I am considering buying the Valve Steam Deck 64GB for my bf as a christmas gift. He plays playstation, and I know he loves games like Baldur’s Gate, Elden Ring and Hogwarts Legacy. He also loves Halo, but hasn’t invested in an Xbox yet.
I bought him a backbone for his birthday, and he’s used it a lot at work as he is a shift worker and often has nothing to do at night while there. He also complains sometimes when he’d like to play playstation in bed, but has it set up in his livingroom.
He seems to enjoy the backbone, but he can’t play the games he normally would at home on it. So my questions are; Would it still be worth getting him the Steam Deck too, or is it a waste of my money? Could he play the games he loves on playstation and Xbox on it? Would it be as satisfying to use as his playstation when he wants to play in bed instead?
A steam deck and backbone are two completely different devices. A steam deck is a handheld pc and a backbone is a streaming only device.
He would be able to play the games you listed on the steam deck plus he can setup remote play on the steam deck to play his PlayStation 5 games.
Another option you can look into is a PlayStation portal, this is very similar to the backbone except it can only stream ps5 games, it would be a step up from his backbone and cheaper than the steam deck.
But overall, I think you couldnt go wrong with getting him a steam deck because it sounds like he would be able to play all the games he likes with it plus he can download the games to the steam deck and not have to worry about streaming the games over WiFi with the other two devices.