Is the Steam Deck worth it if you already own a powerful PC

[AirDrifter]

I've been staring at the Steam Deck for awhile, listening to videos, watching how games perform on it over multiple games. I still cannot seem to decide if it's worth getting or not, I was thinking I should just wait for the Steam Deck 2 but that is most likely years away

[Kargor]

Depends. How often do you take your PC with you when you leave the house, and do you consider it unwieldy when you do?

[D. Flame]

Not on its own, but it can be based on your preferences.

Do you want to be able to lay in bed and play?
Do you want to lay on the couch in front of the TV and play while the TV is on in the background?
Do you want to be able to play while outside of the house?

If the answer to any of those is yes, then the Deck is worth it even if you have a good PC. Otherwise, it is not.

[Vilkas]

If you want to play in bed, let your partner/family use your tv, or travel then yes. You can also stream the game from your powerful PC to the deck.

[Electric Cupcake]

Getting rootspace unlocked takes some tinkering, but it's a very capable multiuse gadget for gaming and much more.

Also, Valve quite nicely released CAD files in case you want to 3d print an alternate shell, like the classic Atomic Purple Gameboys and N64.

[bluesky66621]

Kargor eredeti hozzászólása:

Depends. How often do you take your PC with you when you leave the house, and do you consider it unwieldy when you do?

My mobile phone is just as powerful as a powerful desktop PC. It would be great if steam could stream games to mobile.

The specs of steam deck is even below than budget phones.

[HikariLight]

bluesky66621 eredeti hozzászólása:

Kargor eredeti hozzászólása:

Depends. How often do you take your PC with you when you leave the house, and do you consider it unwieldy when you do?

My mobile phone is just as powerful as a powerful desktop PC. It would be great if steam could stream games to mobile.

The specs of steam deck is even below than budget phones.

The games Steam sells are designed to be played on PC's, not cell phones.
A cell phone battery would overheat and explode or just die in a few minutes trying to run some of the games.

[AirDrifter]

HikariLight eredeti hozzászólása:

bluesky66621 eredeti hozzászólása:

My mobile phone is just as powerful as a powerful desktop PC. It would be great if steam could stream games to mobile.

The specs of steam deck is even below than budget phones.

The games Steam sells are designed to be played on PC's, not cell phones.
A cell phone battery would overheat and explode or just die in a few minutes trying to run some of the games.

Imagine trying to run S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 on a phone, he's phone would literally overheat and turn off

[Lithurge]

bluesky66621 eredeti hozzászólása:

Kargor eredeti hozzászólása:

Depends. How often do you take your PC with you when you leave the house, and do you consider it unwieldy when you do?

My mobile phone is just as powerful as a powerful desktop PC. It would be great if steam could stream games to mobile.

Isn't that what Steam Link is for?

[Maximus]

If you can deal with neck pain from looking down all the time, arm aching if you hold it for too long, no hdmi slot, dont like rts games or easy anticheat/competitive games and happy to understand that you could lose your 'licensed' games at any time, then yes its worth it.

[Piston Smashed™]

bluesky66621 eredeti hozzászólása:

Kargor eredeti hozzászólása:

Depends. How often do you take your PC with you when you leave the house, and do you consider it unwieldy when you do?

My mobile phone is just as powerful as a powerful desktop PC. It would be great if steam could stream games to mobile.

The specs of steam deck is even below than budget phones.

I would love to know the specs of what you would consider is a powerful desktop PC.

[Piston Smashed™]

Lithurge eredeti hozzászólása:

bluesky66621 eredeti hozzászólása:

My mobile phone is just as powerful as a powerful desktop PC. It would be great if steam could stream games to mobile.

Isn't that what Steam Link is for?

I used Steam Link a couple years ago to play games on my old Sony Xperia 10. Nothing major just some side scrolling shoot-em up's etc. It was fun enough I went out and bought a LINX Vision + Controller for some armchair, back yard gaming. However, a few months later they bought the Steam Deck out so my LINX Vision got demoted but that's life in the world of PC's, the moment you thought about buying anything it is already old and being replaced.