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[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Oh its just another steam deck clone lol

Would I be able to play my entire existing steam library on this or...?

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Clone of a clone of a steam deck that already wasn't selling well.

[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

In places where Steam Deck isn't selling officially, the ROG Ally has been selling like hotcakes.

[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 days ago

It’s almost like people trust Valve and don’t trust ASUS

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes, but since it'll run Windows, it'll have half the battery life and half the frames at the same time!

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Supposedly its a slimmed down version of windows, but yeah still windows 🤮

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

IIRC yes it can run steam games

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thanks, I literally just looked this up and saw that is supposedly the case. That's very surprising to me. At least it has that

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Microsoft seems to be throwing in the towel as far as driving people to their storefront is concerned. They’ll be putting out all their games on anything that can run them.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I'd argue this is not really the case, and their strategy has shifted to increasing the price of actually "owning" games to be a premium experience, ie all their new games are now $80, making subscription prices seem more attractive

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

They walked back the $80 price point, but I definitely agree they’re trying to figure out ways to push people to gamepass. They just keep stepping on rakes

[–] Aielman15@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

They rolled back the $80 increase when they noticed that people weren't going to buy Outer Worlds 2 at that price point. They then confirmed that their games will stay at $70 for the foreseeable future (ie. until a bigger player normalized $80 games).

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I want a SteamDeck 2 so bad I’ve been eyeing these clones.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I have the original and passed on upgrading to the OLED. It really hasn't shown much age at all, yet. I'm not really playing AAA or demanding titles on it, anyway, and it works perfectly for all of the games I do want to play on it. I figure the limiting factor will be the battery, and that seems to be just as good as it was new.

The clones aren't acceptable replacements to me, they are more of handheld-consoles than handheld-PCs. If it doesn't have touchpads, I don't want it, period.

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago

I also have the original and really should just be happy with it as it suites my needs. Never had an OLED screen so it’s mostly just that I suppose. Was debating the screen upgrade as well but the install video was a bit much for me. Going to keep my money for whatever hardware is next for Valve. Really would love to see Index 2 this year.

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Until recently I'd have agreed with you, but some recently released games (like E33) are either locked to very low settings (and still has bad framerate despite that), or even run like shit (Sword of the Sea) even on low.

So yeah, I'm kinda feeling the need for an upgrade right now, and as much as I hate Microsoft, depending on how it will cost I may be tempted... If it runs Bazzite well.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I dunno, I don't play these games. The most demanding game I play on steam deck is Oblivion Remastered which runs fine with upscaling/framegen and lowish settings. The nostalgia factor makes low settings totally fine for this game, too, so its not a big deal. Anything game where I want great graphics and performance, I'll just play on my desktop.

For $900 you could literally just build a decent desktop, but you do you

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I do already have a pretty powerfull desktop already (5800X3D, 32 Go RAM and RX 6800), but I just love the Deck form factor.
Especially that now I can play at work, which makes my noon brake a lot less boring. It is kinda harder to bring my desktop around 😅.