Why the Steam Deck is AMAZING

Hello and welcome back to a new Steam Deck

video. So I've been playing around with my

Steam Deck for a few days now. I think I

got it over a week ago, and I've been just

testing out different things you can do

with it. As you can see, I've been

plugging it into my computer stuff and

turning it into a miniature computer,

which works very well. And I want to talk

about why this is probably one of the best

things I own out of all of the different

laptops and tablets and phones and gadgets

I own. I have to say, I think the Steam

Deck is probably the best purchase I've

made this entire year, and I really wanted

to hate it. I really wanted there to be

loads of things about it that I really

disliked so I can make a video about why

the Steam Deck sucks, because negativity

gets more views on YouTube,

unfortunately. But I just cannot think of

a single thing that I hate about the Steam

Deck apart from the battery life probably

isn't that amazing. You only get a couple

hours out of it, but really, that's what

you expect from a gaming device of this

type. It's just like a gaming laptop. You

don't expect that to last longer than an

hour. You really need this to be plugged

in if you want to do any kind of long

amounts of gaming. Even a Switch might not

even last you more than maybe 5 or 6

hours. So I don't really expect to have a

lot of battery life with this thing, and

that's completely fine because what you

get in return is a pretty powerful machine

that can do a lot of different things. So

first of all, I just want to say how

amazing it feels to be able to play PC

games a handheld console. It just feels

really weird. It's like the idea of

playing Hitman or Elden Ring or Sekiro

on a handheld device and it really runs

well and looks really good just doesn't

really— it isn't something I'm used to and

it just works really well and it feels

great. I've got a Switch Lite as well,

let me get it. So I had this Switch Lite,

so this was my gaming portable gaming

console for this entire time. Look at the

size difference between the Steam Deck and

the Switch Lite. So I guess my only

complaint about the Steam Deck would be

it's a bit chunky, it's pretty big, and

it's very wide, so it doesn't feel as

comfortable to hold and use compared to

the Switch Lite. But there's loads of

controls all over it, there's so much

functionality with it, you can't really

expect the Steam Deck to be as small as

the Switch Lite. And the Switch Lite is

really nice to hold, really light and

comfortable to use, and that's great and

everything, But the games on the Switch

Lite are just not that great unless you

like Nintendo games. If you love Nintendo

games and all you want to play is Mario

stuff and Zelda, then you're not really

going to have any problems. But I'm not

really a big fan of Nintendo games, and I

only got the Switch Lite because it has

indie games from Steam and PC games on it,

but it doesn't have every single type of

PC game. I don't think you can get Hitman

on Switch. Probably can't play Elden Ring

on Switch either. And I'm pretty sure you

cannot do this with a Switch. You can't

plug in a keyboard and a mouse, and well,

you do have a wireless controller. I mean,

I've got this wireless Switch controller

which does feel very nice. I think I

prefer it to the Xbox controller, and it

connects wirelessly. And you can connect a

Switch to a TV if you've got the dock,

but not with the Switch Lite. So in a

sense, it does do things similarly to the

Steam Deck, but the Steam Deck just does

everything you can possibly think of

without any limitations. You can plug in

anything that goes into a USB slot or

USB-C, you can use it on the Steam Deck.

And you can also plug in a micro SD card

into this slot at the bottom. So if you

get one of those really expensive 1TB SD

cards, you can get 1TB additional storage

to your Steam Deck. And it's so easy to

check your storage. You just go to the

menu and then settings and then click

storage. And you can see here you've got

the internal drive, which I have 465GB

total, and you can see all the stuff I

have downloaded. And then next to it you

have the microSD card slot, and I've put

Elden Ring onto it and Cult of the Lamb.

So I've only got a 116GB SD card

slot I mean, SD card. I want to upgrade

that maybe in the future and get like a

1TB SD card. That would be insane. And

then I'll have a total storage space of

nearly 1,500GB.

That's so much, so many gigabytes. I don't

know if you can plug in one of those USB-C

SSD flash drives. I've got one of those

Samsung hard drives that you can just plug

into the USB port. I don't know if that

would work on the Steam Deck. Maybe it

would. And recently I got this HDMI to

USB-C cable, and I'm planning to plug this

into my TV downstairs to see if it works.

Wow, look, I've plugged in my Steam Deck

into the TV using this HDMI to USB-C

cable, and it works perfectly. I just

plugged it in, straight away it recognized

the Steam Deck, and you can play Steam

Deck games on your TV if you wanted to.

I think it could be better if I put the

Steam Deck down on the floor and then I

use my wireless Xbox controller, then I

can sit back a little bit without holding

this heavy thing. But yeah, that's so cool

that you can just plug it into a TV and it

works like this. This area is a restricted

area. Very nice. If you want to play on

the TV, you can. It's just kind of amazing

how you can plug it into almost anything

and it just works straight off the bat.

And this is one of my favorite things

about the Steam Deck. It can basically be

turned into a completely properly

functioning computer. Look at this. I took

out my old monitor out of my closet,

plugged it into this USB hub, and the USB

hub just plugs straight into the Steam

Deck. And then you've got all these USB

slots and an HDMI cable that plugs into

the back of the monitor. And I plugged in

my keyboard and my gaming controller, and

I even plugged in my wireless mouse. At

this point, it's basically just a

computer, and that's what the great thing

about the Steam Deck is. It is basically

just a computer. It's not just a gaming

console like a Switch that is mainly for

games. You can do all kinds of computing

stuff on it. So look at my mouse. I can

use the mouse to scroll around on the

Steam Deck, on the Steam page, home page,

front page, whatever it's called, and you

can scroll up and down, use the mouse to

to click on things. So I could click on

Sekiro and then it will go to Sekiro and I

can open up Sekiro and I can go up to the

search bar at the top and use the

keyboard. So I just type in, I don't know,

anything really.

So you can use keyboard to type, which is

really nice, and even the keyboard

shortcuts work on this. So for example,

you press Ctrl+A It selects

all of the text. So it's just like using a

Windows computer, even though it's not

Windows, it's running on Linux, which is

okay. Linux is an okay operating system,

it's just a little bit bare bones with the

kind of applications you can download for

it. Wow, I can even use the side buttons

on the mouse to go backwards and forwards.

Look, I press back, it goes, goes back,

and I press forwards and it would go back

to, to where I came from, just like a

computer mouse would do. So it's really

cool the way you can use the Steam Deck as

a computer. But that's not just the best

bit. So far I've just shown you the Steam

pages and what it's like navigating

different games, which is great and

everything, but there's also a fully

operational operating system.

As you can see, these are all of the games

that I have. Main problem is I can't play

Rainbow Six. It says it's not supported

because of anti-cheat systems are not

supported on Steam Deck or something like

that, but it's okay. Anyway, I was saying

about the, the desktop mode. So if I go to

Steam menu and I press

power, it's getting a bit laggy.

I'm not sure why. Wait, I think it's

not lag, it's just because my mouse is on

the carpet. So you press power and you

press switch to desktop. Now this is where

the magic begins, and the Steam Deck

basically just turns into a complete

computer with desktop and browser. Look at

this, this is so cool.

Look, it's basically— well, you've got 2

screens now. You've got the, the main

screen on the Steam Deck where you've got

your icons and the Start menu bar,

and you've got Firefox pre-installed. So

I'm going to open up Firefox. So I now

have Firefox open, and you can make it

bigger by dragging it up to the top, just

like in Windows. And then you can just use

it like you would use your computer. You

search for, I don't know, the Queen maybe,

and then you can go on Google, brings up

stuff about the Queen, and it's just just

what you would expect from a computer.

You've got Firefox, I've even got OBS

for live streaming, which works pretty

well. Yeah, I'm not sure what else you'd

want from a, from a laptop or a computer.

So that is desktop mode. Very cool.

If you need a computer, then I don't even

see why you'd want to bring your laptop

with you if you're going traveling. Which

is what I'm going to do, which is why I

wanted to buy a Steam Deck in the first

place. I needed a small portable computer

that could do gaming because I like

playing PC games, and it could do basic

computing tasks like web browsing and

maybe some OBS Streamlabs stuff. And Steam

Deck basically can do all of those things.

I feel like this system is just so

portable and so versatile. Sure, when

you've got all this stuff plugged in,

it's not very portable, but it's nice to

know that you can plug all in all this

stuff and turn it into a proper computer.

And if you just want to take the Steam

Deck on its own, just shove it into its

carry case and put it into your bag and go

traveling somewhere. You don't have to

bring this massive gaming laptop, which is

really big, 17-inch display, and it's

really heavy with a power brick. You just

bring this tiny Steam Deck and you've got

a really powerful gaming system. And if

you really want to, you could bring along

a keyboard or maybe a mouse to make things

a little bit more comfortable. I don't

know if you'd bring a monitor with you in

your bag, that'd be kind of silly. It'd be

cool if someone invented some kind of

flexible screen that rolls up and then

just roll it up and then unroll it to

create this big display. That'd be pretty

cool. And it's kind of surprising how,

how powerful the Steam Deck is. I didn't

think it'd be so powerful. It only cost me

£560 for the most expensive version for

the largest storage version, and it

actually runs really well. It's really

smooth, it doesn't lag, it doesn't feel

stuttery. It plays pretty much any game I

want to play really well on high settings,

and it does everything my gaming laptop

does. My gaming laptop cost me nearly

£2,000. I think it was £1,800 or

£2,000, which is almost 4 times the amount

that it cost me to get the Steam Deck. So

if you don't have any computers yet and

you're thinking what to get and you don't

have a lot of money to spend, The Steam

Deck is the cheapest option. It has the

most versatility and the most portability,

and it does everything that a normal

computer can do. So in conclusion, I'm

pretty happy with this Steam Deck. I'm

very happy that I bought it. I don't feel

like I regret buying it. I don't feel like

it's a waste of money, and I'm actually

very surprised at how good it is for the

amount of money you pay for it. What you

get in return is, is actually pretty

mind-blowing. I would have to give it a

6.8 out of 10. Highly recommend buying one

of these if you're interested in gaming or

portable PCs, then this would be for you,

I think.