Just curious, because personally I bought it mostly with a hope that I will start playing games again and I’m overthinking if it will be what I needed.

Lately (for 2 years) feeling kinda depressed and not really playing games, finished one title (Disco Elysium) in this time. I have some backlog at steam but I’m thinking if I’ll even use the deck…

  • Riknrak@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    As a father of 2 I went through the same kind of period just that I wanted to but was never able to play games cause it felt like so much effort to go to my office, boot pc, and then not be able to play cause my game always seemed to need an update or something else got in the way. I find after steam deck I am able to hop on for even just half hour and play some games, suspend and play them later. Quality of life for me so significantly improved I am actually upgrading from 512 lcd to 512 Oled because it is an essential in my life now!

    • dancue44@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Father of 4 here. First deck on the way but I got back into handhelds a couple of years ago when I went in for surgery to remove cancer. My brother got me a retro handheld the size of a gameboy and I had no idea these were a thing. I had a switch but didn’t play it much as it was something the kids used. Since then I’ve bought several other handhelds (AYN Odin and GCloud to name a few) and with each I have been satisfied. I didn’t go for the LCD version because I didn’t like the LCD when my brother showed it to me and the UI felt clunky to me.

      Since then there have been many updates to the OS and obviously a new OLED model. I can’t wait.

      Handhelds allow me to play my consoles remotely while the kids are using the tv they are set up on. They also have helped to not separate the wife and I into different rooms. While she watches TV I’m right there next to her on the handheld. Seriously… it’s a blessing. She used to complain whenever I did play…now it’s no problem.

      That’s the quality of life improvements. Apart from that is the nostalgia. As a child I used to play during Christmas break non-stop. Every Christmas/Thanksgiving now I get the bug to want to play a game. It also reminds me of when I used to play my gameboy or my siblings’ lynx or game gear.