I’m curious what accessories, skins, etc everyone uses and if you have an alternative to a commonly suggested product.
I have the official Steam Deck Dock, a dbrand screen protector and thumb stick grips. For input I have a Steam Controller, a G502X wired non-RGB and an all-black Keychron V1 with Gateron Pro Reds, blank PBT keycaps and a marbled black resin wrist rest – ninja board! Oxygen25 MIDI keyboard for music, I use FamiTracker to make chiptune and this is a great mobile studio. ATH-m50x headphones, they’re good but I miss my old Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro.
I really hope they make a new Steam Controller with the same inputs as the Deck. I’m addicted to the back L4 L5 R4 R5 buttons. Heck I don’t even need the trackpads. If anybody knows a third party controller with four back buttons like that, please let me know (especially if they function like the Deck’s inputs and aren’t hardcoded to ABXY or something).
The Rise4 remap kit for Dualsense isn’t exactly “hardcoded” to ABXY, you can map them to any combination of face buttons. You can’t create new ones, though. However! If you’re not using the trackpads, you can assign steam virtual menus to them, and get up to 16 new “soft” buttons on each side.
The PS5 controllers are excellent.
And a 3D printed adapter (3m taped to case) and kickstand from https://deckmate.me/ (was able to get stl files at no charge way back)
Then my standard charger for all my devices is the anker 715 + anker usbc power line III cable 6ft
the files are still free of charge on their site if you enter your email address, or can be found on printables.com
That’s good to hear, it’s an awesome system if you already have a 3d printer
Can’t go wrong with a Dualsense controller. Steam Input works great with it, and it has a touchpad, tilt sensor, analog triggers, and you can even remap the ‘mute’ button. Mine has the Rise4 paddles mod, which isn’t quite like the steam deck’s remappable grip buttons, but its close enough for most games where I’d want them.
Seems only thing it’s missing is hall sensor sticks
I don’t use much myself, even after 10 months of having one. Mainly just a cheap dock and controllers for local play. I’m actually looking around for a portable kbm combo so I don’t need to go to my office whenever I need to mess with files or play something that wouldn’t control so well on deck alone. Thinking about the Logitech K380 and M350.
[8bitdo Controller ](8Bitdo Ultimate Bluetooth Controller with Charging Dock, Wireless Pro Controller with Hall Effect Sensing Joystick, Compatible with Switch, Windows and Steam Deck (White) https://a.co/d/1HTQdIT)
Where I live it costs slightly more than an official ps5 dualsense. Is it worth paying more?
Depends on if you want a switch layout or not! I’m mostly emulating switch games so it’s perfect for me.
Very high quality product.