mintiefresh@piefed.ca to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours ago'Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium gamers' is Randy Pitchford's tone deaf retort to the performance backlash: 'If you're trying to drive a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor, you'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down14 cross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.org
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minus-squareetchinghillside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·7 hours agoSo… I shouldn’t plan on playing this on a Steamdeck when it gets down to $19.99?
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·7 hours agoNot the current one, no. The Steam Deck is closer to a PS4 spec, and even if there weren’t optimization problems, this is built to a PS5 spec.
minus-squarenormanwall@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·7 hours agoSomeone smarter than Randy will figure out tweaks and optimisations to allow it eventually.
minus-squarefishbone@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·58 minutes agoFor better or worse it’s unreal engine 5 (AKA volumetrics: the engine), so it’s got some easy performance gains here and there with engine.ini tweaks and maybe some mods to remove stuff if denuvo isn’t too bad about it.
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 hours agoI’d watch reviews first. Borderlands 3 works excellent on the deck though.
So… I shouldn’t plan on playing this on a Steamdeck when it gets down to $19.99?
Not the current one, no. The Steam Deck is closer to a PS4 spec, and even if there weren’t optimization problems, this is built to a PS5 spec.
Someone smarter than Randy will figure out tweaks and optimisations to allow it eventually.
For better or worse it’s unreal engine 5 (AKA volumetrics: the engine), so it’s got some easy performance gains here and there with engine.ini tweaks and maybe some mods to remove stuff if denuvo isn’t too bad about it.
I’d watch reviews first.
Borderlands 3 works excellent on the deck though.