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!

  • Tripocal@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’ve only ever had consoles, I’ve been dying to buy a gaming PC since I was 12 and haven’t been able to play my steam games since middle school (3 years into college). Currently I share a room with my little brother who owns the TV, luckily I had a switch so I didn’t have to worry about buying a monitor to play my games. Steam deck seemed like a good option and to be the only reliable PC handheld, and coincidentally they were selling the OLED when I was researching it, kinda wish I would’ve been able to get the smokey limited edition but I’m still happy with what I got

  • 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.

  • Insomia_Incarnate@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    All I ever owned was a laptop, I mean I used Linux before but it was just Ubuntu on a tablet of mine. I didn’t even know what I was doing then but thankfully the Steamdeck is a lot clearer to use than installing it all myself.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • fortnite@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I have a gaming pc but for most major games, I’m glad that they can be played now for a much more reasonable price. Also if someone really wanted to they could get a dock and plug in a monitor, keyboard, etc and use it like a desktop when not carrying it around.

  • eagleswift@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’ve been out of the build your own gaming PC game for a long time and not interested in getting a prebuilt either. Steam Deck checks the boxes for me just like buying a console.

  • ArsRegia23@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I don’t sound old, I am old. Remember Wang?

    Never played games on a pc or phone etc. The Deck opened up a whole new world of games and getting away from console brain was liberating.

  • 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.

  • ES_Kan@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I own a PC, but it’s been repurposed for office work since 2020. The deck is a godsend, I don’t have to game at the place I work anymore

  • Lucky-Midnight9857@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I had a laptop till 5 years ago but it was garbage and I only played Minecraft and stardew valley on it. My new OLED is going to be a huge game changer I can tell.

  • nagabalashka@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Got an “old” gaming rig (1070+6700k) that die a while ago, too lazy to fix, probably a good chunk of money to have it back on it’s legs so I bought a used steam deck, pretty happy to run elden ring, rdr2 and stuff like that in high with totally playable performance

  • Chizakura@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I always had laptops, never a good gaming PC. My current laptop is decent enough to play less demanding games. Sims 4 with some mods, Stardew Valley, Minecraft and the like. I was always more of a console gamer so the SD really hit a sweet spot there