2 Gamers 1 SteamDeck

[joshfrog]

Hi All

 

I'm watching the WAN show and they are talking about the ROG and the Steamdeck and how he was working out his kids could play together.

It gave me a crazy idea something in the vane of 7 gamers 1 CPU, could they get a SteamDeck or something like it to play 2 different games for 2 different people on the go on the 1 device.

 

I know the SteamDeck would struggle given with many games it doesnt run on anything but low settings and still uses all the power and performance but maybe plays 2 retro games.

 

If this has being done then my bad.

 

Thanks

 

[Shimejii]

Just because you can, does not mean you should. This is one of those times. Its a handheld device meant for one person, to split the resources for two games, getting it to properly work with Dual OS without conflictions could be a pain for most.

 

Make it make sense without just buying a computer for the same price and with the intended use.

[joshfrog]

I fully understand you are 1000% correct just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Doesn't mean it couldn't be a fun video, some of the 7 gamers 1 CPU videos very much would be a pain for most.

But wouldn't it be the natural progression for the series.

 

 

[OddOod]

8 minutes ago, joshfrog said:

But wouldn't it be the natural progression for the series.

 

no
The thing that they were demonstrating was how to split up the bonkers number of cores you get on a server CPU to do something they fully acknowledged was dumb from the outset. 
One of the core requirements for any LTT video is a Learning Opportunity and the only thing that the viewer could learn here would be that it's a *terrible* idea with zero value. 
 

[joshfrog]

It started with 2 games 1 CPU, splitting up a powerful gaming PC then went into a more server hardware focus

 

2 minutes ago, OddOod said:

One of the core requirements for any LTT video is a Learning Opportunity and the only thing that the viewer could learn here would be that it's a *terrible* idea with zero value. 

 

Yes i know he says that but i also give you exhibits 1, 2 and 3 unless the point is "you should not do this" then how would that be different to 2 Gamers 1 SteamDeck.

 

Just saying

 

 

[OddOod]

Entirely different scenarios. Your examples are consumer guidance, not software advice. 

[TylerD321]

Best I could see possible in this scenario would be a game that is co op but on the same screen. Fireboy and Watergirl comes to mind. This is no different than playing on a standard pc though and wouldn’t be interesting.