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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Here's how I fixed my Steam Deck when it stopped turning on.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My original 256gb LCD model didn’t turn on a few times, maybe 3 times since launch. And I have no clue why. The only solution after trying a lot for me was, just leave it there for a week or so and then suddenly it turns on as if nothing was wrong. My theory is maybe something with the battery.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck is out of stock in the US?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, but we don’t know the limit of those budgets. And its not like Valve wouldn’t do innovation or try things out; otherwise there would be no improvemetns to the Steam store, no Steam Deck, no Steam Frame, no SteamOS, the controller, and they would not fund Linux projects and the FEX project, no Proton and so on. So I think its fair to say that Valve does all of that. Then to expect on top of that to lose money on selling hardware… when the hardware is already cheap and there is no need to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck is out of stock in the US?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The goal of any business is not to eat the loss, if its not important for survival. The Steam Deck is not crucial for operation of their business. Compared to consoles where its their only income (usually) and they depend on the number of sold units. Also compared to consoles, Valve is not in a position where they heavily compete on price and need to bring it down to price of competition.

  In short, there is no need for Valve to eat the cost. It’s already a good price too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck is out of stock in the US?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Here in Germany / Europe the OLED models are still available.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Official Valve: Steam Hardware Launch timing and other FAQs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  OK, so indirectly, like in any other PC and computer industry. I thought there was a specific issue with Steam and Sam. Never mind then, I understand the issue then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Official Valve: Steam Hardware Launch timing and other FAQs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well any game or launcher or emulator have to support the controller or type of controller. In example Valve cannot guarantee that all functionality (like the trackpads and motion controls) are supported elsewhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Official Valve: Steam Hardware Launch timing and other FAQs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But they answered the question. Valve can only guarantee that games are compatible with Steam Overlay compatible games. They don’t want to commit to a “yes” or “no” for stuff outside Steam, and then be liable for that answer if it does not work as advertised and then get sued to the ground. So you cannot blame them.

  I don’t know on Windows, but on Linux you most likely can use the controller to play on any game. It’s just not supported and guaranteed by Valve.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Official Valve: Steam Hardware Launch timing and other FAQs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I purchased mine for full price too. Unfortunately I do not like it for various reasons. Missing dpad and second stick, and holding it is a bit uncomfortable to my hands. And at the early days Steam Input wasn’t this refined. But I loved using it to play with gyro controls. But will keep it, its history. :-)

  The new controller is based on the Steam Deck controls and vastly superior to me (if we assume its like that). I can’t imagine you don’t liking it as much as the old controller.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Official Valve: Steam Hardware Launch timing and other FAQs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same energy of scalpers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Official Valve: Steam Hardware Launch timing and other FAQs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry, but what has Sam Altman anything to do with this announcement or set of information by VALVE?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] What are you playing on your Deck? - Feb 2026⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
  • just started Shenmue 3, I’m a big fan of the first two games from the Dreamcast era
  • continue playing Sailor Moon: Another Story RPG on the SNES through RetroArch

  As you can see, I’m oldschool fan. :D There are so many games installed and available to me, every time the Deck is opened up, I have choice paralyzes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Decky Plugin "DeckyParty" may be the easiest way yet to transfer files between your Deck and other devices⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I ssh into it with my file browser “Dolphin” on Linux (the same that is used in the Steam Deck as well). Needs to be setup first, but then I can access the files with the file browser. And secondary I ssh into it in terminal, but that is not to transfer files, but to have access to commands execution on the device (like installing something from commandline).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Days after cancelling their Linux-compatible mod loader, Nexus Mods announces that they're bringing SteamOS support to Vortex⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The immutable part is only for the main system. You can run any application, in example with a user script to install and setup everything in home directory. Or AppImage off course.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Days after cancelling their Linux-compatible mod loader, Nexus Mods announces that they're bringing SteamOS support to Vortex⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope they discover Flatpak and support that, instead only one platform.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck massively improves controller support with new options and refinements⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even though I barely ever connect controllers to my Steam Deck (I love a portable!) it’s nice to have the option to do so

  It’s not just the option to have alternative controllers. But also needed if you want to play local multiplayer or anything in docked mode.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The sorry state of saving (mostly a rant)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t say this is true for every sort of game, but lot of games failure is part of the gameplay loop. If you can’t lose your progress, then there is no fear of losing a life, and therefore no tension is created. In example where this makes sense are Dark Souls and Resident Evil games. In Resident Evil you can only save if you find an object and consume it to safe… But also doing it like Stardew Valley to save only at specific points only means, its less work for the dev to figure out all possible details to safe and its more consistent with updates of the game, so it does not break the safe file. Even more so, if the game is multi platform. If the mobile version does save anytime, then it might use a different technology to do that. Not sure if it does and how it differs.

  Just some thoughts about this subject. I personally find it totally normal and acceptable that games save on specific times only. In some cases not being able to save anytime is part of the gameplay experience and games are designed with that in mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nexus Mods is ending development on Nexus Mods App, their steam deck compatible mod loader, to focus fully on Vortex instead⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This sucks. I was waiting for the Nexus Mods to support more games. It was the one hope of having an easy tool to mod games in Linux. The new www.nexusmods.com/about/vortex does not support Linux and they will look how the Linux support could look like in the future… which does not sound promising.