They all come with the carrying case. It is just a *slightly* fancier one for the most expensive model. (A colored icon and a different color interior are the most noticeable changes)
@@mrspaceman2764 well, yeah. This was mostly just about the case. And technically it's about the same speed as the mid tier. The way NVME drives work, the higher the capacity the faster they are.
7:53 Every version of the Steam Deck you can get comes with the carrying cases. Unless you buy used (which makes sense) but if you by it new from valve then every version of the Steam Deck comes with a carrying case
Seriously! I am pretty sure he said this in the last review as well. They all get a carrying case, the only difference is the 512Gb has a "Premium Case" which has the special logo and different zipper toggles.
For me the best part of the Steam Deck is the fact the thing runs Linux, which blows my mind. I was so impressed by the deck that when it came time to upgrade my PC I ended up installing Linux instead of Windows and its been wonderful. Valve has really given the gaming community a huge gift with Proton...
I am with you. I used to have a dual boot with linux and win 10 but in the last year havent used it much. (Primarily because I was playing destiny 2 which isnt playable on linux) but after getting my steamdeck I installed the latest build and been playing and even streaming to twitch from Linux. The only real exception is with Destiny 2 which is still not playable on linux and Bungie has made it clear they will not allow it to be played and will ban players who try and play from their steam deck. Dont get Devs who want to push away market share.
@@REXae86 You can dual boot. But many programs are usuable using wine on linux. Also Linux has many compatible apps that do and act like thei r windows counterparts. Like Microsoft Office being LibreOffice in Linux world and 99% of all apps in linux are open source. So there is no huge cost involved
The steam deck has been a game changer for me! I have an enormous back log of games on steam thanks to those oh so wonderful steam sales... and because I'm now an adult with a mortgage and other responsibilities, I haven't had the time to sit down and play through a lot of games. The steam deck has given me the chance to experience a lot of games I wouldn't have had the time to consider playing before owning a deck. I can play games on my down time at work and my boss has no issues with it, It's been amazing!!! Great video Matty :)
Same here. I loaded a lot of my backlog of games onto a micro sd card and been working trough my backlog. I can sit on the couch with my wife while she watches tv and game away and not have to go upstairs to the pc or take over the tv to use the xbox or PS. I love the deck.
@@OggieDoggie what sd card do you use and how well does it work as far as stutters or pop in? I bought a sandisk ultra 512 and a Samsung evo plus 512. I have the 64gb model but haven’t used it yet, because I want to throw in a 1tb wd pc sn530
@Hijynx87 I have I actually have a total of 8 micros sd cards running from 400 to 512 from various manufacturers and have not run into a problem with any of them. They are all U3 and most A1 but some are A2 but have not run into hiccups with any of them. There might be a slight speed difference but nothing that stands out dramatically. But what I also have done and havent hooked it up yet is i have a deckmate stand and a universal puck along with a cable creation usb expansion and an m.2 ssd and a usb holder for the m.2 that i was going to attached to the deckmate so when i am home connected to power i will have a 2tb ssd adhered to the back of my deck . At least this is the plan. will let u know how it works out
@@TheMasterblaster32 honestly it plays well. Some of the text is rather small but other than that it plays exceptionally well. I have a few crashes here and there but over all it’s a good experience. Also modding works pretty well on it via the in game modding. Not as cool as nexus but for some basic mods it works good.
@@Jonathick I don't know what it is but when your gaming on the couch either vis console or handheld it's a different feeling, almost a different experience than on the chair hunched over gaming on the PC
I've really been enjoying my steam deck emulating GameCube has been an absolute Joy playing through wind waker and afterwards Twilight princess again. Got sick and tired of waiting for Nintendo to release those on the switch.
I know I could Google this, but what do you use to emulate GameCube games? Just got my Steam Deck last week and interested in trying emulation. Thanks!
After emudeck I installed emulation station. It’s sort of a frontend for your games and works really well. Although for GameCube I selected dedicated Dolphin emulator in emulation station.
I just use CEMU and play Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD. They both run buttery smooth on Deck. But Mario Kart Double Dash is great on the go for GameCube emulation.
highly recommend the community controller layouts for when using battlefront 2 on the steam deck, the default one mimics mouse and keyboard there is one of them on the community ones that gives you proper button icons in game and with aim assist just like playing on a ps4 or xbox
The battery life isn't just dependent on the game, but also the settings. Disco Elysium, for example, can go as low as 2 hours and as high as 5 hours depending on your settings.
@@brucevandermescht6957 I'm directly responding to a claim made in the video which is also a common misunderstanding pretty much everywhere people discuss the Deck.
@@mechanicalmonk2020 what kinda life could I get out of like fallout 3 and 4 and games of the like homeless man trying to find a way to feed gaming addiction emulation on my.old Razer phone with the kishi all I do is play Pokemon so I just got bored of playing this looks cool but I really hate for it to be like my gen 1 switch dead after 2.5 hours of skyrim
Bro nice to see another vita lover. It and the normal psp have a special place in my heart and now I received my steam deck and later this year the remaster of ff7cc im literally a child again and im loving every second of it.
Nice to hear you shouting out Jimmy over on deck ready. I can't believe you have never played titanfall 2. Titanfall 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. I play a lot of destiny but I think titanfall 2 was even better but it's hard to compare a multilayer game to a single player campaign. Enjoy titanfall and let us know what you think. Hopefully on this channel and not retro rebound. But I will sub over there just in case so I don't miss your thoughts
Xcloud is perfect for me. I only own a Ps5, but I do have xbox gamepass subscription. So what I did is install the Android Gamepass app on my TV and now I have XBOX on my TV as well. It isn't pefect for TV yet, but it's a solid 95% good experience and all games feel native. It's an amazing experience just having a TV and an XBOX controller in hand :)
I have many, many handhelds through the years. Finally seeing AAA games on a handheld when I bought the Onexplayer last year. Played it occasionally. Got my 512GB last week. Been playing everyday since! Love this thing! Great video Matty, Mouse & keyboard is a must have. It'll make life easier if you get them.
I'm definitely looking forward to getting mine. As a side note have you considered covering steam deck news like when they announced that everyone would getting theirs by end of the year?
No yet it can it can run basically a whole bunch of games like if you want I can win a lot of professor games and also I've cillian because I was playing the outer worlds on a realness 9010 wireless ID to buy a girl already played and complete it three times on the switch but because I am I seeing that for ask why not play again and there was fun but it doesn't have that same feeling I did on this which obviously is much smoother and I can go higher frameworks but I don't know feel the same by the way I had a switch lite
I've been going back through my ps2 catalogue too! I've also been digging into my sega megadrive games (genesis, sorry i'm a British lad) and I've been having a blast with streets of rage and sonic 1 and 2. nothing new has really been doing it for me so im gonna ride this nostalgia high while I can. Also playing through resident evil 4 and omg i feel 10 years old again
@Mrmattyplays @Telegram Only so funny how in another comment you said they won a special gift too… Must be a hell of a giveaway if you’re giving a special prize to anyone who commented, Get out of here… Such a joke… Lol!
Be nice to see Sony show to allow older games to PS 5 and maybe the could be Vita 2. Sony is missing out on handheld,but people,gamers are to blame for it.
Just got mine a few days ago, 15 out of 10, I love it, Graphics, sound, controls,,Desktop mode, I cant find a reason, not to love or like it, Its my new go to for sure, great video.
I just pre registered for the mid-tier model a few days ago can't wait to get it for emulation or my old steam games like morrowind or tale of two wastelands mod
Q4, but I can wait. Software seems rough so it'll be better by the time I get it. Why don't you try to get one of those mini HTPC keyboard and touchpad things? Also I am in the same situation, had a Vita Slim since 2019 (Bought the OLED a few weeks ago as well) and it's my favorite handheld ever. My 3DS from 2011 has just been sitting in it's case and even now that I bought a New 3DS I just use that occasionally for SRPGS like Fire Emblem and Project X Zone.
I am awaiting My Deck to arrive; could be this week 🤞🏻 however, I cannot wait to play Days Gone, Earthworm Jim, The Monkey Islands, This Land Is My Land - via a handheld; trains, planes, automobiles not-so-much, but having the ability to plug it into a monitor means I can use it for emailing whilst travelling too. So portable; so versatile. New subscriber to the channel - passion and love for what we do goes a long way! A positive review from someone who understands the technologies and its capabilities only strengthens the industry.
Mine just arrived yesterday, I haven’t be able to fully download a game yet, but just navigating the store and seeing what games are available, it’s absolutely amazing. It is indeed legit.
I love my steam deck so damn much. My huge library of steam games plus I can play Xcloud on it using MS's instructions. It works amazingly! It is just great. I can sit on the couch with my wife while she watches TV and play any game I want. I need to get more emulation set up though.
JRPGs are always best played handheld so I've been using the Deck to tackle the ones that have sat untouched in my Steam library for years like Tales of Zestiria or Yakuza Like a Dragon. Even did an FF13 playthrough just because my younger self probably couldn't believe playing that on a handheld system.
Just got mine a few weeks back and its been great! Brought it on a roadtrip with my family to visit folks in North Carolina and it worked really well for the most part, the only issue i really ran into was that "officially" you're supposed to put the deck into offline mode while you're still connected to the internet, but I quickly learned that it'll also do it if you just reboot and it'll switch once it sees theres no wifi to connect to, but thats more of a general Steam app issue than it is a hardware issue tbh.
I reckon it will hold it's value well and with steam cloud if a V2 does come I would just be able to sell it and pay only a small amount to get the second edition.
Will probably be another 2 or 3 years before the next version comes out. Even then it could be the same deal where you have to wait several months to get it.
This is very timely. I didn't want the expense for extra gaming hardware when I've been very happy with my PC. But something came up and I may need to travel this winter. Now I'm considering Steam Deck or laptop for portability.
@@lolcat I meant I was able to order mine. I decided not to get it because of the performance, plus there’s many games that aren’t compatible. Also in a couple of years there’s going to be technology way better than the current steam deck specs. Don’t get me wrong it sounds awesome having a portable steam library, but for me personally I don’t really play video games when I’m out in public to really take advantage of it
My wife has bought me one for Christmas..she even let me set it up with Fallout 3 + NV along with Dead Island + Riptide and Left 4 Dead 2. Only twenty plus days and I’m gonna be living on it
Thanks for these infos, but what about mods for games such as skyrim ? Is it possible to install nexus vortex ?Or can I change the language of games as easily as steam on PC ? I ask because I whish to purchase a steam deck for my 32rd birthsday.
I’d slave my soul for a steam deck. It’s still not available in my fkn country The idea of a mini handheld PC is way too good to be true. I reaaaaaalllllyyyy want one 😣
@@gleam6370 geez.. Sometimes they scalp it for like 1 or 2 hundred bucks extra so it's good to keep a look out. But I definitely hear you. Best of luck to you!
I've got a PC CD of Atomic Bomberman. So I copied the files on to the Deck, set the .EXE as a non Steam game, told Proton to do its stuff.... and it worked! Excellent stuff.
Great way to stream from your ps5/4 TBH. Also from your pc (moonlight for those with a nvidia gpu), for those games that won't boot. They feel basically native.
I'm very satisfied with the Deck. Emulation in particular is the greatest revelation to me. It's comically easy to set up; and great for playing both childhood classics and those games that passed you by over the years. It goes without saying, but playing New Vegas on the go is pretty cool too!
Question because I want to get this for my husband: Can it play Fallout 4 and New Vegas well? (He loves those games.) And also, how’s modding for them? (I know 4 has its in-game mods but I heard you can use Nexus mods for outside stuff.) Thank you!
I'm loving the Non-Xbox videos from you the last couple weeks. More Bethesda and Fallout videos please. That's why I subscribed to you 7 years ago. Keep up the good work man
Forgive my Steam Deck ignorance but does it have 5g ? how does cloud gaming work on the go or in a hotel ? i assume it has wifi as well ? how long does the battery last in real world situations ? does it feel awkward like the switch with the dual analogs ?
I just got mine yesterday. I have the 512gb model because I wanted the anti-glare screen and the larger internal storage. Yes I know I could just “crack it open” and put in a 1Tb nvme drive, but I personally would rather not. I have an SD for games and a separate one for emulation. I love this thing. The hype is real. I’m brand new to PC gaming and Linux. I’ll have to start diving into settings to maximize battery life.
*I take mine to work and only worth getting to use on the go.* *If your at home you'll be better having a next gen console since the prices are comparable to the Steam Deck.* *The latest update has added an overheating warning which is a welcome addition.*
I use mine mostly for retro and indie games, but it's always awesome to be able to fire up something heavier and modern like FFVIIR Intergrade and it still works great.
is a 10,000 Power Bank good for extra 2 hours? Swiss Tech has them at walmart hunter section. With Steam deck draw more? im not good with voltage and watts
I just for once wanted the ability to be able to play Fallout 3 with mods. I was holding out hoping that we’d get a fallout 3 remastered on consoles with mod support, but at this point I don’t think it’s ever happening. Looks like I’m gonna go ahead and preorder and hopefully get a steam deck in like the next 10 years lol
@@SecretSquirrel987 nah lol that's a good news cuz you're guaranteed to get it before January. You'll probably even get it by October. Steam announced on Twitter recently that production has ramped up so everybody that already pre-ordered will 100% get a steam deck in the next few months
I just got mine today and it’s awesome 😎 One thing I like is how it’s a jack of all trades kind of device with the KDE plasma desktop as well as the dedicated gaming mode. The only issue I’ve run into so far is I got a PowerA Xbox controller (wanted something solid yet cheap), and the Xbox button (I don’t own an Xbox so forgive the noobness) doesn’t bring up the steam menu like the icon says it should. I have no idea why that is? Maybe I misread it?
I use my steam deck to play pc games that I couldn’t play as a playstation console user, I already finished Witcher and Witcher 2 and i’m having a blast at Forza Horizon 5
I have been using moonlight and it works flawlessly on my internet. If you also have a gaming PC maybe there's a game that doesn't work on deck, give this a shot. I have experienced ZERO input lag which is flabbergasting. Even games that work on deck might just honestly play better and use less HDD space and battery being played this way. I CAN play borderlands 3 native on deck but while I'm home I honestly use moonlight because it just straight up works better for me personally. So anyone reading this definitely lookup moonlight streaming service, works great!
I finally got my steam deck a few days ago. I feel like I am betraying the switch that’s been so good to me all these years but going forward I’m just getting the exclusives on switch and buying all my games on pc. I can get the best visuals on my 3080ti and continue the save on steam deck with few graphical compromises. It’s amazing how much tech has improved since the tegra chip in the switch was made.
Getting the AYN Loki with the 6600U. Can’t mess with the Steam Deck. Way too enormous for my tastes. I stopped using the OG Switch because of its size in favor of the Switch Lite. The Deck is out of the question. That said, excited at the prospect of PC gaming in a handheld form factor.
