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  • Is it possible that some of the discomfort comes from trying to use controls that are too small?

    I also have big hands, and I find the Switch controllers uncomfortable because they feel like they were meant for baby hands, and they’re flat so it’s an effort to keep hold of them. I find the Deck very easy to hold because its grips are built like a proper controller and all the buttons are within comfortable reach. The ergonomics make a big difference.

    Valve put a lot of design effort into the form of the Deck:


  • Don’t get a Steam Deck. It’s far too convenient. Everything just works the way it’s supposed to. You tell it to install a game, it does that. You tell it to run a game, it does that. You need a break, you just tap the power button and it goes to sleep. You want to play again, you just tap the power button and it resumes the game you left running like nothing happened. You want to install a bigger hard drive so you can have more games, you can do that. You want to replace the sticks because you’ve worn them out, you can do that. You want to plug it into a TV and use it to watch Netflix, you can do that. You want to plug it into a monitor, mouse and keyboard and use it as desktop, you can do that.

    You’ll sit on the couch and play games, you’ll sit on the shitter and play games, you’ll sit in bed and play games. You’ll take it on the bus, the train, the airplane, no problem.

    Don’t buy a Steam Deck, you won’t get anything else done.

    Oh, but you might finally play some of those untouched games in your library, so there’s that.