I ordered a LE OLED Steam Deck for my husband for Christmas. We are going to be new parents early next year and I wanted to support his transition into fatherhood, while still supporting his love of games and also give him a treat yo’self moment for all the support he had provided me during my pregnancy. For real, he has been a complete gem and I am #blessed.

But, I want to make sure it works okay and there are no pixel issues or anything while I’m in the return window. The deck arrives tomorrow.

Is there anything I need to be aware of or check for specifically? Do I have to login with a steam account to do the check? I don’t want him to miss out on the perks from the buy if I login for the first time with my account. But I also don’t want him to find out early about it by logging into his Steam account.

Thank you, I really appreciate the help! Hoping he loves it.

  • darkuni@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Any means to test it will ruin the surprise. You would have to do a full “set up” including logging into Steam to do anything of real value.

    As u/Standard-Rip-6154 said … part of the magic is opening the box … breaking the Valve seal on the case … all that jazz.

    Valve will handle any issues. I would, however, offer one recommendation - get the OLED 1TB (non-LE) edition. I know you want to be the top shelf wife and get him the “biggest and the best” but the differences are minimal AND it seems (based on the discussions here) that the LE has the BOE screen and has been far more likely to have dead pixels.

    I originally wanted LE - but I went with the non-LE 1TB and I’m still tickled to death.

    Good luck with everything!