Steam Deck or Aya Neo (Or something else)?

The other what type of gaming content do you wish you saw more of thread (not about videos)

VmprHntrD · 2026-07-17T17:25:16+00:00

I wish we had more meaninful throwback style gaming and that's a broad stroke you'll have to accept. I mean thinking back to the pre-CD era of stuff, back when space was limited and many games were perhaps hi score runs to a few hours of play at most once you figured it out and could plow through. It's utterly disengenous of the wanker pit online saying a game is 3hrs for main game or whatever, sure, but those counts count someone who can just knock it out. How many hours went into getting to where you say it can take 3 hours? So thinking on that, I'd like to see more swings at how games were designed in the mid-end 80s through the 90s and into the 00s on the handheld side once consoles went big ticket/big storage. If some of them are arcade like shallow experiences that's fine too, others could be the next Super Mario Bros or Sonic but with quality of life imrpovements, but not overkill overcomplication style improvements some foolish developers do because as often you find less is more. I think it's safe to say here, enough people are probably 30-50 aged or up given the age of this place right? You can only do so few hours around family or other responsibilties, being damned tired or having more than one interest in life put so few hours into something. So I'd like to see more of that less is more approach, give me something I can chip away at like a kid on a NES that maybe in theory an hour game, but will take me 40 hours to get there in time. Give me some easier to pick up, harder to finish and master enough to do so style games where I feel my time was impactful and not wasted. I think some of the games companies like Modretro and incub8 have done a solid job of with their non-reissued 8bit GB/GBC releases as a prime example.

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Tom Bombadildo said:
Given LTT's recent quality of their videos, I'd take that claim with a grain of salt. How many games did they bother testing before making that 50% claim? 1? 2?

I'm sure the RDNA 2 based iGPU will kick shitty Vega's ass, but I highly doubt it will be "about 50% better" in a lot of titles.

There's a lot to take in with that video, and even some before. I agree with the sentiment that we need more information before we can judge long term.. but so far it's looking to be a much gaming device than the Neo, or any other device sharing similar specs.. Still, the RDNA2 chip (even gimped) is outright destroying the Vega. "50% better" is looking to be far more likely than you may think.

My only concern with the Deck is it running Linux OOTB, which is where some of the cost savings come from. Even nowadays, performance in a lot of games with Proton leaves a lot to be desired. So, I have to wonder if Proton will be in a much better state come this winter? Or if it'll be like it is now, and turn people away. Yeah, one can easily install Windows on it, but to a fair amount of people? It's a daunting task.

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