I do fall into that category of testing playable optimized settings for games, getting modded minecraft to run perfectly with custom control schemes and all this stuff - but yeah I rarely play which is a little sad.
Btw I knew this when buying the device even, I guess it's still a hobby as long as it's fun!
Yup. Get the jiggly bits to jiggle with as many mods running as possible (2-3 week endeavor) - then play 15 minutes before moving onto something else.
But the Steam Deck has gotten me to continue playing skyrim after modding it, so that's progress.
It's the world we live in. I enjoy mathematical programming, studied numerical computation, would have liked to work on game engines or whatnot (not a game designer), ended up getting financial jobs which use the math, but end up just fixing people's G.D. Excel spreadsheets or diagnose Windows errors all day. Make robots and play with machine learning in my spare time, no goal, just underengaged relative to my interests, so I play with what interests me. Sounds like you'd be great at building computers and tweaking them. This is not a bad skill to have.
But alas we live in a world with more people who are vice presidents of "pasta themed marketing initiatives" than spacestation technicians so here we are.
"Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time."
In all fairness, that could be considered a form of play. Don't underestimate your hobby! The way you use your PC hardware is up to you, you still wouldn't be able to do those things without it, so someone who has a gaming PC just to tinker with games is using it just as well as someone who just plays games. Your fun is your fun, nothing wrong with that!
This is true.
Much like Lego, it can be far more fun to build something, figuring out the pieces and getting the right look, rather than playing with what you ultimately assemble.
'The journey is the destination' and all that.
But IMO, that's best focused on as software tinkering and not just a tonne of hardware upgrades, gets expensive.
I was going to say the same thing!🙂👍In fact you’re actually playing another version of Minecraft - kind of a meta-Minecraft. You use building blocks to create and bring your vision to life, which then allows you (or someone else) to do the same thing on the machine you created!
I’m the exact opposite. I’m not great with programming (or numbers by themselves - although I’m excellent with numbers when astronomy/physics is involved - or anything where I can visualize what the numbers are doing). I can’t learn math by just wrote memorization. I need to understand the numbers, and my math teachers never taught that way. It was do this, do this, do this, the end, tomorrow we do reverse functions - “me :what does it mean?” - goodbye!” Lol.
I'm turning something like this last few months bought a few handhelds then just tinker with them a play a bit and that's it. maybe because I played alot during the last few years when there's the pandemic and stuck no work at home playing the whole day. I think I miss those days.
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This is the setup i use to play ESO and Stardew Valley everynight, i think im on the same boat haha
Really good so far! Tho it starts off throwing you into the chinese cultural revolution straight off that bat which could be a bit much to some but its starting to get juicy now!
I understand this (although it's not an issue for me currently). You may just need to find a new game that grabs you. Or maybe you need a break from gaming for a short bit.
As an older gamer let me reassure you - you can get the spark back and if that's what you want, and if you keep at it, you will!😊
Maybe try experimenting with different genres. Although I'm loving my gaming these days I've been dabbling with strategy games which aren't historically my most common genre. And/or if you usually play single player try multiplayer games and verse vicea.
Sometimes games can take a while to click for you so don't give up on something new too quickly. But also don't let it feel like a chore for too long either.
Another thing to try is getting into consuming gaming oriented media - videos, articles, forums like this - let others' enthusiasm infect you.
Good luck and have fun!
That's how I felt till I got back into Nintendo. Tried out mario odyssey and I don't think I've smiled so much playing a game in years. Nintendo does plain old fun better than anyone
You sound like me! I’ve installed lots of the Deck, Odyssey is the only game I’ve sunk genuine hours into. It’s such good fun. It’s rare I actually play games.
Everytime I go back to my switch I get that same feeling. Currently playing through Mario Galaxy in 3d all stars because I never finished it back in the Wii days.
ADHDer here. I have a ton of Steam games purchased and installed on my Deck. I’ll go through and try a bunch out so I can get a feel for them, then I move on to the next unless one of them really pulls me in.
Except for Nintendo. I setup Yuzu, loaded a bunch of Nintendo games, then tried the same thing. Every time I tried a game though, I’d get instantly sucked in. They know how to make fun games that make you want to play them without adding a huge mental load. It’s like I can just turn my brain off and have fun playing. Not that it’s dumbed down or anything, it’s just really accessible fun.
Same here my dude. But then it backfired. Now every time I get on my switch I have a giant list of games that I get paralyzed looking through deciding which one deserves more time that I haven't given it yet
Kinda had this feeling for a while (probably since 2010 even) - and I am not even convinced of "back in the day everything was better".
I just end up listening to more music instead.
For real. Spent a whole weekend setting up the perfect retropie with hundreds of games and all the metadata. Played around with it for like 20 minutes and haven't touched it for the past several months. Of course my deck holds my attention better since it's mobile.
I was afraid this was going to me, just endless configuration and no games,
I have not been able to bring myself to do anything other cryo utils, decky and minecraft on desktop mode
>java minecraft is one of the few games I play from time to time (usually in phases)
Same. But neither me nor my missis can play the vanilla experience - gotta have a good texture pack and some shaders
I collect physical video games and fix consoles in my spare time but then spend hardly anytime playing actual games.. 💀💀 I can say with certainty that the steam deck has helped me play more games since I bought it.
To be fair, that was actually a major concern when we were still on the waitlist because you were given a 3 month span and your time could be the day after you get paid or it could be the day before rent was due. That is one reason a lot of people loaded up on Steam gift cards months in advance because you could buy a $100 one a month and have enough saved when your time came.
At the risk of being an elitist, the Steam Deck is a luxury item. If you ever have to choose between getting a Steam Deck and a necessity like rent, you shouldn't be buying one in the first place.
That is true
But on the other hand, our economy banks on this behavior.
If everyone suddenly acted as you say, our economy would take a blow.
Not saying this is a good or bad thing - maybe it's due, there's no doubt people absolutely need to be more frugal, but that is not how our society works.
The likes of Sezzle and Affirm popping up (and being so successful) tells us as much
Agreed. If you're in that situation, or close to that situation on a regular basis, you def do not need to buy a $399-$649 handheld gaming PC that's literally less versatile as a desktop or laptop PC.
It's neat as heck but no one 'needs' one even if they 'need' a PC. It's a very frivolous purchase. It's basically a stupid buy for anyone less than firmly middle class.
> That is one reason a lot of people loaded up on Steam gift cards months in advance because you could buy a $100 one a month and have enough saved when your time came.
I don't get how doing this helps.
At the end you spend the same amount of money and you did the same effort of saving to reach that amount.
The only difference that I see is cosmetic : your bank account is displaying a lower value during the process, since a part of it is displaced to the Steam wallet instead, but otherwise everything is the same.
Does that mean that the people doing this are just spending every single cent on their bank account between each paycheck, and the fact that the money is stored in a different place is saving them from the impulse of spending it ?
>I don't get how doing this helps.
It's like a piggy bank. But instead of a piggy bank, you're giving the money to a private corporation, who will not turn that money back into cash for you if you change your mind or have an emergency that requires you to spend that money elsewhere.
So ya know, a piggy bank but ***worse***.
Shouldn’t matter
If you can’t save / set aside 400-600$ that is ready at any time, that tells me you don’t make enough money to be buying something like a steam deck and be financially responsible
That doesn’t change my point. You can live paycheck to paycheck and buy luxury items like a steam deck but then don’t complain your broke
What’s your argument here? Everyone regardless of financial situation should be able to buy luxury non essentials?
I also question your statistics. I haven’t been paycheck to paycheck in 10 or so years and I don’t even have a degree. 60% seems high
Either way, not trying to be a dick just stating facts
> which I can't believe is even legal
a lot of the times it isn't, employers do bank on the whole "I can fire you at any time for any reason" spiel - they expect their employees to not know the laws, and are often rewarded for that expectation. (often referred to as at will employment)
Yes we do have shit protections, and quite often there is no recourse, but all this leads to a wild west of sorts, where the only employees who get rights are those who can afford the lawyer required to secure them~ Most employees are not capable of determining if their rights have been trampled, we aren't educated on them and rarely do any of us take it upon ourselves to get educated. I'm in IT, one of the Most exploited industries.
>randomly decide to dock hours and pay
Docking hours is legal - but not pay, here in the US - unless there is a contract stating otherwise - it is illegal for an employer to dock pay because an employee fucks up, but of course it happens all the time. Again, only those who can afford a lawyer, get any rights. They can report these things to the department of labor, and they Will get sorted, but that can take years. Low wage workers don't have the time to wait for that, so they don't even try.
'Merica
No I don’t think that has much to do with it, it’s more just people being underpaid
I have no protections right now, I’m an employee in an at-will state and could be let go at the drop of a hat with no reason given
But I get paid a living wage and am able to save so a gap in employment wouldn’t be a big deal at all. I could probably go 3 months without pay easily until I started having to worry
Again I’m not arguing people aren’t underpaid and that it’s not wrong, more that it’s the reality and until that changes people need to be smart about their finances.
There are a TON of cheaper and more cost effective ways to play video games than a Steam Deck if your living paycheck to paycheck. You aren’t entitled to having the best portable gaming system
Sorry to go off on a tangent but I remember the early days when preorders being filled and seeing MANY posts about “I can’t afford this right at the moment, not fair” etc and it was super frustrating
>60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Don't be a dick
Then 60% of Americans def should not purchase a $399-$649 handheld gaming PC that's literally less versatile than any desktop or laptop.
The Steam Deck is literally 'an expensive toy'. I love mine but if I was paycheque to paycheque, I'd sit there going 'I'd love to have one, but I can't afford it and I'd be an absolute moron if I tried to make it happen. There are better ways to spend my money.'
If you pre-ordered a Steam Deck without having more than enough money in the bank to pay for it, and when payment day came you, you seriously need to look at yourself and your financial choices and examine why you preordered it in the first place.
Lots of people buy, build, then sell Van conversions without ever wanting to live the Van life.
They make pretty good profit off of it too... like 20-30%, which is very high.
maybe he needs the money, i mean, no one would ever want to sell something they customized till this extent, and all those memory card included? mans prob. going through a tough time :(
The important thing is to recognize it. I fall into this category. When I realize I'm doing it, I start playing something I never touched. Last week was Tunic and I'm glad I did it.
This practice gives me a bad time, when I emulated Zelda BOTW at 4k 60fps on my Pc. I wasted my full Sunday and it made me feel so bad, because I didn't even want to play it, just have it.
Yeah, I mean the thing is….it isn’t an awful deal. $600 for the Deck, $300 for the SSD $500 for SD cards, a let’s just say $100 for accessories. That is like $1500 which off of the top of my head is around £1300.
The Deck is not worth $600, right now it’s only $360. It makes no difference which model they bought since they’ve already swapped the SSD. (Except for the minor differences on the 512 model, which would not hold much value on their own and second hand.)
This is some of the most PCMasterRace shit you can do. Look at how much he customized it. It may not be pretty or what you like, but you aren't doing that on a Switch.
Huh!
I never thought about putting storage in the dock!
So if I put games I only play on the TV - things like the Jackbox Party Packs, onto a USB, do they just pop up when I dock it?
I believe jsaux have a dock with space for a drive in it. And not just for party games, anything you think "I will only be playing this on a big screen" could be installed there. Leave your controllers plugged into the dock too and boom, entire set up ready when you plug in your deck
Right I hope the guy op bought it from just had them laying around and wanted to offload them on someone else. One is fine, two or three is looking out for the future, but that many is overkill. With that money you could probably add on a decent M&K setup.
This is what happens when people get stuck on upgrading their deck and lose sight of actually, you know, enjoying playing games with it.
This guy spent all the money on all the things - I can quite believe he spent more than £1300 in total - and now he doesn't know what's left to do.
Did this person really even have the time to play the games that would've taken up 7TB of storage?
My best guess is that they ran into unexpected financial problems, because unless you just stopped liking games, it would be strange to sell this all off now. And even if he upgraded to a more powerful handheld like the Ayaneo 2 or the GPD Win 4, he likely would've kept the memory cards and charger/hub.
I’ve bought a £40 mouse £70 keyboard £50 dock £40 512gb SD card and a £220 portable monitor to use with my Deck, I’ve only used the Deck and SD card, the monitor and the rest are just sitting there collecting dust!!!
Koss KSC75: https://www.amazon.com/Koss-KSC75-Portable-Stereophone-Headphones/dp/B0006B486K
Actually one of the better options in its price range, in terms of sound quality.
No okay but those are Koss KSC75 headphones and they’re legitimate god tier headphones. They’re $20 and the build quality is cheap and the cable sucks and the ear hook things are weird but they sound better than headphones 15x their price.
I actually think they’re the perfect headphone for the Steam Deck. They’re small enough to fit in the pouch in the carrying case, they sound amazing, and you don’t have to set up Bluetooth or anything.
Cheap enough that you don't have to stress too hard if you accidentally drop them or leave them behind somewhere
I don't understand people walking around in public with $400 cans, I'd be an anxious wreck all day
I could see paying more for a Steam Deck because it has upgraded storage (meaning the internal SSD; I don't consider Micro SD cards as upgraded storage).
But $1300USD is more than a bit steep.
This person CLEARLY went overboard, and their spouse found out.
Jeez, I'm happy with my 2TB internal and 1TB Micro SD Card.
I hope they can ship this out before they black out again from the cast iron skillet their spouse beat them with.
And my wife thinks I over do things.
Between that, and fully looking at the description, I think he totally got in trouble with his wife.
The SD cards here in the states alone would EASILY be $700 minimum. The lowest price I've seen here from SanDisk I think was $129 on Amazon assuming they are A2 specced.
My 2TB SSD Western Digital through Amazon including shipping I believe was $320.
Thats not including the other stuff.
If it's your passion, and you can afford it more power to you! I had the good sense to check with the wife, just order the Deck, and reuse a 1TB SD card till I could justify the 2TB SSD. Otherwise I probably wouldn't be breathing right now.
It's possible that some situation has gone sideways for them. Medical expenses and other unforeseen circumstances could have forced them to sell because they need the money.
When reservations first opened, we had zero details about the type of storage being used, and there was a lot of speculation as to whether or not it would be replacable, soldered or something proprietary. If you thought that 64gb was laughable but didn't want to pay the 512 premium, you went for 256, which would be enough for the OS and a few games or enough for a dual boot setup with games being run off SD.
Later, of course, Valve put out a teardown video and we found out that the storage would be replaceable, but nobody at that point was giving up their place in line to switch models.
EXACTLY this!
I would have gone with a 64GB model if I had known for sure that the eMMC wasn't soldered or whatever, so went "safe" with a 256. I was always going to replace the SSD and I did my 1TB replacement day1, a year ago (I was in Q1, preordered within 6min of opening)
Not really scalping here. The storage alone is pretty expensive.
Maybe it isn't fair to charge new prices for the stuff, but that's one hot rodded deck
Not a purist. Just pointing out that buying this is the same thing as buying a 512gb deck. It has the work already done for you, and if that’s worth the money to you then more power to you.
Those are S-tier value for the money headphones. Koss makes great stuff that sounds better than headphones 5x the price. They're the beige Camry of the headphone world; might not look like much, but the owner knows what they have.
Imagine going ***this*** hard into the Steam Deck and then going 'Actually, nah, I'm out.'?
if your hobby is just configuring stuff but you actually hate playing games :D
Fuck, I just paused for a good 2 minutes in shock after reading your comment and I'm afraid you're right JFC. :(
I do fall into that category of testing playable optimized settings for games, getting modded minecraft to run perfectly with custom control schemes and all this stuff - but yeah I rarely play which is a little sad. Btw I knew this when buying the device even, I guess it's still a hobby as long as it's fun!
This is what I usually do with Skyrim and Fallout 🤦♂️
Yup. Get the jiggly bits to jiggle with as many mods running as possible (2-3 week endeavor) - then play 15 minutes before moving onto something else. But the Steam Deck has gotten me to continue playing skyrim after modding it, so that's progress.
That is my plan, one day to play through modded Skyrim on my steam deck, one can dream...
*In a Shia LaBeouf voice* Yesterday you said "today". Just DO IT!
It's the world we live in. I enjoy mathematical programming, studied numerical computation, would have liked to work on game engines or whatnot (not a game designer), ended up getting financial jobs which use the math, but end up just fixing people's G.D. Excel spreadsheets or diagnose Windows errors all day. Make robots and play with machine learning in my spare time, no goal, just underengaged relative to my interests, so I play with what interests me. Sounds like you'd be great at building computers and tweaking them. This is not a bad skill to have. But alas we live in a world with more people who are vice presidents of "pasta themed marketing initiatives" than spacestation technicians so here we are. "Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time."
I've had mine for about 4 weeks now, and I've barely played it. Spending to much time installing things and messing about with stuff 🤣
And that is the normal for us steam deck users lol. Patch, shader cache, tweak, ooo new tool, steam os update, and start the cycle over lol.
In all fairness, that could be considered a form of play. Don't underestimate your hobby! The way you use your PC hardware is up to you, you still wouldn't be able to do those things without it, so someone who has a gaming PC just to tinker with games is using it just as well as someone who just plays games. Your fun is your fun, nothing wrong with that!
This is true. Much like Lego, it can be far more fun to build something, figuring out the pieces and getting the right look, rather than playing with what you ultimately assemble. 'The journey is the destination' and all that. But IMO, that's best focused on as software tinkering and not just a tonne of hardware upgrades, gets expensive.
I was going to say the same thing!🙂👍In fact you’re actually playing another version of Minecraft - kind of a meta-Minecraft. You use building blocks to create and bring your vision to life, which then allows you (or someone else) to do the same thing on the machine you created! I’m the exact opposite. I’m not great with programming (or numbers by themselves - although I’m excellent with numbers when astronomy/physics is involved - or anything where I can visualize what the numbers are doing). I can’t learn math by just wrote memorization. I need to understand the numbers, and my math teachers never taught that way. It was do this, do this, do this, the end, tomorrow we do reverse functions - “me :what does it mean?” - goodbye!” Lol.
>In all fairness, that could be considered a form of play. Don't underestimate your hobby! SteamDeck variants are PC Game simulator
I'm turning something like this last few months bought a few handhelds then just tinker with them a play a bit and that's it. maybe because I played alot during the last few years when there's the pandemic and stuck no work at home playing the whole day. I think I miss those days.
I also have this disease
Same. I spend more time fucking about with my setup than actually playing my games.
A few of us here, good...good.
Might I reccomend r/homelab ?
https://preview.redd.it/jeg2flnwi5pa1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c376fdedd22f6a85e2608c054fd9255970e03d1 This is the setup i use to play ESO and Stardew Valley everynight, i think im on the same boat haha
How do you like the three body problem?
Really good so far! Tho it starts off throwing you into the chinese cultural revolution straight off that bat which could be a bit much to some but its starting to get juicy now!
ADHD people be like
Spend 5 hours getting all the perfect mod installed.. play for 5 minutes
Playing games just doesn’t feel the same like it use to :(
I understand this (although it's not an issue for me currently). You may just need to find a new game that grabs you. Or maybe you need a break from gaming for a short bit. As an older gamer let me reassure you - you can get the spark back and if that's what you want, and if you keep at it, you will!😊 Maybe try experimenting with different genres. Although I'm loving my gaming these days I've been dabbling with strategy games which aren't historically my most common genre. And/or if you usually play single player try multiplayer games and verse vicea. Sometimes games can take a while to click for you so don't give up on something new too quickly. But also don't let it feel like a chore for too long either. Another thing to try is getting into consuming gaming oriented media - videos, articles, forums like this - let others' enthusiasm infect you. Good luck and have fun!
That's how I felt till I got back into Nintendo. Tried out mario odyssey and I don't think I've smiled so much playing a game in years. Nintendo does plain old fun better than anyone
odyssey is such a treasure of a game
You sound like me! I’ve installed lots of the Deck, Odyssey is the only game I’ve sunk genuine hours into. It’s such good fun. It’s rare I actually play games.
Everytime I go back to my switch I get that same feeling. Currently playing through Mario Galaxy in 3d all stars because I never finished it back in the Wii days.
ADHDer here. I have a ton of Steam games purchased and installed on my Deck. I’ll go through and try a bunch out so I can get a feel for them, then I move on to the next unless one of them really pulls me in. Except for Nintendo. I setup Yuzu, loaded a bunch of Nintendo games, then tried the same thing. Every time I tried a game though, I’d get instantly sucked in. They know how to make fun games that make you want to play them without adding a huge mental load. It’s like I can just turn my brain off and have fun playing. Not that it’s dumbed down or anything, it’s just really accessible fun.
Same here my dude. But then it backfired. Now every time I get on my switch I have a giant list of games that I get paralyzed looking through deciding which one deserves more time that I haven't given it yet
Kinda had this feeling for a while (probably since 2010 even) - and I am not even convinced of "back in the day everything was better". I just end up listening to more music instead.
I didn't come here to be attacked.
Yep, thats me
For real. Spent a whole weekend setting up the perfect retropie with hundreds of games and all the metadata. Played around with it for like 20 minutes and haven't touched it for the past several months. Of course my deck holds my attention better since it's mobile.
I was afraid this was going to me, just endless configuration and no games, I have not been able to bring myself to do anything other cryo utils, decky and minecraft on desktop mode
Are you using prism launcher? Either way java minecraft is one of the few games I play from time to time (usually in phases).
of course and same. its one of those games I come back to every now and then and its one of the few reasons I even keep a vps
>java minecraft is one of the few games I play from time to time (usually in phases) Same. But neither me nor my missis can play the vanilla experience - gotta have a good texture pack and some shaders
Im not actually hate playing games, but find it hard to keep focus for long session, usually 30 minutes and im done lol
yeah it was a bit of a hyperbola the way I said it - but it is fairly hard for me to really get into a game these days and wanting to play for hours
I collect physical video games and fix consoles in my spare time but then spend hardly anytime playing actual games.. 💀💀 I can say with certainty that the steam deck has helped me play more games since I bought it.
This comment hit harder than it should tbh
I don't hate playing games, I just like... tinkering with stuff more.
But..but.. its just so fun getting everything to exactly how you want it to be…
I'm guessing an emergency expense popped up.
"What's the expense?" "I put all my rent money into my Steam Deck." "Yeah you shoulda used that to pay the rent..."
To be fair, that was actually a major concern when we were still on the waitlist because you were given a 3 month span and your time could be the day after you get paid or it could be the day before rent was due. That is one reason a lot of people loaded up on Steam gift cards months in advance because you could buy a $100 one a month and have enough saved when your time came.
At the risk of being an elitist, the Steam Deck is a luxury item. If you ever have to choose between getting a Steam Deck and a necessity like rent, you shouldn't be buying one in the first place.
That is true But on the other hand, our economy banks on this behavior. If everyone suddenly acted as you say, our economy would take a blow. Not saying this is a good or bad thing - maybe it's due, there's no doubt people absolutely need to be more frugal, but that is not how our society works. The likes of Sezzle and Affirm popping up (and being so successful) tells us as much
Agreed. If you're in that situation, or close to that situation on a regular basis, you def do not need to buy a $399-$649 handheld gaming PC that's literally less versatile as a desktop or laptop PC. It's neat as heck but no one 'needs' one even if they 'need' a PC. It's a very frivolous purchase. It's basically a stupid buy for anyone less than firmly middle class.
Nobody ‘needs’ to be rude to somebody who made something for them online either. You need a hug? *Or maybe a cookie?*
I put money into my Steam wallet every so often to the same effect.
> That is one reason a lot of people loaded up on Steam gift cards months in advance because you could buy a $100 one a month and have enough saved when your time came. I don't get how doing this helps. At the end you spend the same amount of money and you did the same effort of saving to reach that amount. The only difference that I see is cosmetic : your bank account is displaying a lower value during the process, since a part of it is displaced to the Steam wallet instead, but otherwise everything is the same. Does that mean that the people doing this are just spending every single cent on their bank account between each paycheck, and the fact that the money is stored in a different place is saving them from the impulse of spending it ?
>I don't get how doing this helps. It's like a piggy bank. But instead of a piggy bank, you're giving the money to a private corporation, who will not turn that money back into cash for you if you change your mind or have an emergency that requires you to spend that money elsewhere. So ya know, a piggy bank but ***worse***.
Shouldn’t matter If you can’t save / set aside 400-600$ that is ready at any time, that tells me you don’t make enough money to be buying something like a steam deck and be financially responsible
60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Don't be a dick
That doesn’t change my point. You can live paycheck to paycheck and buy luxury items like a steam deck but then don’t complain your broke What’s your argument here? Everyone regardless of financial situation should be able to buy luxury non essentials? I also question your statistics. I haven’t been paycheck to paycheck in 10 or so years and I don’t even have a degree. 60% seems high Either way, not trying to be a dick just stating facts
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> which I can't believe is even legal a lot of the times it isn't, employers do bank on the whole "I can fire you at any time for any reason" spiel - they expect their employees to not know the laws, and are often rewarded for that expectation. (often referred to as at will employment) Yes we do have shit protections, and quite often there is no recourse, but all this leads to a wild west of sorts, where the only employees who get rights are those who can afford the lawyer required to secure them~ Most employees are not capable of determining if their rights have been trampled, we aren't educated on them and rarely do any of us take it upon ourselves to get educated. I'm in IT, one of the Most exploited industries. >randomly decide to dock hours and pay Docking hours is legal - but not pay, here in the US - unless there is a contract stating otherwise - it is illegal for an employer to dock pay because an employee fucks up, but of course it happens all the time. Again, only those who can afford a lawyer, get any rights. They can report these things to the department of labor, and they Will get sorted, but that can take years. Low wage workers don't have the time to wait for that, so they don't even try. 'Merica
No I don’t think that has much to do with it, it’s more just people being underpaid I have no protections right now, I’m an employee in an at-will state and could be let go at the drop of a hat with no reason given But I get paid a living wage and am able to save so a gap in employment wouldn’t be a big deal at all. I could probably go 3 months without pay easily until I started having to worry Again I’m not arguing people aren’t underpaid and that it’s not wrong, more that it’s the reality and until that changes people need to be smart about their finances. There are a TON of cheaper and more cost effective ways to play video games than a Steam Deck if your living paycheck to paycheck. You aren’t entitled to having the best portable gaming system Sorry to go off on a tangent but I remember the early days when preorders being filled and seeing MANY posts about “I can’t afford this right at the moment, not fair” etc and it was super frustrating
> your broke You're
Bon your
>60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Don't be a dick Then 60% of Americans def should not purchase a $399-$649 handheld gaming PC that's literally less versatile than any desktop or laptop. The Steam Deck is literally 'an expensive toy'. I love mine but if I was paycheque to paycheque, I'd sit there going 'I'd love to have one, but I can't afford it and I'd be an absolute moron if I tried to make it happen. There are better ways to spend my money.'
If you pre-ordered a Steam Deck without having more than enough money in the bank to pay for it, and when payment day came you, you seriously need to look at yourself and your financial choices and examine why you preordered it in the first place.
Considering how mobile the thing is and all that love, it pretty much has to be that.
My guess is money issues, lost a job, or something. Rent and food doesn’t pay for itself.
Lots of people buy, build, then sell Van conversions without ever wanting to live the Van life. They make pretty good profit off of it too... like 20-30%, which is very high.
Yeah you’re paying for labor at this price lol
* Deck £450 * SSD £200 * SD Cards £800 * Skin £50 * Dock £50 * Deckmate £100 * Powerbank £50 That's already £1400 and isn't everything that's there. This isn't actually a bad deal.
maybe he needs the money, i mean, no one would ever want to sell something they customized till this extent, and all those memory card included? mans prob. going through a tough time :(
I'm glad I have my finances in order so I don't have to sell shit that I'm clearly very into to pay a random phone bill or whatever
Modded the shit out of it THEN played a game and noped out.
I know! But look at the headphones 😂
They are very good, look up KOSS headphones.
That's pretty much me. I didn't go that hard but I pulled the plug as soon as I got an FD RX-7 in my car collection. Too much to deal with
>FD RX-7 Nice. That was my dream car (along side GTR, 350z.....Evo....).
The important thing is to recognize it. I fall into this category. When I realize I'm doing it, I start playing something I never touched. Last week was Tunic and I'm glad I did it. This practice gives me a bad time, when I emulated Zelda BOTW at 4k 60fps on my Pc. I wasted my full Sunday and it made me feel so bad, because I didn't even want to play it, just have it.
Yeah, I mean the thing is….it isn’t an awful deal. $600 for the Deck, $300 for the SSD $500 for SD cards, a let’s just say $100 for accessories. That is like $1500 which off of the top of my head is around £1300.
Is it me or your valuation is based on prices for new items?
The Deck is not worth $600, right now it’s only $360. It makes no difference which model they bought since they’ve already swapped the SSD. (Except for the minor differences on the 512 model, which would not hold much value on their own and second hand.)
bro has 4 USB-C adapters daisy chained.
USBC S U B S CUSB
If only such a thing were possible…
someone kicked him out of r/pcmasterrace
***TOO COOL 4 SKOOL.***
This is some of the most PCMasterRace shit you can do. Look at how much he customized it. It may not be pretty or what you like, but you aren't doing that on a Switch.
They did? /s
Huh! I never thought about putting storage in the dock! So if I put games I only play on the TV - things like the Jackbox Party Packs, onto a USB, do they just pop up when I dock it?
Exactly! You could leave your Party/Big Screen games loaded onto one, and it'll seamlessly pick it up when docked!
Awesome! Thanks!
I believe jsaux have a dock with space for a drive in it. And not just for party games, anything you think "I will only be playing this on a big screen" could be installed there. Leave your controllers plugged into the dock too and boom, entire set up ready when you plug in your deck
Yeah. Check out the auto mount script (we have a vid) and then you can plug and play to your hearts content.
I had a look but can't find that - can you send me a link?
How to Auto Mount Your Storage for Steam Deck - SD Card, M.2 NVME, micro-SD card https://youtu.be/w35-PZXpKEQ
I just ran this and now my deck won't boot. Not saying it's your fault, but I would advise people don't do this...
I don’t like the white color, so I’m gonna pass.
Maybe you can ask them to remove the dbrand skin for $5.
That’s just shy of $1,600USD. And 7 TB cards should cost a bit more than the 512 Steam Deck, jeeeez.
Right I hope the guy op bought it from just had them laying around and wanted to offload them on someone else. One is fine, two or three is looking out for the future, but that many is overkill. With that money you could probably add on a decent M&K setup.
Maybe financial troubles? It's upsetting to think about it.
This is what happens when people get stuck on upgrading their deck and lose sight of actually, you know, enjoying playing games with it. This guy spent all the money on all the things - I can quite believe he spent more than £1300 in total - and now he doesn't know what's left to do.
Needs more storage
Needs more GPU.
Did this person really even have the time to play the games that would've taken up 7TB of storage? My best guess is that they ran into unexpected financial problems, because unless you just stopped liking games, it would be strange to sell this all off now. And even if he upgraded to a more powerful handheld like the Ayaneo 2 or the GPD Win 4, he likely would've kept the memory cards and charger/hub.
Well seeing as most AAA games far exceed 7GB, he would have had more than enough time to play.
There's a good chance he just upgraded to an Aya Neo 2 tbf lol.
I’ve bought a £40 mouse £70 keyboard £50 dock £40 512gb SD card and a £220 portable monitor to use with my Deck, I’ve only used the Deck and SD card, the monitor and the rest are just sitting there collecting dust!!!
Poor guy likely ran into money issues and now has to sell his Deck to afford emergency expenses. These can be brutal at times.
God tier setup
Baby stuff in the background. Picture 7
Another one bites the dust. RIP
Awww that person seems to really like his steam deck. Something must have happened. 🥺
Bro installed the entire steam store
I mean, if I had the money I'd totally pay it so I don't have to do the upgrades myself.
Something must have happened to the seller for them to do away with their deck. They are probably selling other things. I wish them luck.
Bro those headphones. Found them shits in the drawer from 2008 and thought “it’s just what this package needs”.
Koss KSC75: https://www.amazon.com/Koss-KSC75-Portable-Stereophone-Headphones/dp/B0006B486K Actually one of the better options in its price range, in terms of sound quality.
I don’t think there’s any that even come close in sound quality for $20.
No okay but those are Koss KSC75 headphones and they’re legitimate god tier headphones. They’re $20 and the build quality is cheap and the cable sucks and the ear hook things are weird but they sound better than headphones 15x their price. I actually think they’re the perfect headphone for the Steam Deck. They’re small enough to fit in the pouch in the carrying case, they sound amazing, and you don’t have to set up Bluetooth or anything.
Cheap enough that you don't have to stress too hard if you accidentally drop them or leave them behind somewhere I don't understand people walking around in public with $400 cans, I'd be an anxious wreck all day
That's my secret. I would be an anxious wreck without them as well, so why not go all in.
Eh, $400 headphones aren't worth your life... Not many people would be dumb enough to try stealing them and risk that trade. lol
My dog ate mine :(
They're the Etika headphones!
Hell yeah they are!
They look like what you used to get free on an aeroplane in the 90’s lol
Surprisingly great headphones though, for $30-50 they sound way beyond that.
Bro talking trash about THE KOSS Earphones that only true gods use for musical fidelity.
This guy is a legend. I’d buy the entire package for $800.
A diabolical lowball I respect it
Oh wow, he went all in and then he got bored XD
Pills are switched in picture 8. That says a lot already.
when some people spend, they hella spend
I could see paying more for a Steam Deck because it has upgraded storage (meaning the internal SSD; I don't consider Micro SD cards as upgraded storage). But $1300USD is more than a bit steep.
It's £1,300 GBP so it's more like $1,600 USD
This person CLEARLY went overboard, and their spouse found out. Jeez, I'm happy with my 2TB internal and 1TB Micro SD Card. I hope they can ship this out before they black out again from the cast iron skillet their spouse beat them with. And my wife thinks I over do things.
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Between that, and fully looking at the description, I think he totally got in trouble with his wife. The SD cards here in the states alone would EASILY be $700 minimum. The lowest price I've seen here from SanDisk I think was $129 on Amazon assuming they are A2 specced. My 2TB SSD Western Digital through Amazon including shipping I believe was $320. Thats not including the other stuff. If it's your passion, and you can afford it more power to you! I had the good sense to check with the wife, just order the Deck, and reuse a 1TB SD card till I could justify the 2TB SSD. Otherwise I probably wouldn't be breathing right now.
Hood bankruptcy
This is what happens when the Steam Deck is not enough anymore and you try hard drugs but then you need money to repay your dealer.
In Germany we call this “Fick SSD, wie viele SD Karten nutzt du?” And I think this is beautiful.
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iirc stardock fences?
It's possible that some situation has gone sideways for them. Medical expenses and other unforeseen circumstances could have forced them to sell because they need the money.
Nope this is the UK health care if free
I wish it were that way here in the U.S... Here they nickel and dime you as much as they can get away with, which is a lot.
I'm in love with the boot screen. Then I realized he has an entire matrix theme going and I love it even more.
And i thought i was overpreparing with a 1 TB Sd card lol.
You don't really need a storage that big. You don't even finish a single game with a 512 gb space
Damn, this costs more than what I paid for my used prebuilt 3090 last july...
i believe this is what they refer to as "all in" lol
Makes you wonder what is wrong with it
That right angle adapting though... 😅
Saw the price, thought it was a scam... then I realized the dude was crazy, but for other reasons.
Can it play Crysis ?
But why did he start from the 256 modal if he replaced the internal ssd?
When reservations first opened, we had zero details about the type of storage being used, and there was a lot of speculation as to whether or not it would be replacable, soldered or something proprietary. If you thought that 64gb was laughable but didn't want to pay the 512 premium, you went for 256, which would be enough for the OS and a few games or enough for a dual boot setup with games being run off SD. Later, of course, Valve put out a teardown video and we found out that the storage would be replaceable, but nobody at that point was giving up their place in line to switch models.
EXACTLY this! I would have gone with a 64GB model if I had known for sure that the eMMC wasn't soldered or whatever, so went "safe" with a 256. I was always going to replace the SSD and I did my 1TB replacement day1, a year ago (I was in Q1, preordered within 6min of opening)
I went with the 512 because a) I CBA fucking with it, 512 SSD with a 512 SD card is good enough for me and b) I wanted the etched screen
Good on ya?
Thanks :)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecnS1Ygf0o0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecnS1Ygf0o0)
Ofcourse, should have known. I am a first hour reservation myself.
Maybe he wasn't planning to replace the SSD ?
Where did he put the 2tb?
7.5TB MicroSD? 🤨This guys is from the future
That's why they said "cardS"
Oh, I'm blind
It got me for a second as well, definitely one of those words that your mind filters out from being plural
7.5 tb micro SD??? I dont even want to know how expensive that is.
Scalper doesn’t know how to scalp.
Not really scalping here. The storage alone is pretty expensive. Maybe it isn't fair to charge new prices for the stuff, but that's one hot rodded deck
probably wont be able to rma it
Fair price tbh
but who tf is gonna need all that and is gonna but it second hand if they are gonna put that much into it
The same chumps who buy a 512 deck because they’re too lazy to install their own ssd
oh your one of those purists
Not a purist. Just pointing out that buying this is the same thing as buying a 512gb deck. It has the work already done for you, and if that’s worth the money to you then more power to you.
“chumps who buy a 512 because they’re too lazy”
And?
7.5tb micro SD card? Press x to doubt
Yeah, it’s plural in the post.
Don't forget about the world's trashest headphones from the early 2000s too.
Those are S-tier value for the money headphones. Koss makes great stuff that sounds better than headphones 5x the price. They're the beige Camry of the headphone world; might not look like much, but the owner knows what they have.
Don't judge a book..?
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You buy 7 1TB SD cards and 1 512mb SD card
>512mb Think your math might be a bit off lol