I am considering buying a steam deck, but as I live in New Zealand I’m having to pay high import fees (~$1300 NZD total) so I want to be sure on a few things before I pull the trigger.

  1. Can the steam deck have multiple bluetooth connections at once? From my understanding if I had an xbox controller connected via bt, the audio jack doesn’t work, so would I be able to bypass this by having a bluetooth headset connected to SD at the same time as the controller?

  2. Do I need a dock to connect the steam deck to the TV? I have heard that it can be connected with a USB-C to hdmi adapter, but would the battery drain if it was connected this way?

  3. Is oled worth waiting ~2 months for? It seems like the earliest it will be available in my country is in mid January, and since I will probably be playing it on the tv most of the time I’m not too worried about the screen itself, but I’ve seen it does have some nice features like wake via Bluetooth controller.

Thank you for taking the time to read my questions any answers would be greatly appreciated :)

  • mxbaker20OPBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Thank you for the detailed response! I think I will just get the LCD version because I’m too impatient to wait 2 months haha. Those were my main concerns, but do you know if point and click style games (like the original fallout, heroes of might and magic etc) map well - or at all to controllers? Or would I be better off playing those in handheld mode with the trackpads? Thanks again

    • CodexHereBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      The controller layout mapping can be buggy at times, but it’s REALLY capable at what it does.

      I haven’t been stifled by the controller configuration on any game. I’ve been playing RimWorld lately which is heavily menu-driven, selections, etc. I also play some RTS’ like Red Alert.

      Also keep in mind the screen is touch capable, so there’s a lot of possibilities.