Is steam deck worth it?

[AidenW]

Im thinking of buying the 512gb version of the steam deck. Is it worth it?

[BagginsB]

It's all relative to your circumstances but to answer your question, YES.

[Canadian Gamer]

1000%

[Clone303]

yes sir and it keep getting better by every update and yes buy 512gb or one lower but i say dont buy 64GB it's far too low room, big AAA games nowday almost take 30 to 120GB or more if unlucky

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[AidenW]

Originally posted by Clone303:

yes sir and it keep getting better by every update and yes buy 512gb or one lower but i say dont buy 64GB it's far too low room, big AAA games nowday almost take 30 to 120GB or more if unlucky

i read that there might be a steam deck 2, should i wait for that instead of getting the 512gb ver of the steamdeck?

[Mahjik]

You won't see a next iteration of a Steam Deck for likely 3 years from now.

[Duffvader]

Depends on you. If you like tinkering, modding and customizing then go for it.

If you like things working out of the box without any problem solving or configuration, then don't. That doesn't mean that most of the games won't work without configs, most of them are working great. Just saying, that it could be possible to do some configuration to your fittings.

Also depends on the games you are playing. For me the Steam Deck is the perfect "handheld" for Indie Games. Indie Games runs very well on the steam deck and are not demanding in aspect of the hardware. So the fans don't get loud and the battery life is very acceptable.

I would not play games like Cyberpunk 2077 on Steam Decks hardware, unless I can stream it via Moonlight (Nvidia-Linux), Xbox Cloud Gaming or Remote Play. Atleast I have other options to play AAA Games with max settings and steady 60 fps on the Steam Deck and it's working great. Also nice, I don't need to install the games on my Steam Deck, when I stream or play over the cloud. Some Games need more than 50 GB and that hurts me on the Steam Deck.

But older AAA games like Borderlands 2 runs very well on the SD.

I'm having the 512 GB version btw. and my storeage are almost full. Only 40-50 GB left. But I still don't have bought a MicroSD Card... thinking of buying one with 512 GB Samsung Evo.

Also perfect device for emulating...

Yesterday I found an application on the desktop mode which offer Movie Streams from different platforms. Not the best quality but still.... leading me to the next oppotunity to connect the TV to my Steam Deck. There was an option on the app, which will connect automaticly to you SmartTV, but this didn't work out of the box.

Long story short: Yes, worth it.

[karmazyn1]

Well yes

[class101 [OLED deck]]

I'm moving each week to Paris to work and was looking for a portable computer, ideally gaming, but they are all too costly, it went just in time and currently very satisfied of it.

I think I will get all new iteration of the console, the thing I love much is that they worked with AMD to design and produce a new APU just for it, they just don't plug existing things together, and hope it wotks, they invent new devices and push things outside the limits, this is the right directions.

Also the fact you don't buy games but connected to a library probably initiated years ago is a big big plus. I prefer the Deck with 1000 games than my Switch with 10 downgraded games with poor graphics.

I'm sure that this Deck is just the beginning of a new era, a new competition, Valve sets new standards for the futur, others are asleep for now

[ThonyMahony85]

Triple yes.

[Xamurai]

Originally posted by Aid.En:

Im thinking of buying the 512gb version of the steam deck. Is it worth it?

I think only you can answer that....

[scaramonga]

64Gb arrived today, opened, 1TB SSD fitted, slapped on a screen protector, so no 512 overcharge for me ;)

If you go for the 512 version, your pretty much stuck with the screen as it is, and I do like to protect all my stuff anyway ;)

Fit a screen protector over that nonsense, then well, lol, get good glasses.

I like having 'choice' :)

[invision2212]

you can buy a 64gb and get a 1tb 2230 SSD from eBay and a 1tb sd card and still have money left over.

Replacing the steam deck enteral drive is easy and took 20min

[Haruspex]

Originally posted by invision2212:

you can buy a 64gb and get a 1tb 2230 SSD from eBay and a 1tb sd card and still have money left over.

Replacing the steam deck enteral drive is easy and took 20min

I got a 1TB from Microcenter for about $110. I have twice the space of the 512 GB model for less than the cost of the 256 GB model.

Originally posted by scaramonga:

Fit a screen protector over that nonsense, then well, lol, get good glasses.

This was my sentiment, and your mileage may vary depending on which screen protector you get. I found the sensitivity of the touch screen took an absolute nose dive though. I took it off and now I'm using it raw.

As for OP's question, it really depends on you. Do you see yourself regularly in a situation where portable PC gaming would come in handy? Also ask yourself which games you would want to play on it, then do a reality check to make sure the Steam Deck is even suitable for those games. There are some very popular games that don't work due to certain anti-cheat measures. You're not going to be playing Fortnite. You're not going to be taking advantage of your Game Pass subscription. You could try and install Windows so these things work, but that comes with it's own set of drawbacks that might make it not worth it.

Games that are "Steam Deck Verified" will work wonderfully. Games that are "Playable" will work, but you might need to use the touch screen or virtual keyboard to input a name or get past a launcher. Games that are "unknown" or "unsupported" may work anyway. Check ProtonDB[www.protondb.com] to get an idea of what to expect.

[Clone303]

Originally posted by Aid.En:

Originally posted by Clone303:

yes sir and it keep getting better by every update and yes buy 512gb or one lower but i say dont buy 64GB it's far too low room, big AAA games nowday almost take 30 to 120GB or more if unlucky

i read that there might be a steam deck 2, should i wait for that instead of getting the 512gb ver of the steamdeck?

i would say yes if you was me also haft all that then buy 1 TB SD card fot it, later on and it will take some years before we see a Steam Deck 2, they not even fully done wtih the first Steam Deck, i mean they still needed to update alot XP