Steam Deck or Aya Neo (Or something else)?

What would you do in my situation?

  • Wait a year or longer for the Steam Deck

    Votes: 37 88.1%
  • Buy the Aya Neo

    Votes: 1 2.4%
  • Buy something else

    Votes: 4 9.5%

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@Xzi you do know that there are option like the raizer kaishi or ganesir attachment which negate your logic of touch screen controls.
With a subpar screen and subpar battery life you can enjoy your portable steam deck. Barf..
For pc gaming I have my ge76 raider 3080 rtx laptop.
 

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@Xzi you do know that there are option like the raizer kaishi or ganesir attachment which negate your logic of touch screen controls.
At which point you're making your phone almost as large as a Switch/Steam Deck anyway, and you still have access to very few games aside from emulation.

With a subpar screen and subpar battery life you can enjoy your portable steam deck. Barf..
1080p would be pointless on a seven inch screen, not to mention drain the battery much faster. Why do you think Switch and every other portable PC uses a 720p screen? And since you can't seem to do basic math yourself: minimal workloads like indie games will last 8 hours on Steam Deck, just as advertised.

For pc gaming I have my ge76 raider 3080 rtx laptop.
Good for you. However, just because you broke the bank on a much more expensive and much less portable gaming PC, that doesn't mean you need to talk shit about a device that's clearly got a great price-to-performance ratio and several unique features.
 

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At which point you're making your phone almost as large as a Switch/Steam Deck anyway, and you still have access to very few games aside from emulation.


1080p would be pointless on a seven inch screen, not to mention drain the battery much faster. Why do you think Switch and every other portable PC uses a 720p screen? And since you can't seem to do basic math yourself: minimal workloads like indie games will last 8 hours on Steam Deck, just as advertised.


Good for you. However, just because you broke the bank on a much more expensive and much less portable gaming PC, that doesn't mean you need to talk shit about a device that's clearly got a great price-to-performance ratio and several unique features.
'd like to throw this out there. there's only one portable/handheld pc that uses 2,5K resolutioon iunstead of 720p, the One XPlayer. it looks so beautiful on a 8,4 inch screen
 
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I am not talking shit but stating facts which you are ignoring just because......
Subpar battery life is fact, subpar battery is fact, portability is defeated instantly with battery life and yes people will lug around a powerbank for this.
The steam deck is flawed and calling it out is the right thing to do.
 

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I am not talking shit but stating facts which you are ignoring just because......
Subpar battery life is fact, subpar battery is fact, portability is defeated instantly with battery life and yes people will lug around a powerbank for this.
The steam deck is flawed and calling it out is the right thing to do.
The fuck are you smoking, man? You've never even touched the Steam Deck, let alone had time to drain its battery fully. This is purely the sunk cost fallacy speaking.
 
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@Xzi you do know that there are option like the raizer kaishi or ganesir attachment which negate your logic of touch screen controls.
With a subpar screen and subpar battery life you can enjoy your portable steam deck. Barf..
For pc gaming I have my ge76 raider 3080 rtx laptop.

this is some cringe shit my dude oh my gosh
 
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I'd like to throw this out there. there's only one portable/handheld pc that uses 2,5K resolutioon iunstead of 720p, the One XPlayer. it looks so beautiful on a 8,4 inch screen
Do you own one? I'd be interested to hear how much play time AAA games provide at native resolution on that...it says 10 hours but only for video playback, on a 59 Watt-hour battery. If we do some napkin math and assume it draws 2.5x as much power as Steam Deck at max load (it may be even more than that, they don't disclose), we're looking at about an hour and fifteen minutes. Easiest way to extend that of course being turning down the resolution.
 

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Do you own one? I'd be interested to hear how much play time AAA games provide at native resolution on that...it says 10 hours but only for video playback, on a 59 Watt-hour battery. If we do some napkin math and assume it draws 2.5x as much power as Steam Deck at max load (it may be even more than that, they don't disclose), we're looking at about an hour and fifteen minutes. Easiest way to extend that of course being turning down the resolution.
mine will arrive by the 20th this month. I have been following a lot of videos on youtube with this device. most say that 2.5K resolution gets you about 1-2 hours of gaming at 30fps. but they also say that 1280x800 and 1920x1080p are perfect for gaming at medium to high settings in most games. I only bought one because I wanted a bigger screen than the gpd win 3 and the aya neo.
 
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Clearly I am smoking something which you can't afford. And yes the steam deck battery will suck.. deal with it.
I could care less.

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Cringe for you, does not mean cringe for others. I know you are upset when people write abt devices you can't afford.
 

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Crack is cheap, so you can afford it.
Comparing a rtx 3080 laptop with supposed portable device.. yeah right.. you are smoking crack and it's cheap, so are you. Lol
 

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Yeah I understand you can't afford a laptop with rtx 3080.. lol..

not my fault you spent more money than me for worse performance lol

It's quite obvious you're not the brightest person, considering the fact that you're talking shit about a device has not even released yet. Yeah, maybe it'll suck. Whatever. I don't understand how this translated into a e-peen measuring contest with your laptop.
 

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Crack is cheap, so you can afford it.
Yeah that's what I just said...everybody can afford it. That doesn't mean it's a good idea for you to keep smoking it.

Comparing a rtx 3080 laptop with supposed portable device..
I was pulling my punches before, but the truth of the matter is that buying a laptop with an RTX 3080 is idiotic. Not only because the price is astronomical, but also because it'll throttle the hell out of itself to keep from bursting into flames. Making a good portable PC/laptop is a balancing act between thermals, power draw, and performance. You're probably lucky to get thirty minutes of battery life at max draw, which means playing AAA games on the go is a lost cause.
 

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So you do agree that it may suck in terms of battery life. And yes i spend more money to buy a rtx 3080 laptop, because I can and too bad that you can't . Good for you but don't generalize your opinion as if it's the only way money is well spent. Every one has their own needs.

@Xzi

You can go smoke crack or tell your family to do it, I could care less. From the convo, we were having I would never compare the steam deck with rtx 3080 laptop.
You are an idiot and yes steam deck is a pathetic device primarily built for low income background people like yourself, who can't afford a decent pc.
 
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