Steam deck worth it5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() If it was intended to have PC-class performance, it should have picked parts you'd at least find in a gaming laptop with the same class of CPU+GPU. Perhaps the initial ambitions were for 8+ year old games like all the other devices in this category (eg GamePark devices.) The eMMC option should really just not exist, and I'm not sure why Valve even bothered. Where as iphones just straight up use flash memory you'd find on PCIe SSD's. MMC itself is the same as SD card storage up to a point. It's not very much faster than a 7200RPM hard drive either. Valve just gets special treatment and I really don’t know why.ĮMMC is basically what Android smartphones use. Can you IMAGINE if say apple released a MacBook with a base model of 64GB of eMMC storage then all the other models had SSDs I can guarantee there’d be a 30 minute tirade on why apple is evil and scamming people. Listing the spec and not going into why the base model is pretty much useless to play large games isn’t enough. Why would I care if the game takes +10 sec to load when I can buy the Deck at such a low price? The Switch is for me. ![]() Steam Deck is the only(and I mean that) portable PC that made me want it and that's mainly because of the price. ![]() I don't even know why people compare the Switch to the Deck. And again I have yet to see any mention of issues with running games from microSD, so I don't really see the point in complaining about the storage speed, at the moment it doesn't matter, and when it does matter you can upgrade the SSD if you want, that's an ok drawback for a cheaper device. The base model exists for people that want the cheapest option possible or simply can't afford $500+ for a device like this. I was comparing against portable PCs, like Aya, GPD and similar, but if you want a switch comparison here it goes:Ħ4GB of internal storage+ microSD slot + upgradable SSD It only exists so they can advertise “399” as the price which is what the PS5 DE cost. If any other company tried to pull that they would get picked up on it. My point is the Base model shouldn’t exist, funnily enough that’s not the one reviewers got but because it does exists reviewers shouldn’t ignore it. ![]()
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