Playing Starfield on my desktop vs Steam deck is like night and day.
And I couldn’t even get Cyberpunk 2077 to play correctly on Steam Deck. It’s not just a graphics downgrade, but they remove extra NPCs like crowds. So it’s just a near empty world.
I’m guessing the Deck is a lot of people’s only gaming PC. Much easier entry than a full blown gaming desktop. It may run far worse than a desktop, but it may be the only way to play for them.
As a kid I played Minecraft at the lowest draw distance (around 6 blocks) at 14 FPS. When it rained, I had to dig and hide because it would drop to 3 FPS.
Ocarina of Time was a game running at 240p and 20 FPS.
God knows at what frame rate the first PC games I’ve played ran at - considering it was a non-gaming hand me down PC, and I didn’t know what the hell a frame was.
The point being, while better technical specs do make for a better experience… This isn’t tied to fun.
I use Xbox Game pass streaming to play it on deck but I don’t think that would show in one of these surveys. Tried it locally installed and yeah it runs like shit on a stick
Yeah I would guess they just don’t care. I have a nice PC but still found myself playing baldur’s gate on it for a while due to it being in my hands and my ass being on the couch.
How is that possible?
Playing Starfield on my desktop vs Steam deck is like night and day.
And I couldn’t even get Cyberpunk 2077 to play correctly on Steam Deck. It’s not just a graphics downgrade, but they remove extra NPCs like crowds. So it’s just a near empty world.
I’m guessing the Deck is a lot of people’s only gaming PC. Much easier entry than a full blown gaming desktop. It may run far worse than a desktop, but it may be the only way to play for them.
As a kid I played Minecraft at the lowest draw distance (around 6 blocks) at 14 FPS. When it rained, I had to dig and hide because it would drop to 3 FPS.
Ocarina of Time was a game running at 240p and 20 FPS.
God knows at what frame rate the first PC games I’ve played ran at - considering it was a non-gaming hand me down PC, and I didn’t know what the hell a frame was.
The point being, while better technical specs do make for a better experience… This isn’t tied to fun.
FSR for Cyberpunk
I use Xbox Game pass streaming to play it on deck but I don’t think that would show in one of these surveys. Tried it locally installed and yeah it runs like shit on a stick
Yeah I would guess they just don’t care. I have a nice PC but still found myself playing baldur’s gate on it for a while due to it being in my hands and my ass being on the couch.