How's the job hunt going?

It wasn't for a long time, but apparently they were able to crack it for emulation. That said, the whole appeal of the Analogue was for the genuine, native playback of physical cartridges. Emulation doesn't seem to have basic features you'd expect from an emulation device like save states or fast-forward. If I were you, I'd go for something like the RG35xx or the Miyoo Mini +

That dude left out a couple negatives.

First, all games will default to the Deck's output resolution. You need to go to the game's settings before launching to set the resolution to match the TV's.

Since running a game at a higher resolution hurts performance, you'll usually get worse performance docked than handheld unless you're ok with using a lower resolution intentionally.

There are various issues with external controllers. Here are a few that I've had personally:

1. PS5 controller developing input lag over the course of an hour. Need to disconnect and reconnect.

2. Double inputs caused by Steam Input happening on top of a game's built-in input

3. Some games not correctly interpreting multiple controllers because the Deck's controls still register as a controller while docked

4. Some games like Stardew Valley not accepting controller input without going into settings and reordering

5. Not reconnecting to Bluetooth controllers automatically, needing to go to settings and manually connect (for some reason this doesn't happen with Xbox controllers for me)

Unrelated to controllers, there are some other dock issues:

1. Constant audio buzzing and disconnect while docked. Need to enable Developer mode and change a setting to fix.

2. Severe UI slowdown while docked.

These are all with the official Steam dock. So yeah, it's not the seamless Switch-like experience a lot of Deck users pretend it is.

All of these games would be terrible on phones. They're designed with controllers or keyboards in mind. I can't imagine trying to do a Resident Evil boss fight with touch controls.

IIRC they openly stated in an interview that iMessage is one of people's greatest incentives to stick to the Apple ecosystem, and they have no plans of shooting themselves in the foot by releasing it on android.

Interesting that the Journal app won't be ready at launch. Doesn't seem like that much of a groundbreaking software.

For some reason this post reminds me of the good old N64 days where you had to load a vibration pak into the controller. Good time, good times.

Fantastic blend. I really need to develop the foresight to brine my chicken days in advance

The quality has definitely gotten worse with every iPhone generation. I had an official leather case on my 12 and the layer of leather began peeling off of the plastic within a few months.

Nowadays I just use a rubber spigen case and I'm very happy with it.

Depending on the game, Steam Deck makes connecting multiple controllers a massive pain. Switch you press one button and they're connected.

Trying to get Kirby Air Ride to acknowledge all four controllers on Steam Deck for split screen is a goddamn nightmare.

But the switch doesn't have Kirby Air Ride at all, sooo one point for the Steam deck there?

I completely agree with this. I've found myself drifting away from wanting cutting-edge, high-end stuff and towards more reliable tech. I've started taking notes on real paper instead of ipad, and I've been wearing my cheap Casio watch instead of my Apple Watch. I feel like in some ways I've hit a wall where my inner humanity longs for real, tangible things rather than more digitization.