Bought my 1st SteamDeck on a whim after a friend showed me. Had a big gaming rig back then. Within 2 months the rig ceased to get any use. Now I'm on a 2TB OLED SteamDeck with custom triggers and regret nothing, My kids play on my older Deck. Best gaming hardware I've ever owned (ref: C-64 was my first).
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My initial intent for the SteamDeck was using it on my couch or bed, as I have some serious back problems for my age, but since my girlfriend is getting into gaming, I have a sized down setup at my right, composed of;
- A monitor
- A 60% keyboard, and mouse
- A dock for the SteamDeck
So she can dock it when she's at home and we can play with my main setup and her little settup together!
When she's not at home, I sometimes dock it on the living room TV and play with a Gullikit Controller (I mention it because it's quite awesome).
But honestly, the first day I got the dock, I connected two monitors to the SteamDeck and it was so great it made me switch to dualbooting on my main rig, and if/when the next SteamDeck comes out, I'll probably just sell my pc, or keep it as a home server.
That's awesome. I love that Valve has made this thing the right amount of powerful. Not so weak like the Switch it's laughable, and not so ridiculous it empties your wallet completely.
I hear you on the Gullikit. I've never had one of their full controllers, but I installed their hall-effect joysticks in my Switch and it was like night and day.
I want their new controller because it has extra buttons on the back, like the steamdeck, but in general the unit I have has a great soft feeling, the same shape as a XBOX controller but with integrated battery and nice joysticks and overall nice feeling.
Damn, I wish I had done more research when I got a BT controller. The KingKong 3 MAX looks nice, I kinda like the idea of those squared off buttons.
I landed on the 8BitDo Ultimate. It's nice, and has hall-effect sensors, but I didn't realize until I got it that it's the godamned Nintendo button layout.
It also 1 set of buttons on the back, and came with a nice little charging dock, but I kinda wish I had gone with something else.
It also 1 set of buttons on the back
And those back buttons don’t work as separate buttons but can only be programmed to press any of the other buttons/combos using 8BitDo’s mobile app. And Gyro only works in one of the two modes (BT/2.4G)…
I’m still waiting for Valve to release another Steam controller…