Edit: I meant to say a GAMING PC in the title

I feel like im in such the minority here, which isn’t bad. I’ve never had a “gaming” PC. I saved up and bought a MacBook laptop for college years ago. The only time I would game on a PC would have been coolmath.com back in the computer lab days. I’ve been a console boy my whole life. I play on PS only, but wanted something to emulate old games and play some AAA titles portablely. I picked up a Switch OLED about 7 months ago, but between the high cost of nearly all games and how restrictive it feels, I wanted more.

All of this is so foreign to me. I’ve played emulators on my phone before, but that’s about my extent of knowledge. Getting a SD and seeing things mentioned like “Proton” and “TDP” sounds like a foreign language to me, lol.

I’m learning, slowly. I’ve got Emudeck installed and I’ve got a decent understand of Desktop mode. I’m not even 30 but I sound like an old man. How many of you are like me? I’ve learned many things only due to owning a Steam Deck!

  • cpxdrummer@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I was in this boat until last week. Had always been a console gamer. Got the PS5 when it first came out expecting it to be my main gaming rig. Then I got a Steam Deck around a year ago and the PS5 has basically been collecting dust ever since. Every now and then though I wanted something a bit more powerful to play my games. Despite how much I LOVE the deck, the decrease in performance coming from a PS5 to the Deck as my main rig couldn’t be ignored. So I just got my first gaming laptop last week to bridge that gap and I’m loving it! I know some die hard will say a laptop isn’t a “real PC” since I didn’t build it and it’s not really upgradable but I’m very happy with it. The deck still has its place as there’s absolutely no beating its convenience. Also, playing a game on the deck and then just picking it back up on my laptop (or vice versa) is extremely delightful lol. So, the Deck has ultimately been my gateway into PC gaming haha.

    For anyone curious, the laptop is an Acer Nitro 5, core i5 12500, RTX 4050, 16gb ram. I know it’s considered an “entry level” rig, but I think it’s amazing!