I was on the edge buying the thing and told myself that if I use it 50 hours it’s a reasonable purchase. Now I’m sporting closer to 200h within one year I could not be happier.
Did you have any (self made) goals when buying Steam Deck? Did you achieve those? Or did you buy it and now it’s collecting dust? I’m curious
Honestly I knew from having a switch that I really enjoyed a portable gaming device. My main gaming PC has been running Linux since ~2015 so I wasn’t worried about compatibility issues with it being a Linux device.
So it was a pretty safe bet that I would like it. It’s honestly exceeded my expectations though, I’ve barely played any games on my PC at all since getting it.
Basically all this.
It’s become my primary gaming medium, and to be honest, it earned it’s price from the amount of time I initially spent setting up shit, which was a blast. Easily 50 hours of setup and installations before I clocked 10~20 hours of gaming, and I loved every second.
I’ve barely used mine. I just didn’t think through what use case I’d have for it and bought it since it was cool. I don’t travel much and I usually only want to game when I’m home anyway, where I use my main gaming rig. I thought I would use the deck in bed, but I find that it’s not as enticing as I thought it would be
been meaning try and sell it while it’s still got some value tbh, it’s basically brand new even though I’ve had it for nearly a year
I could have written this word for word. Haven’t quite gotten to thinking about selling mine, but not really sure why I should keep it either. I thought it would be a good way to motivate me to play older and indie games, but I’ve been staying busy with AAA games on my main rig.
edit to add: it has gotten me into playing Hades every now and then so it worked for that at least.
Why didn’t the gaming in bedpan out? I have the same situation as you except I use it to game for 20 min to maybe an hour max while I’m chilling in bed before sleep
I’ve found some stands to really help that to be comfortable, mainly looking into “belly stands”
When I first got it, as any new toy, I used it non stop. I recently moved and resetup my office and mainly game on my desktop. Though on vacation playing steam deck in bed or before we went out in the morning was really nice. I have no regrets buying it even if I’m not using it regularly.
literally every day. I don’t want to sequester myself in my room to play on my PC, and I don’t want to monopolize the living room TV and have a big desktop tower looking ugly in the entertainment center, so the deck essentially gave me PC gaming back. I debated whether to buy it for months and months, and I shouldn’t have. My goal was nothing more than to be able to play PC games and to unlock emulation on a small screen with real controllers. I just finished playthroughs of metal gear solid 2 and fallout new vegas, and I’m starting red dead redemption 2 today (if the damn download ever finishes). The only thing I’d caution a new purchaser about is springing for the big hard drive and/or being willing to install an aftermarket one. SD cards seems like a reasonable sol’n but reports are coming in that the deck is hard on them because it does a lot of writing to the card, and that an SSD is a worthwhile investment.
Yours and my experiences are remarkably similar.
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absolutely still loving it. unlike other gear it is always within reach.
grumpy day? quick terror of hemasaurus on the couch.
heading off to the family? take a steam deck and not a fucking notebook.
stay at a hotel with wifi but no free sportstv? usbc hub+hdmi+strikeout.ws
dude i have bought so many stupid gadgets (e.g. sony mylo) but the steam deck aint one of them.
Depends. I have a good desktop gaming computer and a 4k monitor. DLSS makes the two work together nicely… and yet, sometimes I just want to play on the Deck. A big upside is how the entire system uses up to the same power as my gpu does at idle, and I don’t have to add the heat generated by the monitor: brilliant way to keep the room temperature in check.
Being able to play anywhere I want (couch? why not) is a great motivator.
Well, mine has 100% restored PC gaming which abandoned about 10 years ago, and has improved the experience by light years. At home, I use the deck in my living room and family room docked, and anywhere else as a handheld (pooping has changed forever).
At work, I use it an lunch breaks, and during boring meetings I don’t need ta focus much on.
The library of games available would be unthinkable to me as a kid. Most modern PC games, and everything prior can be played either natively, or via emulation.
I also call mine a Gabe-Boy. lol
If you’re on the fence, GET IT.
Pretty much daily.
I work from home, and my work computer and personal rig share a desk - by the end of the work day, sitting in the same chair at the same desk to stare at another screen started feeling like a chore and I had all but quit gaming.
The Deck has changed that. Not only am I loving gaming again, but I’ve found myself playing genres I never would have on my PC (things like Vampire Survivors just feel great on it, but I had no interest in them on my PC)
I usually play around an hour each day.
Absolutely no goals, I just enjoy gaming on the go, it’s a vessel for that and I’m a strong candidate.
I use it mostly docked and play on my TV. I know it is not the primary purpose, but playing PC games on the couch on a big TV is just great.
I started using it a lot more once I got the dock. Before I wasn’t sure if it was the right purchase, because I didn’t use it as much as I would like to.
Of course sometimes it comes with me when I am traveling.
Basically I am using it the same way as my Switch and in the end it was really worth it. I got one with the second batch I believe and I used it many hundredths of hours so far.
Did you go with the official dock?
Yes, I wanted it to just work and it does so without any major problems for the most part. I wish there was an option for remote wakeup with controllers though (keyboard or WoL works though).
Can’t that be done with a steam link though?
Not really. You need another PC running for it and it didn’t really work last time I tested it with Linux. Even when it worked from a Windows machine there were regularly really bad picture artifacts.
Also is the Steam Link even sold anymore?
Anyway, using the Deck is a simple plug and play solution.
Also is the Steam Link even sold anymore?
I believe it was retired several years ago, in favor of software solutions.
I wanted a handheld that could run the new retro-inspired titles that keep getting me hooked, because I didn’t feel like I wanted to be chained to my desktop to play twin-stick shooters and pixel art platformers.
What keeps me hooked is its versatility and ease of use. I finally have something to take my Steam catalogue with me on trips or just sit on the couch, away from my PC.
I have had mine since early February and I still prefer it over gaming on my main rig. I bought it with me on my 3 week bike trip through all of Sweden even though it weighs more than my tent. I short, it’s one of my favorite buys of the decade.
Having kids it gets used all the time, I hardly ever touch my PC or PS5 anymore
While the majority of playtime still happens on my desktop PC, the Steam Deck has completely replaced my Switch. When I still used that one the biggest pain point besides stick drift was that I had to hack my console and then manually transfer save files and also double-purchase games when I wanted to take them on the go. Doing that got me (unsurprisingly) banned.
With the Steam Deck cloud saves are a free feature instead and I don’t need to buy games twice either, which probably already amortized a good chunk of the price of the Steam Deck. So yeah, pretty good value.
Few times a week, way more often than any other devices that’s not my phone. The way that it makes PC gaming accessible and portable is amazing.