Now official: you can buy a refurbished Steam Deck from Valve (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 1 year ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

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The confirmed pricing is:

Steam Deck 64 GB - Certified Refurbished: $319 / £279

Steam Deck 256 GB - Certified Refurbished: $419 / £369

Steam Deck 512 GB - Certified Refurbished: $519 / £459

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[-] richard_wagner@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

If I have a switch and a PS5, is the steam deck worth buying?

[-] AverageCakeSlice@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

As someone who owns both and a PC as well, yes. Playing my steam library in bed is incredible. Also, if you have a larger library, it can be cheaper to just buy a Deck than re-buying everything on a different platform.

[-] richard_wagner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Cool, thanks for the advice.

So, you can basically play any PC game on the Steam Deck? And the performance depends on the game?

[-] Winged_Hussar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You'll be able to play any game that can be run on Proton (Valve's Linux compatibility layer). Technically, you can install windows on the deck and then run anything on that, but that's not supported out of the box.

You can look at a list here for what Steam labels as "Deck Verified" https://www.steamdeck.com/en/verified

Additionally, you can look on protondb which is similar to the above, but takes input from users and may have additional notes on compatibility: https://www.protondb.com/explore?selectedFilters=whitelisted

Performance and battery life will depend on the game, but there's a ton of videos and benchmarks if there's a particular game you're curious about.

[-] richyawyingtmv@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Also, don't forget emulation! It's an amazing retro gaming device.

[-] mvmnts@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe. I have those two and a PC and I think the Deck is essential. But I do really like being able to seamlessly pick up my games on my main machine sometimes too. If I didn’t own a PC or a PC game library it might be less enticing but even then I still think it’s worth it. You may struggle deciding where to buy games though and you will probably end up building a gaming pc if you enjoy the Deck.