As far as I’m concerned, the Dualsense is the Steam Deck controller.

Not quite. My PC is more powerful than my PS5 so that’s where I still play all the AAA graphical showcase-type games. That said, I have been playing almost exclusively indie games since I started using my Steam Deck…

Sounds like you already have everything you need.

Valve claims 30-50% improvement, reviewers say closer to 50-60% improvement, and based on my testing, the reviewers’ 50-60% estimate is more accurate.

I’ve never really understood the appeal of collecting physical games. They cost SO much money second-hand a lot of the time, if they’re on disk, they better be in great shape, you need the original console in working condition, you need to store all those games in a storage shelf or something that takes up so much space, you need all those consoles to be plugged in to some sort of complicated AV switch system or something, and after all that, you get to play your retro game collection at glorious 480i 30fps, if that.

Or, you can put practically every retro game on a few micro SD cards, and boot them up on your Steam Deck or PC, often running flawlessly and with enhancements. Or better still, they have a native PC version!

It’s weird to not feel trusted, so it’s unusual for some to require proof instead of just believing them.

In all, perfect honesty - it’s very comfortable ergonomically, but the weight of the LCD model caused my hands to go asleep occasionally. It’s yet to happen with the slightly lighter OLED model.

Yes. Completely perfect, flawless LE OLED Deck owner here.

The number one lost important thing to understand, if it’s your first gaming PC, is that not every game you can buy for it will run well. It’s not a console. Check ProtonDB for compatibility before buying a game for it and getting burned.

Looks like it’s Verified by Valve and Gold on ProtonDB, with most users saying it works perfectly fine with no tweaking necessary, though there are some mentions of small tweaks being necessary in order to fix a rare crashing issue.

What issues did you encounter? Did you check ProtonDB?

Is it on Steam? If so, buy on Steam. But honestly, considering just waiting to see if it releases on Steam a year or two down the line. It’ll run better on my PC and portably on my Steam Deck if I get it on Steam. My PS5 and Switch are for exclusives.

Just don’t let it sit, idly displaying the static desktop…