r/SteamDeck

When I first got the Deck, the trackpads looked like one of those features I'd appreciate existing but basically ignore.

For the first few weeks, that's exactly what happened. Sticks for games, touchscreen when I absolutely had to, done.

Then I started playing a couple games with tiny inventories, cursor-heavy menus and interfaces that were clearly designed around a mouse. I finally bothered setting up the right trackpad properly.

Now I've ruined normal controllers for myself.

It's not even about playing full mouse-and-keyboard games. Sometimes I just want to move through a map or inventory without dragging a stick-controlled cursor across the screen like I'm operating construction equipment.

The weird part is how invisible the feature became once I got used to it. I don't think “I'm using the trackpad” anymore, my thumb just goes there.

Then I pick up another controller, reach for the empty space in the middle and remember why the Deck feels different.

What Deck feature did you initially dismiss and later end up using constantly?

What feature on the Steam Deck do you use more than you expected?

When I first got my Steam Deck, there were a few features I thought I’d barely use. After having it for a while, though, some of them have become part of how I use it almost every time.

It’s funny how the small convenience features can end up being more useful than the things you were initially excited about.

Is there a Steam Deck feature that you didn’t think much about at first but now use all the time?

I was trying some old school games on my deck today had fun with max Payne 3 and L.A. NOIRE both runs great on my deck

I have decent internet, not the best but it's alright for me. 100/100, my WiFi in general is not bad. Works well on my Phone, last time i tried it on my PS5 it just worked fine no interruptions, same with my Switch.

But the Deck, i seriously don't understand what's wrong here. Whenever i try to stream games, doesn't matter if it's through Moonlight or the Steam Remote, if I'm on WiFi on the deck, the game starts out good, but then after a while it slowly just kills itself. I get the network indicator that something is wrong with the connection. This goes to the part where the game can just become a complete mess of pixels, doesn't respond to inputs whatsoever so i have to go to my pc to turn it off. This ALWAYS happen after like 5 minutes of playing too, doesn't matter what game i am playing, same thing.

I do have a dock for the deck, if it's plugged in with Ethernet there's absolutely no issues whatsoever, game just runs fine.

Tried streaming to both my phone and to a tablet i have, both on WiFi and there the game just... works? it can stutter sometimes on WiFi but that's normal since there's a lot of connections around me. But it never goes as bad as when i try to stream to the Deck.

This is only when streaming, playing online on my Deck works fine, tried Marvel Rivals, Overwatch, Tekken, Street Fighter, and there the games just work fine online, but streaming?

This sucks because sometimes i want to play more demanding games if i'm laying in my bed or so and i don't want to just pull an ethernet cable through my entire apartment just to hook it to my Deck for something like that lol.

SteamOS on the Deck
Linux Nobara on my PC.

Looking for good sports game for my Steam Deck.

Previously Enjoyed Games
Descenders, Descenders Next, NHL 09, MLB The Show (on other consoles), FC 26, UFC 5, MotoGP 24

Preferred Genres
Football (American + soccer), Baseball, Hockey, Extreme Sports. Also open to cricket, rugby, wrestling, UFC, and similar sports titles.

Budget
$40, and I’m fine waiting for sales.

Other Notes
I was looking at Tape to Tape and Super Mega Baseball. I’m also open to ROMs.

I posted here maybe a couple weeks ago about how Mass Effect LE has been struggling to stay around 60fps randomly. I had just finished a modded (no the mods aren’t the issue) playthrough and everything was fine. Went to boot it back up and all of a sudden my frames couldn’t even stay at 55 consistently.

Steam support worked me with but there’s nothing they can do and they told me to check in the community.

GTA 4 now is also dropping frames and I have no idea why this is happening to my games all of a sudden.

If anyone has any ideas I am open, I’m genuinely at a lost, I just want my games to work properly.

I have a LCD steam deck.

Hi! I see a lot of posts about swollen batteries with the SteamDeck. I’m not in the position currently but have anxiety around fires since I have pets. If a battery swells, what’s the immediate response?
Are you all removing it from your home? Are you finding a repair shop to take it to same day? Just want to make sure I’m prepared if the day comes!

Im willing to sell my SteamDeck and im gettin asked for my console serial number and console ID. Im not sure if thats safe to share the informations about, what they can check / do with this numbers?