I’ve tried a couple sleeves/cases, some thumb caps, the stick on pads for L/R 4/5, and I always end up removing them because I actually prefer the feel of the plain Steam Deck. Anyone else have this happen where whatever they slide or stick onto their Deck makes it feel “wrong”?
None here except for sd card and not planning on any for my OLED getting delivered today.
My deck had a purple bottom. The sticks have purple covers and i usually play on a controller because i can’t stand the looseness of the sticks themselves.
If I can find stiffer sticks I will be replacing those as well.
Plain old case for me. Got the OG 512gb and the new 1tb OLED non limited Edition. I don’t like all the bling and prefer to keep it simple. However, I customize the crap out of the UI with Decky Loader - art, sounds, animation…everything. So sexy.
Who has a screen protector they love on their OLED 1TB? Link?
I got a leather skin decal, a screen protector and thumb grips.
Only accessories I bought was the Dock and a different case, so far I have felt a need to change that.
I always just play it without any accessories, works for me.
I just use controllers on my steam deck to not wear off the analog sticks on the deck and thats about it.
I use mine entirely stock, mostly cuz I just dont feel the need to add anything to it.
dude valve is a multibillion dollar company that probably spent millions in R&D over the course of a decade to make the ideal handheld.
why the fuck would I ruin that that with cheap ass cash grab accessories? it works fine out of the box.
I dont need to mount a whole ass hard drive mounted to it, I dont need my entire fucking steam library at any given time. i dont need some third party heat sync to fuck up the thermals that valve thoroughly tested to make sure it works oob. I dont need mounts for 14" screens cuz thats obnoxious and it has a perfectly good screen built in. I dont need to play video games for 8 hours straight a day, the battery is mostly sufficient for my use case (it could be better, but a clunky mounted external battery is not the solution). I dont want some big rubber case along the outside its big enough already.
yeah, its good as is.
only accessories I can get behind are screen protectors and stuff to customize it. the different color panels and buttons are cool. I just wouldnt want to replace the stock panel with a third party part that is a structurally weaker plastic, thats the only thing that worries me. I’d like to get a second deck to do these kinda customizations to.
edit: actually one thing I think I wouldnt mind having is a replacement rear panel that has a stand build in like the switch or the surface pro tablets… that would be cool. its not a huge deal though since the only two places I play my deck at I have stand/docks for it.
I love the deck as it is but for it’s sake I made the sacrifice of using a case. It’s a hard and heavy one where you can take the lid off. It protects it but it will probably destroy my floor if I drop it.
All I have is a skin and thumb grips. Other than that it’s all OG Deck.
I have no accessories except the case it came with and I like it just fine. Just wish Valve would sell the deck in more than one color. Maybe even consider doing something like Xbox design lab
Just a screen protector. I’ve never liked grips/cases/accessories unless they were necessary. Things like lights and such.
I have a screen protector and low profile case just for durability and my clumsiness reasons, but other than that I don’t feel any need for extra accessories besides SD storage.
I prefer the feel of a plain console too but it also gets hot and i like it as clean as possible, so generally a silicone cover, thumbsticks and screen protector etc.