• SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    4 months ago

    Yeah I've noticed that, that console are now PC price. Which is why I'd rather just stick with PC but the steam deck looks pretty cool.

    • silent_water [she/her]
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      4 months ago

      I want one too but I play so few games that I think it's just pursuit-of-shiny-toy. if it weren't linux, I'd already have talked myself out of it. but more linux games means I might actually play something other than Disco Elysium for the Nth time.

      • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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        4 months ago

        Yeah I kind of want one as a shiny toy too. I was chatting with someone who plays Final Fantasy XI on it via a private server and I thought it was such a cool idea. But it's honestly nothing I can't already do on PC.

        • silent_water [she/her]
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          4 months ago

          isn't that an MMO? trying to imagine playing WoW on a steam deck and losing my mind lmao

          • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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            4 months ago

            Yup it is lol. Wow might not work the same, but FFXI was originally on console and has console like controls. It's actually easier to play it with a pad than m&k.

            • silent_water [she/her]
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              4 months ago

              ohh interesting. that makes more sense than WoW where even a keyboard doesn't have enough buttons.

              • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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                4 months ago

                Yeah XI also had a neat system where the game would auto translate between Japanese and English since the servers were merged between JP and USA so you could use a soft keyboard and type in keywords like "combat" or "magic" and it would auto complete and translate, to make up for the lack of a keyboard a lot of ps2 users faced.