What does your battlestation look like? PS4/5, XBox, PC or some oddball Chinese retro handheld?

  • flunky@lemmy.flunky.clubEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Steam Deck.

    I’ve never owned a decent gaming machine, for various reasons. Cost was a big factor. Another was the fact that I was never a big “gamer”. Very little desire to play the big, popular, AAA games in general. The games I did play, I played on a very old PC, and the performance was what you’d expect from low end hardware; but I just never had any desire to build my own gaming rig.

    The Steam Deck is perfect for my use case:

    • I have no desire to run Windows
    • I have no desire to build my own gaming machine
    • I have no desire to get locked into a console ecosystem (Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, etc).
    • I can play handled, docked to a monitor with keyboard and mouse, docked to a monitor with a controller, docked to a TV, etc etc
    • I can play games built for Windows
    • I can play games with native Linux builds
    • I can play Steam games, Epic games, DRM-free games, emulated games, etc, etc
    • I can do whatever the hell else I want to do with it. For example, maybe I might want to run Kodi on it, and connect to my Jellyfin server at home to watch a movie if I’m staying at a hotel. Whatever. It’s just a computer like any other. I can do whatever I want.

    I think I’ve probably played more new (to me) games since buying my SD than in all the years (decades) previous, and I love it.

  • Carter@feddit.ukEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Mainly PC or Switch. I was PS4 all last gen but switched to PC due to Sony’s scummy practices. I also had a Deck briefly but the subpar hardware wasn’t very enjoyable.

  • SbisasCostlyTurnover@feddit.ukEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I own everything, but I’ll be honest my preferred way to play right now is on my Steamdeck. Being able to play PS4 quality games on the sofa whilst the kids/partner has the TV is a game changer for me.

  • Poringo@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    PC mainly, but a couple months ago I got a Steamdeck, and I can now play from the couch on the TV.

    I’ve wanted to be able to play from the couch for a long time, but I did not want a PC on the TV, so this is a very good option.

    I can play casually and also play coop sometimes easily.

    Most importantly, I don’t have to be in my “office” room, since I work from home, it is good to be away from the room I am all day working on.