Hi all! I bought a used Steam Deck 2 weeks ago and I am loving it! I am playing Fallout 4 on it and it works amazingly good!
So, what is your choice when you finish playing?
I put the Steam Deck to sleep and the next day the battery was 7 percent lower than before. I am thinking of just shutting it down so it doesn’t drain battery in sleep mode.
kilgore ( @kilgore@feddit.de ) 8•2 years agoAll I saw was “bought a Steam Deck 2” and got really excited for a second!
I usually put it to sleep unless I know it will be off for longer than a day.
zaktmt ( @zaktmt@lemmy.ml ) 6•2 years agoAlways use sleep mode with the Steam Deck. The suspend feature gets a lot of use out of me.
Mrrdrr ( @Grrbrr@sopuli.xyz ) 6•2 years agoThe point of the thing for me is frictionless access to games. Even more than the portability.
If i can switch it on and play a game while the water boils, then the deck has made my life better. If i had to turn it on full boot + launch the game and wait for 3 loading screens with promts to continue in the middle. I would not ever bother playing it.
youtopia ( @youtopia@lemmy.ml ) 5•2 years agoStarted off putting it to sleep all the time, but would sometimes not play for a few days and find the battery drained. Switched to shutting it down most of the time, except for when I am out/traveling or know I will be picking it back up to play within the hour.
Gymnae ( @Gymnae@lemmy.wxbu.de ) 5•2 years agoJust let it sleep. Booting up will require more and you miss out on the instant wake feature to continue where you left off. 7% is a bit excessive, maybe reinstall it fresh from a factory image to be sure.
colourlesspony ( @colourlesspony@pawb.social ) 3•2 years agoI almost never shut mine down. I have never had a problem.
Slashzero ( @slashzero@lemmy.ml ) 2•2 years agoIt depends. If I know I’ll be picking it up to play again from where I left off in a few hours, I will put it to sleep. But if I’m done for the day, I will shut it down.
I’ve had some issues getting it to turn on from sleep mode though, so tend to shut it down more than put it to sleep.
any1th3r3 [he/him] ( @any1th3r3@beehaw.org ) 2•2 years agoi’ve been having issues where the device would be unresponsive when waking it up from sleep (either during a game or in desktop mode) and the only option would be a hard shutdown, so i’ve become wary of sleep mode.
i’m still using it 90% of the time, but i make sure to save my progress beforehand.