Steam Deck

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Is the Steam Deck getting outdated soon? Should I wait for the next gen? (piefed.social)

submitted 2 days ago by cloudless@piefed.social to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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Is the Steam Deck performance struggling with new AAA games? Should I be concerned buying a Steam Deck now?

I'm guessing/hoping not because most game developers would optimise the games for the Switch 2 and Xbox Series S which have similar performances as the Deck.

I think 30 fps (consistent) is perfectly fine, and I don't mind medium details.

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[–] Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works -5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just in case. Much better games in the indie and AA segments these days.

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

80% of the games in my library are indie and AA games. But I wouldn't want to miss out on games like TES VI and Fable reboot.

[–] mephiska@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you already have a good sized steam library then take a look at how much of your games are “deck verified” to run on it and decide from there. I have a decent desktop pc with a 4070 ti and 9900k cpu and I still do most of my gaming on my steam deck.

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

All games in my current library look fine. Just want to plan slightly ahead for upcoming games in the near future (around 2 years).

[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The deck is now 3 years old, so it’s not all that future proof. I expect to see a successor sometime in the next 2-3 years or whenever it makes sense for Valve to upgrade it without losing battery life.

I’m on my second Deck (LCD sold for an OLED), and I honestly couldn’t be much happier. I feel like the base models are one hellava good buy even still.