Want to buy a new game on pc or on your Steam Deck? I recommend to wait a few hours. :)
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Looking in the Deck's direction with deep anxiety in the wallet...
I was reeeaaally tempted to get it last time it was discounted but the rational skeptic in me knows it'd be just a forgotten toy on the side within a month since I'm used to gaming on my (pretty good) desktop. Even if you travel a lot it only has a few hours of battery life so you can't take it too far from civilization anyway
Would an external battery pack be able to keep it going? I have a battery pack that claims it can put out up to 18W. It's really meant for phones, but wonder if it can keep a Steam Deck going, too?
A quick search gave me this discussion on steam forums about it https://steamcommunity.com/app/1675200/discussions/0/5057002258661709742/
Seems like 40 or 60W is the bare minimum you need to provide in order for deck to stop draining its own battery
I travel a ton, and have had mine since the 2nd shipment batch. Literally use it every day even though I'm typing this on a beefy gaming rig.Playing docked from the couch is the best thing ever, and when I travel I can usually get a few hours out of most games I play unplugged buy tuning settings or just playing less demanding games until I get to the hotel or whatever. Most games get me 3.5-5 hours after tweaking. The most hungry games I get more like 1.5-2hrs, but know that going in and can plan accordingly.