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The Steam Deck's budget price tag is the reason I still rate it nearly two years on (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 9 months ago by ylai@lemmy.ml to c/steamdeck@lemmy.ml

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[-] theonyltruemupf@feddit.de 51 points 9 months ago

Nobody ever seems to point out the various features like trackpads, back buttons and all the software goodness that you don't get with the competition. That's the main selling point of the Deck for me.

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

The back buttons were a genius way to make some PC games with no gamepad support playable. Really the whole customizability of the controller mapping is awesome

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago

The inputs plus what you can do with Steam Input is the real kicker for me. Means you can play any game even if it only works with a keyboard. Not saying the experience will be as good as with a keyboard and mouse but you can get really creative and play a lot of games unexpectedly well.

Now that I've used it, I don't think I could move to any device that didn't have literally all the inputs that the steam deck has including gyro, double touch pads and back buttons. You can just do so much with it.

[-] theonyltruemupf@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago

It's basically a beefed up steam controller and while that one had its problems, it's still the only controller im willing to use because of it's many features.