Development and Gaming: Steam deck (handle pc) the best ally for a GAMER software developer
Hello everyone and welcome to this video in which I also want to talk about something a little different or that always breaks a little with the structure of this channel, which is not only a matter of development but here I want to mix it a little with other more personal things, which is the video game part obviously. This video may be for you if you are a developer like me and you also like to play a video game, even occasionally, that is, for example, I play about 30 minutes a day, which is more or less the time that 30 minutes 40 minutes I respect a little More is the time that I like to play a video game to distract myself and obviously all the benefits that this brings.
All in one PC, play and develop
So, I want to talk a little about this. For example, I have a PC here and I have a Mac, which is where I record some courses and I have a Windows PC, which is why I work and study other technologies that I like, such as Blender and obviously also To make these recordings you do not need an extremely powerful PC, but even if it is, you must have a graphics card to do such tasks or at least for it to flow in a more effective way, that is, without problems. When making this type of resources, and therefore I also really like that philosophy that I follow, which is that I like to use the same equipment for various tasks, in this case, as I mentioned, to work and I also take advantage of it to not only development part that really with a fairly modest PC would be more than enough, for example if you want to develop in Laravel or Flutter or the mobile part is always a little more complicated because of the emulated ones. But for what the rest of the developments would be, it is usually not You need an extremely powerful PC or a relatively powerful PC. In my case, my PC is quite modest for a Gamer type PC, but it still allows me to play anything and that is a bit of what I wanted to tell you. If you are a Gamer person, you can take advantage of it. buy a PC and use it for both things, on the one hand to develop and on the other hand to distract yourself or even as I do to learn other technologies that are not directly related, as in this case it is to develop in a real or similar platforms that require since what It's video game development and mobile development. You always need a PC that's a little more powerful, so there you have, as it were, the first tip that you can use the same tool again for different tasks, for example instead of buying a PlayStation 5, which is more or less If an Xbox is expensive, you can spend that $500 and take advantage of it and buy a PC. In case you want to buy a PC and, for example, a video game console, you can combine it all into one. There you have the first piece of advice. What is the next piece of advice that I also give you? In case you also have more or less a dull PC like mine.
Stress in developing and playing in the same place, with the same team
Here I am also breaking a little with what I told you before, but well, again, you are the one who has to decide in the end whether to use this type of device.
Even though I tell you that I have this type of PC that I can do basically whatever I want on it, in the end it is a bit difficult for me to break between what it would be when I am working and when I want to play for a while, which again, because of how I work, I am mostly working and I play very little when I am playing; no matter how much it is, I always feel a little bit of that stress, that discomfort, that annoyance that I'm like working, I'm like playing in the same part of work, so, it's hard to get past that, as they say, that mach, that cassette because one is not a PC and well, that happens to many people. And it happens to me too, therefore, enjoying certain video games when I'm here on the PS sometimes it's not that hard for me to make that match sometimes, especially when one is a little stressed because in my case I'm recording a new course, I'm uh developing a course, well, recording a course from scratch, that is to say, I have a lot of work and it's sometimes hard to make that match pass; I constantly tell myself that I'm only going to rest for 30 minutes, so you're watching the clock or you pass the 30 minutes in the end you don't finish enjoying the video game properly and again it's mostly because you're in the same work environment but still like I told you it's a matter of taking it a bit even so that was the purpose of this video which is this type of machines that in this case I have is a Steam Deck but, it could be any handle PC type machine, I mean, I'm not going to recommend a particular one to you because if you want to buy one, on YouTube there are millions of videos that deal with that subject about power specifications, which is better etcetera, that's up to you.
Important Points on the Steam Deck
- As important points that we have in this machine in the same way that you take them into account is the operating system that is consolizer as it is how you turn on an XBox.
- It is also going to be a little cheaper than the competition in case you do not want to spend a lot because we are pichirris.
- Also, this is something that I also see above all that it is not like a phone that is going to come out every year, more than anything they have the focus of a video game console in which they have the same hardware for a few years and it will take time to renew it, so why is it a pain that you buy for example an ASUS Rog Aly that cost like 700 and a year later they launch a new console and it is like discontinuing yours here for example this one is more than two or three years old to date and it is still the only one valid.
Enjoy old games again
You also have a little tip there that was not what I wanted to comment here, but well, just in case you are interested in exploring it is also known, I am giving you that tip but again going back a little to the main focus which is the enjoyment part of video games, for me too, that is one of the clashes that I have here that I already have even though it has been several years playing video games since I was little and obviously there are some that I would like to replay but it is not the same to play or have played an old game for example in the 2000s or a little less, for example, suppose Final Fantasy 8 or around there or even you can go a little further to play it for example on a PC that is not a High Range like mine but as much as it is, it is not a bad PC either, that is to say, to play so that you understand me in the context, to play for example a Pokémon that I do not play or not anymore, I go on a 32-inch 4k or 2k PC is not the same, it is not enjoyed because it is too much resolution, everything is going to look extremely ugly but without reaching that extreme.
Any other old game that we have around here is sometimes not enjoyed in the way expected precisely for that reason apart from the fact that it has the workload that, as they say, costs to make that match. On the other hand, as they say, the resolution part that in the end one eats with the eyes. Although that depends on each person, it is not the same, so there it goes a bit and in the end you end up abandoning the video game; then, on this type of machine that, even if it has a fairly reduced Hardware or much more reduced than a PC, you can give a second life to that type of video game and therefore be able to enjoy them in a more effective way.
Portability above all
These machines on the one hand again I am this machine I have not even opened a PDF here in my life, I simply grabbed it as a video game console although you can do it because it is a PC So there you could explore other options in case for example you travel a lot and you do not want to take a laptop a type this type of device again a handle PC I am not simply selling you this it may be useful for you so there you can give it a second life this type of video games for example this was the last one that I am playing to date the yakuza when I ran it here on the PC I did not like the experience I mean I did not see it here on the PC I like to play games that are a little more graphically attractive but I did not enjoy this much because graphically it is not very attractive but I started to play it here and I was able to enjoy it so it is that type of things apart from that I try sometimes here to play games that are a little faster.
Better simple games
For example, it has more action like God of War, which I also have here, which is also very good graphically, and again, it's much more like I turn off these RPG-type games, they're much more passive, so for example, I don't enjoy playing it much here, in the end, again, with time, I just want to play for half an hour and everything, the question, in the end, you end up abandoning it, but on this type of machine, because of its versatility, you can play it in any situation and therefore, you don't have that stress of, for example, if you want a short session of 5 minutes, 10 minutes, you grab it and play for 10 minutes. Another advantage that this device has, which I don't know if they'll migrate to the others, is that if you press the Power key, the game simply stays like a kind of suspension. Right now, I don't remember exactly what happens, but I don't know if they've already done that update, but the rest of the ones, like the others run Windows, it wasn't that easy to do that type of approach, and sometimes I understand that they simply close, while here that problem doesn't occur.
So there you also have a small gain that well you can do short sessions because well you have 10 15 minutes 20 minutes and you've already finished your work and there also as who says you break that match and obviously because of the type of versatility that this type of equipment has you don't have to play in your work part if you can't play in your bed when I'm watching a game or on television both things at the same time which is how I usually do I have the television on watching a cool series and I also start playing then Well there I piss a little more Simply So that's basically what I wanted to tell you, give you these tips that Ultimately if you are like me that you are a developer but you also liked to play some video games from time to time you can use these types of formats and you can merge everything into one platform since apart from that well that again depends on each person But again since you are a developer And yes or yes you need a team, be it a Mac, a PC or whatever you want, you can take advantage and merge both experiences And instead of spending some additional money on a video game console you can, as who says, have everything integrated either in one place.
To entertain and develop, a Handle PC and a PC
Well a little further ahead if you feel like it you can buy this type of equipment or you can also have a cheap PC and also buy this type of equipment if for example you travel a lot then you can also take advantage of this as a work tool and on the other hand as a tool of enjoyment because here you are not going to have as much the problem of having a hard time passing that match because the final match above all or the problem above all is that we are in the same for example again comparing it with a PC is that we are in the same work place and therefore that is what costs above all eh As who says to make the match between work and enjoying a while a video game apart from that again on PC the games are much cheaper therefore again all these games that I have here.
Games cheaper than on consoles
Well I went somewhere else Sorry there is my work then it is eh here almost all the games that I have here that I have had a Steam account for some time and there are not a few most of them I have not played that I have also bought them in bundles or they have been given to me through subscriptions obviously here there are already many pages for example here we have the Epic store that they give you away I have not bought almost anything here but I did buy these games also for a little support for the store but even so I also saved a bit of money if they bought them on Steam or if instead of buying them on Steam but here they are also always giving away free games including some it is always a little gem to see if they appear I have some filter here and all these games that you can see here most of them were acquired for free so, at some point you don't even have to buy those video games and surely there is one that interests you at least to try out there well if they give it to you for free what is the problem then, while on PC I say on PlayStation and Xbox the games come out some on the face so well nothing I hope that This video has been useful to you and if there is anything else you want to comment on or any other considerations you want to give that you think I didn't give or that I simply made a mistake, you can leave them there in the comments.
- Andrés Cruz
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