Hi all,
I currently have a Nintendo Switch, which I’ve had for a few years, and it’s crap. It lags like no tomorrow, I suffer from latency issues with the controller, e.g. skill checks have been and gone and so I can’t hit them, and the controller itself is hard to use, even for someone with small hands. The render quality is also awful. It’s likely dying.
I’d like a new console to play from my bed when I can’t be bothered going on my PC, and the Steam Deck seems perfect. It means I don’t have to buy all the games again, I can play from my save/progress point. I also like being able to have my games portable and my partner can play his games whilst at my house or vice versa. I play boring basic games like Dead by Daylight. I also may want to emulate at some point.
I’d like to use it from it’s dock, but I’d like to know how effective it is as a docked console.
How is the latency when playing games?
Can I use an xbox/PS4 wireless controller?
Can I plug my headphones into my controller?
What are it’s speed/processing like? Does it struggle or is it quite happy? E.g. Dbd on Switch takes 1 minute to load in each game and it tries to crash.
Is there anything I’m missing that’s important?
Some games that require very fast reaction are a bit hard to play for me due to verrry little input lag, but it’s there. My TV doesn’t have a gaming mode so there’s nothing I can do about that. So keep that in mind. Other stuff worked fine for me, just not quick reaction games (Sonic Adventure 2 for example, the jump is delayed by milliseconds).
Otherwise I love playing docked. Your controllers should work fine. You can also use a bluetooth headphone but idk if you can listen music when it’s plugged into a controller, never tried.
Loading times depend the game but I find the Switch is horribly slow in comparison.