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Even tho I don’t own a Steamdeck seeing all games I want running on it is what got me to give Linux a serious go.
I’m now considering grabbing one of the older LCD models 2nd hand since I’m away from my PC a lot more lately. Last portable gaming device I owned was a PSP!
I can say that I was a little dubious about how much I’d use it. I also left portable gaming many years ago. I now have a nice, beefy desktop with a nice 240Hz monitor with good sRGB coverage, and I have a Steam Controller. Why would I want something smaller and weaker?
While it’s still obviously weaker from a hardware standpoint, it’s nevertheless very capable, and the fact that I don’t have to abscond to my computer just to play games and can instead play them on the couch or in bed, the fact that I can put the Deck into sleep mode at a moment’s notice, the fact that I can take it on a plane or to another city and still play things from my library, the fact that it’s a regular computer underneath and can do anything a Linux-based computer can do—these are all aspects that made me glad I bought it.
I sometimes get buyers remorse, even if just from spending a lot of money on something I really wanted, but I haven’t once experienced that with the Deck.
the fact that I can put the Deck into sleep mode at a moment’s notice, the fact that I can take it on a plane or to another city and still play things from my library
This is the largest thing for me. It’s insanely convenient just like the switch when taking the train or the bus, except that I have a full library of my Steam games and it runs way better.
I used to try Linux once a year for the last 20~ years, I’m 40. 2 years ago I made the switch fully when Proton made gaming easy enough.
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my last hand held gaming device is a Gameboy… After that PC only not even console. But with the steamdeck having my PC gaming experience in my backback would be a great intresting.
