Steam Deck: A desktop model?

[HHH33]

I have no use for a Steam Deck for mobile gaming, but I would be interested in a steam deck to hook into a TV or monitor. Has there been any discussion of this?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You realize it can do just that right? It is both. Like how a Nintendo Switch works; but OMG so much more.

[MBK]

Steam Link: it didn't sell

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Steam Link did not run the games; it just streamed them to another room/display.

Steam Machine was a Mini-PC with SteamOS on it. It was junk.

Steam Deck is able to run the games without streaming them from your higher-end gaming PC. If you want a Desktop experience just connect a decent USB Type-C hub to the Deck that has enough ports for HDMI / DP / and a couple USB Type-A. Plug in a USB Keyboard and Mouse and an External Display (Monitor or TV) and enjoy. You can also of course use the Deck itself as the game controller while looking at the external display instead of the Deck screen.

[_I_]

the steam links actually sold very well, they were just never advertised

i bought 4, gave 2 to friends, and use 2 around the house to stream from gaming pc

the deck can stream from a host pc, or play games natively
its weak for newer games at higher res or settings, but fine for older games or streaming

if you have a tv, you can use link apps or htpc/laptop/pi to stream games to it

[Electric Cupcake]

Steam Machines were a thing. They didn't last because there wasn't any reason to not use your own hardware and set up and config Linux Steam yourself.

Steam Deck deserves support, since Microsoft has past the point of no return in scummy evilness, and Vulkan and Proton are the real waves of the future now.

[Electric Cupcake]

If you want to build your own 'play-from-the-couch' gaming PC, you could put together a Mini ATX or HTPC form factor build, but most video cards are too big to easily fit into one of those. Of course, hybrid APU gaming is a viable option now.

I prefer a full ATX cube case in the TV stand. The HAF XB EVO works brilliantly.

[HHH33]

They could just sell a Steam Deck that's only slightly modified to not have a screen or joysticks, the housing would just be a plastic box with vents, that lets them attach the motherboard. Since Steam Deck is selling fine, they may not be able to procure any extra units for this, though.

[Cathulhu]

When SteamOS 3.0 is released for free to the public, you can just build your own.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

There are also other Steam Deck coming. Valve is working on Deck 2 already or at least newer revisions of Deck as new specs become available. Also there are other companies working on similar devices, Lenovo being one of them.

Why just have a box when it can do gaming on the go and also Dock when in home or office to act as a cheap pc game computer or console. This way you do not need an external game controller. And you can easily use a Type-C hub to add an external Display, keyboard, mouse, storage. I can also tether my nice 5G phone to the Deck and play online games when out and about

[_I_]

i hope steam starts a gamestream service, like remote play using their servers (and possibly cloud saves you could download to your pc)

[HHH33]

Bad 💀 Motha eredeti hozzászólása:

There are also other Steam Deck coming. Valve is working on Deck 2 already or at least newer revisions of Deck as new specs become available. Also there are other companies working on similar devices, Lenovo being one of them.

Why just have a box when it can do gaming on the go and also Dock when in home or office to act as a cheap pc game computer or console. This way you do not need an external game controller. And you can easily use a Type-C hub to add an external Display, keyboard, mouse, storage. I can also tether my nice 5G phone to the Deck and play online games when out and about

No way I'm going around in public with a giant gamegear.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

_I_ eredeti hozzászólása:

i hope steam starts a gamestream service, like remote play using their servers (and possibly cloud saves you could download to your pc)

https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/cloudgaming

[_I_]

cSg|mc-Hotsauce eredeti hozzászólása:

_I_ eredeti hozzászólása:

i hope steam starts a gamestream service, like remote play using their servers (and possibly cloud saves you could download to your pc)

https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/cloudgaming

:qr:

not quite, thats gfnow with the ability to use steam cloud saves
good start tho