I definitely want it. If it’s cheap, I definitely want two.
Actually everything they recently announced looks great. I really want to try to frame.
I gave up on VR after the oculus CV1 got canned. I bought one, got a few decent years out of it in spite of “meta” buying the company and making it shit, but when they stopped selling the connection cables for the CV1, which was the part that broke most frequently, I just backed the hell off and thought to myself, “this shit is cool, but it’s clearly not established enough to be predictable, maybe some day”.
Whelp, I think we’re finally there.
Until now, you had the “option” of either something mainstream like the quest 7 (or whatever number they’re on), or you can pick from either the index, which was on the pricy side for what you were getting, or the bigscreen beyond, which required an iPhone to scan your face so they can make a custom face shield just for you (and to get more you had to scan those people in and get face shields for them at a premium). Anything else was so niche that you probably were not getting support, if the company even existed in a few years to support you.
Now? A first party VR that actually looks good and works natively with steam…
So yeah… Where do I sign up?
I’ve wanted a steam deck for years but I don’t game on the go so I can’t really justify it, but the rig I’m using for couch gaming is getting pretty dated… So this seems like a great time to get back into everything… Though, finding the money I need to get the systems is going to be a challenge…
I’m with you. When I heard about the deck I was excited. When I got one, I was not prepared for how good it is. The quality is amazing. They thought of (it seems) basically everything.
And I’m hoping this translates to all the new shit. Exciting!
I definitely want it. If it’s cheap, I definitely want two.
Actually everything they recently announced looks great. I really want to try to frame.
I gave up on VR after the oculus CV1 got canned. I bought one, got a few decent years out of it in spite of “meta” buying the company and making it shit, but when they stopped selling the connection cables for the CV1, which was the part that broke most frequently, I just backed the hell off and thought to myself, “this shit is cool, but it’s clearly not established enough to be predictable, maybe some day”.
Whelp, I think we’re finally there.
Until now, you had the “option” of either something mainstream like the quest 7 (or whatever number they’re on), or you can pick from either the index, which was on the pricy side for what you were getting, or the bigscreen beyond, which required an iPhone to scan your face so they can make a custom face shield just for you (and to get more you had to scan those people in and get face shields for them at a premium). Anything else was so niche that you probably were not getting support, if the company even existed in a few years to support you.
Now? A first party VR that actually looks good and works natively with steam…
So yeah… Where do I sign up?
I’ve wanted a steam deck for years but I don’t game on the go so I can’t really justify it, but the rig I’m using for couch gaming is getting pretty dated… So this seems like a great time to get back into everything… Though, finding the money I need to get the systems is going to be a challenge…
Would 700-800€ be cheap to you? That’s a reasonable estimate I’ve seen.
I’m buying either the Framework Desktop or Steam Machine, whichever is cheaper.
I’m with you. When I heard about the deck I was excited. When I got one, I was not prepared for how good it is. The quality is amazing. They thought of (it seems) basically everything.
And I’m hoping this translates to all the new shit. Exciting!