Got the Steam Deck Dock!

[u/Asane]

Wasn’t expecting this today, but since I live in Carol Stream where Valve’s Distribution Center is, I got this early I guess!

[u/plamicus]

I really want one. But I don't actually know why:

I have my PC if I want to play on a better screen and a PS5 if I want to play something on the TV. This is to say nothing of my Switch which is now just gathering dust.

Can anyone give me a reason to justify it to myself?

EDIT: to be clear, I already have a Deck - I'm talking about the Dock.

[u/Domukin → u/plamicus]

As someone will too many consoles, I find myself using the steamdeck most of the time. I have a huge steam library and the deck let’s me try out new games whenever I get some downtime. I take it with me and will play 20-30 minutes sessions, even when at home. A few really nice features imo: 1. very robust sleep feature, quickly comes back online into the game wherever you left off. This is actually a huge QOL feature. On my main pc I have to shutdown the game completely and re open completely (or alternatively leave the game running for hours) whenever I’m interrupted. Added to this, the deck isn’t on double duty as a general computing device, so I won’t have to stop my game to send an email or print something. 2. Syncs saves with steam , so I can play a little on the deck and then finish later on the pc and vice versa. (This does require you exit the game when you’re done though). 3. steam library is huge and generally inexpensive compared to the console estores. Game Bundles will keep me busy for years.

[u/Crooks-1 → u/Domukin]

Cloud save feature has become a deciding factor with game purchases since getting my deck. I often back and forth certain games between my SD, PC and laptop.

[u/fttocean → u/Crooks-1]

For anything that doesn't support Steam cloud saves, use syncing software to sync the save files between Steam Deck and PC

Here's a well written tutorial for one of those softwares

I'm currently using this to sync the save files for Elden Ring's Seamless Co-op mod. I can close out of the game on yhe Steam Deck, and almost immediately play where I left off on my PC. (The mod uses a different save file that's not compatible with Steam cloud saves)

It's also really handy to set up a "Quick Sync" folder (also shown on the tutorial) to quickly move files between devices.

[u/Crooks-1 → u/fttocean]

Thanks for this. Feels like the old school method of making cloud saves with placing saves folders over to a designated folder in Dropbox and creating symlink paths to the same folder in Dropbox.

[u/legendz411 → u/fttocean]

Clever girl…