You could always meet at a police station parking lot. It’s full of cameras. And cash won’t be an issue. My friend use to sell cars and people would show up with 2-3k in cash.
I also sold my Xbox series s and got cash. I just made sure the $100’s had the strip and we were off.
For me, the steam deck is the ultimate indie game/ back log from 5-8 years ago, machine.
If I wanna play the latest games, I have my Xbox series X and older gaming pc.
But when I just wanna sit back anywhere in the house and play some awesome indies. The steam deck does a great job. The switch use to be my Indie machine and in a way still is since I have a backlog on there lol.