confirmed that just swapping the SSDs work, it’s what i’m planning to do myself. if it wasnt this easy i definitely wouldn’t have wanted one. My UI and game arts are so neatly arranged, plus all the zillion emulation settings already done … glad they though of us …

I stand for my aussie brothers. They re missing out on the best console ever made

you can use xcloud at home if you have gigabit internet it should run flawless. In this case your save automatically carries over on xcloud, you don’t have to buy the game again, you just start it on xcloud and it resumes where you were on your xbox save. lag is pretty much imperceptible, if you have the ability to play the game at 60fps always pick it, it makes the lag almost non existent ( i play gta online like this and its great)

cant talk for hotspots, only use streaming at home with 2GB internet speed

with xcloud you can also acess all the gamepass games on your steamdeck,but you need internet to play them.

if you have crap internet i wouldn’t rely on xcloud at all tbh.

wear your best suit, pour out a wine for your older deck and get your cc ready

it already feels bad as a year old owner, but i think this update is worth it. I love the product, use it daily, and can afford the steamdeck oled. so i’m definitely getting one

i’ve used mine so much during the year of ownership, it’s my favorite console ever. I’ve seen firsthand the difference oled makes on switch models, it felt like a generational leap despite switch keeping that same old hardware. I remember being shocked by how good the switch looked, coming from pc, i definitely didnt expect it to be that good. Since people like Taki confirmed the oled on SD is as good if not the same as the one on the switch oled, bro we’re in for a fat treat

now you put the single best thing about switch( to me it’s the oled screen ) and add it to the best console ever? i’m in bro, and i say this as a person who owned both the series X and PS5 and ended up selling both and only keeping my pc and switch oled, which then got replaced itself by current steamdeck.

playing all my childhood games so easily compared to emulating on pc, picking up where i left with sleep mode ( mine is almost never turned off, except for updates and such), NOT PAYING FOR ONLINE and most of all, not having to double dip.

The bonus is streaming from my pc, which , if you do at the deck’s native resolution, means you will get to keep your deck and graphics card for a long time !

on any long flight or train, time flies.

Flight was delayed 1hr last time, no problem, flipped out the deck, put it on the suitcase, played mario kart with two xbox controllers with my gf. time went by fast.

I arrive at the airbnb, with a dock ,controller and charger, and i’m playing god of war , any of them really, i can play more god of war games on my SD than i can on any playstation i ever owned WITH BETTER GRAPHICS AND MOTION, which is a big big big shame.

anything below ps3 runs perfect, some ps3 and switch games work, others dont or crash.

i’ve had the regular SD for a year now, i’ve had a switch oled before and the SD simply replaced it. The games were so expensive on switch and i didn’t even have to buy anything when i got the SD, steam library, and xcloud runs almost native like quality, since the screen is small it’s hard to see the imperfections due to streaming, so it looks pretty impressive. i have 2GB internet at home and use it to stream.

Streaming from my pc is definitely a native like experience, i don’t see the difference honestly

streaming from xcloud is sometimes janky, but very playable and enjoyable overall. i use it to play gta online with xbox friends or any gamepass game i want to try really.

i’m definitely getting the oled SD, i’ve seen the difference between the oled and regular switch and it felt like a generational leap despite having the same hardware. The SD also gets better battery life and weights less, with better bt and wifi. I use the product daily and love seeing a company which actually pushes for self repair