Players can now use Steam Deck to wirelessly transfer games from their Desktops to their mobile Valve gaming consoles.
Because of this, consumers can effectively use less internet by not having to download their PC gaming software again from their Steam Deck. Not to mention that for people with horribly jerky internet connections, the game transfer choice should be speedier.
According to Engadget, this new Steam Deck ability changes everything if a gamer’s internet connection is too slow or has a limited amount of bandwidth. Recently, Valve added a new feature to Steam Deck that let players share games across their local networks.
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They can transfer a file from their Desktop to their portable gaming system without accessing the internet thanks to it. According to the gaming company, “Local Network Game Transfers are great for Steam Deck owners, multi-user Steam households, dorms, LAN parties, etc.”
You must first enable Steam’s beta on your PC’s Steam client and Deck in order to access the feature. Choose the game you want to add to your Deck from there, and Steam will check every PC connected to your network to see if it already has the game.
Steam will start the game transfer procedure if it discovers one. It’s important to note that this feature works with computers connected to the same network, thus you are free to move installed Steam games from any other computers in your home to your PC. On its help page, Steam provides more information about how everything functions.
It also states that it will download the remaining portions of the game from its servers in the event that the devices lose connectivity during the transfer process “or no more content is available.” Also, users can change the parameters that control which Desktops your Steam Deck may download from.
Users can only transfer games from the devices they’ve connected into Steam, therefore Steam by default has it set to “Only my own devices.” But, users may change this setting to “Only my friends” or “Any user” if they wish to download games from a friend’s or relative’s Computer. Unfortunately, Steam does not yet enable game transfers coming from PCs using Big Picture mode or the Steam Deck.
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The Valve Corporation created the Steam Deck, a portable gaming device. It which debuts on February 25, 2022, is a device that functions similarly to the Nintendo Switch and may be played handheld or when hooked up to a monitor.
It is an x86-64-v3 device that runs SteamOS and has built-in gaming inputs for playing the entire Steam library, supporting Windows PC games using the Linux-based Proton portability layer. The system is an open framework that allows users to install suitable non-Steam software, including operating systems, games, and applications.
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