I haven’t bought any AAA game at full price in probably 15 years at this point. The only AAA games I’ve played anywhere near launch day recently have been ones that are on Game Pass, so mostly first-party Microsoft titles.

I have a pretty hefty backlog of mostly indie stuff on Steam, so that was my main reason for getting the Deck, as well as it being a more convenient way to play emulated games on the go than the Android tablet + Xbox controller combo I used previously.

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.