Shumao Club: Steam Deck is no longer competent for the latest 3A masterpiece

2025-03-22 20:43:24|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

The Steam Deck is an impressive handheld console launched by Valve, which often outperforms its positioning.This handheld console can run a large number of 3A games on the market, but it needs to reduce the image quality.

Red Dead Redemption 2, Marvel Spider-Man, and a large number of previous generation games can run surprisingly well, but tests show that the cross-generational newness brings serious challenges as Steam Deck.So, games developed entirely for this generation of platforms are even more tricky for Steam Deck, a new analysis points out that Steam Deck is no longer competent for the latest 3A games now.

Digital Foundry, the Digital Foundry recently released a Steam Deck analysis video titled: "Too Big" for Steam Deck - 3A games are running hard on Valve's handheld console.

Although recent games like "Lego Horizon Adventure" and "Dragon Age: The Guardian of Shadow" can still be played, they require a significant sacrifice of the picture quality.However, even if many 3A games have made various image quality compromises, Steam Deck still can't stand it.

These games include Final Fantasy 16, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2, and Silent Hill 2: Remake.Take "Star Marine 2" as an example. This game is very dependent on the CPU, which puts too much pressure on Steam Deck's 4-core Zen 2 CPU. During intensive battles, the frame rate often drops below 30FPS.

Similarly, even if "Final Fantasy 16" is adjusted to the lowest image quality setting, the frame rate will drop to more than 20 frames.The same is true for games developed using Unreal Engine 5 such as Stalker 2 and Silent Hill 2: Remake, which is difficult to reach 30FPS even when rendering at 720p at a 25% resolution at a low setting.

Digital Foundry's tests also show that games like Star Wars: Outlaws and India of the Lost Ark won't even launch on Steam Deck, and the situation is quite serious for those who want to enjoy the 3A game experience anytime, anywhere.

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