My son has hunted he wants a steam deck. I know nothing about them. We don’t game on a PC. Xbox and ps. So I was wondering if I buy this will it work out of the box like an old Gameboy. I know it’s all digital and I would need to get him games but I am wondering if a computer is needed for anything? Or if I can set it up to wifi get him a steam gift card and let him have at it. Any info you have would be great.
You don’t need a computer for it. A steam deck is a portable computer on its own, hook it up to a keyboard, mouse and monitor and then open up desktop mode and you’ve got a PC.
You can also just use it handheld or hooked up to a TV as a switch/console. That’s much more user friendly.