and that's the secret to a good product
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Exactly, if you want a good product, have the developers make what "they" want. Usually works out.
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While you're all here what controller do you use for your deck? Been thinking of getting one of the hall effect 8bitdo ones, but I'm open to trying anything.
whatever controller is closest and convenient for me when i happen to sit down, or whichever one is charged lol.
I usually gravitate towards a wired xbox controller because its the one i have jurisdiction over in the household.
Strongly recommend a wireless mouse/kb with one of those couch cushions that is desk shaped. very good for playing some of the less controller-friendly games. I got a half-keyboard with a joystick on the thumbrest that i havent used yet.
OG steam controllers for me!
I wish they were still available
Xbox Controller.
I have the 8bitdo Pro 2 and I love it. Works great with or without a custom config, but in my opinion the config I use makes it worth it for the price.
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still loving and using it. grabbed bf1942 from the archive.org, now playing in lan with friendo and 255 bots. epic joy.
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It's also what got me to finally go linux full-time.
I had tried to a couple times before, but always ran into one too many snags.
When the deck was announced I thought to myself "that can't work with every game, can it?" as I'd attempted that myself.
But I had to see for myself, and the improvements in proton were staggering. And it's gotten even better since! Who would have though Apex Legends, Hunt Showdown, and a bunch of other holdouts and anti-cheat games would be running on linux within a year of the deck releasing?
it's the year of linux on the toilet!
My toilet runs FreeBSD.
oh yeah? my bidet runs plan 9
In the early days I thought it would be some niche gimmick that would never take off. Turns out it wasn't and it's the best handheld gaming machine ever made.
It feels good to be wrong!
To be fair I have invested in a lot of their "niche gimmicks that will never take off". I've owned the steam link and the OG steam controller (my dad still uses that controller to game, he really likes it). I love the steam deck but none of the handhelds have the right ergonomics for my little hands except the Switch, and so I use mine docked. But even then it's a game changer not needing a huge gaming rig to play games.
I adore mine. Not the best for GPU-intensive games like Elden Ring or Resident Evil 4 remake.... But for essentially everything else it's just the best.
Minecraft, 90fps Balatro, Slay The Spire, Binding of Isaac and similar.... 90fps Dark Souls 1-3 - 90fps!
Very, very happy.
How are you playing DS1 at 60+ fps on your steam deck? I thought the game was limited to 60
I only have a switch because of my nephew. It hardly gets any use otherwise. Then i found balantro and now it's basically a balantro machine. I do wish i had a steam deck instead of a switch.