Primarily in my life ive been a console gamer. Starting with the ps1 and owning every system released since. Never did much pc gaming even when i had access to a decent rig. For the past few years ive been a collector. Going for rare and cool retro games i always wanted to own. After about a year with the steam deck it all feel so… archaic? Like, i went and hdmi modded my ps2, but i find the idea of booting up pcsx2 on deck more appealing. I dont feel the need to have a new game in my hands physically, when i know its gonna take me months to play it anyway, i can wait for a sale, get it cheaper, play it portably with mods. Console gaming, especially in the last 2 generations, feels like a hinderance more than anything. Why would i want to be tied to one piece of hardware, with a dubious at best chance of carrying my games forward to the next gen every 6 years? The steam deck feels like its released me from the shackles of console gaming. I dont think ill get rid of my whole collection… but my ps5 and xsx have been doing a lot of dust collecting these days.
Anyone else feel the same? Or have i just had an existential gamer crisis?
Oh 100%. I was always a console gamer, but that route got so expensive for me… I was a physical>digital guy for the longest, I amassed a video game collection worth 36k retro and new. I recently sold it off to buy wifey a new car and with the economy in shambles, rent being so high, I went ahead and sold it off. I hated the idea of going ALL digital, like I would have NEVER consider it. And now owning the Steam Deck it seems like the perfect gaming device ever to convert me to go all digital especially with all the digital steam sales going on. Also I was technically being a hoarder, games and collector’s edition would sit on shelf and not be played. Physical would still be new in plastic. I’m glad I made my Steam Deck purchase I can clear out some backlog on a lot of older gen stuff from ps3, 360 era that look way better on Windows/Steam since PC version is superior.
Thank you Valve for coming up with such a neat hardware.