*** The Official Steam Deck Thread ***

[oldestgregg]

Paid for mine Friday and GLS tracking says it will be delivered today. Could not have come at a worse time to be honest and I may have to sell mine Ill have a play with first and see what the fuss is about.

 

[oldestgregg]

Its here!

 

[StevieP]

Mine has landed today so will be having a look tonight!

So apart from an SD card for additional storage, what are the other "must have" peripherals out there?

I like the idea of hooking up a keyboard and mouse in some instances as well as outputting to a TV - do I need any old USB hub and some sort of HDMI cable??

 

[StarShock]

Mine has landed today so will be having a look tonight!

So apart from an SD card for additional storage, what are the other "must have" peripherals out there?

I like the idea of hooking up a keyboard and mouse in some instances as well as outputting to a TV - do I need any old USB hub and some sort of HDMI cable??

Ideally you need a powered USB c hub that can handle 45w and has a video out. There are a handful available, including some made with the steamdeck in mind

 

[hyperseven]

Mine has landed today so will be having a look tonight!

So apart from an SD card for additional storage, what are the other "must have" peripherals out there?

I like the idea of hooking up a keyboard and mouse in some instances as well as outputting to a TV - do I need any old USB hub and some sort of HDMI cable??

I got a sabrent USB c one for £12. HDMI, 60w pd and three USB ports. Think it's still on offer.

 

[gadget73]

well mine never showed up lol the parcel force van did but he couldn't get into the back of the van because his battery to open the door was flat said he needed to go to shop to get a new one and he never came back

i always have problems with parcel force amazon and dpd deliver without problems while parcel force is always problematic

 

[jonnylaris]

• It looks like you have a UK 512GB reservation
• You reserved your deck 01 days, 08 hours, 08 minutes and 36 seconds after pre-orders opened
• 00 days, 04 hours, 41 minutes and 33 seconds worth of pre-orders have been processed
• You have 01 days, 03 hours, 27 minutes and 03 seconds worth of pre-orders to go until it is your turn (not real time)
• You're 14.59 % of the way there!

Guessing I'm not getting the steam deck for a while!?

 

[Raymond Lin]

• It looks like you have a UK 512GB reservation
• You reserved your deck 01 days, 08 hours, 08 minutes and 36 seconds after pre-orders opened
• 00 days, 04 hours, 41 minutes and 33 seconds worth of pre-orders have been processed
• You have 01 days, 03 hours, 27 minutes and 03 seconds worth of pre-orders to go until it is your turn (not real time)
• You're 14.59 % of the way there!

Guessing I'm not getting the steam deck for a while!?

Where did you see that? What time was your confirmation email for the deposit?

 

[Daytrader]

Where did you see that? What time was your confirmation email for the deposit?

I posted it yesterday. https://getmydeck.ingenhaag.dev/

 

[StarShock]

• It looks like you have a UK 512GB reservation
• You reserved your deck 01 days, 08 hours, 08 minutes and 36 seconds after pre-orders opened
• 00 days, 04 hours, 41 minutes and 33 seconds worth of pre-orders have been processed
• You have 01 days, 03 hours, 27 minutes and 03 seconds worth of pre-orders to go until it is your turn (not real time)
• You're 14.59 % of the way there!

Guessing I'm not getting the steam deck for a while!?

Hopefully won't be all that much longer, its jumped from under an hour to almost 5 hours in the last couple weeks.

My guess is maybe start of August or there about

 

[Raymond Lin]

Question, does the STeam Deck run every OS listed on the Steam Store?

Since you can filter by Windows, Mac OS and Linus, does the windows only game work on the Steam Deck?

 

[StarShock]

Question, does the STeam Deck run every OS listed on the Steam Store?

Since you can filter by Windows, Mac OS and Linus, does the windows only game work on the Steam Deck?

It runs Linux natively and Windows games through the proton emulation layer. So not all steam games will run. But they have the lists of verified games, which should run perfectly. Playable games which run but may be some issues like needing the controller set up, or having to mess around with the launcher. Unplayable games, which for one reason or another dont work (most that I've seen are to do with anticheat or other online issues). And untested games.

So far they have something like 3500 verified or playable games, and are testing more all the time. If you look here you can see what games in your steam library are in each category.

Your Library on Deck

A page showing the games in your Steam Library that are deck verified

store.steampowered.com

You can also install Windows if you want so then it will run any Windows games, though from what I've seen most reviewers have said its not really worth the effort.

And you can side load other game launchers and storefronts using steam os desktop mode, but those are even more hit and miss with which games work and which don't. So would come down to a bit of trial and error.

 

[Fubsy]

@Raymond Lin what time did you order on the 17/07? I ordered at 12:06PM

 

[Raymond Lin]

@Raymond Lin what time did you order on the 17/07? I ordered at 12:06PM

00:12

Looking at the email now...have you not got your notification yet?

 

[Fubsy]

No, I'm a good 12 hours after you.

 

[Raymond Lin]

No, I'm a good 12 hours after you.

Oh I remember that day now, it came online to PO at 6pm, I remember sitting at home reading the forums and just before bed I thought "it's £4, I'll decide whether to commit then" and clicked pre-order.

 

[Rilot]

I've installed Windows 11 on an external USB SSD. Changed to boot order on the deck so it tries USB first, and so all I need to do is connect the SSD and reboot to have Windows.
However, saying that, I doubt I'm going to use Windows much on it. Most stuff just works on SteamOS.

I really, really like this thing so far. I've even got used to using sticks in FPS games but those aren't my main reason for having the Deck. I'm mainly in to indie titles, RPGs, and dual-stick shooters these days.

Just hoping someone comes out with a nicely fitted external battery for it.

 

[gadget73]

well its out for delivery again today and its the same delivery person lets hope he has his battery charged up this time

i've already sent a complaint into valve saying they should have chosen a better delivery firm than PF but i have issues with them locally literally all my deliveries with them turn out problematic

 

[Raymond Lin]

I've installed Windows 11 on an external USB SSD. Changed to boot order on the deck so it tries USB first, and so all I need to do is connect the SSD and reboot to have Windows.
However, saying that, I doubt I'm going to use Windows much on it. Most stuff just works on SteamOS.

I really, really like this thing so far. I've even got used to using sticks in FPS games but those aren't my main reason for having the Deck. I'm mainly in to indie titles, RPGs, and dual-stick shooters these days.

Just hoping someone comes out with a nicely fitted external battery for it.

Oooh, that's an idea....without taking up space on the internal for dual boot.

 

[Rilot]

Oooh, that's an idea....without taking up space on the internal for dual boot.

It works really well. Use Rufus to do the install as Windows-to-go. You can also prevent Windows from seeing the Deck's internal storage and doing its Windows stompy stompy thing it likes to do when it sees drives.