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The original was posted on /r/linustechtips by /u/RevolutionaryAd8204 on 2024-09-14 15:50:43+00:00.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If the PS5 wasn't my first PlayStation ever, I'd probably be pretty disappointed with it. Kinda wish I held off and waited for this one, since I'd rather have it, but financing this just doesn't make sense in my current position. Would rather build a PC and use my Deck for remote play.

This is an aggressively mid generation, I have to admit.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Both run games at 720p

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

In desktop mode you can change the resolution of the connected display. It goes back to 720p if you go back to gaming mode, but you can always just launch games from the desktop if you want higher resolution for a specific game.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Even if it's priced too highly, the PS5 Pro will probably sell pretty well. The Playstation Portal is very overpriced for what it is, and yet it's sold very well. There's a lot of Playstation fans with money to burn apparently.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

The whole reason I bought my Steamdeck was because I couldn’t get the Portal (thanks to scalpers).

Now I hardly ever turn the PS5 on because I am playing tons of games on Steam instead. When I do I am usually running something over my LAN via Chiaki to my Deck so others in my house can watch TV.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I won't buy a portal. I probably would have bought a "PS4 in portal form factor" for twice the price, but streaming isn't worth it.

But I have a friend who did, and have had my hands on it, and it is a genuinely really high quality implementation of the mediocre concept.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I probably would have bought a "PS4 in portal form factor" for twice the price, but streaming isn't worth it.

Which brings us back to the Steam Deck, which can also stream PS5 games like the portal, except in HDR (if you have the OLED).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

It would be a handheld console that would play their console library. They'd beat the Steam Deck's sales volume as fast as they could manufacture them. Also, the Steam deck doesn't do the triggers, which is a meaningful loss in plenty of PS5 games.

My actual point, though, was that the build quality for the price is really good.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I already have a PS5, so the Steam Deck is much more tempting.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can even stream from the PS5 to the Deck too, thanks to Chiaki4Deck (easily installable on desktop mode from the "Discover" app).

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Some of the points in the meme are weaker versions of the full truth:

Desktop OS and you can substitute your own.

Biggest game library and you can also side load your stuff from other stores.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

It's almost as if they're two completely different markets

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Cheapest OLED steam deck is $549.00 (USD) while the most expensive is $649.00 (USD).

So really either way not only all those positives, but it's also at least $50 cheaper (which you can use to buy several games on Steam...)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Can you use a de k on an external monitor?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Two actually

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Nice

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Yes.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Sales on PSN are appalling compared to Steam as well. Plus you can also get Steam sales on other sites like Fanatical.

Steam also has better remote play, and Steam custom controller profiles with nearly any controller are amazing.

Also nearly no backwards compatibility issues, whereas PS5 will only play/stream limited games from the past.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The PlayStation store is also a miserable shopping experience. If you don't know what game you want or just want to browse, good fucking luck finding it there. No screenshots, no gameplay, no user reviews, no related games to compare to, no info about if your friends are wishlisting or playing it. Just a choice of buying the expensive version or the more expensive version, and good luck figuring out which DLC is already included in the deluxe editions.