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Do it! I'm not a very materialistic person, but there have been a few things I've bought in my life that genuinely made me happy and were just such a joy to use that I was kind of in awe each time using it, and the steamdeck is one of those things. People put a lot of focus on the hardware and the strength of the graphics, etc. But for me the impressive part is the software polish, the OS, the config menu's, etc work so well and the thing was just so well thought out. Coming from a developer and someone who adores linux and open source, the thing is just a joy to use.
I would however go with a third party dock if you want one. I bought the steamdeck dock and it just doesn't work correctly 100% of the time, I have random issues here and there. There was a reddit thread 6 months ago listing all the issues someone had and I had almost every one at one point or another. I've heard the cheaper 3rd party docks have been better.
Just got a steam deck and love it. I also got the official dock and can't believe how bad it is. I have to unplug it and my TV half the time to get the dock to connect correctly. It works fine for a few days, then stops. I've had picture issues and audio issues and even issues with the deck right after disconnecting it.
Yeah, same issues. I bought my dock during the summer steam sale and didn't use it much, but now that I''ve tried using it more I feel like I want to send it back and get a refund, but it might be too late. I keep hoping the issues will get fixed with firmware updates, but so far they haven't.
Awesome. Thanks!
I completely agree. I bought one in the preorder days and was a bit nervous. It came in, and it was so much better than I thought. It works and it works well, and is fun to use. I’ve connected to a tv and done “real” work on it to boot. It is some hardware I highly recommend to anyone if they can afford it. The other cool thing is my whole library of steam games are there and still playable.