Keep an eye on other handhelds too. With Steam OS being easily installed there might be THE one to come along that has everything you want. I am keeping my options open as the next generation of them release.Think I'm going to flip my PS5 and go back to a Steam Deck again
The PS5 is pretty nice but I'm not keeping hold of it just for GTA when I'll need to pay £50 a year to access the online.
I don't know whether I should buy a 64gb refurb for £249 when they're next available or just wait for a Deck 2 at this point. Seems a 2027 release may be likely.
Will just be as a companion for my S2 which will get most of my time.
Don't play online ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I bought my deck exactly a year ago and sold my PS5. The deck literally got me back into gaming since with the PS5 I was not interested what was being offered. I think ill wait another year or so and then get a PS5 again, used prefferably and then pick up on some of these bigger games that will pile up but when I had it, I felt like I was playing 3-4 games max. I was there for the PS4 day one so literally anything offered on PS+ I already played if it was worth it.Think I'm going to flip my PS5 and go back to a Steam Deck again
The PS5 is pretty nice but I'm not keeping hold of it just for GTA when I'll need to pay £50 a year to access the online.
I don't know whether I should buy a 64gb refurb for £249 when they're next available or just wait for a Deck 2 at this point. Seems a 2027 release may be likely.
Will just be as a companion for my S2 which will get most of my time.
Will do but Valve's customer service reputation does some heavy lifting for me, especially against companies like Asus. If push came to shove (to play GTA 6) I think I'd rather install Windows on a Deck 2.
I mean.... ...lock yourself out of a portion of the game? If someone feels online is important, they should definitely include that in their evaluation of where they want to play it.
I'm mainly interested in GTA online so in my case that would be counter intuitive.
I had an Oled but sold it. I thought games like SoT would be just as good on PS5 but there's something incredible about sitting on my sofa and going on a 3 hour pirate bender whilst my missus sits next to me and watches crap TV that can't be replicated on PS5.It was more like a joke, nobody "needs" to pay to play a game. There's always a choice blawblawblaw
But hey,Banjo64 wants to buy a Deck, so this is a good thing!
I play my PS5 via Steam Deck while she is watching K-Drama
Totally agree. I played Persona 4 on the Vita so when P5 came out and I bought it on the PS5, it just wasnt clicking. On a deep sale I got it for steam to play it on the SD and that was it, some games just dont go down as well on a big screen. Same for Balatro...I got over 100hrs on SD but when I played it on XsX, i was like whatever.
What's the point in getting it then
Playing singleplayer games is a peacful life - just my 2 cents
The older I get, the more I appreciate JRPGs.
Got the Deck in Feb 2024. Since then I have sold my Switch, sold my PS5, and played way more games in one year than I did in probably the last 5 years combined.
