Useless to me

[Jorduin]

None of the games I play have the slightest bit of configuration done and are not supported - setup and configuration is required to do ANY simple task. Absolutely NOT a plug and play device with the number of caveats, exceptions and teeny tiny number of supported games *that I'm interested in (this seems to have triggered some folk.) Least intuitive thing I've ever touched.

Edit: while this is a rant- I very specifically took the time to point out this is MY experience, for ME- ,"Useless to ME" not, "Useless"

Ideally this would serve as a word of warning to anyone who like me did not do due diligence in research ahead of time. Unless you're SURE you can achieve what you want- keep researching.

[shadowscion]

Originally posted by Jorduin:

teeny tiny number of supported games

There are like 15000 supported games at this point, what ones are you having issues with?

[deaddoof]

Originally posted by shadowscion:

Originally posted by Jorduin:

teeny tiny number of supported games

There are like 15000 supported games at this point, what ones are you having issues with?

Yep. Steam Deck have a lifetime worth of games already. I do not know what the OP is talking about. I am playing hifi rush and the only configuring I did was downclock my deck for better battery life.
Pretty much plug and play

[Broseph Joseph]

steam deck is a PC with all that implies. You have to go into it expecting some level of fiddling to be required, because its pc gaming. Maybe youd be happier returning it and getting a nintendo switch or something.

[Drak3]

Originally posted by shadowscion:

what ones are you having issues with?

Originally posted by deaddoof:

I do not know what the OP is talking about.

I'm going to venture a guess and say OP never owned a deck.

[`Clu`]

Since he only posted a few hours ago, give the dude some time to reply what games he's having probs with, so that someone here can assist. Let's not try to come off as PCMR.

[FatStupidAmericant]

Every game I've tried 'just works' with very rare exceptions being Lethal Company needing a wineprefix tweak to get mods working

The VERY FIRST GAME I played was God of War when the Deck first came out

What games are you having an issue with, there should be help for it at the very least https://www.protondb.com/

[nicoper]

Originally posted by Jorduin:

None of the games I play have the slightest bit of configuration done and are not supported - setup and configuration is required to do ANY simple task.

If you're only playing games without any kind of controller support, you're gonna have to do some configuration in Steam Input - but in many of these cases you should be fine with just selecting the WASD+Mouse template.

[RSebire]

It’s a PC, not a Console

[Zef]

Originally posted by Jorduin:

None of the games I play have the slightest bit of configuration done and are not supported - setup and configuration is required to do ANY simple task. Absolutely NOT a plug and play device with the number of caveats, exceptions and teeny tiny number of supported games. Least intuitive thing I've ever touched.

It's absolutely a plug a play device, as long as you only stick to verified and to a lesser degree "playable" status games.

The fact that you can get a lot of unsupported games working and that you can run other software and non steam games on it through a little bit of tweaking doesn't mean that it negates the default experience.

If you want to tinker you can, but it's not needed.

What you should have done before purchase is check this handy steam provided tool to check your library compatibility.

https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck/mygames

[[?]legit]

Originally posted by Jorduin:

None of the games I play have the slightest bit of configuration done and are not supported - setup and configuration is required to do ANY simple task. Absolutely NOT a plug and play device with the number of caveats, exceptions and teeny tiny number of supported games. Least intuitive thing I've ever touched.

100% agreed. The deck is neither intuitive nor capable of doing the task people buy it for: Playing games. Lots of unsupported games, bugs, too many workarounds the user has to waste their time with, and bugs, bugs, bugs.

[Boblin the Goblin]

Originally posted by ?legit:

Originally posted by Jorduin:

None of the games I play have the slightest bit of configuration done and are not supported - setup and configuration is required to do ANY simple task. Absolutely NOT a plug and play device with the number of caveats, exceptions and teeny tiny number of supported games. Least intuitive thing I've ever touched.

100% agreed. The deck is neither intuitive nor capable of doing the task people buy it for: Playing games. Lots of unsupported games, bugs, too many workarounds the user has to waste their time with, and bugs, bugs, bugs.

Weird how a majority of owners don't really have problems playing games on it then.

[Boblin the Goblin]

Originally posted by Zef:

Originally posted by Jorduin:

None of the games I play have the slightest bit of configuration done and are not supported - setup and configuration is required to do ANY simple task. Absolutely NOT a plug and play device with the number of caveats, exceptions and teeny tiny number of supported games. Least intuitive thing I've ever touched.

It's absolutely a plug a play device, as long as you only stick to verified and to a lesser degree "playable" status games.

The fact that you can get a lot of unsupported games working and that you can run other software and non steam games on it through a little bit of tweaking doesn't mean that it negates the default experience.

If you want to tinker you can, but it's not needed.

What you should have done before purchase is check this handy steam provided tool to check your library compatibility.

https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck/mygames

Don't even need to stick to verified or playable.

A lot of games have community configurations that you can use.

[KingGhidorahzzz]

Originally posted by RSebire:

It’s a PC, not a Console

Its not meant to be played like a pc I mean you can of course but thats not the whole point of having one

[nicoper]

Originally posted by KingGhidorahzzz:

Originally posted by RSebire:

It’s a PC, not a Console

Its not meant to be played like a pc I mean you can of course but thats not the whole point of having one

What does that even mean? The entire point of a PC is that it's flexible in terms of how you can use it, and the Steam Deck certainly is - as opposed to locked-down consoles that will barely let you change settings in games.

[Tournavis]

Blind guy here,

if you hate it so much feelf ree to give it to me lol.