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.

  • Mrrdrr@sopuli.xyz
    7·
    1 year ago

    The 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.

  • zaktmt@lemmy.ml
    5·
    1 year ago

    Always use sleep mode with the Steam Deck. The suspend feature gets a lot of use out of me.

  • kilgore@feddit.de
    3·
    1 year ago

    All 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.

  • Gymnae@lemmy.wxbu.de
    3·
    1 year ago

    Just 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.

  • youtopia@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    Started 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.