Leaked Patch Notes Confirm Starfield Compatibility with Steam Deck
Leaked Patch Notes Confirm Starfield Compatibility with Steam Deck
While it's great news that Bethesda is making an effort to make sure Starfield will run on Deck, I'd still like to recommend that most people wait for performance reports before buying and expecting a good experience.
I just don’t think the steam deck is going to be able to handle this game. Baldurs Gate 3 is certified playable and they did a great job making it a seamless experience but it’s obvious that the system strains in anywhere but the most sparse locations.
The steam deck just isn’t meant to play all the AAA next gen ray traced games and nobody should expect it to do so. It already goes further than any handheld on the market, I don’t need it to play starfield. I need it to play cult of the lamb really well. And it does. And I love it.
Someone said that valve does not want to upgrade the Steamdecks cpu regularly that way it can act as a baseline for games to target.
I kind of like this approach. I think so many devs focus on making everything bleeding edge when most of us would be happy playing with low settings.
Maybe the steamdeck will lead to further optimizations to these games down the line and maybe games that are early in development will try to target the steamdeck for the minimum spec.
Starfield and bg3 were too far along in development when steamdeck game out for them to optimize for it.
I’ll be happy to see how it runs though.
Baldurs Gate 3 on Steam Deck is basically turning electricity into heat with some frames produced as a side effect :)
Unless it’s poorly optimized, Starfield should be nowhere near as demanding as Baldurs Gate. Do we know what the requirements are yet?
Baldurs Gate 3 is certified playable and they did a great job making it a seamless experience but it’s obvious that the system strains in anywhere but the most sparse locations.
Yeaaaah it's pretty rough on the steam deck in my experience.
I wonder how it will run, cause like Cyberpunk works on the steamdeck but the res makes it look like a different game.
For your information, low FPS makes it look "cinematic." It's targeted at 24FPS to give you a theater-like experience. 😂
It's good to be the most popular once in a while.
I'll pick it up in a few years in a sale when all of the bugs are ironed out and the proved has dropped
At least for me, things like these are so impressive because of how far iGPUs have come in recent years
It's amazing to me how you no longer need a full scale GPU for modern gaming. Making gaming cheaper, power efficient, and accessible for more people than ever. I'm excited for where the future of gaming is headed.
Btw I don't give all the credit to Valve because it is something that companies like intel, amd, GPD, minisforum and others have been doing for years. The Steam Deck has just been the most popular one so far
Before buying a Bethesda game and expecting a good experience, expect a bad experience instead.
Before buying a Bethesda game, wait a few months so the modders can fix it.
I always go for the game of the year or anniversary editions. Like good wine, Bethesda games need some time.
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Man y'all are so negative
Just try and enjoy something or let it be
Not like they've made some of the greatest AAA in history or anything.
I agree to an extent. However, they've also been known for releasing buggy ass games before it was popular to do so lol. They've also been known for not fixing those problems and just moving on to the next product. Even if the next product is the same game just being resold
That is also a big part of their history
You'll still probably be disappointed.