Nintendo and Sony don’t! They warn you once you download the game you cannot get a refund. Steam and Xbox are definitely the exception and show how it should be done. I’m in two minds on whether to play Atomfall on PS5 or Steam Deck lol.
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Steam Deck OLED - anyone getting one?
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Nintendo and Sony don’t! They warn you once you download the game you cannot get a refund. Steam and Xbox are definitely the exception and show how it should be done. I’m in two minds on whether to play Atomfall on PS5 or Steam Deck lol.
The steam deck has two headwinds:
-Hardware is improving and the gap in physical design, weight and size will close.
-Price will come down.
Ok, so I tried out the top tier GeForce Now sub on the Steam Deck OLED as the app is officially out now. And well, it allows me to run any game totally maxed out and runs at a solid 90FPS consistently...
That includes Unreal Engine games like Robocop. Pretty impressive, I have gigabit fibre internet, I had zero lag or issues.
Not sure if it's worth £20 a month, but it is certainly impressive, playing Robocop natively on the Deck looks so bad I actually missed where I was meant to go, I saw it brilliantly on the GeForce Now. I tried Cyberpunk and it just looked more shiny lol. But everything maxed out again.
The games certainly look the best they can on any handheld that's for sure but obviously your limited to staying in the house to play them.
That includes Unreal Engine games like Robocop. Pretty impressive, I have gigabit fibre internet, I had zero lag or issues.
Not sure if it's worth £20 a month, but it is certainly impressive, playing Robocop natively on the Deck looks so bad I actually missed where I was meant to go, I saw it brilliantly on the GeForce Now. I tried Cyberpunk and it just looked more shiny lol. But everything maxed out again.
The games certainly look the best they can on any handheld that's for sure but obviously your limited to staying in the house to play them.
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Nice - maybe I should give it a try.
I'll have my switch 2 for the Nintendo games and maybe some well optimized 3rd party games like Cyberpunk
I'll have my switch 2 for the Nintendo games and maybe some well optimized 3rd party games like Cyberpunk
I linked my Xbox Game Pass account to GeForce Now, and it runs the PC version of course, so playing DOOM The Dark Ages completely maxed out again on PC settings at a solid 90FPS! Looks like the GPU they give you has 20GB of VRAM dedicated to it, more than enough. Looks good on the Decks OLED screen.
Well, shockingly I had to trade my Steam Deck in, I worked out it was giving my right thumb RSI! I had pains in my thumb for ages and I just through it was from using my iPhone 14 Pro Max. But I stopped playing my Deck for a while and the pain subsided, but I then noticed when I went back to it the pain came back?! So I stopped using it again to see what would happen and the pain went away…
So I happened to see a Claw 8 in my nearest CEX store, I was kinda interested in it before but wanted to hold one before I bought it. Curry’s is the only place in the UK that sells them and they NEVER have any stock. So I traded my Deck in and upgraded in a sense.
I bloody HATE Windows lol but it is a very powerful device, and my thumb hasn’t had the pain return as bad, it has felt a little uncomfortable after playing but nothing like what I was getting. And all is forgiven off my iPhone.
I do miss Steam OS but am enjoying using my Game Pass sub and games. So I am now a PS5 and Claw 8 gamer.
I did also buy the Switch 2, and returned it the next day as it wasn’t even comparable to the Claw, plus I can’t stomach paying Nintendos game prices.
So I happened to see a Claw 8 in my nearest CEX store, I was kinda interested in it before but wanted to hold one before I bought it. Curry’s is the only place in the UK that sells them and they NEVER have any stock. So I traded my Deck in and upgraded in a sense.
I bloody HATE Windows lol but it is a very powerful device, and my thumb hasn’t had the pain return as bad, it has felt a little uncomfortable after playing but nothing like what I was getting. And all is forgiven off my iPhone.
I do miss Steam OS but am enjoying using my Game Pass sub and games. So I am now a PS5 and Claw 8 gamer.
I did also buy the Switch 2, and returned it the next day as it wasn’t even comparable to the Claw, plus I can’t stomach paying Nintendos game prices.