GBAtemp should add an Steam Deck Forum
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The Steam Deck is just a PC, and we already have a section for PC. No reason to clutter up the forums by adding specific sections for a specific PC IMO.
It's technically a PC, so I'd say the PC works.
At the same time, it is a pretty major release.
Which, I suppose, is the point of the Groups system. There's a fairly large Steam Deck centric group. Plus, I think the rule of thumb has always been, "is discussion of X spilling out all over the forum?" which it's not, really.
At the same time, it is a pretty major release.
Which, I suppose, is the point of the Groups system. There's a fairly large Steam Deck centric group. Plus, I think the rule of thumb has always been, "is discussion of X spilling out all over the forum?" which it's not, really.
Yes, but everybody who owns a Steam Deck, will have the same configuration
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And your point is...?
Again, it's just a PC. Anything anyone makes for the Steam Deck will also just work on any other PC, and anything that exists for PC will just work on the Steam Deck. Why do we need a whole section for a specific PC? It's not using any fancy "special" components, it doesn't have any DRM or copyright protection that doesn't already exist on any other PC, nobody is going to have to port XYZ emulator or Retroarch to it because they just already exist, etc etc etc. The only useful thing specific to the Steam Deck anyone would post about is maybe performance videos for their favorite game and that's it, and as Chary already helpfully pointed out we have a Steam Deck group that would be perfect for that sort of thing.
Otherwise, I see no reason why we need a specific section for a specific PC.
I don't think the software, "hacks", "homebrew", software or games warrant separate forums, it's just a PC after all. But we will have a lot of people with the same hardware, and so with same hardware issues (overheating, spontaneous existence failure, DRIFT!), mods (3D printed cases!), upgrades (battery upgrades, SSD updates, etc), accessories, and so on. Maybe that could generate enough discussion for its own subforum somewhere.
The group has been around for a while now and has minimal daily activity at best. Plus the way Valve is segmenting shipping I doubt there will be a massive surge of posts at any one time. Maybe it's worth looking at in the future but I just don't see it garnering that sort of popularity here.
I would agree, quite a few people I know are getting them so I would agree that the community around them might start of slow but will probably grow considerably and a section now will help keep things organize as they expand rather than organize later.
I mentioned above I agree it is just a PC but it is a PC with a very specific difference that most gamer's aren't use to, it runs Linux, adding mods to certain games are easy, open community tab in steam, sub and steam organizes it all auto-magically. Outside of steam adding some mods like puting Thomas into Skyrim I can only imagine would work differently. Anything thats in steam I say would work fine with both but anything different like modding monsters in Monster Hunter World requires either copying files to right place or using nexus mod manager which I imagine wouldn't work as its does on a Windows PC so maybe with all the stuff that will be surrounding it might be best to organise it all into one area as a lot of it won't apply to other PC's
Steam deck is just a PC, so we good on that. There is a group you can join though
https://gbatemp.net/group/steam-deck.29/info
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Except it's not "its own OS". It's an Arch based Linux OS. That's like calling RetroPie its own OS. You'd be able to install SteamOS on any computer you can think of. In the same vain that you can install any PC OS on the Steam Deck.
Even if it's technically PC, all owners will get the same configuration and many people not used to PC gaming are getting it so it should have its own forum. It's not going to clutter up the forums but keep everything related to this particular hardware together.
Outside the fact that users can install different operating systems on it. Sure, the hardware is going to be similar enough across the board but it's still just a PC at the end of the day. Again though, it still has a group
https://gbatemp.net/group/steam-deck.29/info
It's not giving it way too much importance, it's making things easier for users which is the point of forums. People can ignore that forum if they are not interested but will be helpful for Steam Deck users that are not PC gamers.
I agree. The Steam Deck runs SteamOS which is quite different from Windows that most people use for gaming. There will be SteamOS/Steam Deck specific tweaks and mods, like alternate launchers/frontends (even for Windows as well) optimized for the touchscreen and inputs on the Steam Deck. People will have Steam Deck specific information and questions. It makes sense to have all this information in its own place rather than scattered all over the PC subforum.
Most modern consoles are "just a PC". The only difference is the OS/software that runs on them. The Steam Deck has its own OS and frontend optimized for the available input methods. A lot of general PC information won't be applicable to the Steam Deck unless you put Windows on it. I feel that the Steam Deck running its own version of SteamOS should be treated as a separate thing because for all intents and purposes it functions as its own thing just like any other game console. Yes, it runs PC games, but even how you get those games running is different from how you would get them running on Windows.
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