You forgot to mention you can now get a *Certified* Refurbished Steam Deck from Valve for 320$, thats for the 64gb model which is really all you need, especially if you upgrade the ssd, its 420$ for the 256gb model and 520$ for the 512gb model.

The Steam Deck also made me rethink how important ultra graphics are. I don't care about it anymore

As a father of a 2 year old... the Steam Deck saved my gaming. I am able to take care of my son while he is sleeping, sitting next to him with headphones. I can lie in bed next to him at night and play for an hour or two, while he is asleep. I can play when there is downtime and the second I am needed, because he is yelling outside he wants to show me XYZ, I can put the Steam Deck to sleep an be there for him. Now don't get me wrong I rarely do the last one, because I don't want to give him the impression he is less important than some plastic box etc. but when he was really occupied outside in the garden/playing in the sandbox, I sneaked in 15 minutes of casual Celeste gaming. The Steam Deck is not just a gaming PC. It's revolutionized gaming for me. Even more than the Switch did (and that one was a big jump up, too). Mostly because the games I like to play the most are available on the PC. If you read this, If you've listend to the charming guy in the video: Get a Steam Deck. Do it now. You won't regret it.

damn. i didn’t know i wanted a steam deck either

I thought I didn't need a Steam Deck because I just play at home; why would I need a portable PC? Now I game on my bed almost every night.

You expressed exactly what the Steam Deck is: a solution to a problem. I was also in a gaming slump before getting the Deck, finding trouble in actually sitting down to play and also not wanting a Switch because of its numerous limitations and hand cramps. I knew that the Deck was exactly what I had always wanted as soon as they revealed it. If someone is already perfectly happy with their gaming setup and its place in their life, they may be disappointed with a Deck because they didn't have a problem to be solved.

I can recommend playing first person games with the right trackpad being setup like a mouse. change the sensitivity settings until the edge-to-edge movement on the touchpad results in 45 degree movement, and then set trackball friction to high. This will make the trackpad incredibly precise when navigating the camera. and if you want to turn 180 degrees, you just flick from left to right. This is what I use, and I can't go back to using dual sticks in first person games anymore. This allows you to reach almost mouse level of precision with trackpad + gyro.

The separation between workspace and leisure space is quite important indeed. I also mix both spaces but try to get away from my desk when possible to play some video games or do whatever I feel like. It seems that Steam Deck is comfortable enough to play on the sofa or the bed without suffering from hand cramps (I'm looking at you, Switch).

Buddy, really well done video. I just picked one of these up. Really looking forward to using it.

Thinking of getting a steam deck and your point about using your desk for work and the guilt you feel whilst gaming at it really hit home. I've got a pc and switch but I wanna have that stress free play time away from my desk but still play all my games on steam. Perfect option for that ! Great video !

As a person who grew up playing alot of handhelds (gameboy, gameboy advance, gb advance sp, gb micro, psp and vita) and recently owned a switch since 2018, the steam deck still blows my mind. I can literally play some of my favorite games from my childhood, older games I never got a chance to play as well as newer triple A titles. Valve has literally made one the best handhelds period.

I am disabled and unable to use a mouse/keyboard now, my hand can't rotate. I was mainly looking for a way to get the cheapest laptop experience, I had no idea I'd be singing this things praises! Next time I'm in the hospital (was there for a total of 5 months last year) I'll actually have something to look forward to! .. now I just gotta get strong enough to hold it in my pos hands for more than 20 minutes.

Holy crap you’re really good at this and natural in how you present information. Glad to be subbed before your channel blows up

This is the exact type of review I was looking for thank you

Thank you for your take on the steamdeck I have been on the fence, but really wanting one for similar reasons that you mentioned.

Great work on videos

This is almost one of my last videos before I start to look how to buy a Steam Deck. This is because I live in South America and the only way to get one is expensive or complex, but I'm almost convinced that I would be satisfied when I get it. Your video is great, feels genuine and dynamic. Really like the small channel vive mixed with a guy that is comfortable talking to the camera.

Your enjoyable to watch mate. I think you have genuine funniness!

great video dude. psyched to see what you do next

I'm glad I'm not the only one to feel that sense of guilt when playing games on a PC. I bought an Xbox Series X to play modern titles away from my PC, but when I had the chance to buy a SteamDeck, I jumped. I absolutely love it. Also the ability to finally play Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart without the need to buy a PS5 (it's the only PS5 game I have interest in atm) is a godsend.

You gotta bright future man. Nice to get a review not bloated with charts and graphs. Just simple information about a casual experience. New sub!

Came for the Steam Deck, stayed for your amazing voice. You should have a dedicated podcast brother

great quality and edited video, i hope your channel does well!

Thinking about getting a steam deck myself and this video has helped me understand more about it, I definitely wanna get one

subbed right away, nice video ❤️

I love how slowly they coming up with ways to upgrade your deck to make it all around stronger. Now I'm just waiting for a release of a new apu to install for graphics upgrade.

Nice video man and you're very calm. Appreciated that. Subscribed :)

I love your video format its so relaxed! Idk how you have so few subscribers. I did the same thing, sold my desktop for a steam deck and havent looked back

Thanks for sharing your experience with the Steam Deck. I'm in the same situation with work and gaming desk being the same thing. I really enjoyed watching the video.

You so perfectly described my exact reasons to want (and to have now bought) a Steam Deck I have a gaming laptop which is in my room and I do a lot of writing and editing work on that and whenever I do actually sit down and play a game I feel this sense of guilt as if I should instead be writing or recording or editing and in the end I just end up doing nothing and going to sleep. I'm so excited for my deck to arrive because I know it'll change the way I game and work. It won't stop me from playing games on my actual laptop but it'll make that distinction much easier, and I need that.

great video buddy. def deserve more subs!

Refreshing to see decent video editing with normal work area backdrop. Gotta get a sick skin or case for it.

I definitely feel you on the work desk after working from home. After working at my desk for 6-10hrs a day, I felt hella guilty playing games at my desk when I could be making money. Burned me off gaming for a bit. Its the exact reason why I'm looking into a steam deck haha

Clicked for the Steam Deck, subscribed for the dry wit and the great information!

Love your perspective on portable gaming and now I’m considering purchasing a steam deck🙃

Good content keep it up 🎮❤️

Awesome work, my man

As someone who is a Linux user who is also a gamer, I heard about this a few months after it came out and did my research and personally really liked it. Especially as u said with the portable aspect, I have autism and ADHD and can’t sit still to save my life and so as u said having that moving around change of scene ability helps a lot. I also really liked the little story of ur childhood with moving from house to house, stuff like that can be hard to talk about and I like the way you entwined your gaming experiences in with changing to different houses, so that I also appreciate a lot. (Small side note: love the random changes of positions in the video lol).

You’re doing great. Subscribed

Great video! Your good at this! Keep doing it! Simple!

Honestly it sounds like everything I need to finally play the games I've wanted to play for a long time. Unfortunately, it's worth like 5-6 months of paying rent, so my gaming career might have to wait. But I so get the guilty relaxing in your work space part. I need separate rooms for working and for doing anything else because otherwise I won't get anything done And it's great to see you punch the camera/viewers again! :))

great video !

I just ordered one with their 20th anniversary sale. I already ordered a case, a dock, a SD card, a charger, a good cable, some other things. I got all that now I'm just waiting for my steam deck. . .

Great Stuff!

I just found this video by chance looking for steam deck videos while I wait for mine to arrive. This video started playing at random as the next video. I really thought this was Jeff Goldblum reviewing the system because you sound just like him.

For a moment I thought this was an old Yong yeah video. Loved your video and appreciate you sharing your background. For me, I loved the switch but was quite disappointed in some of the performance on switch ports. Exclusives were great but I felt like if this was a power of maybe a console then it would be just fine. Sure enough we’re blessed with a steam deck years later. My love for gaming is once again reignited ❤

Dang pretty deep voice

I'm finally able to play my favorite childhood game on the go (dungeon keeper 2) owing to steam deck trackpads and community layout. Big props to valve for this device

the swaying monitor on the left in the intro is driving me nuts, lol. otherwise great video!

Your video has been eye-opening for me. I spent a f*cking fortune on a gaming PC and I can only think of maybe 10 games I've finished there in the past.. 7-8 years of building and owning multiple high-end PCs. My Deck has not only been where I do most of my gaming these days, despite having a 3080 and 5900X, but it scratches my tinkering itch. I never really thought about my desk being a "work" space or why I felt that guilt using my GAMING PC for.. gaming.. Handheld gaming has always been my thing, now I'm just waiting for a smaller Deck 2, lol.

Love the video and your personality, would definitely enjoy seeing more content come out but I would definitely pick a lane for sure. Weather it be video games, hardware, software, indoor entertainment etc whatever it is, you'll get a lot more out of this channel if you pick a specific lane and stay there. Cheers!

I couldn't agree more. I haven't been a handheld gamer since the first Game Boy, but the Steam Deck has changed that for me. Great video dude!

Steam deck got me into pc gaming playing so many games natively and through emulation is so cool it’s like having all my current and past libraries available on the go.

You speak the minds of lots of gamers, keep it up mate!.

great content!

You actually can do fairly solid livestreaming from the Steam Deck! Sadly it looks like you'll have to use Desktop Mode unless you want to go through a pretty tough process, but that's not stopped me from doing some nice handheld streams to Discord or even UKposts via OBS! I think I actually did both at once a week ago, hehe... Obviously streaming will consume some resources, but from my experience it doesn't cripple the Deck. You can still play a lot of stuff!

I’ve been heavily looking into reviews and researching the steam deck the last 3 days…I’m buying one.

I like this channel, very good video!

As a student who is starting his second year of UNI this year, I want to reinforce some discipline whilst also having a reward system for work I do; the steam does that wonderfully. I work at my desk or sometimes I will I work away from home, like on campus for example, and if I do enough work and feel satisfied, I reward myself by playing on my steam deck. I love it!

You have a great voice and I like the way you talk. Subbed.

Already had my Steam Deck for over a year and it works pretty well, Borderlands 2 is ancient and still filled with other players I can join up with on the Deck, Uncle Gabe and his team at Valve did a good job 👍

underrated channel🗿 also im playing yakuza 3 rn. cant wait to finish the series

Good content, I immediately subbed. One thing I really appreciate is the amatuer quality of the video; not poorly done, just unconcerned with having a good backdrop full of RBG bullshit and gaming decor on unconventional shelving units.

Great video! Thanks

I started playing some heavier games on the Steam Deck but I ended up really enjoying playing a few minutes of PS2 games, Tears of the kingdom, Celeste and other games like that. I bring it with me when I drive places for when I have 20-30 minute breaks and just wanna kill a little bit of time, for that kind of stuff it really hits the spot.

As a college student right now, I totally understand the separation between work/academics and gaming. I had a PC at home where I "balanced" both but ever since I moved into my dorm my laptop became my 100% academic device. No games at all not even solitaire or minesweeper and it helped me a lot to focus on my work. However, I noticed that the itch to play every end of the month kept bugging me and I was even contemplating risking my laptop's health just so I could play a 20 fps game. Luckily, I saved up a ton of money and now I was contemplating on buying a steam deck, currently watching videos to see if it is worth it.

@1:36 you just got a like and a sub just for that from me bro! I TOTALLY get it! This is why I am tasting my Steam Deck even though it is not even here yet. As someone who works, plays and records music ALL on the same desk... that is the reason I started down the Steam Deck rabbit hole and this vid just settled all my reserves. Cheers fam!

I borrowed my lil bro's deck he doesn't use much, and now I really want one. It's been alot of fun learning the ins and outs. A great benefit I noticed is being weirdly excited for OS updates. Sometimes you get like a 5% performance boost from updating, (whereas Windows updates are the total opposite haha).

Coincidentally happened to watch this on my Steam Deck, which I use as a Linux tablet more. Great device to just pick up and use, even in this way after building duel trackpad typing muscle memory and making a decent desktop layout. I still game more at my full desktop setup, where I use the SD as a controller for games that play better this way. The trackpads, capacitive stick tops and back buttons get a lot of use, with flickstick input, using it sideways as a DS and generally additional inputs. Mine's a 256GB model from Q3, so early-ish, made the waitlist deposit about a week after this went live, it's case still has the white lifting strap. It's trackpad based trackball emulation also got me to try and later fully switch to trackballs, using a drawing tablet when I need high accuracy.

This video could not have anymore been me! Now im sold. Im getting one now! lmao. Btw I love ur video! New sub here!

You're likely half my age and were born after Wave race came out but props to you for using fourth place theme on the video. You've got a new sub.

My buddy broke his leg like 6 months ago so I've been letting him borrow my deck until now but it's finally time to get it back from him and I'm so excited for it again

Love my steam deck was late to the party but love it now

What a super interesting and enjoyable video, your humor and personality is super special, the whole vibe of this video is fantastic! Keep being you, keep doing what you enjoy. I hope to see more videos from you! About anything at all! You're super enjoyable to listen to :D

just put in an order for the big storage model with anti-glare screen, I don't want to be shackled to my desk to play games or left with nothing if I go on a trip. If the thing can play FF7R at 40 fps I don't really think i'd need anything more powerful for most of my gaming needs, and the fact you can get a scuffed version of WoW Classic to work on the thing is hilarious and I can't wait to try it out.

There are 2 things I love about the Deck that aren't available elsewhere One of them is the consistency of games working under Linux, a concept that's very surprising to me, a Linux gamer! Another is the trackpads, which, as the number 1 Stream Controller fan, was an awesome addition, and it came with even more things to do. The fact that Steam input went from the only way to customize the Steam controller, to a niche controller customizer, to a very well known and appreciated way to customize the Steam Deck input, alongside all the other 1st party controllers is one of the reasons I think Valve is evolving the PC gaming scene, AGAIN!

Keep making video.

the Steamdeck is so expensive here in the Philippines, but im gonna hold off til Christmas hopefully ill manage to get good deal. Since Valve doesn't ship here sadly 😢 Also i like your voice, so cool ❤

Didn't know that Yongyea's younger brother started a UKposts channel 😂

My favorite part is the instant library and no windows notifications.

I've owned an Ally and the Deck, and I can still safely say that the Steam Deck was the better buy for me. Other manufacturers can keep putting out more portable handhelds with better specs, but the deck just works because they really put in the time and the effort to make the software work. I had the Ally for two months and I had nothing but issues. Armoury Crate is a nightmare, and it doesn't even compare to Steam's Big Picture Mode integration on the deck, and just the QA issues that device has is crazy. The SD card is placed right next to one of the dual vents for its fans, and my SD card slot unit failed twice, and I wasn't even running heavy games that were installed on the that card. Also for the deck's price point, it really punches above its weight class for what it can do whether it's playing older games under lower wattage loads or even playing more demanding games, often times even better than the ally thanks to its OS. The customization options through Decky is really nice as well so you can really make it your own without too many compromises whatsoever. :)

Man you can tell the future! I bought my deck on Wednesday and I hope it arrives tomorrow. I randomly remembered how I played Metal Gear rising revengeance on PS3 and wondered "Can I play it on my deck?" so I looked it up and luckily it's verified. After all that I've been watching videos about the deck, videos like yours and I wanted to look for a video where I can see how Metal Gear runs on the deck. I nearly forgot about it and I just sit outside smoking a cigarette and your goofy ass just pulled out metal gear rising revengeance on your deck. I love it. Just because of this heavy rare coincidence I'll sub to your channel.

I love my Steam Deck! I use it mostly on the go all the time!

I'm nearsighted but love my games, i can't stand wearing glasses and i struggle to get contacts in, the steam deck allows me to play without any of those hurdles, plus i can be around my family a lot more, i don't have to stay in one place to play my games, the system is amazing.

Good content here

Steam deck is just killer. I bought it and my ps5, series x, switch and high end pc suddenly collecting dust 😅 It’s that good for reasons you mentioned. Cheers!

i picked up a 512gb edition during that anniversary sale! non refurbished. jus got my dbrand armour /travel kit today with digital camo skin. screen protector, thumb gaurds, and Dock adapter.

Loving your opinions about you got a sub from me bro

How does one look thirteen and sound like thirty at the same time?

I do wish it was a tad more powerful. But I pretty much only use it for emulation and pre-2017 games. All-in-all, I love the thing.

I feel you on not wanting to work and play in the same spot. The Covid lockdown turned me off PC gaming for a while because my gaming desk became my workplace... I went to Xbox then. I later dedicated a room as a work from home office (still work from home 3 days a week) and put a small desk in my livingroom for my gaming pc (I have the luck that my employer provides a dedicated work laptop so my own PC is strictly gaming), that makes PC gaming more enjoyable again. But, I also have a steam deck because there's just something cozy and enjoyable about curling up in the corner of the couch with a handheld... And no, for some reason it's not the same with a controller and looking at the TV, even though I'm in the same spot. I'm not sure why... Now it's just what I happen to be in the mood for. Sometimes I like the full fat experience of sitting at my desk with the big monitor in my face and the soundbar beneath it blasting, maybe prefer mouse and keyboard for some games... sometimes the steam deck is more what I'm enjoying.

Same here bro. After sitting at my work desk for 8 hrs a day I don’t feel like sitting another 2-3 hrs playing games there.

I absolutely love mine as well. It’s a game changer

@sunfish 8:58 I am glad you mentioned the Trackpads because I was about to succumb to a fit of murderous rage if you neglected them! :D I love the Trackpad + Gyro on my steam controller for PC gaming, and thinking more of getting a Steam Deck as a Steam Controller 2.0 and supplemental PC/Gaming device. The Steam Controller forever transformed my Gaming and general PC experience. I'd love to see what would happen when I start tinkering with a Steam Deck!

Yo the separate parents houses and how that affects my need for portability is a deep cut

i commute to work for about 1.5 hours on public transport, 25 minutes of which are on the train. the steam deck made being on the train me-time. i'm finally playing all the non-fps games i always wanted to play but never felt like playing on my pc. and my pc is so ancient, my steam deck runs games that wouldnt even work at all on my pc. i love it. i only bought the 64 gb version a year ago and i was too lazy to upgrade the ssd because well.... everything i threw on the sd card worked well, even with the sd card not being the fastest card.

The cough on the simulators had me weak 😂

I love my Steam Deck! Cannot wait for 2024 and if they upgrade again I'm getting it.

I finally pulled the trigger and bought a steamdeck that should arrive in a few days because I love pc gaming but being alone in the back room sometimes isn't what I want, now I can play on couch and spend time with my wife and son while one of them watches something on the big TV.

Great video, watching you teleport around the house was shockingly entertaining too for some reason too.