePieGuy731]

The man brought his own monitor. This goes beyond diligence he's just legitimately excited about this product.

[@KingNachos4]

I thought you said he brought his own mother for some reason

[@aidilmubarock5394]

@@KingNachos4 lol, my sides

[@TheCalifornianeskimo]

I mean, I’m getting pretty jazzed myself. I keep looking for more news even though I know there isn’t much, so this is freaking awesome

[@-Rickster-]

You could see the enthusiasm on his face

[@psycold]

Kids these days. We used to drag out entire PC with a giant CRT over to friends houses! It was uphill both ways!

[@TheJamator]

Valve: Here's some time for first impressions. Don't take it apart or anything, but play a few games and get some footage. Linus: ok, so I brought the heat sensitive camera, the Nvidia LDAT, a capture card, monitor, 9 different console controllers, a competitor product and a bunch of games on sd cards. Let's get started!

[@simonwu5610]

Actually, 2 competitor products - both the AYA NEO and the Switch

[@Nepoxification]

@@simonwu5610 lets be honest...the Switch is not the competitor product here.

[@wisico640]

@@Nepoxification Yet valve waited for the switch oled to release price & all ?

[@ghostyscarab372]

@@Nepoxification tbh I don’t see the switch as a competitor due to it being classified as a console, and I think the steam deck is more of a pc.

[@gamingwithblaise3822]

@@ghostyscarab372 Console or PC, it is crunching numbers to send information to a display, controlling AI, and taking inputs. Classification doesn't matter as much as "does it perform?"

[@EL-ISS]

I'm actually perplexed a tech company let you have so much unedited access to their product. Really makes me feel that Valve knows this thing is worth it.

[@anubhavpurohit6474]

Valve Guy in charge of Linus's device must be sweating like crazy.

[@Shutterbun4]

He is definitely prone to dropping things.

[@ChoJun69]

@@Shutterbun4 -Linus drops the Steam deck and catches before it drops to the ground -Valve guy starts sweating like Peele sweating gif in (Key & Peele)

[@TheRULLY789]

haha

[@JohnMichaelGadier]

Hahahahahahahaha

[@odepoikanen]

Linus be hot hot

[@yayayaokoksure]

I love that you showed up totally prepared and Valve actually indulged you.

[@bilalak9090]

they even looked at the thermals, thats cool of valve

[@deffarhan6748]

i think valve certain of their product being great that they gave linus the freedom to do what he wants.

[@satyampatel3713]

@@bilalak9090 i see what you did there

[@desto13c]

Even Valve's employee was pleasantly surprised. This shows they don't expect early reviewers to go such depth. Great video!

[@BowserN64]

I know right? Linus is good and thorough.

[@matteow101]

I mean, it's Linus.

[@Varangian_af_Scaniae]

Yeah because it wasn't a joke. A new product that hasn't finished qc, everything can break. But sure take everything said literally!

[@redblackfoxy]

Every review should go deep and thorough thats what is all about, and we benefit from it :)

[@mrgreen2258]

You can even hear Linus in other reviewers videos lol

[@Shaammaan]

I’m a big console person and in fact don’t have a pc so being able to play pc games on a handheld in console format is really appealing to me.

[@CaptainFrankBlack]

Same

[@nealagosto7379]

Me too,I have one preordered I’m very hyped

[@ShinyShinyIsAlwaysBeingSerious]

Videos like this make me appreciate how good Linus is at his job.

[@chodak3709]

Actually same

[@cazikman]

The engineer watching him do all this must be sweating bullets every time Linus starts waving that Steam Deck around.

[@mrgw98]

Nah, they only invited him hopes of getting some real world drop testing.

[@issackaiser]

@@mrgw98 That must’ve been their original plan. But Linus end up bringing all kind of stuff with him that he barely have enough time to drop it 🤣

[@whysoserious13218]

Want to make good product Listen to the comsumers 10/10 valve will make the best portable gaming console

[@The1Overmind]

Linus's energy in this video was like he broke into Valve and was caught trying to unbox/benchmark the Steam Deck. I love it lol

[@Beakerbite]

He had a mad rush, both personally and time wise.

[@standuser69]

Lmao

[@alv14]

I love it to see him so happy. Now is when you see that he really loves what he does and that makes this so unique. I really loved thiS

[@standuser69]

And there was another KZbin shooting about Steam Deck when I watched his video I only hear Linus screaming In the background

[@angeryplant3219]

crackhead linus but in an endearing way

[@KeithApp]

That's a phenomenal portable gaming device. First impressions are great. I really like this impartial review of all the cutting-edge features. Being able to connect to monitor and the fact that the Xbox One X and PS5 are still hard to get hold of could covert a lot of people into Steam PC gamers.

[@mrgw98]

Plot twist: Linus was only invited so they could get real world drop testing.

[@Baxten123]

When he was flipping it around in his hands I was definitely nervous 👀

[@mark_makes]

Nice comment 😁

[@CyrilJap]

You made me laugh 😂

[@juankbz]

Underrated comment of the year

[@LeuLeumas]

Lmaoo

[@haydentuttle9870]

Valve: "Just a spoonful" Linus: *Pulls out comically large bag of test equipment*

[@MremiAntoine08]

Just a spoonful, *proceeds to whipping out the biggest poon he could find*

[@TheK1t3]

Dedication and not just phoning it in

[@thisaccountisntreal107]

@@MremiAntoine08 I want to see Linus whip out the largest poon he can find

[@nefm]

@@thisaccountisntreal107 hol up

[@painfullyhuman]

aye dawg can I get some Press Release First Impression content

[@Paveway-chan]

This is just sheer confidence from Valve. Sheer confidence. "Yeah, this unit isn't even on sale yet (except pre-order, boo) but we'll give it to IT Gandalf and let him run wild with it for an hour or whatever, just for schits und giggles."

[@johnsmith-ir1ne]

IT Gandalf 🤣

[@shariarrahman7562]

As much as I do hate pre-orders, given the scalper situation this year, I'm glad they did what they did 😐

[@RangerxTurbo]

😂 it's to fuck up scalpers

[@pinguman13]

Best comment ever lol

[@seekererebus255]

Preorders are only stupid for software, which can be duplicated infinitely. For hardware, or back in the day when all games came on physical disks, games too, preorders were the best way to make sure customers got what they were after. We should still be doing preorders for hardware, all the time, since it's the best way to both overcome scalpers and make sure supply can meet demand.

[@ginamcgill7054]

Linus is top dog at this sort of thing. He tries to answer all the questions that ever occur to us plebs days or weeks into owning our gear. So thoroughly forensic, good stuff.

[@mpr746]

He is a nerd like us. We are blessed to have him

[@danmarct9647]

can't believe i met linus that day, I catered food for the valve employees and he was right there. what an amazing experience

[@houghwhite411]

Did you meet lord and savior Gaben?

[@CR7Ashironaldo]

so you are a waitor ?

[@zawardo7811]

@@houghwhite411 gaben is in another dimension already working on source 3

[@Baby_boodle]

That sounds rad!

[@DavidJohnsonFromSeattle]

What was linus like off camera?

[@dumbtruccc]

honestly, the most attractive feature of the steam deck for me is already having a comprehensive library of all my favourite games. the experience of buying a console (the switch for me) is always soured by those first few weeks with very few games and little reason to play it over your pc

[@OneThousand98]

That's kind of your own fault for not buying more games when you buy a console (the switch for you) though? I have like 300 games in my Steam Library, but most of them are total garbage. I actually play two of them, Civ 6 and PuBG. This handheld would be absolutely awful to play Civ6 on, and you might be able to get PuBG to work on it, but the framerate would be low and graphics settings would need to go to low / medium. Even still the controls on the Steam Deck are awful for FPS games, so I can't see myself playing PuBG on it... Whereas on the Switch I have Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Mario Odyssey and Zelda BOTW, four great games which work really well on handheld / joypad controls. I think the biggest issue the Cleveland Steamer has is that most PC games are not in any way set up for Joypad control. Those that are, are usually low-budget indie platformers which are just... meh.

[@frenchyfrenchsilver1331]

@@OneThousand98 Switch games are actually a trash garbage.

[@dumbtruccc]

@@OneThousand98 i suggest you dont buy it buddy. also, having 2 games you like out of 300 suggests you are abhorrent at buying games you like. id work on that

[@Peter-pq2cw]

@@frenchyfrenchsilver1331 botw is a masterpiece

[@destinyhero4795]

@@OneThousand98 guess you can play botw on steam deck

[@InvIdEoGaMeS]

Perfectly showed the thing we wanted to see.Thanks

[@btiiithug9585]

Hi I am a big fan of u and cricket 19

[@cookiesupervisor2211]

Yeah , mouse + keyboard + 24" screen + external speakers you have decent PC for regular grey PC gamer , I have now ancient PC I was considered upgrade for few years , I just waited for CP2077 to come out , and now there is no PC part on market :( , only new card I could buy is 1050ti for 2 times it was priced in 2019 ... so this 650$ not looking bad , of course I am not only one who think this way , but more gaming hardware = more people getting new rigs = less demand = better prices :) (BTW I considered to make bridge upgrade with Ryzen 3400G , 16 GB , and all that build PC would cost me around 7.000kr in Sweden = around 700$ , so Steam deck is sweetest deal right now)

[@Yakubian1995]

Except the internals but ya know that's probably something they wanna keep secret for a little bit

[@tacokoneko]

22:52 _exits big picture mode_ and... it's just KDE. Micro$oft shills in full panic mode: "it's steam UI only you cant do anything except game"

[@InvIdEoGaMeS]

@@cookiesupervisor2211 Steamdeck looks awesome....

[@ballistiquebec]

I remember watching this video saying « I’m so buying one » I haven’t regretted my choice !!

[@cixtos]

Them allowing Linus to play with his gadgets has really boosted my confidence in this device being a success

[@MichaelDoesLife]

That's all it took? Yikes.

[@princedevitt1158]

@Jhonny Carrat yeah he's a fanboy of the glorified smartphone with controllers

[@devilhero1062]

Linus bring out his “testing devices” The devs: sweating nervously

[@spacejamgaming]

Devs invited him for that 😅

[@ranid0072]

@@spacejamgaming i think, you're totaly right , lol ;)

[@angwydud]

what about the engineers

[@scarletdreams4228]

Lol love your pfp xD

[@Ballador]

@@angwydud we engineers always sweat and are always under pressure

[@TheThirdLieberkind]

they shouldn't be worried about Linus having an iFixit kit, they should be worried about Linus having hands.. and a floor

[@couchcamperTM]

blame gravity xD

[@ahyaan2552]

And i was scared the whole way through if he would dro- *LINUSSED*

[@andyenglish4303]

In the future Valve will hold such events on the moon so the gravity is less.

[@mehedihasan-ui6qt]

Damn! If this is basically a gaming pc then how did they manage to fit this powerful configuration into this small handheld console? Anyway, gald they did it! Always dreamt of such device and thought we would never get such device so soon. I'm so hyped.

[@mpforeverunlimited]

Don't ask this question until you see the price and battery life lol. That's where your answer lies

[@tralphstreet]

@@mpforeverunlimited We already have a price and battery life. Both seem pretty good.

[@aboveaveragebayleaf9216]

Yeah price is very reasonable 400 for the base model. That's cheap for such a device.

[@wta1518]

@@aboveaveragebayleaf9216 only 64GiB of storage though.

[@aboveaveragebayleaf9216]

Expandable storage though.

[@venahtmusic]

I like that the valve guys are actually seem receptive to everything Linus is saying rather than getting defensive at criticisms like a lot of prideful people would normally be.

[@debore3654]

it is a great device, nothing shady about it. it just shows in their confidence.

[@zzzzz4467]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIeTi2aFrdubo9U

[@mark_midmark]

As they should! Linus is a hugely important figure in electronics and he seems unbiased, just wants good quality stuff.

[@krisplanker9640]

Right? Imagine what a Deck Pro would look like.

[@techgoggles]

Considering it’s a sponsored video

[@santinojoshuatorre1695]

this is great. this is actually reminiscent of the "olden days" Linus in terms of enthusiasm for a product. amazing.

[@m4a44]

Man, Valve is confident in this hardware, and it shows by a type of review like this. Great PR move.

[@etch3130]

oh yeah, they could have asked him not to and no one would have known.

[@NScherdin]

Keep in mind this is just a preview of pre-release hardware. They've got 4 more months to tweak the software even if they are probably locked down on the hardware at this point.

[@doclouis4236]

People will truly know if the Steam Deck is good or not based on impressions after long term use and if Crowbcat makes a video on it.

[@89qn85mn]

It not a review

[@pandaboogus]

@Krazy Kommando “Looks great” is Valve paying you to say this? This looks like something you’d see off Wish or Amazon.

[@philonetic321]

4 buttons on each side is a game changer for me. My right hand is disabled. I can use buttons and an analog stick just fine but the trigger buttons are a different story. 4 triggers on the left side will make all the difference.

[@retro_ed746]

...and Gyro... It is the best feature.

[@EpicHardware]

normal reviewer: point a camera into the steam deck and talks for 15 minutes. Linus: brings thermal camera screwdriver, laptop, latency tester, battery analyzer, flux capacitor, and he stays until security trow him them away

[@tedxteddy]

That's why we love him

[@aaRafastsbh]

Its good bc most reviewers say things we already know

[@thecolorred3723]

thats because there is a 30 day period where reviewers cant even use the product its only “1st impressions”

[@thecolorred3723]

sometimes more than 30 days

[@rattlingduck8454]

SIX CONSOLES

[@conormurphy4328]

steam: "give him 30 minutes, he shouldn't be able to learn anything by then" Linus: "pass me the electron microscope" steam: "Wot"

[@aadharshj10]

Lol

[@hazedcube]

Valve*

[@latefid]

@@namonaite true lmao

[@theburgerbox9576]

@Billie Eillish 🅥 ah yes e i l l i s h

[@TotalGAMIX]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Tarkov.]

The fact that Ed can keep the gameplay entirely watchable while Linus is yeeting the thing around is indicative of two things: 1: That glass is awesome 2: Ed needs a raise

[@LinusTechTips]

Ed already gets paid enough. He's our Production Manager but got roped into this trip with me because he's double vaccinated lol. -LS

[@hiramabiff604]

@@LinusTechTips Spoken like a true CEO or disgruntled employee upset his coworker definitely makes more than him.

[@Derpsii]

@@Michael18751 huh?

[@killertigergaming6762]

@@LinusTechTips he still needs a raise

[@hero3104]

@@Derpsii he's talking about self promo bots on channels

[@Jakuzziful]

I can't even imagine how linus came there with 3 bags of srewdrivers, test equipment, controllers, a freakin monitor and also a handheld of an other company. Your excitement for this is just awesome.

[@applehazeva2739]

Well i mean Its a new console :D

[@hovsep56]

imagine being a employee and letting a guy try out your product and he takes out an entire surgery kit and starts messing with it.

[@clokie6671]

And then when you say no he starts talking about how people will hack a lot of things and emulate stuff

[@comedyclub333]

@@clokie6671 Actually, Valve does not even try to prevent emulation or other software running. Since it is Arch based they explicitly said that it will definitely be possible to run non-steam games or retro emulators

[@LordZahe]

@@clokie6671 I don’t really think valve cares. They are not some hyper controlling company like Nintendo. They already know people are gonna use it to do all kinds of stuff.

[@comedyclub333]

@les rete you know there's steam remote play to do exactly what you described? It projects games to your phone or tv screen and let's you play the games with a controller connected.

[@Excal123]

My man legit whipped out a thermal camera😂

[@si2k7801]

This video alone just blew away IGN’s month’s long “coverage” of the steam deck.

[@deryoutubaaar3926]

Well at least it was noted at IGN, that every version is upgradeable, for the Storage. You "only" lose the warranty Edit: to clarify, this is no defense for them, they mostly took Valves words for true and they have been given the most exposure, from Valve

[@TatsuZZmage]

@@deryoutubaaar3926 In america warenties do not void if you open YOUR Hardware infact THE manufacture has the burden of proof. doesn't matter if its an company is outside the states if they do business in america they cant void a warentie for opening the device.

[@SummaryGamingYT]

@@TatsuZZmage legally yes but they still win almost every court case against the end user it sucks that precedent wins over all in this case but hopefully it will change

[@Mark6O9]

Probably gonna give it a low review like everything else

[@JohnSmith-vn8dm]

I thought IGN had some great interviews though.

[@Hami10101]

Can we just appreciate that Linus could’ve gotten the same amount of views by just playing a few games and talking but he pushed for these extra tests and brought us real content.

[@rx10]

yet he didnt turn on the metrics he said he would.... this was absolutely planned to be perceived this way and he succeded

[@Hami10101]

@@rx10 Which part are you referring to? He said he would turn on metrics for Doom and you can see the FPS counter in most shots.

[@AD-zs5ce]

LTT is GOATED for this kind of stuff for a reason!

[@realhumanbean7915]

@@rx10 What metrics? If you mean FPS then look upper right 9:13

[@Gramini]

@@realhumanbean7915 Doom 2016 has way more to show, Doom Eternal most likely too. Like memory usage, clock speed, temperature, frametime, graphics API and stuff like that. Might have not been permitted to show the extended metrics after all.

[@GraeHall]

Wow, so this whole thing has been super interesting, up to 12 minutes, but seeing the motion controls inform the fine aiming, that made me say "Wow!" aloud. That's awesome. It's a brilliant addition to standard stick controlling in FPS which is let's be honest not great if you're used to using a mouse. Seeing the stick controllers get close then the motion of moving the entire thing do fine aiming is amazing. It's exciting, and this review is excellent!

[@metroid2]

I agree, but its nothing new or unique, i recall playing some games on the ps vita back in the day. Truly excellent way to play fps

[@GraeHall]

@@metroid2 I did not know that! I'm impressed by this innovation.

[@metroid2]

@@GraeHall it was pretty awesome. Uncharted Golden Abyss had this mechanism. It made playing it on the hardest difficulty a breeze as popping headshots was so much easier than on the console versions.

[@lukebell4738]

If you’ve ever played splatoon you’d have used it before. I saw it on the steam deck and I legit said thank god because fine aiming is so hard on console controls.

[@explanoit]

Respect to Valve for letting Linus have so much freedom to test. Shows a ton of confidence in the product. This video has actually made me start to consider this. I was worried it was side project abandonware.

[@4879daniel]

Could turn into abandonware if games outpace it in terms of CPU/GPU requirements going forwards.

[@rx10]

Yeah, cant wait for Doom medium settings 720p with those juicy 20 fps dips

[@bamarshmallow1]

While I'm happy they've done this whole event and it's a step in the right direction. I'm still a little perturbed at everything else that is wrong with steam. I'm really hoping they're turning over a new leaf with this as a starter.

[@jxmpking4384]

@@rx10 what? it's not comparable to a high-end gaming pc. don't buy this if your stupid enough to expect that type of performance on a handheld.

[@emperorfaiz]

@@jxmpking4384 That's clearly a childish circlejerk by them

[@MrFedX]

This is how it’s supposed to be done! Both LTT and Valve handled this great. Linus bringing all kinds of stuff to try and Valve saying ”ok, go ahead”. I turned from ”kinda want because it looks pretty sweet” to really getting one.

[@Klldarkness6008]

It also goes to show that Valve trusts their product. Consider how many engineers and game developers put companies under NDA until release day. Valve said 'Fucking come on with your latency tester, and equipment! We're good to go.' That takes a lot of faith and trust. I'm extremely glad I snagged my preorder when I did. I can't wait for December.

[@fubrokonway8529]

@@Klldarkness6008 You got preorder in december? Lucky

[@Klldarkness6008]

@@fubrokonway8529 I did! I wouldn't be surprised at all if I was one of the first 1000 to preorder. I was done paying in the first 30 seconds it was live.

[@kesagatame]

Yeah, I feel you. I’m def keeping my reservation.

[@linjix]

@@Klldarkness6008 damn

[@Skipti_LLC]

I like this. Reminds me of old school CES coverage, tech is getting exciting again

[@iau]

Yeah, getting tired of modern review embargoes barely allowing people to see the thing before they make 15min videos speculating about features

[@ArtOfTyTy]

Nature is healing

[@erikbakker1639]

Exactly, realy cool

[@chrsuppe]

My biggest concern with this system is the potential scalper situation. Hopefully Valve finds a way to let people buy the system over bots.

[@no.1valkmainAL_oce]

Well they are failing against tf2 bots…

[@thealmightyboat9213]

@@Veckler if you made your account after you will get it later than the older accounts and have to put a down payment down

[@thealmightyboat9213]

@@Veckler that’s what I have been told

[@Zannypants666]

The chip shortage is still going on and will continue for quite awhile. It's going to be no different than the Xbox, Playstation and GPU releases. And they've already announced they're not able to make as many for release as they planned to.

[@lukebell4738]

The deposit system appears to work pretty well.

[@Noksus]

Difference between Linus and journalists is Linus actually has a passion for this stuff. The others probably couldn't care less.

[@mrbisshie]

They'd be too busy trying to find a way to call Valve racist or sexist. And yes, it is nice to see someone who actually cares and has passion to give us a look at an unreleased console. If gaming journalist were the same way, gaming journalism wouldn't be a joke, that's getting murdered by KZbinrs.

[@silencedmaxim5889]

Actually they probably could care less, but are paid to care more than actual.

[@danielegvi]

You’ve been watching all the wrong journalists then

[@Truthhurtz4u]

@@danielegvi then which journalists should we be watching?

[@OnimeDoobs]

Norm was there he's pretty cool

[@MetalHev]

Linus: "There's just this weird thing, we have L1 and L2 on top, and back here we have L4 and L5, where's L3?" Valve Guy: "Same as every other controller in existence, linus"

[@aquillon2573]

l3 is a myth, its valve

[@Cutesylayla]

Was l3 thimbstick press?

[@michaelhenderson6786]

@@Cutesylayla yep, standard practice for any controller with thumb sticks

[@Musician837]

Lol, I don't know how Linus didn't know that one

[@JohnSmith-vn8dm]

@@Cutesylayla Its been like that since at least the Ps3 controller as far as I know.

[@LundinSebastian]

They are pretty brave letting Linus get a hands on of their hardware considering his insane drop rates.

[@CesarDaSalad]

Maybe they were interested in getting a live drop stress test ;)

[@LundinSebastian]

@@CesarDaSalad Hmm that might actually be the case here! Good thinking my man!

[@bondgabebond4907]

Free advertising. What more can you ask for.

[@LundinSebastian]

@@bondgabebond4907 r/woooosh

[@elmuffinmanthecartelguy7296]

his drop rate is higher than dreams hacks

[@Xendrius]

This is gona be the new emulator device prolly.

[@netwatch7261]

Yup switch emulator 😂

[@sqike001ton]

Yea as long as it's easy to add them this is a no brainier purchase for me

[@ESPirits87]

or a research machine.

[@applehazeva2739]

@@netwatch7261 since my PC has a weaker CPU and can run Yuzu Smash just fine, lets goooo

[@samtabor1824]

This is gonna by my Pokemmo machine

[@kallonlewallen7163]

The people in the background making sure that he doesn't drop it

[@blankbackgroundimage457]

@Billie Eillish 🅥 shut up

[@namonaite]

@@blankbackgroundimage457 just report as spam

[@hermatred572]

Eventually they'll learn to just pad the floor

[@willy102073]

@@hermatred572 I was about to say something like this but you beat me to it. Floor padding couldn't hurt around Linus.

[@LingaReddyA]

🤣🤣lol

[@TheAttmaster9]

They had to be shitting bricks when he turned up with all that testing equipment lmao Also the thermal feedback "what would I do, not that you guys care" bit was gold xD

[@LekkoFoxmur]

"What I would do..." Oh come on, we ALL know you're going to end up watercooling one, Linus.

[@richard-davies]

If it ends up with a bigger vent by release we know who to thank 😄

[@ChirstInTheDistance]

Yep, they probably was feeling like "Whoever thought this up pull their application we're definitely firing them later, because this is a marketing disaster"

[@TheAbram099]

My dude didn't bring a swiss army knife equivalent of testing peripherals, he brought the entire army lol. GG Linus.

[@ravikiranreddygudipally6890]

This is what separates veterans in the tech industry (like Linus) from noobs like The Verge, Tom's Guide, c|net, Engadget, etc.

[@thunderingeagle]

So true. G.O.A.T in tech space for sure

[@ReadGameCraftCook]

I've watched this video too many times because I love seeing someone else get excited about tech. After the Steam Deck announcement I ordered an Aya Neo Pro and have been using that, it's a great device but i'm looking forward to the ergonomics of the steam deck and steam specific optimizations for my games. I'll continue to use my Aya Neo for other storefronts.

[@Quark_Proto]

Same lol

[@ender-gaming]

Only Valve would let a early access preview bring in latency measuring devices and competitor products and thermal imaging cameras...they must be unbelievably confident

[@mitrovarr]

He's probably not doing anything they didn't already do themselves during development.

[@uparmy5701]

@@tmicecave inviting a famous hardware tester guy? I dont think they didnt expect this lmao

[@tylermurphy2231]

@@tmicecave i cant image they would think somone would actually try or want do it in the 30 minute limit

[@khhnator]

@UCSRUxdgY8ZjvEOS85yKjaow except that they need to be there to answer anything and solve any issues that come up and likely the people who are there is people who are working on the thing... and then there are how many places reporting on it? you can even see someone else on the chair next to him testing the device as well so yeah, there other reasons for time constrain

[@khhnator]

@@razerow3391 they dint took anyone moneys, you only pay $5 to reserve the console, you pay when it comes out

[@A_Jannik]

Valve: 'Ok, you got 1.5h that shouldn' be enought to check everything.' Linus: *I am speed*

[@bjorn-falkoandreas9472]

He was actually in a hurry and wanted to get everything done. But one question was left unanswered and I feel it is a major one: how good will it work with my steam controller? I really, really hope my Steam Deck arrives soon.

[@nightwing8666]

@@bjorn-falkoandreas9472 linux has built in support for most controllers and so does steam. Since this is basically a Linux PC running steam controllers should work perfectly fine out of the box.

[@umersalman1]

@@bjorn-falkoandreas9472 Steam deck not working with steam controller would be a big YIKES! I am sure it definitely will.

[@xor128]

@@umersalman1 in the last leaked steamdeck build, there is no specific driver for that. But i think its gonna work without issues.

[@chloetzpiano6548]

@@umersalman1 it will definitely work..its literally part of their product

[@FeathersMcClaw]

People focus so much on resolution, but pixel density is a better metric to gauge display sharpness.

[@imtruIy]

Please explain

[@rafael3834]

@@imtruIy 1080p on a small screen looks sharper than on a TV at the same distance. Same resolution but different pixel density.

[@notravstar]

@@imtruIy for example a 32 inch 1440p monitor will look the same at the pixel level as a 4k 48 inch TV.

[@seignee]

@ThereforIam ok

[@friedrichii.aliasdergroe9233]

yeah also the reason why 1440p and up phones are absolute waste of resources and power

[@dbnoho]

The most exciting thing about this is how I already own 150+ games for it. 125 of which I’ve never played. Because… sales. I’d be a fool not to buy a game for $7. Even if I never play it.

[@MrTheomatics]

I don't remember how I approached Steam summer sale but on the Playstation 4 I have regularly bought a game when it was at 90% discount. I ended up having bought games I hadn't looked at for longer than 1 second having no idea what games I had in my library. Part of the fun is though the surprise when I go through my library and the excitement of: What will be on sale this time at 90% what I will buy. Well: I stopped doing that but I had great fun taking this approach to shopping for games during a period of 1 to 2 months.

[@MrTheomatics]

Update: I definitely remember how I approaches Steam summer sale. Completely different from Playstation 4 store. I was looking to buy every game which had a review score of overwhelmingly positive irregardless of price during Steam summer sale. That resulted in a great library of mostly Indie games in the particular year in the past when I did that. Playing around with shopping can be great fun.

[@aravindpallippara1577]

@@scooby7877 it's going to be emulated through a pc?

[@user-ph4vk9lx9o]

@@scooby7877 🗿 emulate a pc game on pc? Lmfao

[@donovan6320]

@@scooby7877 Emulated on a pc? This is an X86 device there's no emulation required.

[@BenAstridge]

It is important to take note that they invited linus down, knowing full well that he will analytically look at their product and say things v truthfully. This means they’re extremely confident in the product and it means they’re probably interested to get that feedback and actually consider things. Good stuff!

[@evilution1254]

I don't think you know Valve too well....

[@agustinfernandez5115]

linus is a big tech guy, if not the biggest. this is just and ad.

[@spabble]

@@agustinfernandez5115 if it were an ad he would have to tell u, and thats from a legal standpoint. theres no reason to think hes getting paid to look at this either.

[@BilboSwagginsTheThird]

@@spabble It's still an ad though, ad just means advertisement, he's advertising the steam deck whether he was paid to or not.

[@bajafishtaco]

Clearly your not talking about linus "shill" Sabastion?

[@Beat_Eddie]

Linus is literally a treasure goblin nobody knows what he's gonna pull out next from his bags lol.

[@matekovacs2696]

Especially that no other tech youtuber has a millitary grade thermal camera and an LDAT.

[@timkoken1570]

@@matekovacs2696 casual 4K display

[@linjix]

His backpack’s like a pandora’s box lol

[@Itz__Swifty]

Doom eternal was running 20 fps

[@Chris03528]

Everyone: It feels pretty good, yeah... (better make sure they invite me back). Linus: Brings competing brands... and pulls out a freaking thermal camera... (wonders why apple doesn't invite him).

[@ダーリンプラビン]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kingsaka5042]

Linus is a honest person and cares about the opinions he gives out. He wouldn’t lie to his thousands of fans for a messily few bucks.

[@npc4416]

Apple can't take criticism in a constructive way and adopt better methods😐

[@abdelhassan5426]

@@npc4416 No apple knows that their products are shit. They jsut don't want a bunch of potential customers to know.

[@XBullitt16X]

Shows you how much faith valve has in their product, unlike Apple.

[@xjleitex]

Funny seeing you use the FLIR. I have one at work as I’m a regulatory engineer for a large electronics company. We have to run thermal component temperature tests for UL. I wonder if Valve does something similar. Judging from what you caught under 60c on a micro under full load is pretty damn good for such a compact device.

[@Ang3lUki]

The chonkiness is smart. It looks a lot more comfy than either the switch or the neo, the ergonomics of the sticks prevent interfering with the touchpads, and the heat comfort of it too. They know they can't make it pocketable, so may as well make it as comfy as can be while still case portable.

[@HeloisGevit]

Agreed, well said. Switch is uncomfortably small to grip for my average sized hands.

[@theuprising2216]

Yeah honestly I would have been fine with the switch adapting the wii u form factor because as much as people hate the wii u man was it nice and comfy to hold

[@offtemp5733]

Yea the only way I’ll be transporting this around is in its case in a bag. I don’t get why people make a big deal about these handheld devices being “pocketable” when the smallest ones are still about the same size as a small tablet which unless your wearing Jnco parachute jeans aren’t really pocketable either

[@flubba86]

The main reason I haven't bought a Switch yet is because I have largish hands. I don't think I'd find the joycons comfortable.

[@Spo8]

Yeah, if there's something Valve has shown they really like to focus on, it's ergonomics. I love what my Switch can do but I think it's kind of uncomfortable to actually use, so I'm hoping for an improvement on that.

[@nictatorxr]

Man, I've heard of this channel for years, but don't think I've ever watched a video until now. What an absolute pro. Easily the most prepared of any channel I've seen drop a hands-on video today. Energy is infectious too. Great stuff!

[@MrYodaBomb]

Absolutely! Welcome to the channel. Linus is amazing at giving his take on tech and he does it in an entertaining low key way while still getting you all the info you want. I can always count on him saying how he feels about something because I know he isn’t just trying to build up a company for sponsorship. He is always very clear with his viewers and any sponsors that he will give his honest opinion on a product no matter if he is getting paid to show it or not. I can recall several videos where a company sponsored him to review their product and he pointed out its flaws and sometimes even said he doesn’t recommend buying the product.

[@matthewbarrios1028]

If anyone could "drop" a hands on video ....it's Linus. 🤣

[@2nd-place]

Linus is an OG legend who does what he wants. I’m primarily an Apple user but even I love this channel and his other channels, if that tells you anything. He usually has pretty fair assessments of everything and doesn’t sugar coat it, even if the company is a long-time sponsor, like Intel. And he seems to be a legitimately good guy with a nice family who seems to take good care of his employees and they seem to have a pretty good retention rate, at least among the on-screen talent. He doesn’t live lavishly like other huge YT channels, he instead invests a lot back into Linus Media Group. I mean hell, he only recently got a nicer house than I have, and I’m just your average run-of-the-mill web developer. Although lately he was talking about buying a 150” miniLED TV that cost a couple hundred thousand, but was going to try to get 10 videos worth of content out of it, including liquid cooling it to heat his new pool, lol. I love the crazy ideas they come up with for videos, and that keeps me coming back, along with the quality people that work here.

[@fireaza]

I'd imagine Gabe was standing just off-camera with a catcher's mitt, ready for the inevitability of Linus dropping it.

[@AnnaSue81]

Gaben is in nz, but probably

[@fireaza]

@@AnnaSue81 Seems like he's back now, he's been in a few Steam Deck videos on other channels.

[@AnnaSue81]

@@fireaza nice

[@ashthewolf8811]

If he was still there he would just teleport

[@dipanjanghosal1662]

Lol

[@askdljas]

I am really excited. As I’m in college now I really want one of these guys when I go back home to the fam. So many possibilities

[@horatimetalero]

You can clearly see in this video how much Linus love and knows what he does! Great job!