A triple-A game I’ve been eyeing is finally down to a reasonable price on a third party website.
But after seeing how much better Diablo IV performs on my friend’s Xbox, I am really disappointed in myself for buying the PC version to play on my Steam Deck. I play mostly docked and connected to a TV, so the visual experience is something I value.
Diablo IV isn’t the first game I’ve regret purchasing on PC instead of Xbox. For older games, the Steam Deck is great; but it seems like modern games I really need to be wary of. You know what they say, fool me once, strike one, fool me twice… strike… three.
Has anyone else had a similar experience, wishing they’d spent the money on another platform? Is there a rule of thumb you follow on what to purchase, where?
Would it be okay to list the specific games I’m wondering about for input? I love my Steam Deck; but I’d rather not feel platform envy again.
It’s very much a wait and see from my experience. The beefier the game the more risk you have that you’ll have to play with settings.
Me personally since I have one of the originals, it has some fan issue that I haven’t looked into getting replaced yet, so beefier games straight up will overheat it at varying speeds, which is a very frustrating experience.
While it does work docked and that’s great, keep in mind one of the biggest benefits is being able to be portable as well, which isn’t as easy for most desktops (especially switching between the two)
Definitely worth keeping track of when the steam OS is actually out of it’s testing periods.