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[Boralf]

I use the deck when I don't have access to my pc.

 

[64gigabyteram]

The switch lite kinda ruins my steam deck.
I still love it.. but the switch lite is so much better in my hands

This is ironic because I didn't like the feel of the switch lite, (especially when using its Dpad) but I prefer the decks feel now. We are opposites

 

[MiguelItUp]

Haven't touched my Deck in awhile, but it's nice to have.

 

[Come On Tars]

Oops

 

[rm082e]

The deck has been additive for me. I use it when away from the house. I think I've used it to play a game in bed a few times, but that's not a common thing for me.

 

[OverHeat]

My daily indie gaming session

 

[Ozriel]

Past couple of months I've gotten rid of my 3070 Laptop and upgraded to an RTX4080 model. And just built a high end gaming desktop, paired with a new OLED monitor.

Leaning towards selling my OLED deck…hard to play with compromised power and performance when I've got much more powerful hardware.

 

[Sleepwalker]

I had a deck and gave it away to nephew who doesn't have a pc. Gaming on it sucked. It's heavy, screen was terrible with low res and IPS glow. And playing all games on low is nonsense.
Now I am considering portal. It at least streams high quality games from ps5 and got much better ergonomics. Deck was very heavy and had short battery life.
That said it was good for older games and steam operating system fixes ton of pc problems

The portal is worse than the deck streaming wise imo.

 

[hinch7]

Don't really use mine unless its for long travels away and vacations. That and sometimes when family is over. Its an invaluable piece of tech for those purposes.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Love the Steam Deck and it gets tons of use, but I also still use my PC a lot. I use the Deck for travel and for indie/retro style/pixel art games. But for graphically impressive games I'll choose the PC any day.

Nintendo Switch was the real loser. I don't think I've played a single game on Switch since I got the OLED Steam Deck at launch.

 

[El Muerto]

I work from home so i really dont like sitting in front of my desk all the time. It's nice to play my games in any room of my house. I got a dock in my bedroom and living room so i can game on the tvs if i wanted too.

 

[digital_ghost]

I only use my Deck.

Robots don't play games silly... wait. I remember getting my ass handed to by bots in unreal tournament.

I guess robots do play games. Carry on.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Deck is for older games + emulation (non shooters, WoWs, RTSs). Or at best a second run on a new game that run good enough.

 

[Denton]

I only use Deck when outside home, travelling, or in office - exactly as I intended. When home, I am on PC TV combo.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Deck is for older games + emulation (non shooters, WoWs, RTSs). Or at best a second run on a new game that run good enough.

Steam Deck is the backlog machine. It's making me play some old games that otherwise I wouldn't have bothered with if it weren't for the system.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Photo of my PC and new deck.

I love this

 

[DanielG165]

My PC is still very much my main device, with the Steam Deck being complimentary. The latter is only really good for casual gaming, whereas my tower has significantly more grunt, more utility, and more versatility.

 

[SoloCamo]

I have a clear demarcation:

PC : Heavy duty games (heavy in terms of required system power, graphics, physics, FPS combat, etc)
Steam Deck: Light games which can run on a potato (and hence run well on the Deck)

Which ends up meaning i play all my small/indie/cosy games on the Steam Deck, which is perfect for me. If i want to play a big, graphically intensive, AAA title, then i use my powerful PC and large monitor to get the best experience out of it.

This except instead of a Deck I have a laptop with near identical enough performance - Ryzen 7 4700U APU (8cores 8 threads) 32gb cl20 3200mhz. I do the same with older or easier to run games and just use my laptop and save my desktop for the games that need better hardware.

 

[Thanati]

I use the deck when I don't have access to my pc.

This. They compliment each other as opposed to one taking over from the other.