There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple. - eviltoast
  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    131·
    2 months ago

    Yup. As someone who hasn’t had a dedicated gaming PC in about a decade, I’ve been really happy with the PS5 + Steam Deck combo (well, plus Switch, but that thing collects dust until Nintendo releases a Mario platformer).

    I recently got a laptop that’s not made for gaming specifically, but can handle them pretty well (with Proton), and that has scratched any itch I’ve had for PC games that don’t lend themselves to Deck or console (your RTS games and such).

    At risk of giving away the game… I think people would be very surprised to see how cheap physical copies of PS4 and PS5 games go for when you catch them on sale.

    • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      2 months ago

      I love my Steam deck, and bounce between how heavily I use it vs the switch* or PS5 depending on the games I’m into at the moment. But misrepresenting its utility as a modern living room PC (like the OP) doesn’t help anyone and is just going to leave people disappointed.

      The PS5 is probably my smallest library (and mostly PS4 games, a lot of which were before I had a PC), but it’s definitely plenty capable and I don’t regret the purchase at all. (The controller is also the coolest non graphics addition to gaming I’ve experienced in a long time).

      *The switch desperately needs a 3rd party replacement for the controllers, though, because the joycons are bad brand new.

    • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
      32·
      2 months ago

      how cheap physical copies of PS4 and PS5 games go for when you catch them on sale.

      Buy them while you can folks, sony et al is working OT to kill this option