It sure is, because I bought one!
Wonder what games play the best on it
this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2023
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My current favorites are gamecube games (Tony Hawk Games and 007 Nightfire) and Forza Horizon 5. Played quite a bit of minecraft aswell, but I find it hard to be efficient with a controller.
Is the anti-glare screen worth it?
Does the eMMC version allow installing an NVMe drive?
The price difference between the 256GB NVMe version and the 512GB version is more than the cost of a 1TB NVMe drive.
Edit: Ah wait, just realised it's the stubby 2230 NVMe drives, the ones that are much more rare and like half the length of the long boyes.
Still, the storage is annoying. The difference betwee PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 4.0 is massive, and there's been another leap with PCIe 5.0.
You can just buy an aftermarket anti-glare screen. They are cheap.
You can change the SSD by yourself but you'll lose waranty. There's a noticeable speed difference between the eMMC and NVMe versions. There's no noticeable speed difference between the NVMe versions.
IMHO if can afford it and have a few technical skills buy the little one and install one of these. You might even want to wrap it in one these (there's a real leather option too) or these or replace the joysticks with these (can't get drift and have a much smaller deadzone).
Sick! I might have to snag a dock for mine...
Honestly, $95 for a dock is still pretty pricey for me. Months back I bought a cheaper $35 dock from Amazon and it's very good.
The official dock has each of its ports fully fleshed out. These cheapie docks do things like connect the ethernet port to USB 2.0, use a "4K, but only at 30hz" HDMI spec, etc. You also get firmware updates from Valve.
As much as i want their efforts to get supported, the dock might be worth the price, but you don't really get much for the price of the dock in comparison with a mid-tier for example Ugreen dock.
UGREEN USB C Hub 7 in 1 USB C adapter with 4K 60Hz HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet RJ45, 100W PD, SDµSD, 2 USB A 5Gbps 40€ now. 4k 60p might be good for media playback if that's a usecase, otherwise you will find yourself in 720p or 1080p in some exceptions.
I don't, but I want to get one for my husband for his birthday. If I get the dock, can 2 people play the same game of it's on a TV or do I need 2 decks?
adding to @cron@feddit.de there is whole genre of indie games targeted for couch coop for couples. there aren't hundreds of excellent games but definitely a dozen. It would definitely deserve it's own post but on top of my head you have: portal 2, Lovers in dangerous space time, it takes two, a way out,
Children Of Morta works for couples as well.
No, you don't need two decks. You need:
- Steam Deck
- USB-C Dock with power delivery (for example, the official dock)
- 1 to 4 game controller (most bluetooth controllers will work fine)
However, there are not very many "Couch Multiplayer" games on steam. Most multiplayer games are online.