I bought it because people kept recommending to buy it and just swap out the drive.
Well life happened and now that’s on the bottom of my priority list since my health took a turn for the worse and my job tossed me out at the start of it all.
So now I’m left with 64gb of internal storage and 400gb of SD card storage using my old Vita’s SD card
I don’t install many games, I keep clearing my shader cache, and I still lack the internal storage to do anything. I uninstalled my big games just to get into emulation and the Discover store just ATE my memory with software. Especially application platforms. So I kept deleting emulators but still nothing. I tried uninstalling the duplicated garbage it put on the deck but oh, this KDE Application platform is needed for Dolphin, while this one is needed for Moonlight. Even outside of emulation I just want to play the delisted Transformers games man
I picked up my Switch for the first time in months and felt so at ease, no storage BS, just install and uninstall as needed like any other console. Considering I don’t even have the money to upgrade my storage and won’t since I need to prioritize my health, I honestly just might sell this thing. I really don’t want to, but I could use the money and it’s not like I can do any fucking thing I want to do with it because for some reason, some dumbass at Valve decided 64GB was PERFECT for base storage on a Linux gaming handheld. Imagine how salty I was seeing the 256gb base Deck for $400 after purchasing it a little outside of the return window, under the assumption that “There will be no new Decks”
Maybe if I get hired at this sales job I’ll come back with an OLED and this time, I’ll just buy the storage I need outright and upgrade it if needed later instead of it being a damn requirement from the start to enjoy the thing. Love this thing, but I’d chuck it in the trash if it wasn’t wasteful. That “just upgrade the 64GB” suggestion is so stupid and I’m glad less people gotta crack open their decks.
No issues with my 64gb and sd card setup.
The device is bad because you can’t afford to upgrade it like intended?
I mean the point of the Steam Deck is for Valve to have a console. It’s why it has a more console dominant experience.
The 64gb is bad considering that if anyone with less technical experience as me was in the same situation would probably be more frustrated. I get this sub is all about tweaking and customization, but I wanted a handheld console to play more intensive games than my switch and if people want the Steam Deck to be popular, it shouldn’t even be expected for the customer to open the device up and upgrade it just to have a good experience. Subs like this lose sight that the average consumer doesn’t want to deal with stuff like this.
I’m really sorry to hear about the tough times you’re going through. It’s frustrating when a device doesn’t meet expectations, especially when health and financial challenges are pressing.
- Selling the Deck: If it’s causing more stress than joy and you need the funds, selling might be a sensible option.
- Optimizing Storage: For now, consider focusing on smaller, less storage-intensive games that bring you enjoyment without the hassle.
- Community Support: You could reach out to Steam Deck forums or communities for storage optimization tips or potential low-cost solutions.
- Future Plans: If things turn around with the new job, reevaluating your gaming setup with a more suitable model could be a good move.
Above all, prioritize your health and well-being. Tech can wait, but your health is paramount. Wishing you all the best on your job prospect and health journey. Hang in there.
I’m glad someone understands that it’s a difficult situation, I got downvoted but yeah, I can’t just go out and buy more storage. I have to catch up on bills, get help for my health, take my cat to a vet, fix my car that broken down, so many things went wrong at once. I did a factory reset to fix the issue going on with Discover store (my games are on my SD card so I just had to reinstall decky plugins and I’m back to normal)
I’ll just not do anything extraordinary. It’ll just stay as my basic Steam Console, no delisted games, no emulation, no apps.
It’s hard to believe there’s still people defending the 64GB model, when even Valve shit canned it. It only ever existed because Valve wanted to hit a $400 price point, and that was the only way at the time they could do so. Fine. That doesn’t make it an okay option, though. When a single PC game (and not even necessarily all that modern of one) can be more than the entire available space of a device intended to play PC games, that’s not okay.
The copium has flown fast and free, here, but it truly was a situation where it was just a starting point to upgrade the storage yourself. Why pay more for a 256GB, if you’re going to rip out the drive anyways? On that, though, you do bear a little of the blame.
It seems you already knew this was the case, but decided to forgo doing the upgrade until later. Then, life got in the way. If you buy a device knowing it’s deficient and do nothing to rectify the situation, you can’t exactly sit back and complain that it’s deficient.
I don’t get why people defend it, someone even told me something wrong and that it was a chip on the board. I bought it with the assumption I could just stick a drive in whenever and won’t need to really need to do transfers or anything. I also got told that just using an SD card was perfectly fine… they didn’t mention anything about how much storage gets eaten up. A 64GB emmc chip for system memory just made sense, it’s been done before. But I kept seeing it everywhere on here; “just buy the 64GB model and upgrade it” “you’re wasting money buying higher tiers”
It was during a time before I stopped paying so much attention to what I read on Reddit. Lately I’ve been kinda realizing that a lot of people on here just genuinely lack the ability to understand others and downvote or bully anyone that isn’t on the same page about topics. One time I made a comment for fun, talking about how cool it would be if PC handhelds were based on ARM chips if an industry shift to ARM happens and it ended with an argument with me trying to explain that I wasn’t being serious and I just wanted to have fun conversations and not get into it about architectures and other stuff. Got heavily downvoted until people came in to defend me and call them out for acting like a dick.
Clearly I’m just too casual for this sub, when I looked up videos before things went to shit and a drive was in my cart, I was genuinely upset to find out there’s just a 64gb ssd in there. Even saying it sounds kinda ridiculous, 128gb base would’ve been at least useable
You can literally be objectively right about something (not even an opinion) and get downvoted because people dont like to see that.
Like when the exynos S22 Ultra released I got one on launch. Tested it against my old Oneplus 8 Pro and it had worse performance, worse battery life and worse reception (I posted screenshots proving it). Nah must be my fault for using the device wrong.
Or I bought an ally on launch day and the stick grind has gotten so bad now, the sticks literally feel worse than the ones of a 20yo gamecube and ps1. Also my fault for using the device wrong.
Imo. it isnt that hard for me to open the deck and replace the ssd. However I know people sometimes just dont want to do that and thats fine. Personally I also bought the 1tb deck over the 512gb and one of the reasons beeing not having to replace the ssd.
In your situation you might also look at local offers or ask a repairshop if they could put in an ssd instead of selling it. Here in my area I saw people do it for like 30$ (+ssd cost)
You bought the wrong device. You bought it with the plan to swap out the drive, you did not swap out the drive, and now you complain about how it has a small drive?
Why post this if you already knew that was going to happen beforehand… That´s why people recommend to swap out the drive.
> That “just upgrade the 64GB” suggestion is so stupid
What? it´s a 20 minute procedure to solve literally the entire problem this post is about…
Between the Sd card and the internal storage you have nearly the amount the top teir deck had. It’s not the shader cache but the compatdata that is the real hog which I think is where the games and all the different proton versions are stored. This is the problem and it isn’t explained at all nor is it easy to access or delete. It is probably one the messiest bits of steamos.
This is like buying a bookcase at Walmart and being torn up that all you got was a box with a bunch of pieces of wood.
Valve provided a value option for people who are technically savvy and wanted to upgrade the device themselves for cheaper, it’s not their fault you’re doing it wrong lmfao.
Sorry for your situation, but this is on you. The deck works fine. You just didn’t swap out the SSD
I bought it because of misinformation, I didn’t even know they just stuck a 64gb ssd in there because someone told me it was on the board, and with all the “just get the 64gb deck and upgrade it” posts and replies I got swayed into doing it. I can’t really blame myself when life just happens, it’s not like I snapped my fingers and activated some neurological disease that made my lower half lose feeling after buying the Deck.
My fault or not, nothing changes that it was pretty stupid to come out with to begin with. It’s wasteful if that was the expectation for people, what would I even be able to do with a 64gb 2230 ssd after I take it out? I buy Apple products, but even I will be like “wtf Apple” if they announce more 64gb base iPads and iPad Airs. 128gb min would have been great on a device that still kinda suffers from being based on Linux, storage wise.
I agree that you can’t help your illness and job loss, but the rest is very much on you.
You could have easily done research to see wht worked best for you. That is what I did. I have no experience with hardware, so I knew swapping out the SDD was out of the question. “I got swayed into doing it” isnt a valid excuse. Are you not an adult with a functioning brain? Think for yourself and do your own research.
Their decision wasn’t stupid in the least an decent of people who did their homework couldn’t be happier with their decision. You keep the 64 GB in case you have to RMA the device. Their expectation was that people would do their research and figured out what’s was best for them.
If you are going to bitch about the Linux-based system too, I’m done talking to you at this point. That aspect wasn’t hidden at all and is actually an asset for many. Hell, I’ve never used Linux before now, but I’m fine with it. That’s because I have no issue looking things up if I have issues. I’m not a tinkerer, but even I can do that much and I knew that going into the purchase.
Sell the damn thing, buy an Ally, or Legion, and go away.
You do realize that Reddit has become a place where people go in general to get more into things? And I literally just mentioned a neurological disease… fun fact, I’m starting to drool a lot lately uncontrollably.
You seem more upset that I’m criticizing Valve then realizing that “yeah, Valve even phased out the model themselves, if it was about enthusiasts, they would’ve kept it in stock at a lower price”
The whole point of the 64gb deck was to avoid having an expensive starting point, you all decided to bring the narrative to it that it’s for ✨enthusiasts✨when that’s hardly a decent sized market at all.
And sorry for having valid criticism about Linux? It’s still not there yet, and without going to the terminal you can’t do certain things still. The Discover store saves stuff on internal storage whether you like it or not and in my case, inefficiently installed files for software when that’s not a problem in Windows and MacOS
The community can’t be like “yeah! Valve is improving Linux!” then get upset that it’s not perfect to some people… what the fuck are they improving if there isn’t problems? The fact that you’re getting all weird and triggered by it makes me done here, clearly this is a biased conversation and you lack the understanding to try to view things outside of your established opinions.
My comment about brain function was uncalled for and I apologize for it. I firmly stand by everything else, however. Best of luck with your condition.
The 64GB model exists with the only purpose of buying a bigger SSD and replacing it by your own, saving 200$ in the process
Wow, you post a LOT.