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The Steam Deck Crushed It In 2023 (kotaku.com)

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[+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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[-] echoplex21@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I think internal docs showed that Microsoft is leaving that to other vendors. I have the Legion go and it’s been amazing with GamePass. But I’m starting to buy more games on Steam now 😂

[-] silentknyght@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I heard a reliable rumor that the Asus handheld was supposed to be essentially that, but Microsoft dropped the ball with the OS support

[-] smort@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah I’ve used my Deck as an xcloud terminal quite a bit. If I was only interested in the Xbox ecosystem, I’d definitely go for something like PlayStation’s handheld terminal but for Xbox/xcloud

[-] money_loo@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

And I'm really enjoying the Portal, it's everything I could hope for in a simple remote play device.

[+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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[-] money_loo@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Well it’s not made for those things, so I’m not upset it doesn’t do them.

And there actually is a reason it doesn’t use Bluetooth headphones, because Bluetooth adds latency and there would be a delay trying to use them for gaming.

You can see this happen now with a lot of VR headsets, the delay from Bluetooth is really noticeable enough to break immersion.

[+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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[-] money_loo@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Yes that's the problem.

Yes, I understand some people wanted it to do or be more, as I said I am not one of those people. I just wanted an awesome remote play device because I was tired of connecting my phone to various things just to get a weak facsimile of my PlayStation.

I won’t be mad if they update it to do more, but I’m certainly not knocking points off the thing simply because it isn’t a Swiss Army knife for gaming. I could use my SteamDeck for that.

My guy we have had low latency Bluetooth standards for a long time. You are being duped by corporate propaganda. Do a Google for "AptX LL". I use Bluetooth headphones on my SteamDeck all the time with no observable latency.

And yet when I use it I do notice a tiny bit of latency, which is fine for the most part in nearly everything I play, but I’m not sure I’d want to play a rhythm based game on it.

I’m not alone in this either: Steam Desk - Bluetooth audio latency issues

[-] vanderbilt@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

The logic over at Xbox might be that Xbox games already come to PC, and their OEM partners are already shipping devices. Unfortunately the fact is that the problem is Windows itself. The thumb controls on them sucks to use in Windows. Go try an Ally or a Legion. As soon as you leave Armor Crate or Steam Big Picture the experience falls apart. Windows also insists on doing Windows things like updating and rebooting when it feels like it, and on a few occasions I've been kicked out of big picture mode because something stole focus.