Steam Deck 2 Years Later! Revolutionising Handheld Gaming 

The great thing about PC gaming are the discounts so I know you'll build a big library in no time. Quick resume is great and I hope they'll improve it in time as sometimes I get some bugs like the sound. But these are software things and they have been improved in time. And btw, you are the perfect example of why the Steam Deck is a success, mate. It's just better for you. Love to have different options for different needs. A big win for us consumers

Since you didn’t have a steam library I assume you’ve also never played FTL. It’s (relatively) old, but still one of the best games I’ve ever played and there still hasn’t been a similar experience that surpasses it. I come back to it every few years and put another 100 hours into it.

You described it perfectly! Totally agree with you on this one!

It's perfect for those casual sessions so I definitely recommend getting one. We should start hearing rumors about Steam Deck 2 or ROG Ally 2, I'd say

Appreciate it, mate!

That's exactly what I'm talking about. The Steam Deck is the better option for a lot of people. And it's great we have different options to chose from

@@TheTechUnravel yeah plus no windows is always plus 😂

why are you selling both? why not just one? I doubt Steamdeck can run AAA games for the next few years because the technology may be outdated because many AAA games can now only be played at 30 fps, unlike Ally or Legion Go whose technology It's still quite new and it's still possible to run AAA games like GTA 6 in 2025

@@kemalkamil2314 that’s where pc comes in and besides ally and legion sucks unless you are plugged into wall.i been playing last epoch with 10 tdp and 45 fps cap and it stays there and over 4 hours of play time on a charge.my ally could hardly last 2 hours

Unfortunately I can't help you with this one as I don't have any of them

I don't own Palworld on Steam so haven't tried it myself but if seen others playing it from Steam just fine

@@TheTechUnravelit can run palworld I have the game and it runs fine

@@shaqueillpierre97 Thanks for confirming!

What do you mean you waited for a week to check if Hogwarts works well in the Steam Deck? I made a gameplay video day one.😅 Jokes aside, these handhelds did open up new opportunities and I love to see this

@@TheTechUnravel hahah, I know As a matter of fact - that’s the first video I watched on the subject!) I think) And of course it was one of reasons why I own a deck now!) So yep, totally with you!

@@VVOPOL Haha, I appreciate it, bro! Love to see people enjoying their devices!

That’s why I mentioned that I use the Ally a lot more these days. But it all comes to preferences. I know a lot of people for which the Steam Deck is more than enough and actually prefer the simplicity of SteamOS

Linux PCs are PCs. Windows is the walled garden, not Linux.

I believe this is true with the Steam Deck. While Proton keeps improving, I still get issues when trying to launch these “verified” games. For instance, I put Shenmue III on sleep mode the other night. Then I went back to playing it yesterday afternoon. I got audio glitches and awful dropped frames. Needed to exit it and then get connected to Wi-Fi again to launch it. Stuttering and lag went away. It’s issues when launching games (if they launch) that’s my main issue with the Steam Deck. It’s still a PC at heart but the games were not originally built for the OS it runs on. While something like a Vita or Switch have games built for that handheld and that OS that you don’t have performance issues like that. The games are well optimized to run on those systems. But honestly, that’s my only issue with my Steam Deck. I wouldn’t get an Ally or Legion Go because I know a HARDWARE manufacturer like Asus 🇹🇼and Lenovo 🇨🇳 will release a successor every single year which means owners will need to sell their handheld every single year and at a loss. This isn’t like selling iPhones which can retain their value better than most Android smartphones. Take the ROG Ally for example. I see the Z1 Extreme go for as little as $400 on OfferUp. Sometimes for as little as $350. That’s a loss of $350 to someone who bought it last year. Then they need to come up with another $300-$350 to get the Ally 2. And this may repeat every single year because Asus isn’t out to support their users with software updates. They just want as much of their hardware sold. All these handhelds have their share of flaws. It’s really up to the user to decide which flaws can they live with? I know the Steam Deck is no longer the most powerful hardware. But that doesn’t matter if Nintendo has usually come out with underpowered handhelds since 1989 and still came out on top against more powerful handhelds. I only need three handhelds myself but I have about 6 gadgets to cover Gen 3-8. PSP 2K (modded): Plays up to Genesis as I do see some issues with Super NES. This is mostly used as a backup in case my Vita ever breaks down. PS Vita 2K (modded): Plays up to PS1/PSP games, a few PS2 ports, and it’s own library of Vita games. Switch Lite: To play all the Nintendo exclusives I missed out including a few Wii U ports. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3: Snapdragon 888 can play up to PS2/GameCube/Wii games but not all. Apple iPhone SE (2022): Has games that would be considered “indies” for the Switch and Deck. Steam Deck 512 GB LCD: Takes care of the rest with EmuDeck but I use it mostly to play AAA I missed out on during the last 18 years since I stopped gaming much since the start of Gen 7. I also have a Essential PH-1 and Pixel 3 which plays up to PSP/Dreamcast flawlessly but Snapdragon 835/845 will have trouble with PS2 and GameCube. I don’t find any of those cheap Chinese retro handhelds worth it or even a Odin 2 for $300 when I can cover those eras with my Android smartphones while they’re all on airplane mode since I use an iPhone as my daily driver. I enjoy watching Retro Game Corps, ETA Prime, and Taki Udon talk about these retro handhelds, but in my mind, I know I’ll never buy them after my bad experience with the Data Frog SF2000. And I can play many of those old games on a Vita. I won’t buy a ROG Ally or Legion Go either since I don’t trust Asus and Lenovo.

Love to see everything you are using and all the details you gave us. I agree with you about the Steam Deck, as I said in the video as well. But again, for a lot of people this is more than enough and I always go through all the positives and negatives of all these handhelds when I recommend one to someone. Even recently, a couple of people for which I did this, they decided the Steam Deck is the one for them in the end, and that’s great. It’s great we have all these option where we can choose from. And about the support for the Ally…I get it and it’s a shame this will probably happen. Time will tell

@@revswimWindows is what everything is made for, so while Linux isn't a walled garden in terms of willingness to support software/features they are a practical walled garden due to how one must jump through hoops to get what they want on there (if they can get it at all). I would've preferred that Linux took the front seat because I really enjoy the approach they take towards the OS more than Windows, but as it stands Windows is still the defacto gaming OS because of how much shit Linux is missing.

I think the biggest goal for Valve was to get more people on Steam. So even as is, the Steam Deck was a success, financially speaking. And getting more companies on board, like Asus and Lenovo, that means even more users to Steam. I believe they didn't care to patent this and also the concept is not new. It would've been pretty hard to patent this whole idea. Related to Ally 2, I have my concerns there as well so time will tell which company will to well with a new console but I really hope more will do it as competition will only be good for us users.

Steam deck of course has some weak points. For the price point no one has beaten it though. Performance is kinda bad, if you focus on modern AAA titles than steam deck is not for you. But even other more pricey handhelds not as much improved in performance field as one might think. For me it's just a given fact that today's CPU in handhelds can't be a ton quicker than what steam deck gives. I don't like others proposal of giving you a "better" screen, because most of that better comes from increased resolution, which needs much better performance, which is not achievable for modern games. ROG, MSI, Lenovo - all took this stuff as their marketing campaign, missing the point of why this handheld became popular in the first place. They didn't engineer new device from scratch. They've taken Steam Deck and made it "better" in things that easy to market. And of course no one can beat $400 price. Actually as an alternative I prefer weaker smaller handhelds, just because Steam Deck and windows handheld tend to be monstrous in size and weight a kilo. As of your story of selling and producing steam deck, I think it's business. That's why all consoles are generally announced in the last minute - otherwise it will hit on sales of their previous model. And I think they used an older chip because the development process was long. It's not like it's copy and paste a new chip and you are done, not for Valve at least. Same as Apple Vision Pro has M2 chip

@@MrKinein Perfectly said👍

They won because their competition will be using the steam store.

@@michaelmoore9870 This!

Yes, I do. If it's not for you, not a problem. Get a laptop