Valve introduces Steam Deck

Belvedere said:
As for setting up emulation on Steam Deck there is Emudeck.
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Eden is a currently maintained fork of Yuzu if you want to do Switch emulation. People complained of other emulators not being able to handle Tears of The Kingdom. On Eden, it's actually playable. There's some additional guides on getting it working right on the Deck, such as PowerTools or adjusting memory clocks in the BIOS. It's not hard, and also hard to break shit on Deck uness you're REALLY trying.

As far as playing really demanding games, Steam Link exists and works well. I honestly use my deck as a companion to that because I can't really stay lashed to my desk, but I'm still at home and might want to play something when I'm on the shitter or settling down for the night in bed. All the PS2 games I've tried work great and RetroAchievements makes things interesting.

All in all I recommend it. Wait for them to go on sale. I got the 512GB OG one for like $350, and micro SD cards are cheap as fuck.
 
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Flabba Wabba Jabba said:
You guys reckon the Steam Deck is worth it in 2025? I know there's the ASUS Rog Ally X, Legion Go and others but I've been eyeing up the 1TB OLED and getting cold feet knowing there are competitors, but I unironically trust Valve in their quality.
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Absolutely yes. I don’t play UE5 games. And i go out of my way to avoid 99% of those games. But i’ve gotten some decent performance out of 2077 by going with the recommended steamdeck settings. Halo MCC ran like a dream. Emulation is great up until you start with PS3/360, then it gets spotty. If you want to see performance, i’d just go to youtube and search whatever game name with Steamdeck at the end.

Even games i’ve pirated like Rebirth and GoT work good on it. However if you get the LED version, you might find out you’re sensitive to PWM. Sometimes it makes my eyes tired and i need to nap. No device has done this to me

 
The_Red_Man said:
Eden is a currently maintained fork of Yuzu if you want to do Switch emulation. People complained of other emulators not being able to handle Tears of The Kingdom. On Eden, it's actually playable. There's some additional guides on getting it working right on the Deck, such as PowerTools or adjusting memory clocks in the BIOS. It's not hard, and also hard to break shit on Deck uness you're REALLY trying.

As far as playing really demanding games, Steam Link exists and works well. I honestly use my deck as a companion to that because I can't really stay lashed to my desk, but I'm still at home and might want to play something when I'm on the shitter or settling down for the night in bed. All the PS2 games I've tried work great and RetroAchievements makes things interesting.

All in all I recommend it. Wait for them to go on sale. I got the 512GB OG one for like $350, and micro SD cards are cheap as fuck.
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Never used Eden myself, but I'm pretty sure Emudeck also gives you the option to install a Ryujinx fork called Ryubing, or at least operates on a "bring your own package" principle for it. It's been too long since I installed it. Either way, I use that particular fork to play MHGU with friends. The netplay works great, it still seems to be the most active option at least for emulated GU, and the game itself runs like a dream even after applying a 60FPS patch. I'm guessing that for heavier titles Yuzu forks still hold the crown though.
 
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