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!

  • GuerrillaApe@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 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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    11 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.

  • KennyRK@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I just bought the OLED Steam Deck this week and I have never owned a gaming PC. There has definitely been a learning curve, especially with installing GTA5.

  • khalestorm@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I’ve never owned a desktop PC dedicated to gaming. Always used consoles. Steam Deck helped bridge the gap for me since I didn’t want to buy/build a PC and get sucked into that world. I get the allure but needed something simple and something I can do on the couch. It was a complete game changer for me.

  • Erakko@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I have macbook, nintendo switch and ps5. Then I wanted to play PC games and steamdeck seemed like a perfect option since its like nintendo switch but plays different games.

  • fortnite@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    11 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.

  • TanguayX@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I own quite a few computers for work, but the SD is the first game machine I’ve owned. No gaming on any of my ‘real’ machines.

  • BaconMan70@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I use to have a gaming pc, but the steamdeck was actually better than it so I stop using it, and eventually just packed it up and made the steamdeck my computer

  • bubba_169@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Me too. I went from PS4 to deck with no other gaming PC before. Considered PS5 but the enormous back catalogue of Steam games swayed me and I have no regrets.

  • MaintenanceWaste9694@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 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.