• nottheengineer@feddit.de
    5·
    7 months ago

    We’re lucky to have valve. They actually managed to make a console without the downsides of a console.

    My OLED deck has arrived today, can’t wait to use it.

      • nottheengineer@feddit.de
        2·
        7 months ago

        A linux PC would involve some amount of tinkering.

        The steam deck is foolproof, a 6 year old can play games on it with no issues, so it’s a console. The PC mode is just a nice extra.

        • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
          1·
          7 months ago

          The Steam Deck definitely requires a certain amount of tinkering, depending on when you got it and what games you’re trying to play!

        • Perfide@reddthat.com
          1·
          7 months ago

          Linux can be configured to be idiot friendly y’know, and it doesn’t make it suddenly not Linux. The SteamDeck has the capabilities of a full fledged Linux PC with the PC mode, it very much isn’t just a console.

  • umbraroze@kbin.social
    1·
    7 months ago

    I’m so glad Xbox One toned down some of the always online rubbish before it actually launched. It wasn’t that bad, fortunately. I have to say Xbox One user experience was pretty meh compared to Xbox 360 in the first year and half or so.

    These days, Xbox One and Series S/X are pretty great, but unfortunately ever since the Xbox One launch I’ve adopted the “let’s not get too hyped up about this because Microsoft just might drop the ball a little bit” mindset. Especially as a Halo fangirl.

      • drcobaltjedi@programming.dev
        1·
        7 months ago

        I’ve personally had a grudge against sony for years now after they robbed me of otherOS, that combined with their rootkit BS and blocking me from paying for something with a giftcard because I don’t remember the 3 digit code on a credit card that stopped existing years ago.

        For reference, I don’t trust either Sony or MS to do the “right thing” but MS hasn’t slighted me yet