Portable PC gaming handhelds were around before Valve released the Steam Deck, but none made quite the same kind of significant impact on the industry. Launching with compatibility for an impressive range of games initially designed exclusively for Windows, the Linux-based (SteamOS) Steam Deck continues expanding its library of compatible titles and making moves to prove it's still one of the most desirable consoles.
God of War Ragnarok gets an official release date on the Steam Store, but Steam Deck fans are left uncertain about its fate on the handheld.
I don't see it running any good on the steamdeck but maybe if they introduce enough options to lower the settings it might run semi decent.
Its literally a PS4 game, and likely will be able to lower settings even lower than that.
Assume low and medium settings, FSR2 Quality mode 720p, and an unstable 45fps or a stable 40fps like any other PS4 era port (Uncharted 4 for example). It'll be fine on the Deck if it's your only option
Amplitude beat me to it. I'd like to add that games like returnal and ratchet and clank rift apart run on the deck and those are actual ps5 games.
Most games listed as playable are only that way due to needing to use the on-screen keyboard or some adjacent thing.
Steam Deck officially supports a massive amount of games, easily providing players more choice than what is available on the Nintendo Switch.
It's much larger than that, if you factor emulation and how easy it is to run pretty much any "unsupported" game on the Deck using Bottles.
It's insane how most games I've thrown at it have worked with little to no effort on my part, some of my games run better on Linux than Windows.
Even without emulation, it’s massively broader than switch. This is so obvious I’m surprised it’s merited an article.
You'll enjoy it, I only got the 512GB model because I wasn't sure if I'd like it, I should have bought the 1TB model, but I guess I can add in a 2TB drive when SSD prices relax again.
I actually played Heroes of Might and Magic 3 on it a few days ago.
As the latest client update rolls out for Steam Remote, it appears Steam Deck users may not be able to reap the benefits just yet. The client update in question has added support for full HDR streaming from a Windows PC using Nvidia or AMD hardware acceleration to another Windows PC or Mac with an HDR display. However, Steam Deck users are struggling to send HDR from their PC to their device.
“Steam Deck continues expanding its library of compatible titles and making moves to prove it's still one of the most desirable consoles.”
All these performance orientated handhelds are niche products. Nintendo Switch is currently sitting at over 125 million sales.
Doesn't this prove the opposite? If they're reducing the price and working harder on increasing the software supported, then perhaps that's fueled by... competition in the PC handheld market?
Interesting device but if you have a decent gaming PC it will perform far better (obviously) so unless you take it out with you often it's kinda a waste, unless you play in bed, and that's awkward given its size if you're playing lying on your side at least. The last handheld consoles to be able to do that comfortably were the Vita and 3DS.
The Project Q from PlayStations been taking a lot of heat lately but honestly, business-wise, it's in Sony's best interests. I recently was looking into the possibility of a portable PC, such as the Steam Deck, but once I saw what the ASUS ROG was going for, I mean, it's cheaper than my cell phone was when I got it, but, they dont what cell phones do for consoles, VR, and handhelds. So, while Sony's option isn't portable, a lot of people play their Switch undocked at home, I do. I'm not saying it's the best idea Sony's ever had, the PS Vita was a slam dunk, except for 3G exclusivity with AT&T and the cost of memory cards otherwise was great! So I'm not suggesting Project Q is that great, because Jim Ryans a moron - they seriously need to get rid of, but piecewise against what you've got to pay for Steam Deck and ASUS ROG vs $250 for the PS Vita AND the 3DS before they dropped the price when the Vita was announced as a more powerful handheld for the same price, that's REALLY expensive
I bought one a few months ago, but couldn't get the in game keyboard to work for games like Forza Horizon 5, which made the game unplayable (couldn't get past login screen of xbox live). I sent it back and I don't regret it.