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!

  • Gaurillah@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I sold my pc and got a Steam Deck. There wasn’t anything I could do on my phone and iPad that I could not do on my gaming PC.

    I frankly felt that my PC was too expensive to just stay there and collect dust. I didn’t even game on it that much as it felt like a hassle to go to my room, turn on and game. Now I can just sit in the living room with the wife and play games while she watches tv.

    I even feel like I game more often now.

  • Liam_lyh@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    i have my main pc on my motherland but currently doing my degree at another country with my macbook, and yes steam deck really saved my life

  • alt123456789o@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’ve never owned a gaming pc, I’ve always just tried to run games on my regular laptop. Steam deck introduces me to PC gaming.

  • GuerrillaApe@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    My last gaming PC was almost 10 years ago. Had a GTX 780 in it.

    Have no plans on getting another gaming PC anytime in the foreseeable future. I don’t even play my Series X and PS5 anymore. With the Switch and Steam Deck I am all into handheld gaming.

  • 3KiwisShortOfABanana@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’m getting one for Christmas. Never had a legit gaming PC but I’ve played games on PC. Mostly a PlayStation kid. But I want the flexibility of gaming on the go and the portal doesn’t really intrigue me. Plus my goal is to buy AAA games for the PS5 and play indie games older content on the SD.

  • tinabeana77@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Me!! I have a MacBook Pro, steam deck oled, and a switch. I just got the deck and it was my first one, so I bought an Xbox controller to use it docked. Well lo and behold it needed an update and Xbox doesn’t have an app for macs 😑😑😑. Luckily, my first friend has a windows laptop and she let me use it to update the controller.

  • Aonswitch@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’m in the same boat. Grew up in a Mac only household with consoles for games. But I differ in that I’m absurdly confident in my ability to figure everything out. So I’m learning too, but quickly

  • billydeethrilliams@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Not the same but I currently can’t get my main PC to work so I docked the Deck and am only using that. I don’t play a ton of AAA releases so it works.

  • 42069qwertz42069@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Sold my gaming pc a few years ago and bought a small notebook. Switched to console gaming and bought a deck half a year ago, this setup is all i need. If a want a AAA-title i buy it for my ps5, if i want nostalgia i play on my deck, i dont need it for newer games.

  • MaintenanceWaste9694@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Never had a pc apart from trying to kill one with limewire for free music years ago. I had done emulators on phone in the past but always been on consoles. Had to get a steam account just to buy my deck but it’s the only thing I game with now and emulation with this thing just means the main thing I do is stare at the screen deciding what to play.