Best way to play AAA titles BY FAR !!! (if you care about the costs):

• buy PS5 disc edition
• when new AAA game releases:
  • buy physical copy
    • physical copies - even on day 1 of release - are cheaper then the digital version. because of the price war in retail stores.
  • play through game in 2-6 weeks
  • sell game on ebay
    • you will get back 50-70% of what you paid for it
• Result:
  • 70€ game only costs 55-65 € in retail
    • = 10€ saved
  • you recoup 50-70% through selling the game
    • = 30-40€ saved
  • This way the “70€ AAA game” only cost you ~20€
    • thats a 70% reduction in cost

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This is BY FAR the best way to enjoy AAA titles if you care about the spent money.

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And it can only be done on PS5

• because on PC there are no longer physical versions - its all “keys” which dont transfer
• on SeriesX it kinda works - but not as good. Because the market is much smaller because most xbox people just use gamepass and dont buy AAA titles.

If you have to run a pixel test to find the stuck / broken pixel … why do you even care?

I am currently interested in buying myself a steam deck. I mostly play AAA games

Then I would say: no

Playing AAA games like this:

• 7" screen
• 30fps
• low settings
• Steam Deck fans on full tilt

Is just not great. Sure its better then nothing if you are on the go. But if you are at home - its 10x better to play the games on a big TV with proper sound system and much improved FPS / graphical fidelity.

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Also BEWARE !!!

• There are already AAA games on the deck that dont run / run like dog-poop.
• And it will get worse with more modern game releases

I always have to laugh about linux people when they mention Windows Updates is what makes them not use Windows on Deck.

Reality is:

• Windows updates are downloaded in background. About once a month. And they only bother you when you shut down your device (it will then show “update and shutdown” besides the normal “shutdown”)
• On the steam deck you literally can update 5 times a day
  • Shader updates
  • Decky Load updates
  • Desktop mode app updates
• Its absolutely ludicrous how many updates the deck has all the fricking time. You NEVER feel “up to date”. You constantly get shader updates, app updates, etc.
• Its like a constant stream of updates that trickle to your device 24/7

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And dont get me wrong. Getting updates is nice. And it rarely bothers me (especially when I want to play a game and it tells me it needs to update first).

But the linux shills claiming “Windows has annoying updates” seem to have never used Windows. And especially on the deck.

• With Windows on deck you dont get any shader update stuff. None. Never.
• With Windows 3rd party launchers can run in the background. Which means that they will also update the games in the background (just like steam does on SteamOS).
  • This means if you start a game with a 3rd party launcher you DO NOT have to wait for an update of the game. It was already downloaded in the background.
• When steam (and therefore the SteamOS UI) gets updated - the device does not need to restart. With SteamOS it always does a full restart.

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The whole update situation on deck is at the moment clearly better on the windows side.

MUCH fewer updates. More seemless updates.

I hope Valve can improve on that … its not a great experience to start your deck and immediately have 6 updates. Every fricking time you start the deck …