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[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are games that aren't appropriate for the hardware, 18 months old or not.

Some people struggle to grasp that.

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's my point. This is a quote from the Steam Deck website:

We partnered with AMD to create Steam Deck's custom APU, optimized for handheld gaming. It is a Zen 2 + RDNA 2 powerhouse, delivering more than enough performance to run the latest AAA games in a very efficient power envelope.

If I read that and bought a Steam Deck, then found out that it can't run a new release smoothly, I wouldn't be very happy.

It's all well and good having a compatibility list for released games, but their marketing makes it sound like it can play anything.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

A fair point.

Not moving the goalposts but steam offers the playability index. So to know "which" AAA games at "what" performance is really varied.

I think it is a bunch of media speak that they wrote there and is a poor representation of what the hardware can honestly do.

As always, it pays to research purchases thoroughly.