Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]
kratoz29@lemmy.zip 1 day agoand from what I’ve seen of Valve’s quality control you probably wouldn’t want to risk that.
Wait, what? Care to expand on that?
I didn’t even want to engage with a non official purchase of the Steam Deck yet for what has been already established here, and reading this kills the excitement even further 😅
LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.ml 23 hours ago
My Deck definitely had its fair share of hardware issues when I got it. Ended up getting a replacement for a faulty GPU, but the WiFi card also had its issues and kept disconnecting constantly. It was a first year LCD Deck though, so maybe they’re better now. I also used to be in a Steam Deck discord and the number of users reporting hardware (and software) trouble seemed fairly high there too.
Valve makes up for these issues with above average customer service, but in an unsupported country I’d for sure avoid early adopting their hardware.
bilb@lemmy.ml 20 hours ago
My Index has never been reliable. Not the headset, nor the controllers. I have given up I using it.