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!
I’ve had a laptop powerful enough to play some older AAA games as well as most indies since high school but could never justify the cost of a proper PC over a console at the time. The deck being announced and it coming at a price equal to/less than other current gen consoles while having the flexibility of a PC was what finally made making the hop to PC gaming a lot more justifiable. I do see myself eventually building a proper gaming PC, mostly to try out stuff like VR and other facets of PC gaming that don’t run well on the deck, but even without one currently the Deck has been one of the best gaming purchases I’ve ever made.