Got my Switch OLED! Store pickup for white model at BestBuy, and shipping for Neon from Walmart.
Always keep a backup til a week before release in case of cancelations.
@BruceCM
Oh for sure! Tell ya what. I'ma treat y'all to a Jaxon special. When I get the system, I'll do a quick impressions vid and upload it to YT or some other vid hosting site and post it here, and share my honest thoughts. If it's not comfy, I'll say so. I'll tell it how it is, and rate it on a scale compared to Switch, Switch Lite, Switch OLED and GPD Win 2, as well as compare it to the Steam Controller.
Finally the ultimate PC handheld hybrid with Gyro!!! And dual analog unlike the Steam controller, so you can use trackpad OR analog depending on the game!
That can't be right, cos whenever I've said the market is not going to let Nintendo continue to waltz along owning the handheld domain when it's selling this well, I kept getting told no-one else was interested, streaming will kill handheld...
You guys had me at blood and semen.
What better way to celebrate than firing something out of the pipe?
@gcunit
PC handheld have been around many years. There's so many I can't even keep track anymore. They're not that popular. This is just getting more attention because it's Valve (and frankly it looks better designed than precious options). The original GPD Win saw the most success due to its $299 price point. More recent handhelds have pushed the $650 (Win 2) and $850+ (Win 3) price points. Aya Neo, OneXPlayer, etc all cost too much. At $400, better design and brand recognition, Steamdeck should at least do better than any precious attempt, but it'll remain single digit millions imo.
This is in no way playing in the same league as Switch.
Yeah, those casual gamers that just want the easiest option will carry on with Switch, along with those who want to play Nintendo games
Hopefully, it'll do well but it's really aimed at a limited market
I suspect it'll run fine. I can even run Persona 4 Golden at 720p on my Win 2, and this thing smokes the Win 2. It's twice as powerful as a handheld as Switch is docked.
All Falcom games on PC have a low spec gamer mode for handheld gaming systems like Win 2. I was able to run Trails of Cold Steel just fine on Win 2.
The real question is, what's the battery life going to be like. Everyone wants MO POWER until they get a device like this and realize MO POWER comes at the cost of NO BATTERY LIFE.
We'll run a test at 720p 30 fps, max brightness, Low Settings and see how long it lasts.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
I actually hope it succeeds. Nintendo getting fat and complacent off the Switch's success benefits nobody, and it'd probably motivate other companies to try their hand at a modern hybrid system.
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@Ralizah Me to, They need a good reason to up there game, then again based on the reaction we all had here, that doesn't seem to be the case, at least its a cheaper PC.
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I actually hope it succeeds. Nintendo getting fat and complacent off the Switch's success benefits nobody, and it'd probably motivate other companies to try their hand at a modern hybrid system.
I do agree, which is why my confidence that this isn't gonna be a big deal is also disappointment in a way.
Quite frankly no major company should succeed too much for too long. Things are always better when they fail sometimes.
Right Joycon
Lost cause. Too hard to reassemble properly. IR antenna housing is crammed it so tightly it feels nearly impossible to get it to squeeze back into the shell compartment that fits over it. Not to mention that entire hassle resulted in ribbon cables pulling out, antenna unsnapping... it wasn't pretty. Got antenna back in, ribbon cables back in, or at least I did, but after pressing on shell trying to get IR housing to cram in they must have disconnected. I just gave up on that one. Plus it was missing one screw so I couldn't even brute force the shell closed.
Left Joycon
It fixed it. Well... mostly. There's no more drift, that's for sure. But in the calibration screen, sometimes it's a little slower returning to neutral. Not often, and not by much, but just enough to notice. But it doesn't affect use. I tested it. It's working great. And this thing had SEVERE drift before I started. Very severe. Worse than I've ever seen any joycon have.
Conclusion
It's worth doing for Left Joycon. Not so much for the Right. Unless you're very savvy with teardowns and feel confident you can reassemble. But I'm giving fair warning- it was very tough for me and I've done this before. I even used to fix PCs. I'm no expert, but I'm not wet behind the ears either, so if I had trouble, well, just bear that in mind.
It may not be quite 100% like new, and you may notice slight anomalies in calibration screen, but as far as real world use, it's fine. You'll never know the difference. Definitely worth doing for Left joycon.
For right joycon, my advice is to just pop $35 for a backup, and if the day comes you have to send in for a fix from Nintendo, you'll have a spare to use until you get it back.
@JaxonH do you use your joycons a lot for multiplayer? Asking this because I never had drift on my right ones but had on all left ones (including a pro) because the left analogue is way more used than the right one.
Weight of Steam Deck is just under 670 grams. That’s a heavy system. It’s something we don’t talk about much and something we definitely take for granted, but having a light weight system is crucial. Switch is about 400 grams. New 3DS is about 250 or so (rough estimates). Put your New 3DS on top of your Switch and hold it. Or put your phone on a Wii U gamepad. Either one works. That’s about how heavy the Steam Deck is. I’m not gonna lie, that’s a little heavy and will make long sessions of portable gaming less viable. Compare that with Switch Lite, and it’s even more drastic. Being feather light as a portable system is so important. There’s a threshold where it starts feeling really heavy and I would say normal Switch is just under that threshold. A system 67% heavier… you’re gonna notice that.
But maybe once you get used to it, it won’t be so bad.
@Balta666
I was fixing my brother’s joycon. I’ve never had drift myself.
But he never used them for multiplayer. Just solo.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
The Steam handheld will essentially be the greatest emulation device ever (as well as its normal function). Should be able to emulate everything up to the Wii, and possibly even the Wii U on those specs.
@Dezzy
Ya. It's not something we think about often because Switch Lite is like a feather, and even Switch itself isn't that heavy. But a device pushing near 670g could get uncomfortable holding for long periods of time.
It really will be the perfect emulation device. Though it might be best to install Windows for that. In fact, a Windows install seems like a viable option. As long as the on screen keyboard pops up as needed, with a touch screen it could totally be viable. Maybe even more viable than Steam OS it comes with.
Personally I'll probably leave it as is, but I'll watch some reviews of those who do install Windows and see how it fares. Would open up Dolphin for GC games and solve any potential compatibility issues with DRM games.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
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