This I don't understand the appeal of this at all, especially at that price point

Yeah, I think I have the same problem lol. For the most part, I'd rather just play games at my desk, but I find handhelds to be very cool. Had an LCD Steam Deck, wanted a better screen so I got a Legion Go, but that felt just too bulky, so I opted for the tablet + telescopic controller. It works really well for streaming. Basically 1600p + 120fps on anything I want.

Not gonna say it's perfect since you've gotta get a telescopic controller so it doesn't have that "all in one" feel to it, but it's not the end of the world, especially when you have a 9" OLED screen lol. Though booting into Steam Big Picture mode (or Playnite) makes it feel like you're on a Steam Deck.

Part of me is wanting to get an Odin 2 Portal since it's more compact and is an actual handheld for streaming. Absolutely do not need it, but it would be cool to play around with...

It is definitely something to consider though. The fact you get the utility of an Android tablet out of it is pretty nice as well.

fraud ware?

using AI thumbnail is wild

The valid 'pro' is that it's compact, their driver actually managed to squeeze a little bit more out of the weak hardware than normal drivers (based on benchmarks in the GamersNexus review), it would be 'easier' to use if you are a Steam user

The goofy 'pros' are: it's made for Steam thus the ecosystem 'you' are already locked into is ready and waiting for you, cult of Steam/Valve, it's easier than deciding what to buy/build (iPhoneification of Computing)

Cons: it's essentially PS5 tier performance but released 6 years later and at double the price, the Memory, Storage & GPU crisis is affecting computing hardware too much for this to be sold at a good price so it is relying on its brand to push it over the top

They released Steam Machine's last decade & they flopped too, this might do a bit better but I still expect a flop

For anyone thinking about getting this who can do a pinch of tinkering or tutorial following, maybe get an AMD BC-250 for like $150, parts & some sort of case instead

absolutely performance mogged

yeah i just noticed he uses AI thumbnails which is really unfortunate and weird especially because he's interviewed ed zitron and seems to be very anti-AI. i feel silly for even posting that tbh i kind of just did it mindlessly last night, even if the dude genuinely made me laugh

this was a better breakdown and it's seemingly AI free

well i now stand corrected from telling everyone earlier itt to go with cachyos handheld, even if i still think it's better since it's not immutable and is more battle tested with a wide variety of hardware

reddit.com/r/SteamFrame/s/CdJgrAmZI7

1000$ yeah idk dawg

way better off doing a mini itx build + steamos

controller came in today excited to tinker with it later. i ran some non steam games that i already added into steam and it seemed to work fine. only thing i don't love immediately is the puck, i'm used to the 8bitdo dock. mechanism has a dock that is supposed to come out this month so hopefully that's a nice solution

got in the reservation queue for 512gb + controller

(not buying this s***)

checked for all 4 options to boost my chances of getting one and i got in for the 2tb with a controller

prob end up selling the controller tho

Im in the reservation for the 512 gb…might buy this s*** lowkey

supposedly dbrand got in trouble for the hl3 and companion cube

why would the HL3 thing get them in trouble when it was a joke?

so tired of that reddit ass company. hope valve puts them in the grave

wasn't the companion cube done with their permission?

no idea. i just find them to be an extreme annoyance

they also have a history of releasing half baked products and then blaming their customers. i remember when the killswitch for the switch 2 came out their dock adapter had a lot of issues and their grips would interfere with the magnets in the joycons causing them to disconnect from the system. they spent weeks saying it was working as intended and that there weren't any issues, just a few fringe cases. they had to be bullied into offering replacements and fixes lol