Of all the responses here, I think this hits closest to the mark for me.

I don’t like the way From does things, because the explanation is always things like “They want players to figure it out” or whatever, but that isn’t what happens.

I don;t know who is overhyping this. I think Valve have communicated very clearly about what it is and what it can do, at no point has any detail since its reveal shown it “to be more limited than it first sounded”. Now have influencers et al decided to run amok away from Valve’s clear communication in order to…

They’ve been more clear and transparent with this than any other product of theirs. They said it can handle 30 FPS at 720p with some settings having to even go to low but still being able to maintain it.

He did read. But why, in this case write an article to explain to people it won’t perform as a 4k computer to begin with. Nobody with at least some knowledge about pc gaming expect a steam deck to even perform smoothly at 1080p to begin with. 

Anyone who knows thing 1 about CPU/GPU/AGPUs knows what this thing is capable of. This article is not surprising news whatsoever. 

What’s more limited that we’re finding out? That it doesn’t have a secret power boost it never claimed to have? That in the very first interview they clarify the battery life pretty clearly: 2-8 hours, depending. 4 hours on Portal 2, 5-6 with a 30fps cap? You can only play Breath of the Wild for like 3 hours on a…

nobody buying this is going to be expecting maxed out graphics settings on modern games. but this device will be able to run the vast majority of the games on Steam at probably medium to high settings. PC games don’t need to be 4K 120FPS. games run just as well at 1080p 60FPS especially on a small screens like this or…

I would argue that, considering he has literally written a book about the trials of game development after spending I-don’t-know-how-long actually visiting and talking with studios for it (not to mention his years of covering video games) he would be a fairly reliable source of information outside actually working in…

I promise you that it is not an overestimation. If anything, it’s an underestimation. As I said above, you have to account for office rent, cleaning, equipment, taxes, other staff who aren’t working directly on the game, console certification costs, software costs, and so many other expenses that come up over…

FFS, why can’t we all talk politely?