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Want to buy a new game on pc or on your Steam Deck? I recommend to wait a few hours. :)

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[–] MrFlamey 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Excited to buy 20 more games I won't get around to playing. Especially if they are cheap!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Low impulse control gang assemble!

[–] Chemical_Bluebird85 2 points 1 year ago

I only know that feeling so well. So many games, so little time.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looking in the Deck's direction with deep anxiety in the wallet...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] NOPper 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] lawrence 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] quinten 7 points 1 year ago

My wallet on the other hand...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago
[–] TheEternalBambi 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My wedding is exactly on the 29th of July. Might have to cancel that.

[–] atimholt 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It starts on the 29th of June, i.e. today.

[–] SpezTheSpaz 5 points 1 year ago

Too late, weddings off

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Steam sales haven't been good for a while unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

My strategy these past few years is to check isthereanydeal.com for any game I want during a Steam sale. Most other storefronts have their own sales around the same time as the big Steam ones and there's usually at least one that has it at a lower price. There's also a browser plugin that adds an isthereanydeal.com link to every Steam page, which makes this super easy when browsing for games.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Agreed. You can usually find a better deal on allkeyshop or wherever.

For example, I've been waiting to get Red Dead 2 in a sale, but given Steam is currently selling that at 60, they'd have to offer 70% off to equal prices you can find elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

This year I will stay strong and not buy bundles that I will never play.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well I'm an idiot. I just bought the X4 expansions. They were 20% off though.

[–] NOPper 2 points 1 year ago

On the bright side, you now have the X4 expansions and won't need any new games for a while!

Enjoy the Boron!

[–] Inq 4 points 1 year ago

my wallet isn't ready for this :(

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I will check few indi games on my wishlist, but for sure I won't buy any AAA game. I still got massive backlog on PC, PS5 and NS.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There's a few games I've been meaning to get so I'm actually looking forward to this specific sale.

[–] atrax 2 points 1 year ago

Great birthday present, cheers gabe