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> I’ve always believed full console ports make lousy portable games because they’re not designed for stop-and-go play sessions. I realized this after purchasin
by jorvi 2y ago
> I’ve always believed full console ports make lousy portable games because they’re not designed for stop-and-go play sessions.
I realized this after purchasing a Steam Deck. Initially I installed things like Apex Legends (rip) and Doom Eternal, but even with gyro and trackpads, it's just didn't feel great on a small screen. I will admit playing through the entire Master Chief Collection over various transits made my inner child kind of giddy. But Halo's chapter format and slow-paced combat makes it kind of an unique fit.
On the go I now mostly use my Deck for things like Slay The Spire, Ori, Okami, Hollow Knight, Tails of Iron, Stardew Valley, Baba is You, etc; Docked with a TV, playing the aforementioned FPS is fine. Or party games like Heave-Ho :-).
To be honest, I do kind of wish for a Vita-like, running SteamOS, with enough horsepower to run previously mentioned OTG games. Key factor is to be 'pocketable'.
> And that’s the crux of it. PSP seems to be designed for portable play only around the house. In that case I’d rather just have a regular console.
Sometimes the TV gets relinquished to the other half, in which case its nice to stil snuggle up instead of sequestering yourself to the study.
- keyringlight 2y agoThe impression I have is that 'game playing devices' coming out now are picking points on a speed-quality-cost style trilemma triangle, except it's desktop PC/couch+TV console/portables. All the different products are picking different points in the triangle to see if there's a market, if laptops are a step away from desktops, then the GPD Win is a second step towards portables, the steam deck is third. The software side also answers another desire that a lot of people have which is to have PC games with a more console-like management experience, and the desire for the steambox to do something similar for HTPC form factor never went away.