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It's not a pocket console, it's a backpack console. In terms on consoles, It's like moving from a desktop to a laptop. Laptops won over desktops, even when the
by shkkmo 4y ago
It's not a pocket console, it's a backpack console. In terms on consoles, It's like moving from a desktop to a laptop. Laptops won over desktops, even when the laptop rarely leaves the house, because it offers free movement amd choice of location.
Compared to gaming on a laptop, the steam deck works better and is more flexible in more locations. The quick suspend feature, though it doesn't work with every game, just extends this convenience by making it easy to pickup and put down.
There's definitely a space for pocket gaming, but that faces stiff competition from phone games.
- stuart78 4y agoI think this gets it exactly right. I’ve taken the deck on trips where I have room in the suitcase, but I wouldn’t take it on my daily commute. But most of all, I’m just with it on the couch. Even though there is also a nice big tv right in front of it, the instant on / instant suspend makes it great for 5-10 minute chunks.
- sgtnoodle 4y agoI bought a deck mainly for the working suspend. I have an AMD based desktop that I run Arch Linux on, and suspend didn't work on it for most of 2022. Bug fixes have since trickled into the mainline kernel, and there's AMD employees and Valve contractors productively participating in issue tickets.