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?

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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      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.

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        1 year ago

        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.