While the Steam Deck is now two years old, and has since had the Steam Deck OLED refresh for a few months now, it seems there's just no stopping it.
  • taiyang@lemmy.world
    0·
    8 months ago

    I didn’t think Valve even expected this level of success, given previous flops. The company is a tad disorganized though, I don’t see them taking full advantage of it or offering a real sequel or alternative sizes anytime soon. (My wife requires a lite version, like Switch sized, cause admittedly the deck is a bit of a behemoth and she admittedly has tiny Asian girl hands.)

    • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
      0·
      8 months ago

      Yes! If they release a SteamDeck Pocket, that’s all anyone in my family is getting for Christmas from me.

      Admittedly, at these prices, only one or two people will be getting gifts, but everyone else can gather around and watch them play, I guess.

      • taiyang@lemmy.world
        0·
        8 months ago

        Haha, usually a smaller screen means cheaper prices… but obviously they’d need to setup the manufacturing and supply chains and whatnot. Having cracked mine open, I know it really wouldn’t be hard with parts they already use (it’s already very thin and efficient).

        They are just really stubborn about the track pads… and given Valves lack of hierarchical structure, it’s hard for someone on their team to nix a feature as anyone involved and veto that decision.

        But man, I’d buy so many as gifts— well, one or two, but good enough!

        • yuriy@lemmy.world
          0·
          8 months ago

          I love the track pads. They make navigating desktop mode actually bearable. With some qol tweaks to the mapping, I find them downright enjoyable to use.

          Without them the deck wouldn’t feel nearly as standalone-capable. Hardly any application in games that don’t need a cursor though, I’ll give you that for sure.

          • BlueFairyPainter@feddit.de
            0·
            8 months ago

            These days I’m mostly playing rhythm games and for those I much prefer the trackpads. Less finger strain, I can tap faster, less wear and tear for the buttons, less noise for my surroundings. And in other games with toolbars, even if they have console support, you usually have to sift through shoulder buttons to switch between your items. With the trackpads you can have a tiny macro pad right underneath your thumbs.

            As someone with tiny hands who usually uses an extra small xbox controller, I still find myself loving the deck controls more, simply because there is more stuff to configure to my liking. Yes, I have some trouble reaching the shoulder buttons when my thumbs are on the pads, but so far that’s been less of a problem in the games I play.