Steam Deck impressions/review!

[@JamesPotts]

Really glad to hear your take on it. As someone whose computer background seems to closely match mine, I appreciate your opinion.

[@prodfauxes]

Literally getting my deck tomorrow, and I’m glad I got to see your thoughts on it first. Your videos are always thoughtful and well informed.

[@nickshaffer7659]

Having mine for about a month now I'm in love with the deck. it runs most games really well and the ones it doesn't just need a few tweaks. the fan really doesn't bother me and if you prefer headphones you wont be able to hear it anyways. In the hand this feels amazing compared to many other handhelds even with different grips. i can definite recommend it to anyone and don't get me started on emulations if you're into it that its going to run pretty much anything.

[@milo182]

This is actually my favorite review because you're saying what I wanna hear not more or less thanks

[@gothicm3rcy426]

so you like a review because it agrees with you? ummm ok

[@milo182]

@@gothicm3rcy426 😂😂yes

[@twentytwo138]

@@gothicm3rcy426 UUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM OKKKKKKK you are not the sharpest knife in the drawer, are you? Goddamn Tiktok generation..I am 99.99% sure you play Fortnite as well.. What he means is; the review doesn't talk about unnecessary stuff, and he also doesn't miss out on valuable info.

[@bolognabong]

"if you're a nutcase that watches KZbin on a 120" projector..." I feel attacked

[@MrParratrooper]

Good review. Been watching hundreds of them lately and this one is up there. Was that Toby Macguire in that Atari Lynx video?

[@Aethelbeorn]

Great video. Mine is at a FedEx site about 6 miles away. Won't see it till tomorrow. STOKED!

[@gurudrew_]

I recently got my email to purchase a Steam Deck and I've been on the fence about going through with purchasing it. You're one of the few reviews that delve into the full versatility of the machine, and your emulator segment might be enough to push me to buy it. Having my Steam library along with a suite of my favorite PS2 games sounds like a dream come true.

[@gothicm3rcy426]

you reallyhavent looked very far if you think this is one of the few that delves.... as far as emulation... retro gaming, eta prime, and fan the deck are very good channels

[@zackhopkins5185]

Don't wait too long...tick tick tick

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

@@gothicm3rcy426 The Phawx

[@NicholasTSilveira]

Thanks for the review! It helped a lot

[@gothicm3rcy426]

you could have just looked at the other ten thousand youtube steam deck reviews

[@chemergency]

The Steam Deck's amazing for those with the intermediate computer knowledge and patience needed to take full advantage of it. Really is like the Swiss Army Knife of gaming tech, with the potential to put over 50 years of video game history at your fingertips from the Atari 2600 to most current-gen games. It's not a viable option for everyone, but I would personally highly-recommend anyone with at-least the 256GB model set up a Windows/SteamOS dual-boot setup to have every possible game accessible, including games that only work on Windows due to DRM, anticheat, and API dependencies, and emulators that only work on Windows like the Xbox 360 emulator Xenia.

[@mathisblair2798]

Power to the knowledgeable.

[@gothicm3rcy426]

you dont need any computer knowledge...... pc "settings" are not computer knowledge... its beyond simple and basic

[@chemergency]

@@gothicm3rcy426 To us it is, but casual console players struggle to wrap their head around it from my experience.

[@twentytwo138]

It's not that difficult to adjust settings and all that, it's just extremely time consuming.. There's google for whatever you need, but it can take hours.. That's why i'm turning away from PC gaming, i can't deal with it anymore.. All those downloads, installments, adjusting, updates, reboots, tweak this, tweak that, search for 'how to'.. Then something isn't right and you have to adjust settings again and again.. I think PS5 is taking over, especially with high PC prices. Not only because PS5 has top-notch performance and graphics, but it's also simple and plug & play. Games are cheaper too, and so many Playstation exclusives that i missed out because of PC gaming.. And also i'm tired of accounts, i can't deal with having Steam, Uplay, Origin, Epic and all that.. I only want 1 account, simple subscription to have all games in one place, much cheaper as well..

[@harrydavey9884]

Can't say I'd recommend Windows to my worst enemy.

[@AlejandroRodolfoMendez]

Nice review you pointed almost everything from the deck. I wonder if you can stream, edit videos or use it for vr or cam recognition stuff. I Know it's for gaming but what diffefenciates it from a actual laptop.

[@revmaillet]

I have the slower 64g, slapped in a 512 card and its fine. There really isnt much difference between the skus. When the warranty is up I will upgrade the internal memory.

[@gothicm3rcy426]

you mean upgrade the ram or storage memory?

[@eagleearberry5613]

@@gothicm3rcy426 you cannot upgrade the ram. Its soldered. He means SD-card.

[@eagleearberry5613]

@@gothicm3rcy426 but you can swap the emmc storage with a SSD. Currently up to 1TB. But apparently an 1.5 TB ssd for 2230 form-factor has already been anounced.

[@Futura2500]

@@eagleearberry5613 theres a 2TB 2230

[@Futura2500]

mine arrives today - cant wait

[@youp1tralala]

Great review, especially with your long and varied gaming history

[@seangehret7420]

Mine should be arriving tomorrow. I got the top end model. Super excited.

[@anew742]

Nice review! The Deck is such a cool piece of hardware...I have no need for one & can't afford one, but I'm very glad it exists

[@Qhimadi]

Good review plus Your video doesnt have any annoying music. 👍

[@rhanson1124]

I'm not surprised by the fans it's the same for gaming laptops. Im anxious about receiving the purchase email.

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

Welcome back MC!

[@scheeseman486]

Home repairs and upgrades can be done inside of warranty as long as upgrades are reversed before returning the item and provided those changes didn't cause the fault. Not sure it would be wise to test the limits of what their warranty allows for since there's some wishy washy language in there, but it reads permissive enough to assume that official parts installed by a professional third party aren't likely to cause a problem, maybe a third party SSD might but if you put the old one back in then it's fine.

[@lagoon7977]

U heard emudeck emulation station is a easy way to get all your emulators up and going in one swoop. Maybe u should check it out

[@jeffreysmith7377]

Got my Steam Deck a week ago. Really enjoying it so far.

[@jmb3d]

I reserved two 512 gb ones. I reserved mine August of 2021. I reserved one for my daughter this month with estimated shipping by December. Hopefully it will come befor Christmas and we can give it to her then.

[@stagger9660]

Nice video. Keep them coming. You definitely make interesting content and people will notice that

[@Peter-bx7ip]

Is Amiyumidas ever getting a review of THE PUFFY or any other updates? It has been nearly a year now since it came out.

[@MrAdal206]

Great and informative

[@Fahrenheit38]

I'm about your age, stuff like the vita and switch with default joy cons kill my hands after like 5 minutes of play. I got the big boy hori joy cons with the matching case. Would love to see that setup next to the switch

[@ADreamingTraveler]

The reason with why the UI is stuttery as you said in the video is because the Steam menu actually uses the web interface version hence why it seems kinda slow considering how powerful it is. Not sure why they did that tbh I think it's so it has compatibility with the desktop version Also the thing you said with Valve and games not being taken down Valve said they will keep their games on the store as long as they can unless they ever shut down. They also said they would figure out a way to remove the DRM from as many games as feasibly possible if that were ever to happen so people could still play their games. Obviously most of that depends on publishers so one can only hope

[@vibingwithvinyl]

6:21 Guilty as charged.

[@DragonLord0319]

For Xbox one and 360 games, would you be able to boot them up on Steam Os or desktop mode? Or is the desktop mode used for cloud gaming?

[@MegaManNeo]

I have received my 256G unit earlier this year and I am really happy. Feels good in my hands, performance is great and even playing games on the go is fun. I probably would have felt more excited though since I backed the original AyaNeo with its dock before the reservation for the Deck went live, the AyaNeo was expensive but I like its form factor a lot better and since my non VR games are usually not that demanding (outside of the original release of Cyberpunk 2077), I tend to jump between both devices for playing PC games when I don't feel like I want to sit at my desk. Eventually what I have ended up with is mostly to fill the AyaNeo with games from GoG and maybe EPIC with few of my favourites on Steam and also putting ReDream and Yuzu as well as RetroArch for my GameBoy needs on it. Steam starts in Big Picture mode which under Windows unfortunately still haven't been replaced with Deck UI and using it thus makes it barely any different from the Deck or the Switch. The Deck itself blew me away recently because I picked up Horizon Zero Dawn and it runs flawlessly. That game alone makes me come back for it a lot.

[@nstar1372]

Which do you think is better?

[@MegaManNeo]

@@nstar1372 That depends on my usecase really. I have the original AyaNeo, so when it comes to hardware power, clearly the SteamDeck is superp. Also as far as weight goes, the Deck is better and since its SteamOS is fully optimized to run games as good as possible, the bloat and potential danger that comes with Windows security is no more. On the other hand, I like the form factor of the AyaNeo much more as it is more in line with the Nintendo Switch and the docking station allows to use like just like that. Having Windows is also handy to use it with GoG Galaxy (syncing game saves) and GamePass as I used it to play quite a lot of TMNT Shredder's Revenge and Psychonauts 2 in more recent times. Die hard Linux users probably love the Deck too because it is meant to be tinkered with, personally, I'm too lazy for this tho so I don't even care about to setup Lutris and get most of my emulators working. My AyaNeo already got me covered with this. Plus, unlike the Deck the AyaNeo came with 512G by default in all models unless you wanted the 1TB upgrade. I'd say it's even for now.

[@zackhopkins5185]

There's only 14 games under the great on deck category? What the hell

[@ModernClassic]

In my library of 85 games. That's 85 games out of the 50,361 games in the Steam store. I have no idea how many of them are Great on Deck, but I assume it's more than 14.

[@zackhopkins5185]

@@ModernClassic there's definitely more than 14. That must have been the games he owned or something. Just got my deck yesterday and still figuring out steam. Still haven't played anything because I didn't know this thing doesn't download in sleep mode 😒

[@GraphicalRanger]

@@ModernClassic Definitely a lot more, I have a Steam Library of 350, and 75 great on deck and near 50% playable more with tweaks. Not including other launchers/stores which can be ran too. Had Steam Deck for over a month really nice machine to run wide variety of games and older systems back to beginning of micro computer gaming if you wish.

[@ModernClassic]

I was being snarky in my original response, which some people didn't seem to quite get. There are many, many thousands of games that are "Great on Deck".

[@Spencerwalker21]

Battery life tip use half rate shading on 16 or 8 hit games. If you play a lot of visual novels the 15 fps mode is great for battery as well

[@XtianApi]

The lowest model has emmc storage, true, but also has an empty nvme m.2 slot, lol. So you can just slap in a 1tb ultra fast drive. But regardless, the lowest model in my opinion is absolutely the way to go. I like to have my os on a separate drive than the games anyway. 400 for the system, 80 to 130 for a 1tb ssd if you want a good fast one and you now have a deck that is better than the top tier deck. I also agree, I don't want the etched glass screen. Thank you

[@samhawkes6597]

Got mine 2 days ago, absolutely love it. Playing games at mid to high settings at 45-60 FPS depending on the game is a joy on that little screen. Love the case. Love the fan, it's not the whinny one thankfully and it's pretty quiet, emulation handling on the machine is beautiful. There's two things I dislike. Battery life. It's crap but I accept it and wouldn't want a less powerful unit for a longer battery. Then there's the build, specifically how cheap the plastic feels. Being use to the feel of the plastics Xbox use for there controllers, this is noticeably cheaper. I plan on using skin soon though so maybe that won't be an issue much longer. Love mine to bits. Getting epic and gog up and running was really easy. How well this plays the Witcher 3 which I have on gog, compared to what my switch could do is mad. Compatibility wise it's been pretty good. Anything that has native controller support seems to function no problem.

[@twentytwo138]

'Battery life. It's crap but I accept it and wouldn't want a less powerful unit for a longer battery.' But wouldn't you want a more powerful battery if the device specs remain the same? Don't see why would they have to make a less powerful device, only improve the battery.

[@samhawkes6597]

@@twentytwo138 well yes I'd love the power of my 2k gaming pc in the form factor of the Steam deck with the battery life of 24 hours. But technology doesn't work like that. More power equals more heat, size is the limit there as the small and more powerful you go the more difficult it is to cool before it becomes impossible or sounds like a jet engine. More power also means more battery consumption. Again you're limited there for size and you cane only fit a certain size battery before you have to start making the thing bigger. You have to make the right balance between power, form factor and battery life. The switch opted to underclock it's tegra GPU for less heat (quieter system) and to help improve battery life. It's a great system but it's not very powerful. I prefer the Steam deck balance. Basically give up a little battery life and gain more performance, and I wouldn't want an underclocked Steam deck just to improve its battery life. Get it.

[@akshatshah6806]

You have options to reduce settings as well to get okay battery life if anybody prefers that

[@gregodessite]

Can I use Steam Deck as a co trollwr for train sumilator, just to.display train contrills?

[@Noname-gm5om]

Can’t wait to buy one

[@sagepirotess6312]

Get mine on 28th. But then will ship it overseas to myself lol. Should be fun.

[@davidpatterson6243]

I'll be doing the same. Which shipping service are you using?

[@sagepirotess6312]

@@davidpatterson6243 dhl. Unlike fedex or others they will take care of customs paperwork .

[@davidpatterson6243]

@@sagepirotess6312 Thanks for the tip.

[@marklechman2225]

I think the real question is: How long until the Steam Deck 2 comes out?

[@DRIVEFROMHOME4K]

how the strategy games will go on this ... ?

[@podcast-podiatry7793]

How do you like the dpad is it good for retro games?

[@ModernClassic]

Feels pretty good to me.

[@covert0overt_810]

still makin videos?

[@michelletoni3067]

Love mine, No problems at all, & if I do, It will just be a lil tweaking & It will be running good, I have both hand helds, Steam is constantly fixing things, updates, 10 out of 10 easily..

[@DRIVEFROMHOME4K]

great channel !

[@killinkillaz675]

Getting Sega gamegear vibes!!

[@sergiymarchenko1002]

And how about music quality while streaming?

[@Spencerwalker21]

Get the 64gb model if you're okay opening it up and swapping it for a 512gb Toshiba 2230 SSD they're 55$ on eBay

[@Fahrenheit38]

The only opinion that matters is finally here!

[@graghul98]

I reserved mine on 21st july. When do you think I’ll get one as the production has increased now as well??? I can’t waittt😭😭

[@fireispure]

Reserved couple of days before you & got my email yesterday so you can expect yours soon. Cheers!

[@graghul98]

Do you mean 'reservation confirmation' or 'available to order' mail?

[@fireispure]

@@graghul98 Reserved a year ago & got my purchase email couple of days back.

[@graghul98]

Got it👍🏾

[@lalo38th41]

Most likely end of year.

[@Aethelbeorn]

2:24 Was that young Tobey Maguire?

[@ModernClassic]

Yes.

[@HeNnEsSy_HiCcUpS]

I'm getting one just for indies....

[@jiali5165]

Good contents. But the heat dissipation of the product is not as good as that of win Max 2.

[@ModernClassic]

As long as it's not throttling, I'm not sure how that matters. Fan ramps can be (and have been) changed in software if needed.

[@ghostlyswat12]

You could also plug in a mouse and keyboard to play more clicker based games without issues

[@ModernClassic]

Or, I could just play on a desktop, because that's what that is at that point.

[@ghostlyswat12]

@@ModernClassic the steam decks meant to be a cheap affordable pc so plugging in a keyboard and mouse and playing it “like a desk top” works because it’s literally a pc but affordable My comments essentially saying you can use a keyboard and mouse to make that problem go away it’s directed at people who have a steam deck and don’t have a pc but still wish to play say dota or halo wars 2 (Essentially games that require a lot of clicking)

[@ModernClassic]

I wouldn't really call those mouse and click games. But I guess it's a fair-ish point. I'm not sure how many people have Steam libraries large enough to justify a Steam Deck purchase but *don't* already have a desktop PC, though. I see the Steam Deck as an adjunct for a desktop PC, not a replacement.

[@ghostlyswat12]

@@ModernClassic well I mean it’s like buying a Xbox or ps You don’t have any games when you get them you gotta buy some games (minus the ftp stuff) And tbf halo wars 2 is a rts and requires a lot of clicking But Yh I feel like if people have a decktop already there’s no point in buying a steam deck because let’s be real majority of people ain’t gonna be taking it outside to play like what the KZbin reviews say 😅 But if someone doesn’t have a decktop and wants to play steam games like indie games Doesn’t want to bother with making there own of which can be expensive (depending) And doesn’t want to get scammed by buying a prebuilt pc then the steam deck is a good option it’s affordable and can run alot of games even some triple aaa which is cool

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

Got mine 3 weeks ago. I still haven't worked out how to copy ROMS over for my emulators.

[@ModernClassic]

You can just set up a Samba share in Linux. It's Linux's version of a shared folder in Windows. Alternatively, there's an app called Warpinator.

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

@@ModernClassic turns out my USB C hub was faulty. Nothing worked, no mouse, keyboard, SD card... I thought the Deck itself was faulty but it was a faulty hub.

[@ssupertutorial]

Heyyyy did you disappear?

[@captnredbeard7073]

Lol Tobey Maguire. I was only 5 in 1990 but I swear I remember this commercial 😂

[@Megatog615]

There's a ton of emulators for Linux because that's what we used to play before PC games started becoming playable on Linux.

[@BandanazX]

Pace yourself... 2 videos in as many weeks!!

[@ModernClassic]

Well that's what a forced COVID leave from work can do... (I didn't get it, but a close contact did.)

[@Edvinas_channel]

Practice the trackpads! Aiming in games like DOOM 2016 can feel mouse-like.

[@retrojoe8434]

Probably what he was doing when that spider bit him.

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

Almost exactly... 🤔

[@warlockboyburns]

you load red dead at home and put it in standby and then play it on the train

[@SASLEAD666]

4:39 Ahhh so it really IS a portable gaming laptop

[@kasjamm]

It released 5 months ago not almost a year lol

[@ModernClassic]

Yeah, preeeeeetty clearly explained. I can only dumb down my videos so much.

[@ADreamingTraveler]

The reason why Red Dead Redemption 2 loads so poorly is due to the Rockstar Games Launcher. It's their fault lol they force that thing into all their games now. There is also no difference in loading times with the slower pcie slot for the nvme ssd's. The ssd's are not slower, the pcie slot is. But there's no difference from all the data I've seen

[@iroll]

Thirty years later and still nobody can beat the Game Gear for pure battery destruction. Nobody! Also, the Red Dead load times are not acceptable on any platform.

[@rottentacocheese]

ordered mine on july 17, still havent even got an email about it.... sadface.

[@SJ-fj3jp]

Got the expensive one for like 540 wish I didn't wish I got the 350 pound model doesn't play the games I want very disappointed

[@NoChillChode]

Bro was that Tobey McGuire????

[@scottkelley4517]

I know this is over a decade late but where’s half life 3.

[@metaldiceman]

17:17 - 19:30 Look at all those double takes. I think he loves his Deck quite a bit more than he's letting on ..

[@ModernClassic]

Not sure what you mean by "double takes". Are you just talking about the edits that I do to cut out all the "uhhhs" and other stuff most people probably would have no interest in hearing?

[@metaldiceman]

A bit of a friendly tease. You seem to take a gander over and over again at your Steam Deck, almost excessively, during those 2 minutes. Like someone looking back at their sportscar while walking away, or at an attractive woman walking down the street. Except doing it 12 or so times. Like I said it's minor, just making a joke. Appreciate your review.

[@nickmoranis2865]

More importantly, Metal Jesus is still going??? KZbin watchers are so forgiving! That shill managed to get away with… where to start. Jesus indeed.

[@ModernClassic]

I guess I'm out of the loop... I'll have to look up what happened. I've just been watching like I always have, but I couldn't actually find where he talks about capturing from the Steam Deck again when I went back to look for it. I know I heard him talk about it somewhere and was worried I was subconsciously plagiarizing him.

[@nickmoranis2865]

@@ModernClassic He’s been lying about a lot of shit. Pretending that he loves that nonsense limited games market. He’s a prick.

[@allhandsonsteamdeck1440]

WHAT A MINUTE...WHATS A STEAM DECK? 🤔🤔🤔

[@ModernClassic]

Not sure if you're being snarky or earnest. Believe it or not, there are people out there who don't live every minute on the internet and don't even know this thing exists. (I have talked to a few at work.)

[@a36538]

Just got my deck last week, and… I don’t get it. I have an oled switch, and all the latest hardware, including a 12900ks and a 3090 kingpin with liquid metal on an Optimus block. Oled switch obv had a MUCH better screen and legit frame pacing. I mean my deck can’t even run rocket league with smooth frame pacing. And sidescrollers have so much persistence blur from the meh screen, so oled switch wins yet again. And rimworld is “verified” HAHAHAHAHAH one must be masochistic to attempt a play through on the deck. And this the $650 deck. Don’t get it. It’s neat, it’s a novelty. But if I want to actually play games switch is #1

[@ModernClassic]

Ok.

[@gothicm3rcy426]

5541st steam deck review on youtube

[@ModernClassic]

Yup, as I said in literally the second sentence of the video. Thanks for your insight!

[@allhandsonsteamdeck1440]

PLAY IT AT HOME??? THAT'S BLASPHEMY YOU MUST BE AFRAID OF SOMEBODY TAKING YOUR STEAM DECK OUT OF YOUR HANDS BECAUSE I TAKE MY STEAM DECK EVERYWHERE EVERYWHERE ON THE BUS ON THE TRAIN TO WORK DOWN THE STREET TO THE PARK LIKE GABE SAID MY GAMES ARE GOING PLACES HE DIDN'T SAY MY GAMES ARE GOING ON THE COUCH YOU CAN DO THAT WITHIN PC YOU'RE TOTALLY MISSING THE POINT OF HAVING A STEAM DECK BUT I UNDERSTAND IF YOU THINK SOMEBODY'S GOING TO TAKE IT FROM YOU JUST STAY HOME WITH IT

[@MrMichaelPack]

In the '80s? A little disingenuous

[@ModernClassic]

I have no idea what you're referring to. I'd love to know.

[@MrMichaelPack]

@@ModernClassic if you managed to procure one the day it hit shelves in the US it would have been the last month of 1989

[@mohammedhussain2816]

First!