Hello fellow Steam Deckers! My whole life I was a console gamer. PC gaming never was my cup of tea for myiad of reasons. But once I saw Steam Deck. I got interested albeit conflicted on to when ever is it really for me or not.
With the announced OLED model, Steam Deck solved one of the three issues I had that is battery life which is not as good as Oled switch (my current handheld) but still better than Steam Deck LCD.
So what other problems/questions I have?
Issue 1:Is there a way to play DRM games in offline mode just as easy as Switch? I am a huge Sega fan and Sega loves adding Denuvo DRM which practically makes offline gaming impossible. Is there a way to circumvent this? I don’t want to pirate but I do want to enjoy my games without separate launchers/online authenticators? I also want to know if there is a full list of games that have this problem.
Issue 2: Battery life. How long will steam deck work when I play a game like GTA 5/ Fallout 4 at low settings (PS3 level of low)? I don’t care about graphics (I am a switch user). I am comfortable playing games at their lowest graphics which is 720p, 30 fps and PS3 level of detail. My only nitpicks is the battery life and stable performance.
Issue 3:Should I even buy it if I have a Switch for my handheld needs that suits me well minus the ability to play certain games and Xbox SX for the rest of my gaming needs? I am not interested in emulation except for maybe a few gamecube sonic games.
Drm is not decided by steam but by game creators. So some have always online drm like call of duty games but some dont have any drm like baldurs gate 3 or starfield.
GoG store sells exclusively drm free games so if you are interested in offline play i recommend buying games from there first.