For those of you that purchased a Steam Deck as your first gaming PC, what has you experience been like this far? Is it the best thing ever? Frustrating and exhausting? Maybe a little of both?

I have been solely a console gamer, but quite intrigued by the SD. I would like to know what others who have been in my place think before I take the plunge.

  • paradsecar@alien.topOPBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, I’ve been a console gamer since the Atari days (yikes!) and, like you said, appreciate the plug-and-play nature. However, my job has me traveling quite a bit, and the Switch just isn’t cutting it for me anymore.

    • hajleez@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      You’ll love the deck man! You can play switch games on it! It is literally a pc on the go. I record music on it, browse the web, download fan made games like Pokémon Infinite, and complete work tasks for my job! You sound my age (44) so I think you’ll go nuts for the emulation. I’ve downloaded and emulated the top 20 games for every system from Atari-ps2. WiiU works well too, but I wouldn’t highly recommend Wii games because of the motion controls. You can get them to work but I choose not to bother. I showed my nephew Rad Racer yesterday and he liked it. Then we turned on Blitz the league (ps2) and he went bonkers. After that my brother and I played Archon for the nes and remembered why we loved it as kids. Top it off with Wizards & Warriors (nes) and then a smattering Mike Tyson’s Punchout. Honestly, I would’ve payed 400+ just to have all of my collection on a device, but then I can play AAA games on it too!!! I was sold lol

      • paradsecar@alien.topOPBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Emulation might be the thing I’m looking forward to the most. I have hundreds of games from NES through PS2 I’ve used my old iMac to emulate, but it seems like they would feel better playing portable than upright at a desk.

        I’m also excited to do some Portal 2 co-op with my kid. We played couch co-op with the Switch version (which is very good, btw), but we want some new maps and that’s where Steam Workshop will come in handy.

        Alright, I think I’m 98% of the way convinced. I’ll make it a Christmas and b-day present to myself, because you are correct, I am 44…but only for the next couple of weeks. 😩