Topic: Steam possibly expanding to consoles?

Steam possibly coming to PS5 or XSX?

We know Nintendo wouldn't allow it, but hey...a guy can dream.

I saw that yesterday and I cannot really see it happening but Gabe's words are intriguing to say the least. Maybe some Valve ports... But Steam altogether even on PlayStation sounds odd (would they pay Sony's fee for games and DLC, etc? Would the games be opitimized for console?)

I pre-ordered a Steam Deck the exact moment it became available. I own over 300 games on Steam. Easiest $550 I've ever spent.

This doesn't make any sense. Why would there be TWO store fronts on one console? And for the same games that are cross-platform. Steam already tried Steam OS and they failed as a home console. I also don't think the big three would allow it either. That's like having HBOMax on Netflix.

@Gryffin I mean, unless you already have the Deck you haven't actually spent the $550 yet lol. Mine says it will ship July-September for the $650 model.

Would be more interested to have it on Switch.
I'll rather use my PC than my PS5 for Steam games, but it would nice to have Sonic Adventure DX and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle on Switch through Steam.

I'll always prefer to play PC games on my gaming PC as you can't beat playing games like Doom Eternal at maximum settings. I recently bought the Steam Deck too and tbh I'm not that impressed with it. I'll probably end up selling it in the near future depending on how much I get for it.

Who knows if the deck will be able to handle big games? I can't imagine playing Destiny or CS on a portable console.

@Mojo_99

@Yoshi2 There are Xbox games on Steam so I don't see why not. I guess they don't really care where you play the games as long as you're buying them on Steam.

I think it possible

there are tons of great reviews for the steam deck and more fans are being added by the day. 😁

I dont believe that its possible. If only steam will have finencial problems. Just to increase sales

@jump I feel like the steam deck is better used as a ps3/xbo era handheld. I got hzd, had to output at the lowest settings. Then the steam deck heated up after 15mins(or so), and I got the "gonna slow performance to deal with the heat", etc. But i could play metal gear rising, gta iv, sunset overdrive at high/max settings with no noticeable heat up or slow down. Some newer games, the ascent(high), state of decay 2(high), sekiro(medium settings) didnt give me any problems though. So maybe a trial and error type thing.

Also, max payne 3(high settings), which is still a beautiful and engaging game.

well technically, sony has historically sold the PS3 and PS4 at lower cost and at a loss, as shown in these older news articles:

🔺 Sony Loses $3.3 Billion Since PlayStation 3 Launch - WIRED

Sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 have resulted in losses of $3.3 billion dollars since the system's launch, reports Forbes.

Key to the company's losses is the "strategic pricing" initiative it has adopted in an effort to catch up with Microsoft's Xbox 360, a console which hit shelves almost a year earlier.

🔺 Sony To Take A Loss On PlayStation 4 Sales

but due to some more research I learned all console companies employ this strategy of selling their hardware cheaper anyway, and make up the profits through game sales. 🤔

🔺 Did you know console makers sell their consoles at a loss? - ...

that's why it's understandable valve would do the same for the steam deck. 😅

That’s fine as long as you can play games that was released on Steam to Switch, and have a better online system.

@PhhhCough
Where SteamDeck shines is with games using a TDP of 12W or less. Even the new PC handhelds using a 6800U get smoked on efficiency until around 15W TDP. Most games can run on 12W TDP or less. Which means even with handhelds affording a larger battery, because they’re far less efficient they get the same if not worse battery life.

That changes around 13-15W TDP though. That’s when the 6800U all other gen4 PC handhelds are using overtakes the Deck. So for games like Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War, Spiderman, Uncharted 4, Tomb Raider trilogy, etc, you’ll see better efficiency on the other PC handhelds. Deck doesn’t do so well when total power draw hits around 20W and up.

You can still play those games, but it’s gonna have to be lowest settings, 720p 30fps and you’ll still struggle to get 2 hrs battery life.

@JaxonH For what it's worth, the 6800U actually outperforms the Steam Deck APU across the entire power range. It's just that the Steam Deck's performance settings are somewhat more aggressive than those of mainstream AMD APUs, as you'd want in a gaming focused device, so it looks like it's doing better when you set it to a given wattage and benchmark. Against the actual power draw the 6800U always wins.

If that sounds like complete gobbledygook, The Phawx has a video that explains it here: