Steam Deck

Ordered by 256gb model on the 21st July 2021, just got my order option now, delighted, based on this thread, should have it in about a week

It's been a looooong time coming.

It's great, it took me a while to realise how powerful it Is, not just in terms of running games at decent settings, but rather how it opens up so many avenues. PS5, Xbox series x, stadia, PC, emulation all in my hand.

Best to just try out stuff regardless as games can be non-verified or unsupported for so many reasons ranging from a need to use a mouse or mouse controls to interact with a launcher screen, to outright completely non-functional (some of which will probably be grand forcing a different Proton revision).

Probably only a relatively small portion of you library will show as 'great on deck' (even some of them need help), but the majority under 'all games', within reason obviously, are worth trying out to see how they get on. Could have game breaking issues at some point, but you never know till you try em.

https://www.protondb.com/ is worth a bookmark when looking to play your favourites.

Bumped back to Q4 now. Thought that would happen, but still guaranteed to be here by Christmas which is what it’s needed for.

i got doom 2016 awhile ago on sale to play on my pc but i decided download it and try it as my first steam deck game and man it's running and playing like a dream on the deck ! buttery smooth

I tried to anticipate the issues described above, but computer still says no.

I moved to EU last year. I changed my Store region to Belgium and I have made a purchase or two since, without a problem. Now that the Deck is finally available to purchase, I cannot use any of my payment options. Even Belgian ones..

Shipping is taking longer than I hoped, ordered 8 days ago and it's still stuck in The Netherlands, though from previous experience with GLS it can just appear to be in the distribution centre until an hour before it's delivered, still 8 days so far, annoying wait.

Anyone else have this experience

Thank you very much for the reply

If you see a non-verified game that interests you or something really cheap in a sale, do a quick google to see how it runs on the Deck. There will almost certainly be a thread on Reddit about it. Very often it will either run just fine as-is or require a small tweak to get working.

If it helps I got my email to buy on the 6th which was a Monday. Paid right away. They didn't ship it until the 9th. And it arrived on the 15th.

It comes through GLS and you get a tracking number from them and that should let you change the day. Or get it put somewhere safe like a shed.

I often leave my car boot open for the postman to leave stuff.

Did you get yours yet? Expecting to get my email tomorrow so trying to guage when I should get it. Feel like a kid again waiting for this thing! 😂

Finally got around to trying out the new Jsaux dock after a rather protracted delivery.

Yeah....seems decent. Does what it says on the tin...gigabit ethernet, 4K/60Hz over HDMI etc. Nice metal feel, right angled USB-C etc

But....suffers from the same issue most of these docks and plastic stands have in that if the Deck is in a TPU/Silicone case it doesn't sit right. Out of the case it's perfect, but with it on, its just not secure enough. Better than others perhaps as it allows the base to sit flush, but because its not at the properly sloped angle any forward tip or knock would send the Deck on its face.

I started New Vegas over the weekend and it works perfectly. The only issue is that you have to change the default resolution which was really finicky on the touchscreen, if it wasn't for this the game would almost certainly be verified. The controller buttons are all mapped perfectly and it runs at 60 fps even at max settings.