We Saw That Steam Deck

I've put in a preorder for now, since if things do pan out as positively as they look so far, this thing will be well worth the money.

"Hentai? You can do it"

Love this, great seeing the guys in meatspace again.

@rorie@janman Was the stand that the Deck was on when you were testing the monitor output and the local multiplayer the official dock that's coming out at a later date or was that just a stand they propped it on and hooked up a USB hub?

This was a cool video

@butano: it was just a stand to prop up the device. The monitor was coming out of the USB hub on top of the deck.

@janman Jan, does Rories left hand only show 3 fingers because of the rangerous episode?

Rorie’s thumb nails…

Always love Jan and Rorie vids. Thanks guys! Really interested to see how this attempt at hardware shakes out for Valve, given their history.

Yo Giantbomb, more of these videos! Just the duders chilling and talking together is magical.

This is the content I love.

The battery life is my main issue with the device, that and the price for the best model, even though its not that bad if you think of it as a genuine handheld gaming PC, which I guess it really is. I still think its cool, and the beginning to many improved imitators in the future along with Valve's own revision updates.

If only this played new Nintendo games.

Nice! Looking forward to my preorder even more now. Thanks, guys!!

Good video.

But which one of you was actually there and which one was added in post?

Just wanna say that Jan's boot game is on point.

This was really good, more of this would be great.

That hasn't been the experience for me, Microsoft Flight Simulator X, The Master Chief Collection, the old Age Empires 2 HD (not the recent Enhanced Edition) and Train Simulator did not install all the content by default, forcing me to go to that Manage my DLC screen in order to do that, but also that screen installs each DLC directly when you click the checkmark (with severe load times for each click), instead of - as the checkmarks imply by standard Windows behavior (or as Steam handles it at the purchase confirmation screen) - letting you pick all the items you want do download and then apply/queue them. I think it's a needlessly slow and clumsy process, which they have already handled better in other parts of the UI. I'd like it to be handled similar to the screen you get when you complete a purchase, where you get the list of items with a confirmation button.

Such a relief to see content that doesn't feel like zoom - though yes I want everyone to be safe, but as someone who sits in zoom all day for work it can at times feel like another meeting

No, I really didn't notice a huge difference myself!

I didn't see any kind of autobrightness switch in the settings but I have a feeling that'll be coming down the line before launch!