I am a steam deck user, i love steam OS, it allows me to game even though I became a dad. I love how fast sleep/wake is, love trackpads and extra buttons. Now what I dont love is the screen, I am an OLED lover, I used OLED for PS5 and PC, so steam deck screen looks really bad in comparison so I decided I would upgrade to an OLED, however now I am thinking should I consider asus or lenovo hendhelds? I hated windows on SD, I had dual boot on 2 TB but ended up formating and leaving Steam OS only, I also hate the fact that asus and lenovo dont have trackpads, however I am tempted by extra performance. SD is great for back logs and indi games but modern AAA titles not ao much. Would like to know your thoughts, what would you get SD oled or something else? PS. I will be selling or giving away my current SD, so buying Ally and keeping SD as well is not an option, also forget about price difference, I know SD is better bang for buck but is Ally or Go any better of priced the same ?
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i am conflicted, ive only ever had my main beefy pc and just bought the limited edition SD OLED now without any research. Im thinking about pirating games but I am also an artsy person that likes using windows for work/creativity/ and my company. Can you play super mario games, epic games or other types of games on steam deck?
Not sure to buy legion or steam deck oled.
Late to this party but I’m in the process of returning the Legion Go in favour of the Steam Deck.
I have a PS5 and play AAA titles on that, with Chiaki for ‘handheld mode’. SD was just easier and less faff, yes the LeGo is more powerful but the control layout just didn’t click and I found it uncomfortable to hold.
I had the LCD 512 for just over a year and I’m selling it upgrade to a 1TB OLED
I will probably start streaming from my PC
I’m actually looking to sell my Ally and get the OLED.
As much as I thought I’d like the better performance, it’s marginal at 15w, and 30w only works when plugged in anyway, and I’m that case I’d probably be as home and can stream it from my PC at higher quality anyway.
The “it just works” nature of the Steam Deck is such an advantage. It looks better than the Armoury Crate home screen anyway (and the Legion’s is almost nothing but ads, it’s like a Fire TV), and I realize I’m dealing with Windows more than I’m actually playing games, you know, the thing I bought it for
I’m deciding between the SD oled and rog ally. I have a PC that I game on but want something that I can play on the couch or in bed as well. Seeing as you went from the ally to the SD, what other reasons made you change? If I’m not mistaken, the ally can play all types of games (i.e. ps5, Xbox and even Nintendo games) is this true? The SD can only play steam games but not Nintendo type games?
Yup dealing with windows is terrible
I’m looking at all 3 myself, I’m going to ask for one for Christmas and I’ll put up half of what it costs. I really just want a Nintendo switch, but a PC. Something that can run, Game pass, GoG, Steam, Epic, Ubisoft and have access to my entire digital library. Since switching to PC a couple years ago, I’ve struggled with the portability aspect, I can’t just take my Gaming rig everywhere.
I ordered the SD OLED and while waiting for it to arrive I have been wondering if should have tried the Lenovo Go instead. But thinking about it now while the Lenovo Go seems intriguing, I am more interested to see the next interation of the product… Like I passed the OG SD and only picked SD after it got refined now.
All in all I hope all of these handhelds do well to keep competition and innovation alive and well while tech also hopefully still takes leaps forward to allow more performance with the same power levels.