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[Discussion] Do you still use your Steam Deck much? (k.fe.derate.me)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I bought it rather than upgrading my gaming PC which I built back in 2016. So it's my primary gaming machine now. I use it every day.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That was my move as well. I did do some upgrades on my PC along the way, but the base was still from 2009 (and I must say, it functioned surprisingly well). But a couple of months back I upgraded my PC as well. But the decline in play time on the Steam Deck was started before the upgrade.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah my 2016 build still holds up pretty well. It's a 970 and 8gb of RAM (but I gave it a big swapfile) and it'll still run basically any game. I've never much minded medium or low graphics settings anyway