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Kruulos @sopuli.xyz

How much do you use your deck? Was it a good purchase?

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

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 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 use my main PC more often, but I still think my Steam Deck is worth it. I use it every once in a while I'm over at my parents' babysitting their dog when they go out. And I'll bring it out when I take public transit. I just enjoy having the option of using it where ever I go.

  • 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.

  • Well over 100 hours so far, which is a lot for me personally.

    I use to to play Steam games, emulate GBA games, play non-steam games, watch TV, Movies, and YouTube.

    I used it as my computer recently at an old school LAN party.

    I play card games, turn based strategy games, RTS games, FPS games, arcade games, couch co-op games. It's awesome to play on, it's awesome to mod, it's awesome to use as a portable device, as a home console, or as a portable PC.

    I use it with friends on Discord, I listen to podcasts and music while playing by myself. I've used it traveling locally and across the country. I'm gunna use it tomorrow on my TV to watch a live sporting event.

    There just hasn't been any real significant complaints I've had at all. It does everything I can think of and more. It's one of the best purchases I've made in years.

  • I sold it. I have a pc, and usually when I would be able to use it, I don’t want to play and just got off my pc

  • Every day. I have it since the launch month and probably used it every day since. My desktop PC is super neglected.

  • I use it as a steam link when I'm home and load it up with emulators in case I'm away from my gaming PC.

    the proton support this great, I just love having less fan noise and pleanty of battery.

  • I use it several times a week usually. But I use it almost exclusively docked. I got mine to be a bridge to a newer laptop or pc. I have an old gaming laptop that I primarily would just hook up to a TV. I play almost all games with a controller if I can.

    So it works like the Switch for me. I can easily move it from the living room tv to the bedroom if I want.

  • Is there actually a way to see how many hours you've used it for?

    Having no idea how much I've used it total, I'd still say it's a good purchase.

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