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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • If you’re willing to upgrade the SSD, the case and the screen, I don’t think it makes sense to choose the SD, but that’s one of the advantages of it - talk about hardware of software, it’s pretty much as open. The main advantage that remains is arguably Steam OS, but even then is it impossible to run it on an Ally?

    If you’re willing to pay that price, you may as well buy a ROG Ally, but as far as I’m concerned, I’m very happy with the SD as it is.






  • Thank you for the list! I’ve been wanting to try out Metroid Dread, it seems really fun and fitting for the Deck.

    Did you encounter any issues playing Super Mario Galaxy on Dolphin? I expected it to work well enough, but every session longer than 30min would make the game stutter heavily (audio was noticeable first, but soon everything was stuttering, including inputs which made the game unplayable), and I had to reboot the game or the Deck for it to work properly again. I don’t know if that’s an issue with the Deck, Dolphin, the game or my config (not that it is anything special) but I’ve been holding off more recent emulation because of that.


    • If you only want back buttons, the Xbox Elite controller has them. For some reason, it doesn’t have other features many other controllers have, like gyro or touchpads, while being more expensive than many, even in its Core version. I think paying 50-60€ for 4 back buttons and a slightly higher quality controller is too much, and I wouldn’t go that way.
    • The XIM Nexus also has 4 back buttons, gyro, and is apparently able to convert gyro movements to the right joystick, so it also works on Xbox. However, it’s even more expensive than the Xbox Elite Core, and seems to be sold out in many places.
    • The 8bitdo Ultimate has only 2 back buttons but also has gyro controls, and is not overpriced. I’ve read, however, that the gyro can be flimsy. There’s also a Switch layout version, sold with an adapter.

    I would love Steam to release a Steam Controller v2 with a Deck layout (although that would make for a big controller), I’m just not sure the Steam Controller v1 sold well enough on its own to justify that.