hi so i’m sorry if this is an obvious question but i keep trying to find answers on it and i just keep finding answers that don’t entirely answer what i wanna know or conflict with what i thought so i’m turning here

my initial thought when i heard of the steam deck was that it was a very costly console but purchasing it gave you a large portion of steam’s library for free, but now i’m not sure and i’m thinking about getting a steam deck for christmas because there are a lot of steam games i’m becoming interested in. so i’d like to finally get an answer to this before i commit. do you download the games for free on steam deck or do you still have to purchase them?? again i’m sorry for the dumb question, but thanks in advance

  • BigRigButters2@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The Steam Deck is an extension of your Steam Account. Not a separate console. it’s another computer but in handheld console form. Consoles have ruined that aspect imo and is primarily why I went to PC gaming in 2013. I was tired of having a Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox One S and not having any backwards compatibility for the games I wanted to play. Any games you purchase inside Steam will work (for free - no repurchase needed) on any device you log into provided the specs of that device meet the requirements for the game you want to play.

    • Alexis2256@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I mean Xbox did have a backwards compatibility program that brought in a lot of 360 and og Xbox titles but yeah nowhere near the amount that you’d get from just having a gaming pc.