I was wondering how much you are using your Steam Deck? And did the games you play on it change since you bought it?
I find that I used it a lot when I first got it, but my usage has gone down in the mean time. That’s mostly because I play games that are not a great fit for the Steam Deck (strategy, building, etc.) and I prefer to play those on my PC.
Got mine basically as soon as they released, and I still use it plenty. I have it set up to be usable as a controller for my PC, and it is by far my favorite controller to use. It’s a dream come true for my controller to become its own console whenever I want.
What?? I’ve been waiting/wishing for a controller with the exact layout as the deck! I can’t play rocket league on anything else anymore because i muscle memoried my air rolls to the rear paddle buttons. Whoops
almost every day for a year. my gaming pc often collects dust
Almost every day, it’s really helping get through the backlog I’ve built up over the years!
Yeah, during work breaks or when chilling in the living room with my wife while she does her hobby stuff.
It’s not my main machine by any stretch of the imagination but it does see regular use.
I use mine pretty often. I mostly play retro and indie games. It’s an amazing piece of kit.
It definitely is, and I really enjoyed it when I got it. But I do run into the limitations of the device. Those limitations are by design because I would like a bigger screen, but putting a 17" screen on a handheld doesn’t make it a handheld anymore. So my usecase might not fit with the device anymore. I do use it sometimes to play sports or casual games. But that’s about it.
Never really used mine much at all.
Same. It’s been great on a few occasions, but I’m not playing much in general. It still came down to a third of my playtime being on Steam Deck last year.
Though I have to say I did use it more than I expected over the last two years.
Long COVID tied me to my bed. The Deck is the only gaming device I can comfortably use there.
Some bpap sessions helped me get off bed after COVID, and gym helped me get back to “normal” after some months. Don’t know if it can help you, but hope you get better.
That sucks man. Nice to have the Steam Deck then. At least you have some form of entertainment.
Wish you the best and good recovery. I assume you also use it as a stationary machine connected to the tv/monitor?
Na, don’t really watch TV. But I’ve got a laptop on a rolling table.
I exclusively use it. For most games it works great, for some games it doesn’t, but that’s fine for me.
As often as I can
I use mine all the time when I’m on vacation or otherwise out of town, and every once in a while when I’m at home. I was able to play almost anything I wanted to so far, though I find games like Factorio a bit cumbersome without a mouse/keyboard setup. Bought the original 256gb deck on launch.
I use it for “light” games (the 2D stuff, Balatro, Dicey Dungeons, Whisker Squadron Survivor) while sitting in bed. Honestly when I got it, I wasn’t expecting to use it as much as I did.
Got the original not long after launch. Upgraded to OLED right around when it launched. I have some times when I don’t play it, but not often. Recently I have even been playing some RTS games since I got the controls working fairly effectively. Some of the fun for me with the Deck is customizing the controls to make a game work that otherwise wouldn’t. The Steam controller settings are in my opinion probably the most important feature that makes this work so well.
Many games I used to play on my Playstation I am now instead playing them natively on Deck. It’s comfortable. I love handheld.
The game I’ve played most overall is American Truck Simulator. Also Vampite Survivor, tons of Emulation Station, Metal Gear Solid master collecetion, and more recently Halo MCC, and Warhammer games like Dawn of War 1, Space Marine, and Inquisitor.
Apparently I played over 75 hours in May. PlayTime Decky plugin.
I really wish they’d release a steam controller 2, now that they’ve learned a bit more, and now that people are embracing the control scheme.
I hope too! I think they did not figure out how to make the controller not too big with the two touch pads, without sacrificing the other important elements. That was one of the deal breaker for the original Steam Controller, alongside the not that much optimal ergonomics in the hand. If Valve can pull off a Steam Controller 2 that is inline with the Steam Deck and is capable of replacing my Xbox controllers, then I would happily pay full price at launch (after reviews off course). It could be the ultimate game controller.
I’m in the minority that thought the original Xbox controller and original stream controller are sized perfectly 😄
We use it as a console every week, both me and the kids.
I’m the same: I used it a ton when I first got it and now it’s collecting dust. Here are my personal issues with it:
- I find it a little too big and bulky for 2D, retro, and lo fi games, but too low res and weak for a good experience on most larger/newer 3D games.
- The controls and screen size/res are not adequate for most PC mkb oriented games.
- The size, battery life, and low screen visibility in bright places make it not worth traveling with compared to my Switch.
I guess I essentially just wanted a Switch that could use my Steam library for 2D indies and older games.
Aside from that, I think I also kinda bought it to rejuvenate my interest in gaming, but it only did that for a few months. That has nothing to do with the Deck though.
I really like the dumb detachable controllers on the Switch. I love that form factor. I wish I could play 2D or low res Steam games on the Switch. But I don’t really want to buy a Switch without that, and the hardware is kinda underpowered, and there’s no Linux support that I know of.
Yeah, that last part about getting my gaming vibe going is something I recognize. I used to get a lot of joy out of gaming and could spend hours on it. Now it is feeling more and more like something I do just to pass time.
If you’ve got kids and a partner, you can’t go sit at your computer or take over the living room TV…
So, yeah, I use my Deck all the time. I take it with me on work and road trips but I’m always driving or working so it honestly gets most of it’s use on the couch. Six feet from the much more powerful gaming PC and six feet from the living room media PC that can also play games. Hundreds of dollars of GPU in one room and hundreds of hours using the Deck instead.
