First week of the Portal was pretty bad. Stutters, connection issues, nearly sent it back.

Did a bit of tweaking, hardwired the TV in, removed one mesh box that wasn’t even needed, restarted the Portal, and now it’s the best handheld I’ve ever had.

OLED Deck does look gorgeous - and I actually prefer the analogue stick positions on Deck - but the Portal’s screen is absolute perfect size. I can’t believe how much better it is for handheld gaming. I can also read every bit of text, no matter how small.

The biggest thing? I can play my entire backlog of PS5 games (all digital) in 1080p, flawlessly.

With the Deck, I’ve re-bought so many games I already own on PS5, only to get frustrated at how small the screen is. Cyberpunk wasn’t easy going from 55” OLED TV to the Deck lcd.

The Portal feels natural in screen size.

I am a bit gutted because I might end up selling the Deck but I’m leaning towards just keeping it at the desk as a little PC connected to the monitor for the odd RTS game, etc.

I know this is a negative post but it’s just a story worth sharing. I’m also jealous of any OLED Deck owners! You do have the better device right there.

  • IdunnomeisterBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Sounds like you aren’t used to PC gaming. GUI issues are often a simple fix and even games like Cyberpunk and God of War had issues on PS5 with text scaling at launch. I can’t imagine a little more than a half-inch would make so much of a difference that I’d give up the extra features of a Deck.

    That said, nothing can change the ecosystem you built up. I chose to build my Steam library back in 2010 because I can always upgrade my pc, but games aren’t guaranteed to work on next gen consoles and I didn’t want to buy multiple copies. If you are in the PlayStation ecosystem, the Deck is going to be more costly to natively run games.

    In the end, you do you. Enjoy what you enjoy and no one else should change it. But, I wouldn’t expect a Steam Deck based community to not defend the Deck. It’s like going to r/PS5 and talking about how the Series X turned you off of the PS5. A PS5 community might have more kindred spirits for you.