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
Almost every day. Its my primary way to play games or sometimes ill watch something on it. Its a game changer when traveling too. I bought it to support Linux gaming in general and due to its open nature.
It works fine. The only thing is you need to be online to go offline so a quick tip is to have your phone as a hotspot and you can quickly hotspot to the phone to swap modes. Or do it before leaving the house.
Also I tend to play a lot of emulated games when flying to get as much from the battery as possible.
Honestly I knew from having a switch that I really enjoyed a portable gaming device. My main gaming PC has been running Linux since ~2015 so I wasn’t worried about compatibility issues with it being a Linux device.
So it was a pretty safe bet that I would like it. It’s honestly exceeded my expectations though, I’ve barely played any games on my PC at all since getting it.
I was just excited for a portable, powerful Linux based machine and wanted to see it succeed so we could get more of them as time went on.
I use the thing daily docked and portable for gaming, 3D modeling, coding away from my main PC…it’s been great. If it broke today I’d buy another. Or even better, I’d just pick up the easily available replacement parts and fix it.
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.
It’s been amazing for me. It actually helped me slash through a bunch of my backlog. Games I’ve finished on deck: Aperture Desk Job, Axiom Verge 1&2, Braid, Bro Force, Darq, Deaths Door, Eternal Hope, Guacamelee 2, Inside, Journey, Limbo, Ori 1&2, Portal 1&2, Shady Part of Me, Stanley Parable, Stella, Stray, Trine 1,2,3&4, Unbound (Worlds Apart), Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves (so 4 & Lost Legacy), Vesper, and Yooka-Laylee. Currently playing Hollow Knight. Performance has been great, even played Sea of Thieves with friends online and it was solid. I go through periods where I don’t play much but with the deck it seems easier to just fire something up and dive in. Especially because of quick resume.
Once a month, on average, I’d guess. I just thought it’d be a nice way to game in the living room. It is, and I’d buy it again. Prior to opening it I would go months between times that I play. I wish I had more time to customize it, really, as the control scheme offers so many possibilities. But I can game or I can bind, and not both.
So, I don’t really play much, tbh. But that’s just me. I go through, like, phases where I play video games a lot for several weeks, and then don’t touch a game for several months. What I can say is, with the exception of TOTK on switch, the only thing I use is the SD. It’s the best game (or really, tech in general) purchase I’ve ever made. I’m poor as a MF, and I’d make that purchase over again if I had the option. Absolutely zero regrets. It’s perfect, and I love that I have it when I want it.
I didn’t have any specific goals besides being able to play games while sitting on the couch or while traveling. And then I played through the entire Arkham and Yakuza series on it (and some other smaller games in between). Currently playing Ishin on it and no signs of dust yet, the opposite. The skin I put on when I got the steam deck now shows quite some signs of use.
When I first got it, as any new toy, I used it non stop. I recently moved and resetup my office and mainly game on my desktop. Though on vacation playing steam deck in bed or before we went out in the morning was really nice. I have no regrets buying it even if I’m not using it regularly.
I played it a lot when I got it - it was a good excuse to play some games that have been languishing in my library. Recently I haven’t used it a ton except when on travel, but my fiance has played a lot of games on it, and it opens up the possibility of us playing PC games together. So I’d say it’s been well worth it overall.
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Almost every day. Its my primary way to play games or sometimes ill watch something on it. Its a game changer when traveling too. I bought it to support Linux gaming in general and due to its open nature.
How have you found offline mode to work while traveling? I remember hearing early on it was a bear to use without wifi without extra steps.
It works fine. The only thing is you need to be online to go offline so a quick tip is to have your phone as a hotspot and you can quickly hotspot to the phone to swap modes. Or do it before leaving the house.
Also I tend to play a lot of emulated games when flying to get as much from the battery as possible.
Good stuff, that’s not terrible at all, just the tinyest bit of preplanning - the phone hotspot is an excellent idea.
Honestly I knew from having a switch that I really enjoyed a portable gaming device. My main gaming PC has been running Linux since ~2015 so I wasn’t worried about compatibility issues with it being a Linux device.
So it was a pretty safe bet that I would like it. It’s honestly exceeded my expectations though, I’ve barely played any games on my PC at all since getting it.
I was just excited for a portable, powerful Linux based machine and wanted to see it succeed so we could get more of them as time went on.
I use the thing daily docked and portable for gaming, 3D modeling, coding away from my main PC…it’s been great. If it broke today I’d buy another. Or even better, I’d just pick up the easily available replacement parts and fix it.
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.
It’s been amazing for me. It actually helped me slash through a bunch of my backlog. Games I’ve finished on deck: Aperture Desk Job, Axiom Verge 1&2, Braid, Bro Force, Darq, Deaths Door, Eternal Hope, Guacamelee 2, Inside, Journey, Limbo, Ori 1&2, Portal 1&2, Shady Part of Me, Stanley Parable, Stella, Stray, Trine 1,2,3&4, Unbound (Worlds Apart), Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves (so 4 & Lost Legacy), Vesper, and Yooka-Laylee. Currently playing Hollow Knight. Performance has been great, even played Sea of Thieves with friends online and it was solid. I go through periods where I don’t play much but with the deck it seems easier to just fire something up and dive in. Especially because of quick resume.
I use it a lot, it is ny main gaming machine, i couldn’t be happier with my purchase
Once a month, on average, I’d guess. I just thought it’d be a nice way to game in the living room. It is, and I’d buy it again. Prior to opening it I would go months between times that I play. I wish I had more time to customize it, really, as the control scheme offers so many possibilities. But I can game or I can bind, and not both.
So, I don’t really play much, tbh. But that’s just me. I go through, like, phases where I play video games a lot for several weeks, and then don’t touch a game for several months. What I can say is, with the exception of TOTK on switch, the only thing I use is the SD. It’s the best game (or really, tech in general) purchase I’ve ever made. I’m poor as a MF, and I’d make that purchase over again if I had the option. Absolutely zero regrets. It’s perfect, and I love that I have it when I want it.
I use mine just about every day. I still have a great time with it and use it as my main gaming machine. No regrets here.
Was absolutely worth it!
I didn’t have any specific goals besides being able to play games while sitting on the couch or while traveling. And then I played through the entire Arkham and Yakuza series on it (and some other smaller games in between). Currently playing Ishin on it and no signs of dust yet, the opposite. The skin I put on when I got the steam deck now shows quite some signs of use.
Daily, but not for what it was intended as. I replaced the disk with a 1TB one dual boot Ubuntu & use it as my main PC.
When I first got it, as any new toy, I used it non stop. I recently moved and resetup my office and mainly game on my desktop. Though on vacation playing steam deck in bed or before we went out in the morning was really nice. I have no regrets buying it even if I’m not using it regularly.
I bought a decent dock for it so it kinda spends more time plugged into TV than not but yeah had one for about 6 months still use it.
I played it a lot when I got it - it was a good excuse to play some games that have been languishing in my library. Recently I haven’t used it a ton except when on travel, but my fiance has played a lot of games on it, and it opens up the possibility of us playing PC games together. So I’d say it’s been well worth it overall.