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> Even if they did, 100w should be room enough to play relatively recent titles Steamdeck runs on 45W, and that's plenty enough power to have fun.

• Rohansi 1y ago
  The included charger is 45W but the chip consumes less.
• rafram 1y ago
  I briefly owned a Steam Deck (before returning it), and it seems like most users tone down their expectations a lot compared to PC gaming. 30fps at the Deck’s low resolution seems to be the norm for recent games. Enough power to have fun, sure, but I think people would rightfully pan it if it weren’t Valve.
  • serf 1y ago
    absolutely agreed. you swallow the taste of the terrible hardware of a steam deck for the support of valve/proton/devs and the ecosystem.
  • terribleperson 1y ago
    Expectations are lowered appropriately, I think. There are a number of other handhelds on the market. Of the high end PC handhelds that came out reasonably close to the Steam Deck, they have to trade away a lot of battery life to perform better than the Steam Deck. Valve was clearly optimizing for battery life and I don't think it was a bad choice. The Switch 2 isn't even held back by x86 and it's battery life is still quite painful. Now, handhelds with newer hardware are definitely going to trounce the steam deck without having to trade away battery life, but I think they did the best they could at the price point and time.
    • rafram 1y ago
      The battery life is nice, but the Steam Deck is huge - big enough that I'd feel incredibly silly pulling one out of my bag on the train - so it's the least I'd expect.
• shantara 1y ago
  Steam Deck's APU is power limited to 15W