Hi all,

I currently have a Nintendo Switch, which I’ve had for a few years, and it’s crap. It lags like no tomorrow, I suffer from latency issues with the controller, e.g. skill checks have been and gone and so I can’t hit them, and the controller itself is hard to use, even for someone with small hands. The render quality is also awful. It’s likely dying.

I’d like a new console to play from my bed when I can’t be bothered going on my PC, and the Steam Deck seems perfect. It means I don’t have to buy all the games again, I can play from my save/progress point. I also like being able to have my games portable and my partner can play his games whilst at my house or vice versa. I play boring basic games like Dead by Daylight. I also may want to emulate at some point.

I’d like to use it from it’s dock, but I’d like to know how effective it is as a docked console.

How is the latency when playing games?

Can I use an xbox/PS4 wireless controller?

Can I plug my headphones into my controller?

What are it’s speed/processing like? Does it struggle or is it quite happy? E.g. Dbd on Switch takes 1 minute to load in each game and it tries to crash.

Is there anything I’m missing that’s important?

  • erwan@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    It works great, except for wireless controllers. You can use them but expect a lot of disconnections, especially if you use multiple controllers at the same time.

    Note that it’s for the LED, the OLED supposedly has better bluetooth because it has a dedicated chip. But other than that you’d be paying more than a LCD despite not benefiting from its biggest improvements (screen and battery life).

      • erwan@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        You’re all very lucky because I gave up playing wireless with my deck.

        Now it’s all wired.