Edit: I meant to say a GAMING PC in the title
I feel like im in such the minority here, which isn’t bad. I’ve never had a “gaming” PC. I saved up and bought a MacBook laptop for college years ago. The only time I would game on a PC would have been coolmath.com back in the computer lab days. I’ve been a console boy my whole life. I play on PS only, but wanted something to emulate old games and play some AAA titles portablely. I picked up a Switch OLED about 7 months ago, but between the high cost of nearly all games and how restrictive it feels, I wanted more.
All of this is so foreign to me. I’ve played emulators on my phone before, but that’s about my extent of knowledge. Getting a SD and seeing things mentioned like “Proton” and “TDP” sounds like a foreign language to me, lol.
I’m learning, slowly. I’ve got Emudeck installed and I’ve got a decent understand of Desktop mode. I’m not even 30 but I sound like an old man. How many of you are like me? I’ve learned many things only due to owning a Steam Deck!
My main “gaming PC” until I got the Deck was a low-end desktop from 10 years ago (i3-4330 and GTX 660Ti). I still use it, but pretty much exclusively for playing racing sims with a steering wheel and pedals. My other PC is a cheapish Windows laptop I bought last year.
I had originally planned to build a new gaming PC this summer, but I realized that the extra investment over a Steam Deck wasn’t worth it for me, and the portability of the Deck was also a big selling point for me, so I ended up getting that instead.
I also have an Xbox One and a bunch of older consoles, but I definitely play them more rarely since I got the Deck.