I haven’t encountered issues with my official steam deck dock, but i see them mentioned here “all the time”.

Meanwhile for the 8bitdo:

• I got also issues and discovered: if I pair it a “first time”, it will work with no problem.
• but if it is turned off (or disconnected), reconnecting it requires me to fully turn it off, forget the device on the SD and repair. Otherwise, it will “connect, have its lights off and appear as if not turning on when u push the “turn on button”.
• I pair it in switch controller mode; because that’s the only way the gyro will work.

Yes, I had a few games being too iffy upon wake up (from glitchy to full crash):

• Death Stranding
• RDR2

So I guess I made a habit of closing the game and seeing the save go up to the cloud…

• docked with a controller (no monitor)
• docked with a controller and monitor+sound system
• in hand: on the go, in the couch/bed

if it is brand new, then this is a good deal. seeing as a new 256Gb is 419,00. u could still buy a bigger internal drive and still have a brand new LED steam deck that is cheaper, yet has bigger storage then a full priced one.

if the thing would not be brand new i would not accept 280 as a price, but that’s me.

OP wrote “haha”

but all i read was: i need an excuse to get the OLED…

and i assure u, the only reason i say this is because i’m projecting so hard…

I’d go LCD.

I base this on:

• being an older gamer and looking back, I find myself realising always being satisfied not getting the ultimate version of anything vs getting the best version. Every time.
• I look back on some stuff my parents got me (I was a spoiled child) and realised:

1. I often didn’t deserve it (I wasn’t bad kid but I was average at best)
2. My parents wanted to make me happy and I wasted their money and feel bad about that now: I realised this very late in life. But truth is the mid to lower version of whatever I got would have been exactly the same awesome to get.
3. Being this young, don’t get ultimate version… sh*t is gonna happen and when it happens it’s gonna suck a little less when it’s not the most expensive version breaking.

My two cents. U know what u want, but can u make an informed and honest decision?

Good luck OP

Hmmm,

• I heard good things about “unpacking”

• me personally though, it’s Red Dead Redemption 2: hear me out: I love roaming about the land on my horse and get my hunt on and my fish on… with my trusty six shooter I take on any bad guy that wants a piece of me. I stay away from story missions and focus on side missions. Finding special items or treasure. Or get my cloth collecting on. Or hunt for improving the camp. Getting my card collection on. Or play a couple hands at a saloon and get drunk. Or getting washed by a pretty lady. Everyone gotta make some money!

games i have enjoyed with play throughs basically 50-50 on desktop pc and steam deck on the go and went 99% without hitch:

• Death Stranding
• RDR2
• Batman arkham asylum
• Batman arkham city
• Control ultimate edition
• 2064 ROM
• Ace attorney games
• bloodstained ritual of the night
• Final fantasy 8 (not the new version)

Played but had issues:

• Bordelands 3 it crashed a lot

am playing and having good time so far:

• Assasins creed 1
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Detroit become human
• disco elysium
• dragonball kakarot
• Final fantasy X
• Tekken 7
• Soul calibur

enjoyed

2064 ROM

• mystery game click adventure with light puzzles
• pixel graphics
• choices matter as your relationship with characters will be influenced by how u interact with them.
• lots of voice over dialogues… i liked it a lot but YMMV
• i loved the music, but of course that is taste dependent