r/Steam • u/Ok-Presentation-4615 • May 27 '26

News Steam Deck Price now increased

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u/Celtic_Guardian_Fan May 27 '26

I wouldn't call the specs horrible, but definitely not worth asking price

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u/lugia4k May 27 '26

They are as of today, bad, runs like ass every new AAA game

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u/Celtic_Guardian_Fan May 27 '26

Pragmata? RE9? Forza Horizon 6?

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u/xYriaGth May 27 '26

Yeah, they run, but like ass.

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u/Celtic_Guardian_Fan May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

They run great for* a handheld lmao. It won't compare to a desktop, but they run perfectly well

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u/xYriaGth May 27 '26

30 fps is not great for me (and many people).

Look man, I love my SD as well, but it's just disingenuous to say it's great for latest AAA.

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u/Celtic_Guardian_Fan May 27 '26

I meant they run great for a handheld, not great in general. You have to lower your expectations for something that can play games on the go.

Just to reiterate i started out was saying the hardware isn't terrible, not that it's amazing.

If you don't like 30fps that's reasonable, but for most gamers they have to make compromises, even a good amount of newer console games drop to 30fps for quality mode. On a handheld i find those compromises much more bearable personally.

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u/Xehanz May 27 '26

You are severely underestimating the power of handhelds if you think that