Absolutely love the Steam Deck. Valve has made it incredibly easy to use out of the box. Within a few mins of logging into my Steam account I was playing games. I predominately bought the deck to play some of the titles from my massive Steam backlog. I haven't found the Switch to be a satisfying enough experience to repurchase some of the titles in my backlog on Steam, so I bit the bullet and bought a Deck. It did not disappoint. It easily blows the Switch out of the water. The screen is much larger, the device itself is more powerful.
If you've been a PC gamer, you already have a ton of games you can play on it. Steam already has it set up to tell you which games in your library, and the Steam store, work perfectly with the Deck without any configuration. They also let you know which ones work but either require some configuration, or have other minor quirks that don't provide a perfect experience, and which ones they don't currently recommend at all. I will tell you there is a fantastic 3rd party site called ProtonDB that is crowd sourced and gives you a bit more details on the ones that Steam doesn't recommend. I've found a number of titles Steam has listed as not recommended work just fine as is, or with some minor tweaks to settings or controller layout.
If you are a little more tech savvy, you aren't just limited to your Steam library. The Deck includes a number of applications in its desktop mode that allows you to link your GoG.com, Epic, and Amazon games library without much effort. They can all be played from desktop mode on the device, or with a little more effort they can be added to the default "games mode" albeit without artwork that a Steam title would show, etc. The device is also made to be user upgradable, meaning if you are comfortable opening the device you can swap out the Hard Drive for one with more storage, replace the control sticks, etc. If you aren't that comfortable, you can always expand storage by way of microSD cards.
I can't recommend this device enough. My only complaint is the price on Amazon. If you can, I highly recommend purchasing directly through Valve/Steam. I ordered through Amazon mainly because I wanted the device to arrive in time for a business trip I was taking, and wound up paying nearly $200 over the direct from Valve price for that privilege.
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I ordered this on the 20th of March and it arrived the 23rd of March, that's how fast it got delivered. Had no issues ordering this item, everything was quick and easy and it arrived way earlier than expected (expected to arrive from March 28th-April 2nd). Box arrived in excelent conditions. Console works perfectly fine, no complaints or issues. 100% recommend!
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I ordered this on the 20th of March and it arrived the 23rd of March, that's how fast it got delivered. Had no issues ordering this item, everything was quick and easy and it arrived way earlier than expected (expected to arrive from March 28th-April 2nd). Box arrived in excelent conditions. Console works perfectly fine, no complaints or issues. 100% recommend!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2024
Perfect condition 💯 legit 1tb!
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Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2024
Delivery arrived later than expected but seller was reasonable to work with and refunded my express shipping without an issue. Deck arrived after about a week and is working great!
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Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2024
The 1TB OLED wasn’t actually a 1TB model it doesn’t have the anti-glare screen it didn’t come with the removable liner case or any of the steam bonuses that come with the 1TB this is not a 1TB model it is a 512gb model with a 1TB hard drive upgrade
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