Hello all!
I have been playing handheld since the Nintendo Switch came out, and when the Steam Deck came out I was in the first batch to get one. Now I have two, one older version and one newer, both upgraded with some more storage.

My question is this: how do you all like the Steam Deck, if you've had a chance to play on one?

If you haven't gotten or played one, any thoughts?

For me, I had never played PC games before. Before the Switch I had all Xbox games, so it took awhile to build up that library (still have the Switch, just don't play it much). So when the Deck came out I had to start building my library all over again from scratch. But after all this time I must say it was worth it. I've now got almost 300 games on there. I love the versatility of being able to dock it on the TV and play it like a console or docking it to a PC and playing it with a keyboard and mouse. But 99% of the time I play handheld. I like turn based games and they are just perfect playing handheld, but in my opinion anything that isn't a strictly PC-sim type game is perfectly playable handheld.

I also really like the customization and Linux features. I especially love the ability to create my own controller schemes, which is super helpful for games that aren't "Great on Deck". I've found that even the "unsupported" games can usually be played with some tinkering.

My husband hates playing handheld, so it got me thinking about it. I'd love your thoughts on the Steam Deck or playing handheld in general. With any luck this is just the start of the "new" and more competitive handheld arena for gaming.

Cari (aka Turnbasedlifer )