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Steam Deck Review | Is It Worth Buying in 2025?
Dec 17, 2024
We review the Steam Deck 512GB LCD model. Is it worth buying in 2024?
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hello everyone welcome to the channel
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today we are reviewing the steam deck
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released in
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2022 the steam deck is a Linux based
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handheld gaming device it's basically a
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portable computer it's been compared to
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the Nintendo switch and its design as
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you can see it does resemble the switch
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and like the switch but also allows you
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to connect the device to a television so
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for this review we're not going to get
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deep into into hardware specs we're
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going to show you what it's like to boot
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it up and get a game going and just
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generally talk about why it's still
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worth buying but first I should note
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that the steam deck now comes in two
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main models there's the LCD model and
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the OLED model we are using the LCD
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model with 512 gab of internal storage
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valve actually isn't selling the LCD
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model with 512 GB anymore
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uh you can get a 256gb LCD model for 400
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and the OLED is either 512 gigabytes or
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one terabyte for 550 and 650
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respectively um I bought mine on eBay
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and you can generally find these used
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for 50 to $100 cheaper if he buy through
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eBay anyway so getting the steam deck
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set up with
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straightforward you log in with your
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steam credentials and connect your
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account to the deck
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after that you can start downloading
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games from your
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library compatibility is an issue here
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since this is a Linux based system but
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valve has done a pretty good job of
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identifying games that are steam deck
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compatible games that have issues and
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what the issues are and lastly games
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that are considered
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incompatible it's important to note that
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valve has developed software called
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proton that allows you to run Windows
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games on the steam deck but you'll want
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to check whether a game you potentially
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want to buy is fully compatible with the
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steam deck before you do so so yes the
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steam deck allows you to access your
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steam Library which for me when combined
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with Family Sharing Means over 700 games
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about 550 of which are
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compatible needless to say if you have a
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massive steam Library you're going to
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have a massive library of potential
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games to play on your steam
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deck so who should consider getting one
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if you own a ton of Steam games but you
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don't want to spend ,000 dollars or more
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on a new gaming PC this is a very
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sensible
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solution like I said steam users will
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have a ton of games available to them
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right off the box but that's not all
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using desktop mode you can connect your
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steam deck to other stores such as epic
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gam store goog and Amazon I literally
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have over 500 free games from epic gam
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store over the years so being able to
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access that Li library on the steam deck
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is pretty
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awesome again compatibility may be an
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issue but the games that I tried worked
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just fine and if that's not enough for
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you the steam deck is also a beast when
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it comes to emulation of course it
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handles classic games with no problem at
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all but surprisingly the PS2 and
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GameCube emulation is also near perfect
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with the resolution bump some games on
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PS2 look like they could have actually
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been released on
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PS3 it's really really impressive and it
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means that you can potentially back up
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all of your old games and play them on
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the steam deck you can search YouTube
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and Google for how to rip PS2 games from
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my desk the Dolphin Emulator even has
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tutorials on how to transfer your save
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files from a GameCube or a Wii again
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this is beyond the scope of this video
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but my point is that if you own a ton of
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retro games you can give them a second
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life with the steam deck so yeah the
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steam deck is a really cool and fairly
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powerful device
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you can even use it as a Linux based
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portable PC if you really want to but it
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really shines as a gaming
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handheld a common complaint is about the
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battery life but I found it to last for
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quite a while if you're playing a AAA
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game like Elden ring you may only get a
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couple hours out of it but older games
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and well optimized Indie Games should
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get you five or six hours which is
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enough for most flights in the US
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overall I'm very pleased with this teame
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deck I bought this for about $300 on
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eBay
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and given everything that you can do
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with it it feels like a much better
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value than a comparably priced gaming
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handheld like the switch of course
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they're targeting different
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demographics unfortunately I haven't
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played a Lenovo Legion go so I can't
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directly compare it to that but the
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legion go is outside of the price range
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that I was looking to spend anyway so if
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you're looking to spend between 300 and
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400 the steam deck is a great option by
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