Frankly this is quite preposterous. It is incredibly valid to discuss any issues people might be having with their product in a subreddit devoted to exactly that device. I can’t imagine more valid discussion points or a better place to talk about it.

The fact that people asking about or reporting an issue troubles some people is a bit alarming. I sincerely hope that people don’t make a Steam Deck so much of their personal identity that they can’t tolerate any critical discussion of the product.

It’s the best kind of correct.

There’s nothing like catching a B&E charge on Thanksgiving!

Won’t be receiving mine until Friday but I have used HDR in Windows extensively. It sounds like the game has activated HDR mode but the display didn’t or vice versa. Can you disable the HDR feature in the QAM on SteamOS or turn off the HDR feature in Crosscode display settings?

Mine went sideways on me two nights ago because I was installing Bioshock 1. I wound up having to hold down the power button for about ten seconds to force it to shut off. (Just because the screen is off doesn’t mean it’s not running.) After that, I was able to single press the power button for I think about three seconds and it came back on.

When you do get yours to come back on, I would set up a SteamOS recovery image and flash that thing back to factory and start over without a card in the slot. Once you get logged in, updated, and make sure it’s working OK, then put the card back in and see about getting that thing mounted and operational. It might not be a bad idea to format it too and start over.

I have a SanDisk Ultra 1TB in my Steam Deck that was shipped and sold from Amazon. No problems whatsoever. It stays nearly full. I think I have 90GB of free space. I don’t think I’ve ever taken it out of the slot except when I took apart the Steam Deck to install a 1TB SSD. I’ve probably purchased a dozen SD and microSD cards for normal prices shipped and sold by Amazon and never had an issue.

With that said, I think I would look for the Black Friday sales from Best Buy and get one from them if you’re worried about it. SanDisk certainly isn’t a particular problem with the Steam Deck. Samsung makes the best ones IMO but only up to 512GB. I’ve heard good things about the Amazon Basics 1TB A1 and A2 cards in a Steam Deck. Lots of people have a SanDisk Extreme or SanDisk Ultra without issues.

512GB OLED complete at 10:13 AM PST. I restarted a couple of times. I removed it from my cart and added it back twice because I thought something was broken on my end. Once I realized the servers were on fire I just kept hammering on buttons and F5 until it went through.