Bought my first Steam Deck after seeing the deep discounts on refurbs...what should i know as a first time Steam Deck/PC gamer? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Evolone@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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As title says, once Valve announced the OLED deck, I saw the refurbished originals go on a deep discount and figured it was time to buy in. So I ordered a refurb 512GB and I’m so excited for it to arrive! Been in a gaming rut for a long time now and, having never been a PC gamer, I’m look forward to checking out a bunch of games I’ve never played before.

What tips do you have for a first time Deck owner?

Any essential games I should be sure to get?

And finally, is it possible to get games I own on the Epic Games Store (I collected all their free games over the years) or Xbox Game Pass PC games on my Steam Deck?

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[-] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 5 points 1 year ago

Install all the emulators you can. Learn how to emulate. It's so much fun to play older games that you might've missed out on in the past.

[-] Evolone@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

Any recommendations? I never owned a Gamecube and am looking forward to a bunch of those games; as well as replaying a bunch of old PS2 and PS3 games!

[-] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 11 months ago

Use dolphin for gamecube. PCSX2 for PS2 games and RPCS3 for PS3 games. And for games, check out "nopaystation" it's the best for PSX games. There are other amazing sites. Just search it.

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