I’ve wanted to get into PC gaming forever but I’ve been a console gamer my entire life. For context, I go to a University out of province (Canadian) and I travel home for summers and breaks so transporting a PC every summer just isn’t realistic. I already have a Macbook as a laptop and have considered switching to a gaming laptop but since I need to use it every day and around other people it kind of just doesn’t make sense. Already own a PS5 but the deck is interesting to me because it seems like I could play the PC games, especially online games because I refuse to pay for a subscription service, I’ve always been interested in without having to sacrifice a chunk of my room to a PC setup and then not be able to use it a lot of the time. Also, I could bring it home during the summers which I can’t do with my PS5 either. At the same time, it feels a little silly to slam down a good deal of money for a Steam deck when I do have a PS5 which will run my games better with a library that isn’t transferable. Most of the time if I have a choice between PS5 or Steam Deck for AAA games I’ll end up choosing the PS5 simply because it’s more powerful and I want the best experience, but I can see myself playing any indies and online games on the deck. Thoughts?
Just curious how a PS5 setup is any less onerous than a PC? It’s basically the same configuration except for the Keyboard and mouse. Or am I missing something. If you want to play on the go, a deck is great. But if you mainly play at home, a mini PC might give you a better price/performance outcome. But that’s debatable as well. I think the frack is a great portable gaming device and maybe an okay PC. But being a PC is not its best characteristic.
At least for me, just getting a PS5 which outperforms a similarly priced PC and not having to invest in a monitor and keyboard as well just made sense for me. Looking back it might’ve made more sense to just get a PC but this is the position I’m in now and it seems a Steam deck could fit my niche pretty well.
Gotcha. Was just trying to understand the comment on not committing more space. You could actually use the TV you use for the PS5 as a PC monitor as well but it probably wouldn’t be optimal. Thanks and good luck with your decision. I would say you can’t go wrong with a SteamDeck if you like mobile gaming. It’s very versatile.