And I seriously do not mean to come off in a negative manner, I absolutely love the Steam Deck, and I think it’s a brilliant device, but for me; the Deck sadly collects dust 95% of the time. This is mainly due to the fact I rarely leave the house, I regularly play games on a full PC and or PS5.
I got the Deck initially because some folk said that even despite having a PC, just being able to play games in on a handheld, whether it be in bed, sat on the couch or wherever, was enough to justify the purchase, and while it was cool for a couple of weeks, the novelty wore off.
With the announcement of the Steam Deck OLED, my Deck hype is once again flourishing, and to re iterate again, I do not hate the Deck, but does anyone else find themselves feeling this way?
Maybe try a smaller gaming device first and see how that makes you feel?
I LOVE my Miyoo Mini Plus for example. I’ve played through a shitload of games I never would have touched otherwise, simply because the pick up and play aspect is so well defined. It keeps save states of all your games instead of just one with the SD, so I can resume anything where I left off, in like 3 seconds from picking it up. Sleeping does the same thing.
The SD fills a similar niche to this but it’s obviously much more expensive and large. The Miyoo Mini Plus is like a tiny bit larger then a deck of cards and looks like a gameboy lol.
The sub r/SBCgaming has a lot of info on devices like this if that interests you.