Is Valve paying your or something.

No way. For taxing games and first person shooters I don’t use the SD.

A few ways to do this natively.

• Install retroarch with a GBA core.

• Install a GBA emulator like mgba.

• Install emudeck for a noob friendly setup.

If you’re not opposed to using Decky plugins, you could try the Pause Games plugin. Enable the option “Pause before suspend”. Haven’t had any audio issues with that.

I never do this. I wouldn’t have bought a Deck if I could not suspend and resume whenever I want to. I read that the Decky plugin Pause Games deals with audio issues so that’s what I’ve been using from day one.

I caved and got a few games, and with full intention of playing them haha:

• Dragon’s Dogma Dark Arisen.

• Xenotilt.

• Slay the spire.

• VA11 Hall-A.

• Subnautica BZ.

Ew

Yep, my Blessing 2 Dusks and Mangird Tops buzz like hell. Definitely an issue for sensitive IEMs. A workaround is to use a USB-C dongle for audio. Apple sells one for cheap and works wonders. It’s not a fix but I can live with it.

My perfectly good 512GB Oled sends you positive vibes. Remember, the vast majority of units arrive in perfect condition. No point in worrying beforehand.

Afaik, you can only buy them brand new from Valve through their online store.

Return it

You don’t want to know…

Hollow knight of course.

Just so you know, to play Fornite on it you’ll need to install windows or stream it via GamePass.

Definitely Subnautica.

I’ve tried both. I prefer the Oled and the Steam Deck that surrounds it but the Go’s is honestly quite good. If it had VRR it would probably be just as good if not better imo. Without it, I’d rather have the Oled greatness over the extra real state and refresh rate.

Not great on Act 3, other than that it’s fine.

Spain, ordered on the 16th, GLS tracking hasn’t moved all weekend (in transit from the Netherlands). If it doesn’t update before 10.30 or so I won’t expect it till tomorrow I guess.