Yeah, that sounds like what was happening with my SD card. I followed a guide to path it correctly, but even that didn’t work for a little while (which led me to upgrading the SSD). I think an update fixed the SD library snafu, though, because I haven’t had that issue for the last six months, at least.
I have an SD card and upgraded the small SSD in mine and it has been a game changer. I don’t use my deck docked very often, so for portability, it’s really necessary for me to upgrade internal storage options.
I’ve never dedicated external storage for the deck and have only used external SSDs to transfer files. I remember earlier on, there was a file path issue where it would duplicate libraries on my SD card so the games would still be there, but unread/wouldn’t show up and I’d have to manually change the path back again in desktop mode. I’m pretty sure that’s a thing of the past, though. Is that what’s happening with your external drives?
Lol same reaction. I don’t think it’s too absurd, sadly 😔
The Persona games are on a pretty solid sale right now if you’re into those.
I’d also second the bioware games others have mentioned. Fallout and Elder scrolls are usually heavily discounted during sales too. Same with the new tomb raider games.
Aside from that, I’d also check out bundle deals on humble bundle and fanatical if you really wanna stretch your savings!
The steam deck is also super versatile and has taken pretty much anything I can throw at it from emulation to using other launchers to access games from other storefronts and such if you want. Happy gaming and congrats on the new machine!