It advertises being the easiest way to get into PC gaming and I really hope that’s true and that’s been my biggest selling point along with it’s price tag. I’ve never rly been a pc gamer and find it’s a bit complicated. I barely got the tech skills to install some emulators on my laptop. Comparing the Steam Deck to competitors like the Legion Go and Rouge Alley which have better specs at only a little larger price tag but how user friendly are they? Is the Steam Deck really any easier to use then these competitors?
It’s extremely user friendly for a PC, as long as you stick to Steam games, especially games that are considered Steam Deck Verified by Valve.
But it’s not as user friendly as a console, and it can’t really ever be.
With consoles all games are made specifically for the hardware and all releases (and updates) must be certified to ensure they run (and perform decently), have controls optimized for gamepads etc. That’s just not how game development and distribution on PC works (for better and for worse) and the Steam Deck is ultimately a PC under its nice console-like UX.