Steam Deck Should it be renamed STREAM DECK

[76561199559798421]

Currently Steam Deck is already Outdated for any new games hitting the market. Dragon Dogma 2 for example recommends a 11 gen CPU and 16 gigs of Ram , This can never function on a "Steam Deck"

The truthful declaration of products is important to the customer. while steam deck "Might" work for some older games predating windows 11 it struggles on all levels.

What Steam deck does excel at is Streaming From a Steam Computer using Steam Link.

Its suggested that Steam Bottoms out the prices on Steam Deck, Renames it Stream Deck and sells it as a portable extension device to its customers.

Currently with the industry situation being what it is, this hardware is already outdated and fundamentally nearing its End of life as Hardware is excelling into a 64 Gig Ram Minimal Usage requirement in the next few years.

Being a Stream Deck gives this a purposeful plan of Marketing and could help steam recover some of its already staggering Losses in the Hardware Industry of Pc Gaming.

Let us not forget that nobody is Buying a Valve Index as VR is completely obsolete technology that no body is currently developing for or promoting.

Lets not allow steam deck to hit the steam Hardware Grave yard, Give it new life a New name and sell it for what it is, a way to steam link your games to a portable device while your top of the line PC runs it an streams it across the network.

[Brian9824]

Originally posted by Everyone is Invited:

Its suggested that Steam Bottoms out the prices on Steam Deck,

No matter how many times you ask they aren't going to slash the prices for you. If you can't afford it then you need to save up.

I also suggest you familiarize yourself with what this section is for - https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/135507548120407092/

[76561199559798421]

Truthful Declaration of product is important to Customers, Please don't Forget that.

Its also a great suggestion, because Steam deck makes it look like steam is actually selling defective hardware with its name on it, Stream deck properly identifies the product for what it is, what it excels at and gives a little saving grace.

Customer Trust is one of the biggest marketing games for product sales , if a customer trusts who they buy from they are more likely to purchase again, if the customer loves the product they buy they are also much more likely to purchase again.

if you sell the customer something that doesn't work for them as its declared and causes them headaches they will most likely reconsidering purchasing from that brand or future in the store.

everyone knows steams afraid to fail but at this level of the game failures already happened its time to recoup loss and emergency exit the situation.

[Cathulhu]

Valve is very truthful in their marketing and they communicate clearly the hardware specs of the device.

[Brian9824]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

Valve is very truthful in their marketing and they communicate clearly the hardware specs of the device.

Every couple months OP likes to attack the steam deck while asking for its price to be lowered so he can actually afford to buy one

[76561199559798421]

correct and every couple of months that hardware becomes more and more obsolete and less and less attractive to the customer.

[Mad Scientist]

Stream deck is an elgato product and would likely cause legal issues, but I'm certain you know that.

[Knee]

I don’t think you’d buy one if it were a reduced price anyway

[Mad Scientist]

Originally posted by Knee:

I don’t think you’d buy one if it were a reduced price anyway

Well when the OLED came out and the basics were discounted, they didn't buy with the temporary discount. Seems "Free" or close to free is still the goal.

[Thermal Lance]

Beggars can't be choosers.

[Haruspex]

OP is nothing if not dedicated to his cause. As far as I can tell he's been making these Steam Deck hot-take threads since it's release.

[Tito Shivan]

I was looking for the thread where your former self discussed this very same point time ago, so we could skip 90% of the arguments, but seems to be gone the way of the dodo and I have better stuff to do, so I'll give you the same advice I gave you back then.

Originally posted by Mad Scientist:

Well when the OLED came out and the basics were discounted, they didn't buy with the temporary discount. Seems "Free" or close to free is still the goal.

TLDR: He wants a Deck for the price of a cheap android tablet because 'they're the same'. He's been on that hill since the days he called himself Fallout76 and claimed the Steam Deck was a fraud because it couldn't run Fallout76 (despite the fact it does)

[Mad Scientist]

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

I was looking for the thread where your former self discussed this very same point time ago, so we could skip 90% of the arguments, but seems to be gone the way of the dodo and I have better stuff to do, so I'll give you the same advice I gave you back then.

Originally posted by Mad Scientist:

Well when the OLED came out and the basics were discounted, they didn't buy with the temporary discount. Seems "Free" or close to free is still the goal.

TLDR: He wants a Deck for the price of a cheap android tablet because 'they're the same'. He's been on that hill since the days he called himself Fallout76 and claimed the Steam Deck was a fraud because it couldn't run Fallout76 (despite the fact it does)

I'm aware of the history. Hard to forget all the fabricated "issues" of the deck to justify such an extreme "discount".

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Everyone is Invited:

Let us not forget that nobody is Buying a Valve Index as VR is completely obsolete technology that no body is currently developing for or promoting.

Really? The Headset is number 38 in the US last week...

https://store.steampowered.com/charts/topsellers/US/2024-3-5

[Mahjik]

Originally posted by Everyone is Invited:

Currently Steam Deck is already Outdated for any new games hitting the market. Dragon Dogma 2 for example recommends a 11 gen CPU and 16 gigs of Ram , This can never function on a "Steam Deck"

That's not entirely true. When devs write their specs, the current target for them is 1080p. That is what all spec are set against. They aren't set at 720/800p.

That does mean it's hit or miss on the Steam Deck. A decently optimized game will run fine at the Deck's targeted resolution. However, devs have gotten lazy over the years and just expect users to continue to upgrade their gear to play games rather than demanding the devs spend time to make their games run well.

Back when laptops started being used in gaming, devs actually spent part of their development budge to ensure their games could run on laptops as well as the standard powerful desktop pc's. Unfortunately, people think it's the right thing to do to keep upgrading their PC's for games rather than forcing the devs to do something they should already be doing.

[TheKrapfcat]

Originally posted by Everyone is Invited:

correct and every couple of months that hardware becomes more and more obsolete and less and less attractive to the customer.

If we use your logic, Nintendo should sell the Switch for 80$ at most