I love handheld gaming. I just love the idea that I can play any game I want everywhere I go. That’s why I bought the switch 3 years ago and until I played with it almost daily.
I have a decent gaming pc with 5600x rtx 3070 combo and I can play everything with 60fps on my 1080p monitor.
Recently I bought a ps5 as it had a very nice discount for black friday and I had a ps4 for exclusives. I was amazed how nice and crisp ps5 games look on oled. And now I am playing gow ragnarok and gran turismo 7. Before I made the decision to buy the ps5 I wanted to connect my pc to my tv from living room but it is so frustrating to do that and a very long 2.1 hdmi is so expensive as I decided that I should not bother anymore and I also have the exclusives.
After playing games with very nice details on my ps5 I started to find my switch graphics and performance very outdated and I feel that a steam deck can fill that void but I am going to lose the switch exclusives. Also the battery life is not that great on the deck.
I don’t want to make a decision right now as my bank accout still recovers from recent acquisitions but I am still thinking if I should stop and be happy with what I have, sell my switch and buy a deck or just buy the deck and don’t think about it.
i personally would invest in a better resolution monitor than the steam deck, but i have all the devices you have and still get good use out of my steam deck. i keep my switch around but never touch it since i have a better time emulating on my pc
if you have extra funds i view my deck as an auxiliary gaming device since most of my deck gaming is jrpgs, indies, and games that i want to pick up right away out of standby mode then suspend so i can switch to my pc and play more demanding games. sometimes i stream emulated switch games from my pc to my deck and it works great within the house
It is a whole another story for buying another monitor as I still yet to find the perfect monitor for me. I want to get a good enough looking ultra wide as I want to use it for work too.